Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We just had a major mold remediation and the air inspector who came to test complimented us on our Blue Air purifiers. He said they were by far the best on the market.
Not according to consumer reviews rankings - number 6 this year. Also some of their models do not have HEPA filters.
OP The important thing is to have a HEPA filter whatever model you choose.
This was a pretty big goof by Consumer Reports; the absence of actual HEPA filters is a pretty key problem. I would not buy BlueAir filters (and your air inspector is poorly informed about HEPA.) Anything that is "HEPA" augmented by some other word or symbols ("HEPA+," "HEPASilent," etc) is not actually HEPA.
Here's a thread from an indoor air scientist who is on the ASHRAE epidemic task force, on air purifiers, and Blue Air specifically:
https://twitter.com/marwa_zaatari/status/1375160654953340939?s=20
We got an Alen Flex partly based on Zaatari's data, and it's been great.