Winix - 5500-2

I’ve had a Winix 5500-2 for about a year. Seems to be decently built and works well. I know this isn’t exactly forever but so far so good.

adding more purifiers is no overkill. i have 11 winix 5500-2 units around here and i have a Iq air healthpro plus. They all do a decent job at what they do covering all rooms and spaces. i dont run them all the time in all spaces 2 units are only on when im working in the garage and back of the house. I find that the health pro plus is the most effective unit downstairs it is much more powerful then the winix 5500-2 units i own. but the winix units are great at trapping cat hair and particles linnencloth and dust on the prefilter. i can easily vacuum it off. it slowed down the dust build up around our house considerably. I wish that i could place a healthpro plus in my bedroom but there is too little space. the 5500-2 i have in my beds end is more practical for the moment.

try to improve your hob hood extractor first or replace it with a new one if needed. is it a unit that vents the air outside? is it a unit that absorbs the smells and has no venting outside? if its the latter you need to replace the carbon absorption cartridge first and more often, they only last 6 months or so if its a absorption based unit. and you can improve the grease and smell absorption with something like this picture i posted below of sheets for your hood extractor: If the fan inside the unit is already greased up i would recommend taking it apart and cleaning it or replace it for a new unit entirely because that too can spread smell inside your apartment. Ideally you want your hood extractor above your stove/hob to suck in most of the smell and oders and vent it outside through a exhaust vent. and you want the grease to trap inside a cloth as i showed you below that you replace every 2-3 months so the fan of the unit dousnt clogup with grease. A decent basic air purifier that is readily available and can deal with smells to some extent is the winix 5500-2 it has about 200grams of activated carbon which is not much but it dous something and its gas sensor kicks in increasing the speed when the level of t/voc increases. but again 200g of carbon isnt much it wont remove smells for a long time. on the german amazon and winix website for the netherlands there are often rebates these winix 5500-2 units sell for 110-140 euros. that makes it a very reasonably priced unit for what it can do. Purifiers that can deal with smell better are much more expansive like IQair healthpro plus which has 2.5kg of activated carbon or the Iqair multigas that has 4 cardridges totaling 5.4kg. but we are talking 1500-1850 euros they are very expansive in the netherlands with 21% tax upon them. https://preview.redd.it/98190o0t8aig1.jpeg?width=1495&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4dd59455ee64f802bb431c9dacee4e39da4b464

There's no (affordable) home solution for VOC based odors. If the smells are large enough to be caught in a particulate filter, then any of the above will be sufficient. I only have personal experience with the Winix 5500-2 - and the stock honeycomb filter smells great for about 3 days before its pretty much clogged up. And it won't be effective in heavy environments (such as a kitchen with zero ventilation). These filters aren't really designed for clearing out active sources of pollution (cooking, chemistry experiments, active woodworking, even soldering) - they're more of improving areas with less than ideal air quality. For things like the above (cooking, woodworking, soldering, chemistry) - active vent hoods, whole-room filtration systems are typically best and still often aren't enough for some of these tasks. For cooking? Absolutely need ventilation. These filters won't be sufficient on their own.

I use 5500-2's and C535's (costco's 5300-2 made for them) in all rooms, including the bedrooms. I would look at it more as where do you generate the most dust (human dust - aka skin cells). And that'd be the bedroom during sleep hours. I wouldn't go any smaller than the Winix 5500. The CADR / AHAM room size ratings is tested against max fan speed only. Keep that in mind when sizing the filters and the intended speed you're planning to run them at. Match the filter sizes, its easier. Easier when buying on amazon in bulk packs as well.

WINIX 5300-2 Air Purifier is also significantly better then the levoit since they have a higher cadr rating this or the 5500 model will be my next one I buy

To be honest I haven’t gotten them Yet. They are for my parents and were supposed to be delivered today but were delayed until Thursday. I have a Winix 5500-2 in my home and love it. I also have a Levoit in my bedroom that does a great job despite the reviews.

I have their previous model the 5500 and run it 24/7 the replacement filters are spendy if you buy Winix brand but you can find aftermarket versions for hella cheap

I would buy whatever Winix fits your budget and space. My two Winix units are 11 years old with 24/7 use and still going strong!

My Winix 5500 is going on 11 years of 24/7 use. One of the best purchases I've made

I just purchased two of them 2 weeks ago. They are available at the Winix storefront that’s on Amazon.

I had a couple of Winix 5500? units and now have a BlueAir 211+. I tend to open the balcony door when I cook so most of the smell vents out, and I live in a place that's not too dusty, so it works well in reducing dust on furniture. Unfortunately my place has wall to wall carpets. Is it worth it? I don't know. Less dust and obviously the dust stuck in the machine is dust not on the furniture, but is it reduced enough to where I'd buy it again? Not sure. My place is 988 sqf, so pretty small too. A few things to keep in mind; A lot of them have no real testing done, just bloggers who claim it does something. Filters can be expensive. They usually need to run on high to reach their CADR, and on high they are usually noisy, so I can only run mine on low or medium in the other room. No chance using it in the bedroom if I'm in there.

My Winix 5500 has been running 24/7 for years. It has a HEPA and charcoal filter along with an ionizer. Just a basic unit that works.

It takes me two minutes to swap out filters in my Winix every few months.

Seven years. The oscillating feature manes noise now.