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Best praise vs top criticism for Levoit Vital 200S
“It depends on needs. The Airfanta 3 Pro is a cool idea because it’s simple and highly effective, but it doesn’t come with features or a carbon filter stock. This is basically a mini CR box that does an excellent job on particulate matter in the air. Blueair makes a number of nice units if you’re okay with the ionizer. With their sale prices, they offer a combination of high performance with well tuned noise and efficiency. Clean Air Kits offer great particulate filter options for people seeking low sound levels, decent performance, and cheap maintenance costs. Winix and Coway make feature rich air purifiers that are mostly reliable and well designed, they also include carbon filters for VOCs. Levoit makes nice air purifiers at certain price points. The Vital 200S is under $200 and offers decent performance and energy efficiency.”
“This actually made me curious so I looked it up! Apparently there is only a very short time after a cigarette is finished where smokers will exhale particles. [This study](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2598442/) says waiting two minutes after he finishes smoking before coming in and breathing in the space will eliminate residual tobacco: “These data reveal a definite although marginal, role of RTS as a source of hidden indoor pollution. Further studies are needed to understand the relevance of this contribution in smoke‐free premises in terms of risk exposure; however, waiting for about 2 min before re‐entry after the last puff would be enough to avoid an unwanted additional exposure for non‐smokers.” So that and washing his hands should be good. An air purifier is also a great thing to have, but I don’t think you *need* one based on this. I like the ones from Levoit (vital 200s or Core 600) and Coway (Mighty) if you wanna get something.”
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