Blueair Blue Pure 211+ Air Purifier

Fits decor, works like a charm, virtually silent, works when air has cooking smell, other non-normal scents, and gets back to normal air quality quickly.

Blue Pure 211+ Air Purifier is an amazing product! There’s almost zero assembly required. You unbox, put the washable outer filter on, you plug it in, and tap front button to turn on to start. Within 15 mins of it being on in my room, immediately I noticed how light and fresh the air is. There’s no unpleasant scent at all other than the new filter smell which doesn’t bother me. After 1 1/2 weeks of using it, this new filter smell is gone and it’s just fresh air. I love it. It gets rid of cooking smells too. I love cooking fresh fish often, and man, this purifier eliminates the odour within an hour compared to 3-4 days of lingering fish smell inside of the house. No more opening windows in the middle of winter just to air out odours. Noise Level is appropriate and can be tolerated. First level of air option is very quiet and almost no noise. Second level option you can hear the fan but sounds like a subtle white noise, Third level of air option, strong fan noise but man it’s very effective! Manoeuverability is easy. I like that the button to turn on the purifier is tap sensitive. The machine could use a nook for the hands on the sides for easier to move from one place to the other. There’s a warning label on top of the machine to carry the machine from the bottom when moving or carrying. The fan on top is connected to the filter at the bottom. There’s a locking mechanism between the two chambers, but I don’t feel it’s a sturdy lock and agrees that it’s safer to carry from the bottom and not from the sides of the machine. Weight is light for younger folks but I don’t recommend grand parents to carry the machine on their own. Overall, amazing air purifier!

Before I purchased this size/make I did some research and Consumer Reports has this listed number 3 in its top 5 of household air purifiers. It does almost as good a job as the top 2 according to Consumers Reports. The reason it landed in the number 3 spot is because it was not as energy efficient as the top 2, but for the year it was only a few dollars more to run. This air purifier is a much better deal in my opinion because the #1 ranked air purifier was priced $795.
It is very very quiet on speeds 1 and 2. And on speed 3 it sounds very similar to a small tabletop fan on low. I use it in my 12’x14′ bedroom and the fan does not affect my sleep. In the pictures it looks as though it’s a small unit but please note the measurements, it is fairly large and bulky. Although it is very lightweight and easy to move around, or lift. It does a somewhat sufficient job of removing smoke odors coming from the tenant below me, but not 100% at eliminating ALL of the smelly stink from constant smoke etc. If you need to remove strong consistent odors I don’t think it would be work well in a larger room regardless of what the description states. This is a very economical purchase for a large air purifying unit. I would recommend it as a room size unit, but not for a whole house.

I am reviewing the BlueAir 211i Max and 411i Max series in this review as I bought both – one for living room and one for bedroom. Bottom line, these are very impressive units and for the price I am impressed and pleased with each for functionality and effectiveness.

Pros for the BlueAir series. very very quiet. On auto maintenance mode – you can’t hear the thing. These are smart machines. You can monitor every aspect of your air quality through the app. You can adjust the control lights from off to bright. It tracks months of air quality data for the room it is in by month, week, day. You can adjust from sleep mode, auto, and 3 fan speeds using the app remotely. It tells you how much filter life is left. It tells you the outside air quality and compares to your inside.

Example of its effectiveness; I was sautéing some Italian sausage and onions, the unit detected the particles and immediately went into high mode for about 5 minutes until all the odor was eliminated and then went back to silent. The front LED bar changes from Blue to Green, orange and red depending on the air quality while at the same time adjusting the fan speed to address the corresponding level of air quality indicated. Same thing happened when smoking some meat on the back patio. I left the door open to bring in the food, the unit detected the smoke and the front LED went red. After closing the door, it ran on high mode until the LED indicators began to regress back to blue and the fan speed decreasing accordingly until all the smoke odor was eliminated from the room.

Cons for the BlueAir product. It is a bit pricier than other options – but for all the differences – so far, I feel the Blue Air product is definitely worth the price difference, for me at least.

What I have not addressed: the longivity of the products; the life of the filter; ease of maintaining; Both of my purchases are within the first month;

Purifica el aire PERO SE QUEDA con el olor anterior.
1. Lo usé en la cocina porque hice pescado y ahora le quedó el olor a pescado ='(
2. Después lo usé para purificar humo de cigarro en la recámara y….. ahora al prenderlo huele a pescado + cigarro.
Horrible…..