I recently bought the winix a231 and t810 and my house smells so fresh and nice. I have 8 dogs. I am loving them definitely will get more for the rest of the house.
If you're looking at the Winix C610, you could also look at the T810 which has higher CADR and right now is going for cheaper ($185 on Amazon). Very similar looking models. Technically it would be "overpowered" but that just means it'll perform better at lower air speeds, which means you could operate it quieter than others.
I know a lot of people really like the Blueair 211 and it's very popular. I'm personally not a big fan of the pre-filter and I found the fan noise of a different Blueair model to sound more high-pitched. Minor complaints and very much personal preference.
Theyre definitely worth it, helps my allergies. If I do something small like lightly wipe down my blinds the air purifier can detect the change in the air same as when I change my bed sheets. When I cook its really working. I really have tremendous peace of mind knowing the air I breathe is better for a small investment. It'll sometimes go on turbo unexpectedly. I had only realized why later in the day when I smelled burned barbecue literally a hundred feet away or so when i left my house.
If I were you id go on amazon and get a winix t810 for the bedroom. If you have a massive living room like me id get a air mega 450. They look cool too tbh.
I got a fairly small apartment with 2 bedrooms upstairs and a small basement and I got a Winix T830 in my living room/kitchen area(with my setup basically in-between the 2) a Winix C535 in my kids room a Shark Compact Never change in my room and a Shark Hp100 in the basement. I'd say it's definitely not overkill lol. I've definitely preferred the Winix over Shark
I would buy either the **Levoit Vital 200S** or **Winix T810**.
Third choice would be Blueair Blue Pure 311i Max I guess (this has an always-on ionizer).
Try to keep the purifier on the top airflow speed/setting for the best cleaning performance. Lower settings will not clean the air as quickly.
I bought the winix T830 -best unit I've ever own. Motor died in two months. Not completely but had to run on turbo mode to get the equivalent of what medium used to be. When first arrived I'd only use turbo when not home cause it sounded like a jet.
I believe a lot of the issue with the new air purifers over the last ten years is they are far too focused on how quiet and energy efficient they can make them which means less wattage less motor power less fan speed and hepa filters and pre filters are tightly woven and thick and hard enough to pull air through especially in units where the fans are just in open air above the filters they just circulate the room air naturally in the big chamber that holds the fan and circulates the unfiltered room air. Sleep mode is a joke. You might as well just buy a white noise machine because they have a hard enough time pulling the air through the filters put them so low you can't hear it and it's not pulling ANYTHING through the filter. It's just a fan at that point that might throw out some pollutants that are loose in the filters. Nothing makes me more angry than when I buy one of the better ones on market established for years and i blow a hit of marijuana i prefer my cat doesn't inhale second hand smoke from
The smoke moves toward and hovers around the machine until the clean air current pulls it up and spreads it out into the room. So i try putting the unit up higher maybe the smoke won't catch the current as easily. Nope same thing. Same with coway, airthereal, bluair is decent when on high the 311i max model but any lower and you just have a fan again.
Right now I'm testing out luftrum. People assume it's a generic name but luftrum is a real company from Sweden and I love anything not originally made in or from. A US business. If so then I know the machines are not focused of efficiency or quality. Just how quickly they can pump them out and make a profit before everyone realizes they are crap and break in a month
Winix was my favorite but when motor died slowly I did some research and found this is a very common thing with winix. They motors aren't built for the machines to run on high consistently. They work longer when set to like auto mode so it stays on low all the time unless sensing air quality is bad. But because you need to run these things all on high to actually clean any air and air sensors only sense dust particles unless specifically made for sensing more which you'll pay 1500 dollars for units with those features for large rooms.
I am liking the luftrum. I'm testing it and the bluair 311i max simultaneously I can't decide but I think luftrum c3500 is working a lot better
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