Winix 5500-2 Air Purifier

I have had this machine on low for 24 hrs at night and it works very well. It gives the room a nice smell in the morning. The product is as good as the seller wrote about it. I wish I had bought it sooner.

This review is long overdue – We had a big wild years ago, couldn’t open the windows everything smelled of smoke breathtaking actually…Decided to buy a air purifier after the fans didn’t really move the smoke Purchased a Winex 5300-2 it is a Workhorse. Took maybe 4 days for the disgusting smell of wildfire smoke to dissipate.
We also had two cats, had to wipe down the first filter (cloth?) at least once a week due to cat hair. The filter did not get rid of dust in our house but it does cut it down.
Couple years later I converted our garage into my art studio. I am an outdoor smoker, but it was winter and I was smoking in the studio. Well the studio was beginning to smell so I purchased the 5500-2, been using it ever since, I change out the filters every 3 months, (generic brand here on Amazon).
I believe 5500-2 is the best. It did not come with a remote as advertised but I didn’t really need it, both of these machines are workhorses, ( one star removed because the highest setting is very loud) Once or twice a week I use the plasmawave setting (not really sure about negative eons etc, so we mostly leave that setting off)
The positives are these two machines help keep pollen out of my house, decrease dust, and my garage/ Art Studio continues to smell fresh -if I keep a window open.
We now keep the Winex 5300 in the studio, approximately 300 ft, and the 5500 in the living room approximately 400+ ft. with a vaulted ceiling.
Looking at the ratings today maybe their quality is going down? But I can honestly say these two machines are amazing, definitely worth the money!

Muy buen excelente para alegias y asma mucho mejor que el Dyson o en Kenko a una fracción del precio con filtros EPA certificados

A few weeks in, I’m happy with the purchase and considering getting a second one to accommodate a larger living area. I chose this unit after a lot of research because based on its CAD rating and filter life expectancy and cost, it provides one of the best values available and also because I wanted an air purifier with separate HEPA and carbon filters (many of the composite 2-in-1/3-in-1 provide a more compact filter altogether, with less thickness at each level and less surface for air to be filtered through). I live downtown and have pets, so both dust and smells can be an issue. It’s been running on turbo most days and sometimes overnight.

PROS:

arrived quickly and on time

easy/no setup out of the box

does what it’s supposed to – upon inspecting the filter after running for about 10 days, there was already a layer of dust/particles on the reusable filter that I was able to easily vacuum off

takes a minute, but will reduce lingering lysol smell (if I spray anything indoors, usually it takes hours for the smell to go away, but with this air purifier running, the intensity of the smell is immediately reduced and gone faster than it would otherwise)

very quiet, unless running on turbo

does ok job in a space much larger than recommended (around 480 ft^2 instead of the indicated 360 ft^2, but I’m on the market for a second unit because if you want really clean air/”great” performance in that kind of space, this alone will not do it)

takes little space

very easy to move around (minus power cord limitations)

CONS:

direction matters – I find myself rotating it around the room somewhat frequently, changing which way it’s facing will often trigger the sensor and turn the indicator from blue (clean) to red – it maybe worth trying one of those 360 degree units, however, their filters tend to be “all in one”, so it’d be a trade off

direction matters x2 – sometimes even if it’s in the immediate kitchen space but “facing” outward, it doesn’t start to capture and reduce smells until rotated 180 degrees to face exactly the area you want cleaned

the sensor is a VOC/odor sensor, meaning it doesn’t get triggered by amount of particles/dust – while I don’t think this is a con for everyone, it’s the main reason I’m running it on turbo most of the time – I can’t get a measure of dust in the air, and with pets in the house, there is always dust to go around

has Plasmawave feature and turns it on by default upon starting, which I don’t want to use due to ozone by-product concerns (but you can easily turn this off with one push of a button)

turbo fan level noise – while it’s not “loud” by any means (I doubt any other machine of this size and comparable power would be much quieter, I have a tiny one that can be louder than this one on max speed!) the noise is audible and can get annoying after a few hours, however, when running it on a lower fan speed (even on 3 and turbo would be 4), you can barely tell it’s working

NOTES:

no intrusive air blown in one direction, but makes the room cooler overall (same effect like running your hvac on “fan” instead of “AC”)

needs to run on turbo to really get the air moving around the room – as long as the motor doesn’t mind this, I don’t necessarily consider it a con

Bewertung nach einigen Wochen in Nutzung! Unsere mittlere Tochter hat zu dieser Jahreszeit vermehrt mit Pollen zu kämpfen. Das Gerät bringt wirklich Linderung. Auch bei Küchen- oder Katzenklogeruch wirklich sinnvoll. Wir stellen das Gerät vor dem Schlafengehen, nach dem Lüften in die Kinderzimmer. Es mag Einbildung sein aber die Luft ist deutlich besser. Auch tagsüber läuft er regelmäßig. Wir würden ihn wieder kaufen und tatsächlich auch gern eine kleine Alternative die fest in den Kinderzimmern stehen könnte.