Since they don't make it anymore and that filters are extremely pricey, it's probably not a good solution here

a fume extractor can just be a length of dryer vent hose and a big PC fan. filter not needed if it goes out a window.

if you do use a filter make sure it captures metal vapor, which is unlikely with a regular hepa filter.

I use a different air purifier, a pretty basic xiaomi one. There are two downsides: it is quite big (I don't mind really) and it can be loud at a high speed.

I host movie nights with friends and sometimes someone might even smoke in the room, air purifier clears the air quite fast and there absolutely are no odors left. So yeah you can and if you solder or 3d print often, I'd suggest to get one, they don't cost much.

I'm not allergic and air here is basically always perfect - 1-5 ppm, but I still love it. It does filter out allergens and people allergic to pets find it easier to breathe (I have a dog). It also lowers amount of dust a bit, and I have an automation to run it on full speed when robot vacuums floors, I think it might help filter some stuff out.

I wish there'd be a way to put activated carbon packs inside somehow, because I'd love to change it more often than the full filter.

I’ve used something like this to help with soldering fumes:

https://www.vevor.com/fume-extractors-c_13369/vevor-38w-desk...

But then you still need to spend 70 pounds on a filter!

I suppose there are Corsi–Rosenthal box designs out there for 3d printing. We don't have filters like this here, otherwise I'd make such a diy purifier instead of buying one

yes, well for all new ones

but a bunch of years ago there was some blameless fan which worked somehow else (electric charges or similar???) and had the side effect of them emitting ozon

this is why if you google dyson+ozon you will find a lot of articles telling you in various details "no they don't produce ozone", because at least some dyson like fans did produce some amount of ozone in the past. Idk. if that also applied to some old dyson products.

It is the case, but people pointing this out like some kind of gotcha are intentionally omitting that the reason they call them ‘bladeless’ is because almost all of the airflow generated by the fan doesn’t come from the pedestal, but from the induction and entrainment caused by the airfoil.

I have one of these. I would recommend looking at something else.

"Personal"

Starting at around thousand bucks, with a subscription for their pods, requiring constant maintenance, with a huge footprint - I'd say this is targeted for someone with more money than sense. There aren't any clear numbers of what this device can do. The negative effects of CO2 are also quite overstated, and I say this as someone with two CO2 monitors in their home.

I sleep in what would be considered a relatively large master bedroom with ensuite. Recently got an AirGradient One sensor and was shocked at the overnight co2 levels.

When sleeping with window and door closed and just by myself, co2 levels exceeded 2,000ppm by morning and only fell once I was awake and opening doors.

With the window slightly open and the door slightly open, levels were at a much better 700ppm or so.

If this thing works as advertised, that would be great. There are a lot of situations where it’s difficult to sleep with the window or the door open.

That struck me, too. I listen to plenty of tech and car podcasts, so I'm quite used to people acknowledging their privilege in complaining about their latest $2000 gadget or the $600,000 car some manufacturer lent them to complain about for a week. I get it! When you're nit-picking a $600,000 car you can't afford, you're not saying it's worse than a Camry, but you're just pointing out the things that could be better. That's fine, but of course it will attract the haters in the comments.

But still, the note at the beginning of this one struck me. I'm not sure we need a warning on _every_ single article. If the warning served to keep the snarky comments away, great. But this is the internet. People are gonna snark anyway, so the caveat up front doesn't accomplish what one might hope it would.

Yes, hard to fathom. I start getting antsy at about 82f