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I don't think a carbon filter is what you want for wildfire smoke. A carbon filter will remove some chemicals in the air, but for particulates, which is mostly

I don't think a carbon filter is what you want for wildfire smoke. A carbon filter will remove some chemicals in the air, but for particulates, which is mostly what smoke is, you need a particle filter, for example a HEPA filter. It doesn't need to be HEPA though -- a furnace filter will remove a lot of the particulates.

danans 4y ago
Wildfire smoke is both particulates and strong odors from VOCs. A MERV13 particulate filter (HEPA is likely overkill) reduces PM2.5 and a carbon filter reduces the odor carrying VOCs.