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bjyanghang945I have a CR box with 6 PC fans. The throughput is just not enough to deal with the fire smoke.. ended up turning my actual purifier’s fan speed up. I have the Coway 300. Speed 3(200CFM) worst day 2 of them running.
The machine does a slow ramp up and down when you change speed.. my thought is when you are at speed 2 and you want to change to speed 1, you have to change through 3 and 4… and 3 and 4 are fast and noisy(I use 3 normally at day time). A “delayed” changed can be helpful.
Oooooooh interesting… I really thought 300 and 400 are the same except bigger.. I only have 2 of the 300
Collar-VisualGet the Coway Airmega 240. Its on sale and should be around the 1512 price and it's more powerful. You want to oversize it so you don't have to run at max speed. If you got the space and money the Airmega 300 is a nice unit also. Blue air is garbage!
_Cryptonite_Nice. I own the Airmega 300 and 400. They're probably my favorite units I've owned over the years.
EastSideGal196They do help. I have the Coway 300 and 400 for my bedroom and main living room.
Erik0xff0000I have two of those for bedrooms and the bigger airmega 300 for kitchen/dining/living area. They've been working great for me (I get impacted by wildfires and my neighbors fireplaces).
HarvocI thought so, too. Air circulation around corners just doesn't work. Or doesn't work well enough. I now opted for the Airmega 300, since it's currently on sale and the 250 is sold out. I am going to try out one for now and carry it around. Depending on how well it works, I will get a second one (same or different model) in the future. Probably a smaller one, since that second room is only approximately 16m².
Jules_2023Get whatever coway is on sale, I like the 240/250/300/400
karate_sandwichLuckily 500sq ft isn’t too big, so you can probably get something like the Levoit 300 for the main room and a smaller one for the bathroom. My advice is don’t get something too small for your main room, or it won’t work. And if you want serious air cleaning, then something large and rated for 2x or 3x your space size like a Levoit Everest or Coway Airmega 300 would really work well (and you’ll only need 1). Most purifiers will sell different types of filters, so check if they make a HEPA or pet filter for the model you want. Standard filters are just for general dust, but stronger filters like true HEPA work on pet dander, allergens, and smoke. And extra carbon filter helps with odor control, so that would be useful in the bathroom. But note that a lot of the stronger filters will emit a weird smell for the first couple of days, so let it run a while before anyone comes over.
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