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Per AHAM's recommendations on wildfire smoke, particulate Smoke Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) should equal a room's area at minimum. So a 196 sq. ft. room with an 8 ft. ceiling needs a Smoke CADR of 196 CFM or greater. If your ceiling is higher than 8 ft., calculate by volume first. As a hypothetic

Levoit vital 200s or winix 5510,5530,5520. Costco c909 can also be good if a black colorway fits.

Winix 5530/5520 with ionizer turned off. They are on a pretty good sale atm for prime day . Costco c909 is pretty good also as it includes an extra set of filters and they go on sale for two packs time to time for 50 bucks online. Levoit also makes some decent ones vital 200s or core 600s are also b

Love my 6 Winix units (5530 and C545). They have a pre-filter that is super easy to clean and can also be washed, which is critical during pollen season. You can also get after market replacement HEPA/carbon filters which are extremely affordable on Amazon.

Winix 5530 is on super sale on Amazon right now...might be a good place to start

You will probably want two of which ever you decide on. And then run them on a higher speed than just auto. If one goes in your bedroom you can even set smart schedule to use a lower speed at bed time and then faster later. Either unit should be good tbh as they have pretty similar filtration levels

Winix 5530 or 5510/5520 they are currently on sale from Amazon. Costco online c909 if you have a membership is also a good pick with how cheap oem filters are when they go on sale. With winix just make sure you turn off the ionizers The levoit recommendation from the other user is also solid the 600

I've been testing drywall for 30+ years - I've only found asbestos-containing drywall once. And it was about 2015 and was imported from Mexico and easily identifiable. Yours DOES NOT contain asbestos. So no - never "widely used" in gypsum board. HVAC tape - in a 1972 house? unlikely to contain. Do y

Sadly the Winix will probably not solve your problem, but it will help. I'm dealing with a similar townhouse situation with new neighbors who smoke cigarettes. I actually have 2 Winix units + a Mila (don't recommend) in the large room where I can smell the smoke, and when they start smoking I turn u

I have the C545 and the 5530. The C545 units are very affordable, especially if you purchase them refurbished from Winix (I paid $69 each for 6 of them). Unfortunately at about 3 years of 24/7 operation, 3 of them started making noises. I have learned from the air purifier sub that I might have caus