So unfortunately I have a relative who drops by once a month or so, and is a HEAVY (and I mean packs a day) smoker for several days. Initially my place seemed immune, but it has been difficult as the months have gone on. As such I went looking for a relatively inexpensive/easily available air cleaner. This seemed to fit the bill and I’ve been using it for a few months now. Initially this cleaner didn’t seem to do much, but during/after the visit of my relative did I see the usefulness.

Initially I tried using it in our bedroom to keep the smells out of the smoke, but eventually I moved it into our front room by the couch where this person was spending time. It did make a fairly good impression, but his marlboro habit did manage to permeate through its work. However what usually took days or weeks to remove the smell afterwards was gone within a day, so the cleaner has definitely had an effect, but its hampered by the furniture (couches/chairs) being impacted with smell.

Some things to be aware of, its smart features work well, are relatively easily controlled through alexa and so far I appreciate its abilities. In the case of the effectiveness it is cleaning a large area (about 20×15, living room/kitchen/dining area), which so far is great. Finally, the only thing I don’t know is how long the filters will last. Some reviews are clear that this is not the cheapest unit in terms of its filters and costs more than others over the lifetime. I mainly opted for this being the cheapest option with smart features as that was a requirement for me.

So far I like the unit, and I’ll report back updates on the new filters etc, but everything about hte unit seems to make it easy to work with and relatively effective for minimalizing smoke smells etc. Liking it so far.