I have one and it seems to be reducing formaldehyde, I didn't know I had it until I used the purifier and it detected formaldehyde on my room. It also detects the clothes of some people when they pass nearby the sensors. Overall it's a good combo unit but if you are only interested on the purification part, there might be better units, I only bought it because I needed a purifier and a humidifier. Another major upside is that they have the best sensors I have seen on any purifier, the readings match what an awair sensor read
@@nicolassama2740 I’m going to buy one, but was just curious if it was really that good. I mainly wanted it as a tower fan and the air purification was an added bonus. Thank you!!
Thanks again for detailed results to prove what I already know. I Love the Levoit 300 and also updated to the higher VOC filter! I have asthma and find I’ve slept much better with hardly any allergies since putting the Levoit in my bedroom! I highly recommend Levoit and was so happy to see how well it performed in scientific testing as in real life, I’ve felt it works great. I truly appreciate Vacuum Wars and am excited for Vacuum Wars 2.0!! Thanks
Love that you're venturing into testing other products as well! Please do tests with the Levoit 600s and Levoit 400s as well, along with Bluer 211+! Thanks!
More Levoit please! Just got this one based off your previous video on it and I’m hooked! I’m considering their most high end one as I have 5 cats so need a power house!
Thank you for the tests! I have 3 Levoits and it gives me confidence that they aren't snake oil products. Buying advice- unless you specifically want the base model, go with the 300s. It has app features which allows you to do a LOT more with it.
*LOVE* your new expansion and features! For air filters, *so so* many articles have touted the Winix 5500-2 for the top/2nd highest performance of residential units against competitors 5x the price. Would love to see a head to head based on the Winix 5500-2 (less modern features) or the Winix AM80 (modern features). As always, *love* your videos and continue to watch based on your consistency, creativity, honesty, and well-rounded reviews. Thanks!
Would love to see you test some of the ikea air purifiers. They seem to get good reviews and have very affordable filters. Would love to see how they stack up against other units you’ve tested. Cheers!
Do you have a ranking of air purifiers you have tested? I think you are working up to it, but I am having a hard time comparing price to performance among the brands. BTW I love your channel and used it to purchase my last vacuum. Funny how addicted I am to your topics and how much entertainment I get from your videos. Looking forward to the next year.
I have the Levoit 300 and a Germ Guardian. I absolutely love my Levoit and find it does much better on pet odor and household smells like air fryer, oven, etc. The Germ Guardian is right next to my two Litter Robots and it does not do the job at all. We are going to get another Levoit for that area.
Thanks for your work in getting these together, it's interesting content. A couple of notes though: at about 2:54 you say the Levoit edged out the Guardian on filter score but the scoring was 139 to 51 which seems more like a complete blowout. Also when talking about price, you call these budget units yet you show 4-5 "$" (dollar signs) which indicate that they are very expensive. This is a bit confusing.
I just got a Levoit Core 300 and I had a Home Labs 4in1 air purifier and I noticed a difference big time my room was easier to breathe in and it smelt better to plus I love how you can turn off the light and have a sleep mode
Let's not forget that any air purifier is better than none. That being said, doing research on what you buy is how you get the most out of your money, and it teaches the conpanies to make better, more durable products.
I have this Levoit and I'm glad to see you like it. I'm really impressed with the efficacy of it and the app is easy to use too. It's amazing how much fluff and detritus this machine picks up! I'm shocked every time I wipe down the filter how much has accumulated. I also have Amazon Air Quality monitors and the PM.25 usually correlates well with what the Levoit is reporting.
I know people ask all the time to test different purifiers, but can you please test a Honeywell Air Genius? Unlike the majority of purifiers they use a washable filter called an iFD filter which claims to be nearly as good as HEPA, it works similar to the old Ionic Breeze technology except with many small plates rather than a few very large plates, so yeah I'm sure it works but I'd love to know if it actually preforms even close to a hepa filter.
Bought the Levoit 300 off the back of this review and I’m very disappoints with the performance of the unit. It’s noisy even on min and it’s not removing smells despite upgrading to the detox filter. My old Philips 2000i air purifier was so much better than the Levoit, which I’m now returning to Amazon.
Would love to see Blue Air Classic review. They have two different levels of filters and consumer reports loves this unit. But I've been having issued with smelly filters on their high end filters. Just curious if anyone else had the same issues.
Great Video's thanks, could you also do one with DIY Corsi Rosenthal Box, as I heard it is way better than just the box fan as teachers are trying to find budget friendly methods to filter classrooms thanks.
ive seen air purifier reviews here only to realize that I already delved into air purifiers and found that the Dyson and a DIY Box fan filter the best. The Dyson is pricey and small, at least it doubles as a fan to provide a breeze. DIY box fan air filter is all over youtube, while it doesn't look great and not perfect seal, still does the job as escaped particles will be captured eventually. It is cheap, filters are affordable, and provides a breeze if the user happens to orient the fan.
I'd like to argue that the upgraded filter didn't do 25% better, it did twice as good. Yes, this is a maths thing. My reasoning: In the same 5 minutes it reduced VOCs by ~50% (same as the normal filter in 5 mins), and then reduced VOCs *again* by 50% in that time, for a total of 75% reduction. That's two half-lives vs one half-life in five minutes, hence twice as good. I think that this perspective does a much better job of conveying how big of a difference going from 55% to 76% filtration is, rather than saying '25% better'.
This is so crazy cus I just bought a levoit for my son's room and plan on gettin for my room... I looked at those filters also and now kno it's beneficial to get the green filter when I replace filters
Can you do the BISSELL MYair+ Air Purifier next too? It seems to have a similar rebranded filter to the Levoit ones, and now I'm wondering if theyre interchangeable.
You need to review the Austin Air Bedroom Machine air filter. I've had 2 of them for about 8 years now and I always see those air filters in ENT offices (my ENT actually recommended that air filter back in the day).
Would love to see power consumption. These are devices that are on most of the time over multiple years. So costs can really add up. Especially in Europe.
I am using Winix Zero+ since 2019 and quite like it, but as European, I am really disappointed with company abandoning EU version of the smart app due to GDPR. Since then, I am not able to control the device from the phone (I didn't use the remote control much, but I did use scheduling), and especially see the air quality history charts...
I would like to see test with Xiaomi air pueifiers. Their 4 series is quite big, and if you could do comparisons between them, that would be amazing. Not sure if they are sold in the US, but if they are, I would really appericiate the comparison. Thanks
What are your thoughts... the family and I live where there are frequent forest fires and sick kids from school. I usually just buy the best so I was looking at that massive iq air health pro plus. We have a two story home and just having a single unit. Or would it be better to buy 2 of these smaller units?
I completely forgot to mention and this is important, one of the reasons I bought the Core 300S was to eliminate odors, unfortunately it didn't help even on the first day, next time I will buy a different type of filter maybe it will change something.
It's interesting. I had 2 Bissell MYAir Pros that I initially thought were better than the Levoit I bought for downstairs. But one of the Bissels already died, and the Levoit is still going strong 👍. I have question though: I've replaced the Levoit filter a few times, but no matter what I do, I can't get the red "change filter" light to go away. Any help is appreciated!
It would be great if you could mention from which country the companies behind the brands come from, since there are many people that actively try to avoid Chinese products.
Does anyone have a good forum or subreddit to research this topic? Really want to find a good dust specific unit that is quiet, and has a user cleanable filter if one exists ? Would be great if they had a paired unit that operated in tandem top corner and opposite side bottom corner to get good cross flow.
I'm using the Alen Breathesmart 45i and 75i I like them both not really in this kinda price range tho. I did recommend this levoit to a buddy for a small room glad it was a decent choice.
I have the Core 300, and the Core300S (smart) air purifiers. They actually have different guts and fans, even though you'd think it would only be the smart features added on. Both are great. I've always wondered if the accessory filters actually do what they say as it only looks like they are a different color on the outside, but looks like they actually do! Thanks for doing such a good job of objectively reviewing them!
@@jamesdeath8094 I think the 300s is slightly quieter, but the 300 likely moves a little more air at max. They are rated the same on the box and are likely within 10% of each other. So go with the 300 if you want it cheaper, 300s if you want the smarts.
Thanks for noting the amount of carbon in the honeycombs, that's been my current gripe with replacement filters. Looking forward to more videos and seeing if any of my air filters pop up and are put to the test.
I'd love to see Molekule's new offerings (particularly the "Pro") tested. Also, a scoring category for sensing and reacting to environmental contaminant levels might make sense when you get to the more capable units. Thanks so much for sharing, love the new series!
DO NOT buy Levoit Core 300S, buy a much larger purifier, unless you want to turn it on to the max when you leave the house, work even on 1 is heard and then it barely blows. Buy a bigger one, today I would buy a Core 600S.
I have the Levoit H133 which is basically the 300's bigger older brother and I have to warn you, they will discontinue the filters at random leaving you with a useless, expensive device. Buyer beware.
Levoit Core 300 on Amazon: geni.us/liEY0Vv
Germ Guardian on Amazon: geni.us/BiCjHwf
Love the new series on air purifiers! There isn't enough testing done in this product category.
Thank you!
@@VacuumWars if u can, can you test Philips air purifier series since they are quite popular and tend to have very good heap filter
I’d really like to see if you can do a test on the Dyson TP09. They are really pushing the formaldehyde destroying capabilities of it.
I have one and it seems to be reducing formaldehyde, I didn't know I had it until I used the purifier and it detected formaldehyde on my room. It also detects the clothes of some people when they pass nearby the sensors.
Overall it's a good combo unit but if you are only interested on the purification part, there might be better units, I only bought it because I needed a purifier and a humidifier.
Another major upside is that they have the best sensors I have seen on any purifier, the readings match what an awair sensor read
@@nicolassama2740 I’m going to buy one, but was just curious if it was really that good. I mainly wanted it as a tower fan and the air purification was an added bonus. Thank you!!
Thanks again for detailed results to prove what I already know. I Love the Levoit 300 and also updated to the higher VOC filter! I have asthma and find I’ve slept much better with hardly any allergies since putting the Levoit in my bedroom! I highly recommend Levoit and was so happy to see how well it performed in scientific testing as in real life, I’ve felt it works great. I truly appreciate Vacuum Wars and am excited for Vacuum Wars 2.0!! Thanks
Love that you're venturing into testing other products as well! Please do tests with the Levoit 600s and Levoit 400s as well, along with Bluer 211+! Thanks!
More Levoit please! Just got this one based off your previous video on it and I’m hooked! I’m considering their most high end one as I have 5 cats so need a power house!
nice, I was looking for a air purifier for a while, but haven't digged in deeper. this is just what I need. (probably waiting for mid-budget)
Another excellent video! loving the new air purifier series focus. I appreciate all the effort on the new tests, data, measurements!
The UV-C feature makes the GermG in a class of it’s own
I got both they both work great
That is great to hear!
Thank you for the tests! I have 3 Levoits and it gives me confidence that they aren't snake oil products.
Buying advice- unless you specifically want the base model, go with the 300s. It has app features which allows you to do a LOT more with it.
*LOVE* your new expansion and features! For air filters, *so so* many articles have touted the Winix 5500-2 for the top/2nd highest performance of residential units against competitors 5x the price. Would love to see a head to head based on the Winix 5500-2 (less modern features) or the Winix AM80 (modern features). As always, *love* your videos and continue to watch based on your consistency, creativity, honesty, and well-rounded reviews. Thanks!
Would love to see you test some of the ikea air purifiers. They seem to get good reviews and have very affordable filters. Would love to see how they stack up against other units you’ve tested. Cheers!
Do you have a ranking of air purifiers you have tested? I think you are working up to it, but I am having a hard time comparing price to performance among the brands. BTW I love your channel and used it to purchase my last vacuum. Funny how addicted I am to your topics and how much entertainment I get from your videos. Looking forward to the next year.
I have the Levoit 300 and a Germ Guardian. I absolutely love my Levoit and find it does much better on pet odor and household smells like air fryer, oven, etc. The Germ Guardian is right next to my two Litter Robots and it does not do the job at all. We are going to get another Levoit for that area.
Just picked up the Levoit as my Fiancé has terrible allergies and so far it’s been great! Will update how we like it!
I have the Levoit air purifier and really love it! Glad it won the competition 👏🏼
spoilers! XD
Thanks for your work in getting these together, it's interesting content. A couple of notes though: at about 2:54 you say the Levoit edged out the Guardian on filter score but the scoring was 139 to 51 which seems more like a complete blowout. Also when talking about price, you call these budget units yet you show 4-5 "$" (dollar signs) which indicate that they are very expensive. This is a bit confusing.
Super feedback. Thank you.
been using the levoit for a couple of months. Love it, it was really reasonable and extremely quiet as well. have in running almost 24/7 in my bedroom
I just got a Levoit Core 300 and I had a Home Labs 4in1 air purifier and I noticed a difference big time my room was easier to breathe in and it smelt better to plus I love how you can turn off the light and have a sleep mode
Super interesting! I've had the Germ Guardian for a few years now, but I might look into trying the Levoit after watching this 👀
I just got the Levoit Core 300 and I absolutely love it. I’m gonna have to get another one for my bedroom.
Beware of Levoit air purifier apps, the damn thing demands access to almost everything on your phone during installation!
Let's not forget that any air purifier is better than none. That being said, doing research on what you buy is how you get the most out of your money, and it teaches the conpanies to make better, more durable products.
I have this Levoit and I'm glad to see you like it. I'm really impressed with the efficacy of it and the app is easy to use too.
It's amazing how much fluff and detritus this machine picks up! I'm shocked every time I wipe down the filter how much has accumulated.
I also have Amazon Air Quality monitors and the PM.25 usually correlates well with what the Levoit is reporting.
Proud to be sitting next to a Levoit 300.
Same
OMG, thank you for not using the idiotic CADR "standard". Finally a real world/room test. Thank you!!
Thank you!
I'm really excited about this new series of wars. Wonderful content. Thank you
Thank you very much!
I have the dyson air purifier would love to see that test done soon
Great comparison! 👍
Thank you!
I know people ask all the time to test different purifiers, but can you please test a Honeywell Air Genius? Unlike the majority of purifiers they use a washable filter called an iFD filter which claims to be nearly as good as HEPA, it works similar to the old Ionic Breeze technology except with many small plates rather than a few very large plates, so yeah I'm sure it works but I'd love to know if it actually preforms even close to a hepa filter.
The Levoit is often on sale for $69. I have a Core 300 and 2 small ones for bedrooms. Been running for years with no issues.
Bought the Levoit 300 off the back of this review and I’m very disappoints with the performance of the unit. It’s noisy even on min and it’s not removing smells despite upgrading to the detox filter. My old Philips 2000i air purifier was so much better than the Levoit, which I’m now returning to Amazon.
glad to see this test. I have this Levoit
I’ve had my core 300 since 2020 love it
Would love to see Blue Air Classic review. They have two different levels of filters and consumer reports loves this unit. But I've been having issued with smelly filters on their high end filters. Just curious if anyone else had the same issues.
I'm going to get rid of my old Germ Guardian when I run out of filters and upgrade to a Levoit. Thanks!
I'm glad to see you expanding! I enjoy your testing methodology.
Thank you!
Great Video's thanks, could you also do one with DIY Corsi Rosenthal Box, as I heard it is way better than just the box fan as teachers are trying to find budget friendly methods to filter classrooms thanks.
Thanks for saving me some money from Germ Guardians model here! I was JUST about to buy it glad I didn't.
ive seen air purifier reviews here only to realize that I already delved into air purifiers and found that the Dyson and a DIY Box fan filter the best. The Dyson is pricey and small, at least it doubles as a fan to provide a breeze. DIY box fan air filter is all over youtube, while it doesn't look great and not perfect seal, still does the job as escaped particles will be captured eventually. It is cheap, filters are affordable, and provides a breeze if the user happens to orient the fan.
I'd like to argue that the upgraded filter didn't do 25% better, it did twice as good. Yes, this is a maths thing.
My reasoning: In the same 5 minutes it reduced VOCs by ~50% (same as the normal filter in 5 mins), and then reduced VOCs *again* by 50% in that time, for a total of 75% reduction. That's two half-lives vs one half-life in five minutes, hence twice as good.
I think that this perspective does a much better job of conveying how big of a difference going from 55% to 76% filtration is, rather than saying '25% better'.
I would love a comparison of larger air purifiers, like the Levoit Core 600S.
Great review, I'd love some reviews of larger units.
This is so crazy cus I just bought a levoit for my son's room and plan on gettin for my room... I looked at those filters also and now kno it's beneficial to get the green filter when I replace filters
Done with excellence as usual! Thank you! Smiles and blessings...
Thank you!
Super helpful video.
Glad it was helpful!
Can you do the BISSELL MYair+ Air Purifier next too? It seems to have a similar rebranded filter to the Levoit ones, and now I'm wondering if theyre interchangeable.
Video idea: compare the genuine filters with aftermarket for the Levoit.
Can't wait for more of these!
You need to review the Austin Air Bedroom Machine air filter. I've had 2 of them for about 8 years now and I always see those air filters in ENT offices (my ENT actually recommended that air filter back in the day).
Thank you so much! I have asthma and allergies and need one.
You're so welcome!
I hope he eventually compares Austin Air to IQ Air and Iso-Aire to Extract All.
He's gonna compare all of them at the end of the year
There's a bit of debate over the effectiveness of Ikea's air purifiers. I would greatly appreciate a review!
Would love to see power consumption. These are devices that are on most of the time over multiple years. So costs can really add up. Especially in Europe.
I am waiting for a BEST purifier video, hopefully it comes around soon! You have a lot of testing to do ;)
Hi, love the new series. Can you also use the metric system? Would really help your European viewers!
Please compare Dyson Air Purifier vs Rabbit Air
what about whole home solutions like the LifeBreath hepa, I had a fire in my home, and it was so effective the smoke alarms never went off.
I am using Winix Zero+ since 2019 and quite like it, but as European, I am really disappointed with company abandoning EU version of the smart app due to GDPR.
Since then, I am not able to control the device from the phone (I didn't use the remote control much, but I did use scheduling), and especially see the air quality history charts...
Would have loved to see the EverestAir in the mix, Levoit's best model.
Blue air test should be next
Please review the new Dyson Purifier Big+Quiet against another top air purifier to see if I need it :)
I would like to see test with Xiaomi air pueifiers. Their 4 series is quite big, and if you could do comparisons between them, that would be amazing. Not sure if they are sold in the US, but if they are, I would really appericiate the comparison. Thanks
Also, Wyze has 3 popular Air Filters (regular HEPA, gas & chemical, and fire & smoke) variations you should review.
What are your thoughts... the family and I live where there are frequent forest fires and sick kids from school. I usually just buy the best so I was looking at that massive iq air health pro plus. We have a two story home and just having a single unit. Or would it be better to buy 2 of these smaller units?
how does the levoit compare to the coway assuming you're using the same suite of tests?
Hello, could you rate the Medify Air brand?
I like the scientific testing
Thank you!
I love my germ guardian
I completely forgot to mention and this is important, one of the reasons I bought the Core 300S was to eliminate odors, unfortunately it didn't help even on the first day, next time I will buy a different type of filter maybe it will change something.
It actually caused odors for me, the stench it emitted was horrid
Good job
It's interesting. I had 2 Bissell MYAir Pros that I initially thought were better than the Levoit I bought for downstairs. But one of the Bissels already died, and the Levoit is still going strong 👍. I have question though: I've replaced the Levoit filter a few times, but no matter what I do, I can't get the red "change filter" light to go away. Any help is appreciated!
It’s the check filter button, or reset button, or sleep mode button. One of them..press and hold for like 5-10 seconds til it goes out. Try that.
@doc3296 Thank you so much! It was the sleep button! I held it for a few seconds, and red change filter light gone. I appreciate it!
I hope you do a 300Core vs 200S Vital cuz that is what I am shopping right now.
Please do the Wyze Filter!
It would be great if you could mention from which country the companies behind the brands come from, since there are many people that actively try to avoid Chinese products.
Sooooo are you secretly preparing to review fridges too? :)
Not us! But that would be cool to see someone do!
Does anyone have a good forum or subreddit to research this topic?
Really want to find a good dust specific unit that is quiet, and has a user cleanable filter if one exists ?
Would be great if they had a paired unit that operated in tandem top corner and opposite side bottom corner to get good cross flow.
I'm using the Alen Breathesmart 45i and 75i I like them both not really in this kinda price range tho. I did recommend this levoit to a buddy for a small room glad it was a decent choice.
Is the eufy H30 Infinity worth it?
Can you review the mach 1 ultra mop vacuum ?
Misspelled “Gaurdian” on the thumbnail. 😉
I have the Core 300, and the Core300S (smart) air purifiers. They actually have different guts and fans, even though you'd think it would only be the smart features added on. Both are great. I've always wondered if the accessory filters actually do what they say as it only looks like they are a different color on the outside, but looks like they actually do! Thanks for doing such a good job of objectively reviewing them!
As you own both the 300 and 300s, saying there different internals and fans... Do you recommend one over the other with interest in proformance
@@jamesdeath8094 I think the 300s is slightly quieter, but the 300 likely moves a little more air at max. They are rated the same on the box and are likely within 10% of each other. So go with the 300 if you want it cheaper, 300s if you want the smarts.
not me trying to figure out what vacuum to buy and seeing a head to head video of two of the air purifiers I have
What about levoit vs winix?
Wish I could decide what to buy for my 1200 sqft townhouse. I'd rather just have one to do it all.
0:32 Weird, you say they're budget but you show lots of dollar signs that tell me they're ultra-expensive. Was expecting 1-3 dollar signs.
I don’t understand the number of dollar signs when these are supposed to be super budget air filters
Sorry bout that. our bad.
BACKPACK VACUUMS???
Please do a review on the Dyson TP02 .
Are we gonna get a review for the Dyson Gen5 Detect?
Tomorrow at 4PM EST!
Thanks for noting the amount of carbon in the honeycombs, that's been my current gripe with replacement filters. Looking forward to more videos and seeing if any of my air filters pop up and are put to the test.
I'd love to see Molekule's new offerings (particularly the "Pro") tested.
Also, a scoring category for sensing and reacting to environmental contaminant levels might make sense when you get to the more capable units.
Thanks so much for sharing, love the new series!
Test Mila. Do a long term test too if you could … every motor starts whining after awhile
Can you review ones for pet owners. which one sucks pet hairs the best.
Do the Mila!
Try Daikin MC55WVM
DO NOT buy Levoit Core 300S, buy a much larger purifier, unless you want to turn it on to the max when you leave the house, work even on 1 is heard and then it barely blows. Buy a bigger one, today I would buy a Core 600S.
Typo in the thumbnail “gaurdian”
Goodness. Thanks.
I have the Levoit H133 which is basically the 300's bigger older brother and I have to warn you, they will discontinue the filters at random leaving you with a useless, expensive device. Buyer beware.