Austin Air HealthMate Junior Air Purifier White - Advanced 4- Stage Filtration Air Purifiers For Home with Activated

I got the Austin Air Healthmate Junior air purifier when I moved into my new house. The previous owner was a smoker. Although I'd replaced the carpets, painted the walls, and cleaned the ducts, I still needed something to help cut down the residual smoke smell. After extensive research, I chose the Healthmate Junior. It did the job. It's nice and quiet on the low setting. On the high setting it's a bit noisier, but I just set it in a corner and it's fine. (Not right up against the wall though, because you have to leave a few inches of space around it for it to work right.) I left it running for over a year. The smoke smell is gone from the house now. Even my mother, with her super-sensitive nose, can't smell anything when she comes to visit. I did buy a new filter after about nine or ten months. The air coming out of the Healthmake Junior started to smell a bit acrid. I called Austin Air and asked about it, because I thought the filter should last longer. They said it depends on the quality of your air. That makes sense. They gave me a discount on the new filter because it had been such a short time. I'm quite pleased with it. It looks nice, it's relatively light, it's simple to use, it's quiet, and it works. Read more

These mini work-horses are awesome for the bedroom. I have a larger one for my open concept living space. But, these are a great size for bedrooms. They're quiet on level 1 & helpful for airborne allergens where we sleep. I like the different color offerings and went with black to match the larger one I already have. Now I own 3 of the Austin Air Purifiers. Read more

***UPDATE - I am moving this unit from two stars to one star. It has been in use for six months and is already making clunking noise. This description of 'clunking' is coming from a seventy nine year old women who's hearing is no longer at its peak. I am frankly angry at this product. The motor must be exceptionally cheap, I should have spent more on the products described below or slightly less for a blueair, honeywell anything but this cheap cheap product. I read reviews on the motor dieing on this unit after year 2-5. I figured it was exaggerated and bought this unit for my grandmother. The air hardly flows through this unit and the motor is noticeably weaker after three months. I only like well sealed well made air purifiers that incorporate thick carbon filters and large HEPPA filters. Recommendation: Since you are shopping for a high end unit - spend the extra $200 dollars and get a Airpura or an AllerAir (Airpura is an offshoot of AllerAir and the new CEO is very passionate about making a "higher quality unit than Allerair") I own both units - AllerAir - had for seven years - love it motor is maybe a little less powerful but not to a noticeable degree. I have done two internal cleanings to get some dust out and the dust was minimal. Basically this unit is amazing and is one of the best buys I have ever decided upon. Airpura - I got the whole house unit for my parents - I am very happy with the unit so far - and had some people in the industry admit that their build quality is better. Since this unit is in the attic - I have not checked as to the durability of the unit. With that said since their allergies are much less and have stayed such - I would assume the unit is still working really well - plus after talking to the owner of this company for a few hours in total, I am confident that this company is playing for keeps. I like to see that - Read more

I have had the Austin Air Healthmate Junior a little over 2 years along with 3 smaller air purifiers of another brand. They all work well. Home air quality feels better, smells better and can breath better with them. I mainly use the Austin Air Healthmate Junior in the living appx 230 sq ft. Because it's fairly small, light & easy to carry I move it between 2 living rooms (appx 230 sq ft each) and the basement (appx 100 sq ft). Originally purchased to relieve allergies but because of covid, now I wish I would've spent a couple hundred more on the Austin Air Healthmate Plus to feel safer. Read more

I purchased this unit because I just moved into a new house and was noticing that I was waking up with congestion and throat irritation at night. I have an air-quality monitor in the bedroom that was reporting moderate levels of dust and high levels of VOCs. I needed an air purifier that would address the VOCs, and since this unit has a heavy filter with carbon that's advertised to help mitigate VOCs, I thought this would help. After the first night running this unit on high in the bedroom before and while sleeping (I've had to wear earplugs, as the unit is loud while on high, as other reviewers have noted), the dust level has not changed (though maybe it will over time), and I was really disappointed to see that the measured level of VOCs *substantially* increased to over 1700 ppb—they're higher now than I've ever seen them after a month or so of measuring them before purchasing this unit. I'm hoping that this is just a temporary blip from a new unit and that that things will level out as I continue to use this, and if they do, I'll update my review, but in the meantime, I spent $400 (including tax) on a unit that is making things worse? UPDATE - The VOCs seem to have normalized around the levels they were at before I got this filter, and my throat irritation and congestion have subjectively improved. I'm not seeing much of an objectively measurable effect on dust or VOCs, however, so I'm not sure the extent to which this air purifier actually works. Read more