From my research, the current meta is the Luggable https://www.cleanairkits.com/products/luggables. Basic insight is that by going from a 99.97% removal HEPA filter to a 93% MERV-13, you can run your filters at a higher speed, quieter, with much better power efficiency, and cycle air through the filter much more quickly due to the higher fan speed. Most HEPA grade filtration misses the mark because they’re far too loud running at full blast, so a quieter, faster, less efficient filter actually does a better job. The LuggableXL is about as loud
The one missing piece is if you live in a high VOC area, you’ll want some sort of activated carbon filter. The main options I’ve seen here are:
An AustinAir, expensive, but has 15 lbs of activated carbon, recommended by CleanAirKits
An AirFanta 3Pro
You can tape an activated carbon sheet to the inside of your Luggable
Personally, I have an Aerolamp + LuggableXL running at all times in my house, and the combination has served us extremely well according to our air quality sensor and anecdotally not getting sick after parties anymore.
From my research, the current meta is the Luggable https://www.cleanairkits.com/products/luggables. Basic insight is that by going from a 99.97% removal HEPA filter to a 93% MERV-13, you can run your filters at a higher speed, quieter, with much better power efficiency, and cycle air through the filter much more quickly due to the higher fan speed. Most HEPA grade filtration misses the mark because they’re far too loud running at full blast, so a quieter, faster, less efficient filter actually does a better job. The LuggableXL is about as loud
The one missing piece is if you live in a high VOC area, you’ll want some sort of activated carbon filter. The main options I’ve seen here are:
An AustinAir, expensive, but has 15 lbs of activated carbon, recommended by CleanAirKits
An AirFanta 3Pro
You can tape an activated carbon sheet to the inside of your Luggable
Personally, I have an Aerolamp + LuggableXL running at all times in my house, and the combination has served us extremely well according to our air quality sensor and anecdotally not getting sick after parties anymore.