I am not in the market for an air purifier, hardly ever in the market for any of the products VW reviews… Yet I find myself intensely watching every episode. He’s a good presenter!
If you live in the US and don't understand the need for a high performance hepa filter after activist judges have destroyed clean air in this country you never will.
@@sdcoinshooter he isn’t a conspiracy theorist, strongly worded. But seriously, senetors and politicians are bought out so easily in the US by companies that continue to pollute the air we share in the name of profit. Just look it up… Side note: the reason air purifiers are needed for some even in countries or places where the air outside isn’t visibly polluted is that indoor air can accumulate airborne allergens over time like dust, mites, bacteria, mold spores, vocs, etc and particularly those who are more allergic can suffer the effects of indoor air pollution, indoor air is said to be up to 100x more polluted…
Just bought one. You have to take off the plastic coverings on the filters of course but make sure when your putting the black filter back in that it is secure in its frame holder and that it “ snaps “ into place into the unit as the first time I did it and put the cover back on I felt something was wrong. Sure enough, the filter wasn’t snapped in its proper position. I fixed it and now it ok. Excellent review and I hope my unit works perfectly for me.
I bought one of these years ago when I developed severe allergies, and I couldn't afford an IQAir. What really cinched it for me is I left it running all day on high while my landlord was painting the apartment. When I left, there was a very strong overpowering latex paint smell. When I came home, there was NO SMELL at all. I expected there to still be some smell of some kind, but there was none, not unless I stood against the wall and really looked for it. I can be cooking or cleaning in another room down the hall, and I will hear it kick on to rev up its filtration.
We’ve had one of these running in our house continuously on medium speed for 2 years now, and it makes an appreciable difference in air quality. I do wonder if other purifiers might be faster at removing certain smells but we leave it next to the litter box to control the smell and dust, and it does so very well.
For the price, its phenomenal. That's probably because Coway has some of the best research and development of any appliance company on earth. I saw a video of them showing the airflow of the purifier in a real size room using computers, its on their website. They have strict tests that abide by south Korean filtration standards which is also how their kn94 masks are tested in case of an outbreak, all civilians have something to protect themselves. They aren't the best purifiers on earth, but for their price id say they are.
Your reviews are great. But, when it comes to air purifiers… honestly, anyone can test particle filtration. It’s easy. And even a box fan with a high MERV furnace filter attached to it will do an OK job filtering out pollen, dust, etc. What is NOT easy is testing VOC filtration. I have gone done the rabbit hole on this. We purchased a Molekule and wanted to make sure it was working as advertised, so we also got an air quality monitor (AQM) to test it out. We returned the Molekule. We got a pair of Mila purifiers. They were nice! They had built in AQM’s and were “smart”. But we were early adopters and there were a lot of problems (inaccuracies, lack of obvious features, etc). We returned the Mila purifiers as well. We ended up with two Air Doctor purifiers (very popular amongst the Wellness community, and would love to see that one reviewed). They worked really well. But here’s the thing. Along the road, we ended up going through a whole bunch of different AQMs. Not just the home user kind, but even a couple from TemTop, which is what Wirecutter uses for their reviews. I devised a number of improvised tests to try and see if these expensive purifiers were actually doing what they claimed for the air in my home. Throughout this … journey… the biggest problem was always VOCs. It’s confusing even to try and measure. Most AQMs that say they measure total VOC (TVOC) don’t actually measure ALL possible VOCs as far as I can tell. Rather, they seem to have some subset of VOCs or classes of VOCs that they are designed to detect and measure. I really couldn’t figure out any way to verify, let alone even compare, how well any of these purifiers I owned performed when it came to VOCs. For that matter, I couldn’t even verify or compare the performance of the AQMs. One AWM would detect VOCs the others couldn’t and vice versa. It seemed like none of them ever had readings that were even close. You can’t compare the performance of an A/C if you don’t have a reliable thermometer. It’s been a couple of years. I’m mostly happy with my Air Doctors. Particle counts in my home are near zero most of the time if my windows are closed. But, if I cook, or clean, or buy new furniture, or if there were a problem with some kind of other source of VOCs in my home, I wouldn’t trust any purifier on the market to protect me, or even make much of a difference. Because I’ve been unable to observe a single instance from any of the products I’ve tried where that happened. I also wouldn’t even be confident that any of the several different AQMs I have throughout the house would alert me to it (and, if one did, I wouldn’t be sure it wasn’t a false positive).
Since I'm considering buying a new one for $160 _on_ _sale,_ that is an amazing find. How has it worked for you? Have you noticed less dust? What size room do you use it in?
This thing is amazing. It’s a work horse. Super quiet and very discrete. There’s absolutely NO reason to not buy it. If you have a small apartment or studio this thing will keep your air in check.
Have you ever considered reviewing a vacuum that uses water as a form of filtration, such as Rainbow vacuums? My family has owned a rainbow vacuum for the past two decades and it still runs well with very little maintenance. Reliability aside, I am kind of curious to see how they would fare in your vacuum tests
I just started looking into Air Purifiers and after a while I decided on 2 of the Coway 400S for my home (1 upstairs and 1 downstairs). I hope you do more video reviews for these as there wasn't a whole lot online that showed the differences between many popular units. Thanks.
Would be great to see your take on the winix 5500-2. It's had the best performance for your $ for a few years as far as I can tell. Only downside is it's loud on high.
4:15 you could test the ionizer as you do on the fog test. the ionizer will simply show fog/particles going down though it would be hard to see the difference as the fan is turning
My roommate picked up 2 of these to make our apartment smell less (their cooking...). For smell, it very much was plecebo effect because I would leave for an hour and come back and things would smell... then would get used to it and think the smell was gone, leave for a few minutes, come back in and the smell was still there. They swore it smelled better though. Ignoring that, the unit looked good and I believe it did clean the air as it would automatically jump from fan 1 to fan 3 whenever the roommate cooked. They took the units when they moved out and my guests and family have noted how the apartment smelled a lot better. TL:DR - don't buy this for smell reduction, buy it to clean your air.
You're in a unique position to test that 'controversial' ion function and actually tell us if it's nonsense or if it actually has value! This is potentially a very valuable piece of information!
I'd have loved to get more info on the quietest setting and it's effectiveness. I picked up a Levoit after the video you did with the battle a couple of months back, and even on the lowest setting it's very audible when trying to sleep so it's a bit disruptive. I suspect that might be down to the size of my bedroom where the only option is having the filter right by my bed, so maybe add a rating for how far away you need to have the filter away until you can't hear it as much?
Just you mentioning the whole thing with the ion just gives me more confidence to trust your judgements. I've watched several things and went through a few articles. I personally don't run any ion generator on my few devices that have the option. I think it's just a gimmick, something cheap that they can throw in for the people who want to swear by it, and can be easily turned off. That being said for anyone reading, before i turned them off and up untill now.. never noticed any difference whatsoever.
When do you review the tineco s5 steam? I have bought it and for me is the totally the best vacuum..it clean all the floor without any stain, remove all the clean product from the floor and no required any specific product..the only problem I have found is that speak only English, is not made for the carpet and is difficult to return to the cable after year and year of battery vacuum..but I think that the only way to have steam is with cable
i want to take the white one for the fingerprints but on amazon coway store the white one say that is only for 33 meter room and the blac for more than 100 but they are the same prodoct they confusing me! also the others models have the green hepa filter this one have the white, instead of the link said 99.999 di 0.1 micron, the video that show you the machine sayd 99.97 0-3 microns confusing
Hey Vacuum Wars voice human, I was just looking at a Milwaukee vacuum and didn't know if you would ever do series on shop vacs. Also your shirt is cool...do you sell them? kindest regards, Some random human in Nebraska
New sub. I took this exact air purifier apart to clean the front. When I did a very small metal piece or something almost like a magnet fell out and It has disappeared. Ever since then it hasn’t turned back on. I have no idea to have that small piece replaced. Anyone have any ideas ? I’m at a loss for words as to what to do!
Am I the only one wondering why a channel called "Vacuum Wars", whose intro is "Welcome to Vacuum Wars", is putting out non-vacuum videos? A channel like "Just doing Shit" or "
From a couple different articles, I've used both Coway AP-1512HH and Winix 5500-2. I've been super impressed with the Winix as it's the same price (for me) as the Coway, and includes active charcoal pellets. I believe they came out with a slight more aesthetically desirable version recently. I'd recommend in your next air purifier video. (*sigh* not endorsed)
We bought a Coway Airmega 2 last year and have been extremely pleased. It is used in our bedroom and has really helped with our allergies. It has a wonderful sleep mode which turns off the indicator light in a darkened room and we can scarcely hear it running overnight. The design is more retro which suits our 1950's home perfectly.
I have two of these and definitely they Are a life chanter since I have disgusting allergies ,, this one has been cleaning my house ,, every week I vacuum the first mesh filter to make sure is always clean
I have one of these - or maybe its lookalike predecessor - that I got about 4 years ago and I love it. I leave the ionizer on - it doesn’t seem to generate any ozone and it causes particulates to fall out of the air and surround the purifier. Better on the floor than in my lungs. Even tho it costs about twice as much now as it did then it would still be my go to choice for an air purifier.
I think ECO Mode is pronounced as "E"-co and not "Echo". But I don't like that the black is shiny piano black, that just shows fingerprints and scratches easily. And I don't want white. But companies need to start selling flat black products.
Good morning. Hope you are doing well. The issue I have been having is the smell of food and laundry drain in my house. Will this help alleviate this smell? Thank you.
Hi there great job as always. Ive made many purchases on your recommendations. Would you test the Oransi mod air purifier? I hear its the best out there, thanks.
I am loving these air purifier reviews! I have an Orsani Mod and Mod Jr. at my house since my wife as terrible allergies. It works well for our uses, so I wonder how it compares to others.
Very nice and informative. As a person from another place in time, I can't thank you enough for excluding the part about ...wifi, app, download and all that crap. I thank you Sir.
Saw this on sale and want one for a cigar room I’m building. Looked for a review and this is by far the best review off them all and it made me buy this one.
Relatively low price????? What??? It is one of the more expensive units of this capacity. Not saying it is good or bad but starting with saying it has a low price is not right.
Your review is slowly become more like an paid ad. There is a popular Swedish furniture company that makes a air purifier that makes the best value on the market and I don't see it in any of your comparison. Their oder and hepa filter cost combo cost less than 30$. In the long run, the swedish furniture company air filter is cheaper and most cost effective. Just my 2 cent.
My sister bought two of these for her house and one for my mom's house when COVID started. I bought one for my own house too shortly after as I have bad allergies. It's crazy to hear it ramp up if I sneeze or shake out a blanket. I like how the second speed sounds like rain. My only complaint is that the light is ridiculously bright. I had to cover it with multiple layers of black tape but light still sneaks out.
We have the black one in our bedroom for upwards of two years. We are very pleased with the efficiency and how quiet it is. Very easy to clean as well.😊
