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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

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

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

Winix 5530/5520 are on a pretty good sale and in your price range. But you will probably want to be manually running the unit at speed 2 or 3 to get decent air changes. Auto especially at night falls down to a speed below 1 which doesn’t move much air.

For a space that large, Levoit EverestAir or 2x Winix 5510/5520/5530