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15 people found this helpful
Works! Morning congestion gone!
By Happy Feet on Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2021
Just had the popcorn ceiling removed and it left dust on everything, everywhere. Not sure if that's the cause, but have been having hives on face. After my mother saying maybe I should get an air purifier, I saw one at my hair salon and looked into the one my stylist had. After the deep dive into air purifiers reasonably priced on the market, came up with this one instead based on mutiple reviews from Amazon and elsewhere. they also sell a smaller unit for smaller spaces, and another unit like this one without the pet filter for those watching their dollars. I have not installed the pet filter yet, but will when move to my mother's where there is a cat and it's an old musty house, and will update review. Right now, I'm using it in a 1000 sq ft condo. I've kept it in the middle of the open space dining/living room and have it running all the time for the past week. I know it is working/responding because it is usually in low or sleep mode with the blue light, but when I cook, shower, open a door or window it revs up to medium/yellow light and rarely high/red. As i've been cleaning popcorn dust areas, it also notices and ups it's filtering. I have it in auto mode so usually hardly notice when it's on in low mode or sleep mode. The noise level at the higher modes is fine, not super loud or annoying and I am pretty noise sensitive. The best unexpected benefit is even though it's not in my bedroom, I'm not waking up stuffy and coughing which is my norm (sucks to be me then!) That is sort of miraculous, so I can only assume that since I have it on continuously, it is cleaning the air throughout the condo as I haven't changed anything else, nor in my diet. It is a fairly large unit, though not too heavy to move from room to room as I've done once. When I had it in my bedroom one night, I put it in Sleep mode and noise is nothing, the only light is the "Sleep" mode light (I'm also very light sensitve, of course!), so I put a small piece of cardboard over it, just resting on it, and that took care of the light. I didn't notice any affects from having it in my bedroom early on, moved it back out to the living area ever since and that's why I'm so surprised it seems to help the whole place even in other rooms after being continuously on for days. I've also tried the PlasmaWave feature which is supposed to help it filter better, and there has been discussion on the internet about any detrimental effects of ions, with Winix and others explaining that this type doesn't produce the detrimental ions. At this point, I haven't noticed any difference negatively from having it on, but it is easy to turn it off if you have concerns. I am very pleased and think for the price and benefits it's more than worth it!
Top critical review
17 people found this helpful
It's ok, but... No remote. Heavy. Plasmawave?
By Amazon Customer on Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020
This is a big, bulky machine. I have the previous version of this from 5+ years ago, and it's all around smaller though I believe this newer model has better CADR numbers. The old one still works btw. THIS HAS NO REMOTE. Crazy talk. The previous version has a remote and it's so convenient to change settings. Why they would get rid of the remote is baffling. Maybe because it's recommended to keep these gadgets on all the time. But I like a good remote. Bright lights! This air quality indicator light, you can turn them off by holding the sleep button down for 3 seconds. But if you don't, there is a color coded light system to tell you if the air is good (blue), orange, and some other color. The blue and orange I've seen are BRIGHT! Also I noticed that when I do turn it off, it seems to inadvertently? turn the sleep function ON too because it'll go from manual low setting I choose to Sleep mode about an hour after I've turn off the air quality indicator light. Not what I want to happen. Right now my cranky cat has fallen asleep on my lap and I really wish there was a remote so I can turn off the annoying air quality indicator light. Grrr Plasmawave. I've read about 5 different posts as well as the Winix website about how it conforms to ozone regulations. Unfortunately I didn't know about the controversy over ozone and air purifiers until yesterday. Anyway, if you fall into the category of people who my be very susceptible to even small traces, definitely do some research on the matter. Also, these extremely low levels might be fine for the average human, but what about our little floor sniffing pets? If I had known about this, I probably would not have bought it. Also, there is a button so you can easily turn off the Plasmawave function, but someone asked does this guarantee there's no negative/positive ion business anymore from this? Good question. Winix? I started the return process with Amazon and then changed my mind because researching a replacement became a daunting task as did packing and taking this beast to UPS drop. Overall, I don't have a strong dislike or like for it. Hence the lukewarm 3 rating. It seems to do the job. With all the bad air from wildfires it's pretty much on all the time. What I've Learned: Knowing that I don't care about the active charcoal feature (I read somewhere it takes a LOT of charcoal to really make a difference) and don't turn on the Plasmawave, I should have just focused on a model with: 1) HEPA filter, 2) strong CADR number, 3) meant for slightly bigger room size (this is for 300 sqft) so that you could use in a smaller room on low and it'd work well but be quieter, 4) have a remote :P and 5) no ozone release - not even if it conforms to state/fed regulations. The noise level for low and medium I sleep through with no problem. Good luck on your search!
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