Air purifiers · Prices updated at 10:24 AM ET
The best air purifier for every budget in 2026
Every model with a known CADR ranked by measured facts and owners’ ratings, priced at 10 stores, shipping to the United States included.
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| Levoit Core Mini-P × | |
|---|---|
| Price and ranking | |
| Lowest price | $44Levoit (brand store) |
| Score | |
| Rank | rank 1 of 6 for small rooms |
| Customer rating | – |
| Room size | |
| Room size | small roomsup to 53 ft² |
| Size, noise and age | |
| How tall the purifier is. It decides whether it fits on a shelf or under a window sill. When it matters
| 10.4 in (26.4 cm) |
| On the market since | July 2023 |
| Smart features and warranty | |
| Matter is the standard that lets devices from different makers work together. With it you can run the robot outside the maker’s own app. Matter | no (assumed) |
| Cleaning performance | |
| How much clean air the purifier delivers an hour, measured with smoke, dust and pollen. A higher figure cleans a bigger room or the same room faster. Clean air delivery rate (CADR) | 34 cfm (58 m³/h) |
| The test the CADR comes from. AHAM AC-1 and the DOE test are independent and comparable. A maker's own test is not. CADR measured to | DOE test |
| The CADR measured with tobacco smoke, the finest of the three test particles. It is the figure to read for wildfire smoke. CADR for smoke | 34 cfm (58 m³/h) |
| The CADR measured with dust. CADR for dust | 39 cfm (66 m³/h) |
| The CADR measured with pollen. CADR for pollen | 44 cfm (75 m³/h) |
| The CADR measured for particles under 2.5 microns. CADR for fine particles (PM2.5) | 36 cfm (61 m³/h) |
| The room size where the purifier changes the air 4.8 times an hour under a 2.5 m ceiling, worked out from its CADR. We use it so every model is compared on the same rule. Room size we compare on | 52 ft² (5 m²) |
| The room size the maker states. Makers use different rules, so we show it but never rank on it. Room size the maker claims | 53 ft² (5 m²) |
| How many times an hour the maker assumes the air is changed when it states a room size. Air changes the maker assumes | 4.8 per hour |
| Filter | |
| Replacement filter part number | CoreMini-RF |
| Running costs | |
| Energy use a year | 42 kWh |
| Noise and power | |
| The sound level at the lowest speed, as the maker measures it. Noise at the lowest speed | 25 dB |
| The sound level at the highest speed, as the maker measures it. Noise at the highest speed | 44 dB |
| The power the purifier draws at its highest speed. Power at the highest speed | 7 W |
| Air delivered for each watt, the ENERGY STAR measure. Higher is better. Energy efficiency (IEF) | 5 cfm/W |
| Certified by ENERGY STAR for the energy it uses to clean the air. ENERGY STAR certified | yes |
| Build | |
| Shape | Tabletop |
| Width | 165 mm |
| Depth | 165 mm |
| What the purifier weighs. It counts most if you move it from room to room. Weight | 2.2 lb (1 kg) |
| Extras | |
| An ioniser charges particles so they settle. Some also make a little ozone, which is why a switch to turn it off matters. Ioniser | None |
| Certified by the California Air Resources Board as making little ozone. CARB certified | yes |
| The ozone the purifier gives off, in parts per billion. California allows at most 50. Ozone produced | 0 ppb |
| Warranty and certification | |
| The CADR is verified by AHAM, the US trade body that runs the test. AHAM Verifide certified | yes |
| The warranty the maker gives in the United States. Warranty | 2 years |
Facts as the maker states them. A dash means the maker does not name it. Each model’s page gives the source of every fact. Noise is the maker’s own figure, so we do not judge it, and a customer rating only counts from 20 reviews.
The score is out of 10: 60% measured facts and 40% store ratings. A model is ranked only when its CADR is known. Method.
No model fits all these filters.
Lowest price at stores with a English-language storefront, including foreign ones, VAT and shipping to the United States included. * = shipping cost and VAT estimated for a foreign store.
Robot vacuum market report, September 2026 A median price of – and 1 new model.
Frequently asked questions
How big an air purifier do I need?
Match it to the size of the room. Each model in the ranking is grouped by the room size its maker states, and the lists keep a model out when it states none. A common rule of thumb is a clean air delivery rate (CADR) of at least two thirds of the room’s floor area in square feet, for a ceiling of 8 feet.
What is the difference between HEPA H13 and True HEPA?
Both are high-efficiency filters. True HEPA is the American name for a filter that catches 99.97% of particles of 0.3 micrometres, and H13 is the European class for 99.95%. We read the class the maker states and do not treat a filter called HEPA-type or HEPA-like as either.
Can an air purifier make ozone?
Some can, mostly models with an ioniser or a plasma feature. California limits ozone from indoor air cleaners to 50 parts per billion, and the CARB certification shows a model meets that limit. Our asthma filter leaves out models whose ioniser cannot be switched off.
Where we check prices
We read prices every day at most stores, from their product feed or web store. We check them for errors and keep them, so you can see what a price did over the last 90 days. We link to Amazon too, but show no Amazon price until we read it through Amazon’s own API. Until then the price is on Amazon itself.
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- Levoit (brand store) · United States
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Whose tests we use
Beside each model we also show where these testers place it in their own lists, without counting it in the score:
How we combine measured facts and owners’ ratings into one score is on the method page.
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