Austin Air - Healthmate Jr Air Purifier

Pricey but Austin Air are amazing. I have a regular size and a Jr

You don't buy a purifier for removing hair, that's not the function. And your purifier is not for pet odors as its for any odor. 1. Be honest on the square footage. If you leave the door of the bedroom open you just turned the right sized purifier into the wrong sized purifier. Either the door is always closed and you need a 150 sq ft unit or you need one for the bedroom + the hallway + the other 2 bedrooms, so you really want a whole house 2000 sq ft model. Same logic applies to the living space as unless its closed off, you want one for the entire area. 2. If item 1 is frustrating, you can alleviate this by just buy two 1000 sq ft units for your 2000 sq ft house and spread them equidistant. Or one 2000 sq ft unit. 3. The big BIFL brand is Ausin Air as it has a 5 year warranty, 5 year filter and also comes with carbon filter for smells. Find the unit(s) to cover your area's size.

The very best one is a PM1 unit. You will have to have a commercial contractor come out and give you a personalized quotation. And once you find out the price, you will likely back off your price doesn't matter bravado as the unit will cost as much as your car. You are not asking a BIFL question, so quit trying to shoehorn it as such. An air purifier is purchased based on sq ft of use and since we don't know if you want a room or whole house done, zero people here can give you advice worth a damn. Austin Air is the hive mind BIFL unit and is a PM 2.5 AKA HEPA unit. A HEPA unit is a HEPA unit, but Austin's killer warranty and filter period puts it in the top spot.

1. Step zero or purchasing this product is finding/posting the sq ft of the area served. You have not done so, so you are not ready to buy. 2. View 5 air purifier buyer's guides to gain knowledge. https://www.consumerreports.org/appliances/air-purifiers/buying-guide/ is one and google will find you others. 3. Your root cause is likely NOT dust as that is your assumption. You are best served by visiting a doctor and discussing allergies. 4. You do have a price range as a PM1 unit costs more than your car. 5. Silence is not a factor in any unit that conditions the air as you will either accept it or return it. You cannot ask about this metric online ever as that comes from dB and Hz. Makers may list dB using an unknown distance and unknown dB meter which means literally zero and they never list Hz which is a critical annoyance factor that varies to you...my unit may be whisper quiet to me as I was raised in a sawmill and when you buy it based on my recommendation it sounds like an annoying screech. 6. LEDs are not a metric as zero people know how many/what brightness will annoy you and they can all be solved with pieces of electrical tape. Austin Air is a BIFL brand when you factor in sizing, the 5 year warranty and 5 year filter replacement cycle. Which flavor of them is right for you....dunno as you didn't state the sq ft served.

We have two health mate, a junior and I just bought a plus. Bedroom machine was new to me when I looked at the website. Btw I’ve brought the machines and filters through a reseller and it’s much cheaper - https://www.airpurifiersandcleaners.com I priced it in a few of them and this was least expensive.

I've had Austin Air Healthmate Junior for over 6 years and have changed the filter I think two times. It has preserved air quality through bad fires and continues to be at the top of many lists for good quality purifiers. It is on the cheaper end for the quality you are getting. I also appreciate that it is made of metal and not plastic. It doesn't have bells, whistles, and smart features, so there are fewer things to break down. Highly recommend for a no frills, super quality air purifier.

tough, for odor you want strong carbon but given cats would be a particulate issue, you want strong hepa. super quiet and powerful enough to notice any improvement at under $600 may be challenging, especially with a fan that'll just add to it. I'd avoid Dyson. If you want to stick with Canadian-made, I'd consider the Airpura R414 or Airpura V414, both strong quiet models. We don't have cats but we have a homestead with many quail and chickens and live in a 150 yr old house. We have an Airpura V414 in our bedroom and throughout the years have had bats in our attic, flooding, etc, and Airpura keeps the smell and particulates to a minimum. If expanding beyond Canadian made, I'd consider Austin Healthmate JR. We have that in our nursery room, very quiet. I'd say quieter than Airpura. Austin also gives 5 yr warranty at least when we bought the unit maybe 10 yrs ago. So durable, I have 2 friends that have units from....1997!! Hopefully ours lasts that long. Best of luck mate!

Austinair healthmate is good.

I personally use Austin Air. I like the chunk filters they use that last a very long time. Think like 5 years between replacements. I also have a 5 inch thick HVAC filter that I run MERV 13 filters on. The pressure drop on a 5 inch filter is minimal as long as you replace them every 6 months to a year.

I have 3 of these because I have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome & they have helped so much.

Austin Air makes good ones.

IQAir and Austin Air are the go-to “buy it for life” purifiers. They really have long-lasting filters and proven performance on my end

Austin Air is what I use in my home now. I own a. Filtration business, and I've tried about 9 different types in my own home over the past 3 years - this is far and away my favorite. The second best would be the BlueAir systems.

Austin air. You won’t find a better air purifier. They make surgical room purifiers. This is their consumer versions. Even removes Covid from the air.

Austin Air, Air Oasis are some of the highest quality. I just bought an Air Oasis to sleep next to as I have CIRS

I have an Austin Air HEPA filter wired into a Homeseer Z-wave fan controller.  Their air purifiers are electrically just simple A/C fans, so the fan controller is able to regulate its speed (4 speeds), and HA is set up to adjust it based on an external air quality sensor.

Austin Air Cleaner. A little more than your budget. Phenomenal service. Check out the website. https://austinairsystems.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopJTNH0UqEz3X8EwSesYWb0Q1msSn9rd8Kh-CGMAW8MCK0ep27I

I just looked at Coway for a possible second unit but just decided to stock with the Austin. I recently started leaving it running 24/7 and the difference is remarkable. I got 4 years out of the first filter and 3 from the second because I made the mistake of using it during a house reno. They prorate replacements. I've cheaped out on too many things only to end up buying the better one eventually anyway.

IqAir, Austin, Levoit They are all running right now at home. Visitors often tell me the house smells very clean and pure. I have a Levoit 300 by the front door. Levoit 600 in the living room. Austin on the kitchen counter in the corner by the stove. An IqAir in my master. A Levoit 300 in another bedroom. MPR 300 filters for my HVAC.

Austin routinely pays out on prorated filter replacement. They generally last between two and three years, and they weigh 15 pounds and are several inches thick. Unlike the filters in the shark, which are about a half an inch thick and weigh about 6 ounces.

Well, it has to do with media surface area vs. airflow. HVAC filters that are 1" go foul in a couple months in a dusty environment. But the same HVAC, same airflow, and a 6" filter? Yearly replacement. All down to surface area.