Austin Air HealthMate Plus Air Purifier, Black - Advanced 4-Stage Filtration Air Purifiers For Home with Activated Carbon & Zeolite - Ideal as Air Purifiers for Bedroom or any Large room, Model B450

Love this! I call it my hospital grade or my industrial grade air purifier. It works very well. You can barely hear it on the low setting. You can hear it on the high setting. Either way I am confident even on the low setting that it’s the best air purifier around. I have this in my basement and plan on getting the smaller ones for each of my bedrooms in my home. It is worth the price!

I’ve been reacting to normal amounts of environmental mold with a lot of inflammation and brain fog. Since I purchased this air purifier to run in my home office, I’ve been sleeping better, my inflammatory markers are slowly coming down and the brain fog is lifting. The low setting is fairly quiet, not that different from a fan on low speed and it does notinterfere with video calls. The high setting is very noisy and I cannot run the high speed setting if I have calls planned. This air purifier did a great job of eliminating the smell in our home after some repairs that required indoor welding that was very fumey.

it actually works against pot smoke. Tried many machines that did not work. This is the only one that worked

Comes ready to use.A little on the heavier side but works great as you can definitely tell the difference. Air blowing out at times feels almost like air conditioning to me which is nice. Not extremely cold but better than a typical fan.

I have lived with MCS and as a result, live in a home very well taken care of with as little VOC, and scented products as possible.I purchased two new healthmates running simultaneously in adjoined rooms where they ran for four months. One filter began smelling like sweet rotten maple syrup after that short time. Contacted customer support and despite claims of filters lasting up to five years, I was told they need to buy a new filter! These are very expensive. They tried to blame the issue on my home despite my evidence to the contrary. Read different reviews. This happens frequently. Dirty units arrive for people and customer service at Austin Air talk down to you instead of listen. Very disappointing to have invested in a company I wanted to trust.

Initial subjective impressions -- does a great job at scrubbing dust and allergens from the air. Squeaky clean. Jury’s still out on odors, can’t tell yet either way. To that end…. Pros: 1) Heavy-duty, all powder-coated steel construction. 2) Simple design. It’s got a simple mechanical switch for speed control, and a ball-bearing motor driving the impeller. 3) The filter canisters are BEEFY, also fully steel construction, with a serious gasket sealing both ends of the barrel. 4) Outside of the generous warranty period, Austin Air will repair any of their units for a $90 flat rate. 5) While the pre-filter is replaceable separately, when any part of the multi-stage filter can becomes saturated — the whole assembly needs replacing, which is fine. Austin does offer a pro-rated discount on filter replacements, so it’s hard to complain about that. 6) No stupid app, WiFi or "smart" features! It's an air-cleaner, and that's it! 7) Made in the USA. Cons: 1) Price. Despite building these with US labor, it’s hard to see how such a simple machine costs quite so much, but I digress. 2) Size. These things are about the size of a tall mini-fridge. 3) Quite loud on any setting other than low. 4) Power hungry. Final thought — it’s my understanding Austin Air has been building effectively this same machine for decades now, with only minor enhancements to the filter media package. Advancements in motor efficiency, and turbine /fan blade tech have come a long way since then. These units could easily be made quieter, and to use less power. It would be nice if Austin were to not only roll upgrades into new-build air purifiers, but offer existing owners an upgrade program as well.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Recommended by our long term HVAC rep. Ordered and received it quickly. The unit seems to work great, we're very happy with it. Glad to get exactly what our guy recommended.

In Minnesota we get winds that bring in PM 2.5 and PM 10 particles from fires in the north, west and south. Air pollution adversely affects our health even increasing risk of glaucoma. For my 2200 sq ft apartment I got 3 purifiers that really work well even if I cook and pollution is bad outside. Might add a 4th one. Vacuuming once a month means that no new filters needed for 4-5 years.