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tyre 3 hours ago

My favorite DIY air purifier setup is buying this Conway, myself:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01728NLRG

Quiet, efficient, works super well

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notatoad 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yeah, i get why people were doing the DIY air purifier thing during covid when air purifiers were hard to come by, and the box fan version at least has cost-effectiveness going for it.

but 5x arctic cooling PC fans is ~$100. the commercial versions are easily available, more effective, no more expensive, and don't look like a box of furnace filters taped together.

	▲	blargey 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Huh? 5x Arctic P12 is $24 on Amazon right now, no sale going on. And the whole Corsi-Rosenthal trend started specifically because consumer air purifiers were tested to be both noisier and less effective at their job. But I'd honestly pay a premium for a commercial air purifier that just has a bunch of 120mm/140mm fan mounts instead of their "maybe tolerable at Very Low" integrated box-fan equivalent. In general, all I've learned from online reviews of "quiet" appliances is that different people have very different definitions / criteria for "quiet".