Most HEPA Air Purifiers Are A SCAM (There's A Better Option)

I wanted to address some of the comments and reiterate that this video is not sponsored by Clean Air Kits or any other company. I decided to feature their products based on my personal experience and belief in their effectiveness. I had no idea this video would be as big as it is! If any of my content is sponsored, I will always clearly disclose that to you. For those who are curious about why I didn’t name the brand that wasn’t effective for me: I don’t want to start a witch hunt of one brand when the real issue is the industry as a whole. I’ve seen too many internet witch hunts and I will not perpetuate that energy. It distracts from the real issue. Most importantly, not knowing the brand doesn’t matter because this video arms you with the information you need to make an informed decision for yourself. I also don’t want people walking away from this video thinking that HEPA filters in general are useless. I want to reiterate that there are numerous different contexts and settings in which filters are used. The type of filter required varies between them. MERV-13 is sufficient (or even optimal) in many of these. However, as I mentioned in this video, HEPA is necessary in some. For example, vacuums, cabin air filters for cars, powered air purifying respirators (PAPR), clean rooms, operating theaters, or nuclear laboratory exhaust. To add to what I said at 31:42: the Exhalaron by Clean Air Kits creates another context in which HEPA filters ARE useful. I’m referring to near-field source control, minimizing the spread of virus from a sick person to a healthy person. This scenario is different from reducing overall particulate counts within a medium/larger room.

Homeboys air purifier so strong, his black shirt turned a lighter color mid way through the video.

My wife wanted me to buy an air purifier. Me being a pc builder, I immediately thought: I can build this with some pc fans, a case and some filters for way cheaper. Turns out my idea was good al along. I was right! I'm going to send her this video. 😂 Wish me luck.

Dude that's an INSANE video, the amount of research and effort is honeslty crazy. Customer all around the work should look at this video.

As a moderate allergy sufferer I've used HEPA air cleaners, always Honeywell brand which had/have cadrs of 300 or higher. The units have always sounded like small jet engines but I didn't care because being able to breath was more important to me and after years of using them it's a little harder to go to sleep without the noise. I got noticeable relief from them and never questioned their effectiveness until I watched your video. I have an email into clean air kits and intend to buy to compare one or more of their filter units. You should hit them up for a discount code for your viewers.

Yes, the surface area of the filters matters. With Biological Safety Cabinets used in laboratories, or laminar flow hoods used in pharmaceutical work, the size of the HEPA filters are enormous in comparison to a household air cleaner. The larger the filter given the same fan & speed setting, the more clean air produced because of decreased resistance to flow. Most household HEPA air filters have minuscule filters. HEPA filters are superior IF the household cleaner is properly designed. Apparently they are not today. HEPA filters can last for many years especially with the usual setup of having a pre filter ahead of the HEPA filter. A pre filter is similar to your MERV rated filter. This is standard in a laminar flow hood, as described in USP797.

Very glad I found this video. Last week I purchased a Levoit Vital 200S-P as the home that I'm moving into has noticeably bad air quality and has shown worryingly high fungal presence in air quality tests. I decided to test it in my current home ahead of time, and after running it in a particularly dusty 168 sqft storage room on the highest setting for 8 hours I can't tell any difference. Not only that, but the machine had the audacity to say that the room had reached "excellent" air quality within 30 seconds of being on. I can't believe how many online reviews are praising this thing. As for a replacement, I'll need to find some more reviews first, but I'm pretty intrigued by the Luggable XXL. Thanks for gathering all this data.

"Merv filters leave HEPA in the dust". hehe

13:49 I'm not reading this the same way. The HEPA didn't generate as much cleaned air (lower CADR) but the air that came out was cleaned more thoroughly (higher efficiency). So the HEPA didn't move as much air, but the air that comes out at the filter has lower concentration of particulates in it, versus a lot more air coming out with higher concentration still "dirty". I feel like this is the part not being said directly here.

Thanks so much for the information! I'm going to get one. Quick question - on average how often do you have to replace the filters?

Is this sponsored content?

I have two hepa filters in my home that has small rooms. I can't/don't want to have big footprint diy merv filter. Does it still make sense to stick with what I am doing when running those units on low 24/7.

Im a mechanical engineer. The vendors in HVAC have been trying to convince you of the “medical benefits” of HVAC widegets for at least the 45 years I’ve been in the field. Lmao

Use both. A merv13 will scrub large volumes to 25% purity and use hepa13 to clean it further. This way hepa is not going to be overwhelmed with particulate

Hi, love your info, trying hard to find a car air purifier that can stay in the car and get charged in the car, found a few but they had UVC, any recommendations for a car ?

Is Levoit a good brand of air purifier? I have the core 200S.

what is the absolute best clean airs kits air purifier for a bedroom? The 6-fan Brisk Box?

Do these kits work with 3M MERV 14 MPR 2500? Love your channel, just subscribed!

So…you bought the wrong sized HEPA purifier for your room. Common issue, with a common solution. Always buy a purifier designed for a room larger than your own

Hello Love this i am seeking a passive dust removal device / i am a thing collector, i have low thyroid and therefore dry skin and thus generate a lot of dust. i'm seeking a jetson's space age dust remover that does not require touching or handling the surfaces of the things or cabinets to clean. Any Ideas. thanks