The air purifier is also pretty user-friendly, as owners will be able to set it to shut off after 2, 4, or 8 hours. Thanks to its filter indicator, users will always know when their filter is due for a replacement. Since it is also very energy efficient, users should not expect it to cause any severe increase in electricity costs. Based on
our experience, we feel the Levoit air purifier lives up to its promises of providing our home environment with clean air, especially for those with allergies or pets. We recommend the Levoit Core 300 True HEPA Air Purifier to anyone with allergies, household odors and pets, as well as those searching for higher air quality in their home.
The built-in AirSight Infrared Dust Sensor automatically takes air quality readings to determine if the air quality is Very Good, Good, Moderate, or Bad. My puppy was curious about this device that promises to help with pet dander and hair. ZDNET’s recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing.
From gauging customer feedback online, Levoit is often praised for its helpful customer support, with centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. What’s more, Levoit offers special discounts through VerifyPass to active military personnel, veterans, medical staff, first responders, and teachers, which is a big plus from our point of view. Install your purifier at least 18 inches from a wall and any furniture, ideally near the midpoint of the room you’re using it in. The Alen BreatheSmart FIT50 and T500 are specced for standard usage and as a budget or small-room choice, respectively—but they usually cost at least twice what our picks in those categories do. The Pure Company’s Large Room Air Purifier usually costs $400 but has lower specs than those of the much cheaper Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty.
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If the AM90 is unavailable, the otherwise identical Winix AM80 is worth considering. It comes only in dark gray, lacks Wi-Fi connectivity, and uses a one-year VOC filter in contrast to the AM90’s three-month filter. Try the
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Its patented VortexAir Technology promises to spread fresh air to every corner of your room, and it is supposed to be one of Levoit’s most silent air cleaners. To prevent bacteria from building up within the humidifier, you’ll need to clean the water tank regularly (Dyson recommends its Cleaning Kit). Through a unique algorithm, this purifier can also blow air that feels like it’s cool, which can be turned off in Backward Airflow Mode.
As the top unit in Levoit’s Core series, the 600S embodies power and performance. With its 3-stage filtration system of pre-filter, H13 HEPA, and Activated Carbon, this unit makes light work of pollutants, seen with its colossal CADR score of 410 CFM. Levoit’s Core Mini Air Purifier (LAP-C161-WUS) is considered a personal space model, meaning it’s designed for
small areas. It will purify the air in a room up to 178 square feet, making it well suited for use in a nursery, bedroom, or small home office. Purifiers work best in a contiguous space; if you want to clean the air in both the living room and a bedroom, for example, it’s best to get a purifier for each room or to move a single purifier around with you.
That’s 1.1 kilowatt-hours a day, 33 kWh per month, or 401 kWh per year for this Blueair model versus 0.2 kWh, 6 kWh, and 73 kWh, respectively, for the Coway machine. If you’re using a Blue Pure 211+ to purify a space that the AP-1512HH can handle, that’s a lot of wasted electricity. In our 2019 tests, in just 30 minutes the Blue Pure 211+ reduced a heavy load of 0.3-micron smoke particles by 99.3% and 98.4% on high and quiet/medium, respectively, with filters that had seen eight months of 24/7 use. A year later, with those same filters—far past their recommended six-month replacement schedule—the numbers barely dropped, reaching 99.1% and 98.0%, respectively.
It’s extremely powerful, delivering our recommended 4 ACH (air changes per hour) in spaces as large as 650 square feet (assuming an 8-foot ceiling). That means it can clean the combined living areas of many open-floor-plan homes. Its five-year cost of ownership—about $1,150 including the up-front cost and the annual cost of electricity and replacement filters—is comparable to that of most large-space purifiers. All that said, unless you need to clean an especially large space, the even quieter, smaller, and much more affordable Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty is a better choice.
It comes with a nylon pre-filter to eliminate dust particles, an H13 True HEPA filter to eliminate up to 99.97% of airborne particles, and an activated carbon filter to get rid of fumes, smoke, and other household odors. Users will also appreciate its check filter indicator since it keeps users updated on its filter life, but its lack of a remote may deter some users. The unit can be controlled via the included remote or the Rabbit Air app, which allows you to monitor the air quality, change fan speed, set a schedule, adjust pollen mode, and change light settings. It’s also equipped with an air quality sensor that adjusts the fan speed based on the current level of contamination in the air.