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I literally just got a new air purifier after doing an absurd amount of research, and the amount of information can be a bit overwhelming, especially when trying to find something bird-safe. So I'm hoping some of my research can help you avoid the amount of digging I had to do haha. I just got a Hon

We need to calculate room volume since your ceilings are higher than 8 feet. This is covered under the "CADR Particulate Types and Sizing" heading in our How To Choose An Air Purifier for Particulates [Comprehensive Guide]. Bedroom: 160 sq. ft. × 10 = 1,600 cubic feet volume. 1,600 cu. ft. ÷ 8 ft. =

There are some Black Friday [BF] deals already, but I think there may be more to come in the week leading up to Thanksgiving or BF. I would generally recommend Coway first. They're one of the highest quality consumer-grade brands. I think their larger and more powerful models may not be discounted y

Levoit Vital 200s is a very good one for bedroom. As it will give you excellent air quality for that size. Smaller but still good is Levoit Core 300. But the slightly bigger Vital 200, means you can run it on low and it will be quieter and still move more air. The Core 300 is rated for 1,000 sq. Fee

If you want excellent coverage you probably want something rated for 3,000 sq. Ft. (6x air changes per hour x 500sq foot room size.) 6 ACH is excellent. 4 or 4.8 is "good" depending on the metric. So a Levoit Core 600 is rated for 3,000 and would be a great choice imo. Although if the bed room is 40

The IKEA UPPÅTVIND has a top Smoke CADR of 44 CFM or 74.7565 m3/h which is really low. Do you know your room's dimensions (length x width x height)? That's how purifiers are sized in part. The Coway Airmega 160 has a top Smoke CADR of 153 CFM. The largest room size ought to be 229 sq. ft. (assuming

I use 4 Coway AP1512HH at home - one in each bedroom and one in the living room. The living room can probably use a bigger unit, but it's perfect for the bedroom. The oldest unit I had was bought in 2018, and the newest in 2021. So I've been using them for 5-8 years now, no problem at all with all o

Due to over-researching and some analysis paralysis, I needed to step away from air purifier research and come back to it with fresh eyes. Also searching different terms in Reddit (+ on Google instead of on Reddit) brought me to some new posts. Dropping some links here in case it helps anyone else.

Unfortunately anything this small would be very underpowered. Generally you size purifiers by a room's length x width x height and pollution concentrations (if known). I use the AHAM 2/3 rule to find minimum Clean Air Delivery Rates (CADRs) by room size. Examples of good "small" purifiers would be t

Per the AHAM 2/3 rule listed in the AutoModerator comment (and elsewhere in the subreddit wiki), a 200 sq. ft. room would need bare minimum CADRs of 134 CFM. A 400 sq. ft. room would need absolute minimum CADRs of 267 CFM. These calculations assume an 8 ft. ceiling. Higher CADRs may be needed for va