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There might be better air purifiers, but the recommended Coway purifier is really good. I've had one for 5 years, still working as well as the day I bought it. I also have a 3x more expensive high-end Alen unit, but it's not nearly as effective or quiet as the simple Coway. The filters are way more expensive too.

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Same. The Coway is very quiet, and it works rather well, as measured by the Dylos particle counter elsewhere in the room.

I bought two Coway units based off the Wirecutter reviews. Both had noisy, off balance fans (gee I wonder why there are reports of the fan blades blowing up). The newer one had a HEPA filter that reeked of VOCs and went back to the retailer because Coway refused to honor their warranty. The air purifier "review" was the thing that really soured me on Wirecutter as a source of trustworthy reviews.

Oh yeah Coway deserves a shout out for trying to sneak some binding arbitration agreement in at the end of their warranty drivel.

I have four of them to cover both floors of a two-story house. They work well (so long as you remember to clean the prefilter every month or two!) and are very quiet on the lower fan speeds.

The only thing I'd ding them for is not having a fan speed setting in between "nearly silent" and "jet engine", but you should only need the highest setting in unusual circumstances.

I have the Coway Mighty in my living room and the Blue Air 411 in my bedroom. Both are great, and I would recommend them to anyone.

And I have the same sentiment as others, Wirecutter is definitely suspect, but at least for air purifiers their recommendations were spot on for me.

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