WELOV P100 Pro Smart Air Purifier

I didn’t think I needed an air purifier; the last time I was around one is in the 80s, where my friend’s smoker father had one sitting by his living room chair. His air purifier was noisy and didn’t really do the job, so my past exposure wasn’t necessarily positive. Boy, have times changed… I have quite a few devices in the HomeKit ecosystem, and I’ve wanted to try adding a Matter device or two to see how well they played together, however I didn’t want any redundancies. This device was the first I’ve run across that intrigued me, so despite my initial misgivings, along with a really decent deal at the time of purchase, I took the plunge and placed the order. I’m really glad I did. It’s a solidly built, incredibly quiet device, with all sorts of options and controls that can either be controlled on-device or through their app. I recommend using the app, since the controls are more granular and it allows all of the lights on the air purifier to be turned off (on-device only lets you turn off the night light, but since I have the air purifier setup in my home theater the glowing green light on the front had to go). In addition the app reports air quality history, filter life, and energy consumption, while also being able to set automations and operational modes. It even has the option to order replacement filters through the app. The ability to pair into the HomeKit ecosystem is incredibly easy, actually easier than attaching some purpose-built HomeKit devices has been. The controls in HomeKit are sort of rudimentary; power control and setting automations are pretty much it, although it does seem to have the ability to pair with other accessories in order to trigger or be triggered based on air quality — I haven’t really looked into that, so I can’t be sure. And honestly, I have no idea what my air quality was like before I plugged this thing in; I could say that it’s been a huge improvement but that would be subjective, especially since it’s only been a short time and there’s too little data so far to back up that claim; time will tell. I did notice that the air quality spiked one day while my partner was cooking something, which leads me to believe that the air purifier sensed cauliflower and was grossed out about it, too. Fortunately it got right to work, and within no time the air quality reported nominal status. It wasn’t able to do anything about having to eat cauliflower though. The things one does for love, but I digress… I was able to purchase this air purifier for a great deal, which may or may not still be offered as this is being read. Would I have made the purchase if that deal hadn’t been offered? Perhaps. Would I purchase it again at full price? I’d say that knowing what I know now about it, and how it’s light years ahead of that old 80s air purifier, I believe that it’s going to be worth it in the long run, and if so then it would be a device worth buying.