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These 3 HEPA purifiers are a breath of fresh air

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I've had at least 3 or 4 people reach out to me this week for advice about air purifiers, given all the wildfire smoke we've been dealing with. So I'll turn my focus to that. After the last few California wildfire seasons, I decided to upgrade my old Honeywell Enviracaire with some "smarter" air purifiers. After a bunch of research, I settled on a combination of a few models. Coway Airmega 300 : I'm using this as my primary purifier, as it covers 1256 square feet and can handle my open floor plan (They also make a 400 model that covers 1560 square feet.) This purifier looks great and has a smart functionality to automatically kick the fan up when the air quality gets worse. It has 3 different fan speeds; the lower two are really quiet and the high speed is still quiet enough that I can keep it a few feet away from me while on work calls. During wildfire season, I've been keeping it on the middle speed most of the time and then I'll kick it up to high