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A $200 air purifier can make a world of difference: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-air-purifier/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/bes
by gav 6y ago
A $200 air purifier can make a world of difference:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-air-purifier/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-air-purifier...
(I own a Coway Airmega 200M.)
I bought a Temtop monitor to verify if the "smart mode" (where it only runs if the air quality is low):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DHXQXGK/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DHXQXGK/
I live in Los Angeles where the air quality isn't that great and in a rented apartment where I have limited choices. The air purifier made a dramatic difference in the first hour I had it and now it keeps the PM2.5 reading down to around 2-4 with minimal cycling.
- neolog 6y agoDown to 2-4 from what level unfiltered?
- culturestate 6y agoI don't have any inside info, but I'd guess that the "people who use plug-ins to cover endemically bad smells in their living space" and the "people for whom a $200 air purifier is a viable solution" markets don't have a ton of overlap.
- neolog 6y agoIIRC box fan + filter works as well as expensive systems.
- ryanmercer 6y ago>A $200 air purifier Minimum wage is $7.25 in many states. Over 27 hours of gross income to buy that purifier. The median income in the U.S. was $31,133 in 2019, putting that air purifier at over 13 hours of gross income. I've been at my job 15 years, in the rare event that overtime is available a $200 air purifier would cost me approximately the net income of 10 hours of overtime.
- neolog 6y agoHow large a room is that in?