Airpura V714 Air Purifier – VOCs & Wildfire Smoke, Super HEPA H14

Used this since i have asthma and we live in an old home with dust and occasional renovations and its been great! Also helped when we were getting smoke from canadian wildfires which were severely triggering my asthma but didnt notice at all with the filter.

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I struggle with a severe susceptibility for fungal infections and also allergies to pollen. The wildfire smoke for the last few summers made it very hard for me to breath, and I would wake up 5-6 times each night with my sinuses totally blocked and coughing. I did a bunch of research into air purifiers to see if I might find a little relief, and saw that many reviews were quite positive. I quickly eliminated the inexpensive purifiers so prevalent in big box stores and online retailers (not enough volume to be effective), and dug deeper into professional grade purifiers. Eventually I settled on Airpura, and purchased three for my 3,600 Sq Ft home. I put a V714 with the Super Gas option upstairs, and the same downstairs in our finished walkout basement, and added a V414 with the same option to my office. These things completely changed my life in two days! I was really skeptical, it was a big investment for us, but it turns out that this was one of the best decisions I ever made. I now sleep through the night, cough is gone, and I have much more energy throughout the day....I really didn't realize how poor sleep was affecting me. We run the 714s on high all night and at 50% power during the day ...they are not loud, but can be a little distracting on high while watching a movie. We also keep our ceiling fans on low all the time to help with air circulation. Our electric bill went up about $9/month, but that's fine given the huge improvement in quality of life. All I can say is that if you, like me, are skeptical, don't be. These things work!

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We’ve done just about everything over the years to combat dog smell. We have teeny tiny dogs but they still make dog smells. I looked at the competitors mainly focusing on carbon bed purifiers to handle ammonia from potty pads. I also have an African Grey and they create substantial tiny dust particles that coat *everything*. To make that even worse, I vape after quitting cigarettes (never smoked inside though) so between the vaping and just my parrot, every surface in my room is essentially tarred and feathered (no pun intended) with bird dust. They aren’t as bad as Cockatoos but still, they are making dust as small as talcum powder. I initially planned to do a larger carbon bed purifier and an added Blast Mk2 for high CADR HEPA only for the bird but with multiple areas of potty zones I opted to go for the smaller carbon bed and True HEPA in the 714 series first. Knowing I could swap out for a different carbon blend or even move to the high carbon quantity and add the Blast Mk2 later if need be, saved me another $1100. What began this entire thing is I have a Co2 sensor in my animal incubator for wildlife rehabilitation and it woke me up at 2am with an alarm that the Co2 hit 5000ppm!! I added a Vornado Transom fan until we get our new ERV/Fresh Air system installed and that brought it down but still well over 4400ppm. The Airpura shipment arrived today and after just 30 minutes, the Co2 level was at 2200. I’m not sure if the sensor itself is reading properly but whatever is causing that kind of level of anything cannot be good for us or our beloved pets. My husband was shocked to walk in and not be able to find even a trace of ammonia/pee smell. The two competitors I looked at I quickly narrowed down to just one due to the one having QC issues being widely reported on Reddit and other places people discuss actual air quality. My final decision was made when reading the manual of the one remaining competition and seeing it needs to be fully inverted to even access the pre-filter, and with this many dogs combined with being legitimately bedridden (meaning my caretaker would need to help with it). I was really leaning that direction because of the CFM when a $200 motor upgrade is added but I am really glad I found out about the pre-filter before purchasing. The Airpura has a better fan geometry designed for quieter operation. It is also visually more appealing. The competition with the 700CFM motor doesn’t advertise the dB but it is listed “not for bedroom” use and suited toward industrial applications. With my dB meter, the Airpura 714 with Super Gas 600 Carbon is sitting right at 62dB. It does not drone about or hit a bad frequency, and the spin up on the motor is gradual. On low, I can’t even hear it, and on medium, I can’t hear it over my pedestal fans I keep on 24/7. The powder coating is nicely done, the packaging is secure, shipping was precisely as estimated. IF I HAD to nitpick: I would prefer the caster plates weren’t riveted on because I won’t be having it on the floor (need to be able to get to it with my physical limitations), and I wish I had realized ahead of time to take a photo of the first one we opened before taking it out of the box for the serial number for the warranty registration. That one’s on me, but it’d be pretty cool if those cards were pre-printed or stickered with the product details just for ease of registration later. TLDR; Fit and finish is superb. Clearly designed and manufactured with pride and a very nice aesthetic with various colors to coordinate with one’s decor. ZERO dog pee smell with an ark full of animals who use potty pads in both a large and a small space. Fan is SILENT on low and on high it does not settle into a womp-womp frequency. Airflow design is superior, many carbon blends available to address specific issues, True HEPA in the 14 series and upgradable platform for future needs changes. Potentiometer dial and power button are both stainless mounted to the control panel. Overall, it’s a BEAST up against any urine odor that tends to linger even with daily potty pad changes. You won’t be disappointed.

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We got the V714 to mitigate excessive wood smoke smell in our home. The first day we tried it. We got a little bit of an output smell from the unit and contacted the vendor who said we should put the unit in a separate room and run it on high for a day or two and the smell should diminish as the new filters in the unit cycle some air through them. We did that, and within a few hours, I went into that room just to do a couple of things for less than five minutes and when I came back out into the rest of the house, I was astonished by the difference and how much smoke smell was in the house and how much the filter had already cleaned the air in the room I was in. At that point, I did not need to be convinced that this is an outstanding filter. We’ve been using it for a few weeks Now out in the open space of the rest of the house and have definitely noticed the difference of cleaner air.

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