r/AirPurifiers

I was reading about how air quality impacts our health, and one of the points that weighed heavily on our overall health was how much time we spend in the car, since, on average, the air quality on a highway tends to be very poor and worst than in home due to the accumulation of cars concentrated in one place emitting gases

This made me wonder if there are any air purifiers specifically for cars. I searched this forum and didn't find much... does anyone here use, recommend, or have considered and researched something about this? What are your thoughts?

Every spring, my allergies (pollen and dust mites) get a bit debilitating, and its worst when I go to sleep, every night I loose 2-3 hours of sleep to allergies.

Because of that I want to buy an air purifier

Im from Portugal, my bedroom is 32 cubic meters, I want an air purifier that helps with pollen and dust allergies, hopefully in the 150-200€ if possible, yearly costs under 100€ for filters, electricity I dont care

Thank you

Wanted to share my experience with Mila air purifiers now that I’m down to my last working unit after roughly five years of ownership.

I was part of the original Kickstarter launch (late 2020) and bought two of the original units. Both failed after about two years, within roughly one month of each other. The failures were related to the bearings and power units.

To Mila’s credit, they offered replacement units for $100 each, so I bought two replacements. Now, after about three years, one of those replacement units has also failed due to what appears to be another power unit issue.

At this point, my takeaway is pretty negative. The units are expensive, and based on my experience, they do not have the durability or longevity I would expect at this price point.

I like the concept and the smart features, but four units over five years with three failures is hard to justify. For anyone considering Mila, I’d factor replacement risk into the real cost of ownership.

Additionally, Mila Air deletes any negative post on their MilaAir Reddit and will ask you to contact them via email. As others have mentioned here, their only solution is to offer you the next generation unit at $239 under the condition you sign up with their filter auto refill program.

Better Business Bureau will be hearing from me.

At target, fires in my area these are my two options. Will be used for one bedroom only. Southern California. Need it for pets.

I’ve bought 3 different air purifiers for my bedroom, and all of them have given off a chemical smell that has either given me a headache or flared my asthma. I’ve even had two running on high outside for a good chunk of the day and nothing changed. I never experienced this in the past.

After research, I understand it is the filter giving off the smell, so this is more of a rant. It’s annoying that the thing that is supposed to purify the air is making it worse. 🙃 has anyone else experienced this? What brands do you like?

I’ve tried The Coway AirMega 100, Levoit 200s, and the Levoit Mini

I live in an apartment and recently I have been smelling marijuana in my living room. Not sure if it is my neighbours in the same floor or different floor but I am concerned with the harm of secondhand marijuana. Is there any recommondations?

Thanks!

Does anyone know if the website www.levoits.de is legit to buy from? The prices are cheaper than on levoit.de . I took a chance and paid by credit/debit card (only option) but somehow also sends money to PayPal, and it's registered to PAYPA *KIPSBAYBOYS - hopefully anyone knows anything about this.

Hi, I’m a mom and currently living next to a very active highway in LA. Windows all face the highway and are often covered in black dust. My apartment is about 700sqft. I have a toddler and due to financial reasons have to be here for year. I’m here asking for help in finding a decent air purifier that’s more on the affordable end. I was thinking of purchasing a Levoit from Amazon but I see so much conflicting info on its effectiveness, esp since I’m in a high pollution area. I appreciate any advice, info or tips. Sincerely, a busy, worried & struggling mom.

Hello! I purchased a Blue Air 121 few years back. The Coway Airmega Mighty AP-1512HH just went on sale. Ive been hearing great things about the brand. Few friends have told me it would be a major upgrade from my Blue Air 121. I live in a 770 sq ft apt with a dog that sheds. Suffer from severe allergies and my apt is a dust magnet. Ive had good luck with the Blue Air 121 but still catch myself sneezing and getting dust build up. I wanted to get the subs take on the upgrade. Worth it or not? From my research it seems like a better purifier but i wanted some others take.

Hey, I have a very small house - 23 sqm in Amsterdam

However it's extremely dusty so I'm looking for help with a recommendation. My only requirement is that is should have a true hepa filter. And ideally as little noise as possible. Bonus point of low maintenance.

- Netherlands
- 23 sqm
- Filtration needs: Dust, odors
- No budget - recommend me the best thing

Thank you so much!

I went down the air purifier rabbit hole and now have total decision paralysis. I need recommendations for a bedroom, and another for a large, open-concept living/dining/kitchen area.

Coway has a sale rn, and I was thinking airmega 100 for the bedroom and airmega1512 for the living room. But I saw a post about it being HEPA only at speed level 1. Is it not HEPA at a higher speed?

Costco has Winix C610 for a still, but read ionizers aren't great. Can you turn the plasmawave off?

Levoit is not HEPA, but it does a great job clearing the room. Is it a good brand?

I want something reliable. Trying to understand the technicalities is very overwhelming.

Please HELP!

USA (IL)

bedroom- 13x11x8= 1144 cubic feet

Living area- 21x23x8= 3864 cubic feet

Pollen, allergies, dust, dog dander

Under $200 ish?

Hello all!

Its allergy season (USA) where I am located and am currently suffering from seasonal allergies again. When outside, I use nasal sprays which tend to help. Anyways, I am seeking a air purifier and have narrowed it down to these few.

I'm only covering a very small bedroom. 144sq feet room, but want it to be one which can cover more.

• LEVOIT Vital 200S (Has an app) or Vital 200P (does not have an app)
• Honeywell Allergen Plus - HPA5100B
• Honeywell Allergen Plus Compact - HPA125B
• Honeywell PowerPlus - HPA3100

I've had a Honeywell one in the past which seemed to work well.

Most I'd spend for now would be $220. Official filers I've seen are also fine with my budget.

Thanks for the help in advance!

So I bought two of these on sale. I have two cats and allergy season is among us.. thought they would help and I think they have but on one of the purifiers, when it's ran on 3 or 4 speed, the red light never turns off. I've tested with the other one which eventually will turn blue.
So I ordered another with the intention to return the one with a faulty sensor... now the new one doesn't go off red on speed 3 or 4.

Has anyone else had this issue or is my air just dirty and the one that eventually turns blue is really just gaslighting me into thinking I have clean air (lol)

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Has the COWAY filter replacement gotten more expensive or was it always like this? The $40 price was when I ordered on January 15, 2025.

Hi

I've been trying to decide what to buy, it's hell guys, everyday I discover 5 new air purifier companies

Information For Air Purifier Requests:

- Middle East

- 40m3

- budget is whatever

needs:

I'm in an RV, I want something against mold, Nox, benzyne (it's diesel, a lot of fumes come in), general dust as I park a lot of other cars, a lot of dusty air all the time

Energy efficiency is very important to me, also I want to run it on a low setting all the time, I don't want a tornedo here, hence high efficiency bigger than I need air purifier, you can't really oversize your air purifier. also if I move to an apt I want something i can take with me, that will be strong enough

Mesh cleanable pre-filter

And of course physical size

I've already came to terms with the fact that I need 2 units, one high cadr for particles, and another for VOCs, I'll find something for VOC's later depending on how I feel after getting a filter (I've seen airpura, but almost no reviews even though everyone talks about them)

My current filter is Dyson HP09, I thought I'm getting the best, turns out it's the best at everything expect cleaning the air, I trusted Dyson but it's a breach of trust...yadda yadda lets move on

Anyway, I came across BLUEAIR Blue Signature, seems perfect for my needs, high efficiency, high cadr at low speed, relatively small to other units

But two things

1. This fabric pre filter is just bad engineering , it's 100% prioritized for purchasing aesthetics, after a while it will get dirty for you and others to see, handling it will release a ton of dust from the fabric and the hepa, I hate it

2. Seems like there's a high count of production defects / bad packaging engineering as a lot of ppl on amazon reviews say the fan is making noises or doesn't work at all, which is a risk because the entire support / return thing is too much of a hassle

I wish there was an after market product to replace the fabric with a mesh pre filter and cover with holes

For this reason I don't like the cleanair kits are, I would get it if the price reflected the simplicity of them but boi they are priced like some high end stuff and it's shit for that

Tell me your thoughts guys, I'm exhausted of trying to find something

I recently upgraded my furnace/AC. As a result I ended up with a 4" MERV11 filter. I have the air circulation feature on (on low speed) when there is no cooling/heating.

Are now air purifiers overkill? On of my main objectives is to reduce dust in the house.