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;
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Over 25 years ago, our Swedish founder wanted to ensure his children could breathe the same clean air inside their home as they did out in the pristine Swedish countryside. So he set out to make the world’s best air purifier.
Today, our award-winning air purifiers are still designed in Sweden for maximum filtration with minimum noise and environmental impact.
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Designed for large rooms
Filters the air at a rate of approx. 4.8x an hour (or about every 12.5 minutes) in a 540 ft² room to effectively lower particle levels in large living rooms, family rooms & playrooms.
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Performance you can trust
Independently evaluated for performance by the AHAM Verifide Program for room air cleaners with a Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) of 350 CFM smoke, 350 CFM pollen, and 350 CFM dust in 540 ft² rooms.
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Washable Fabric Pre-Filter
The fabric pre-filter offers the first layer of protection, catching larger particles from the air.
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Remove 99.97% of airborne particles
Electrostatic filtration works with the particle filter to remove 99.97% of airborne particles.
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Charged particles stick to filter media
The particle filter captures airborne germs and allergens like pollen, dust, pet dander, and more.
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Activated carbon layer removes light odors
A layer of activated carbon traps light household odors from pets, cooking, and smoking.
1 Captures large particles 2 HEPASilent technology 3 Removes pollutants 4 Traps odors
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Independently reviewed by the experts at Wirecutter, the Blue Pure 211+ ranks as one of their top air purifier picks, named "A stellar performer for larger rooms."
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Good Housekeeping Lab Pick 2020 for best overall air purifier, the Blue Pure 211+ air purifier is featured in “8 Best Air Purifiers of 2020, According to Experts.”
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Forget about adjusting settings and knobs - a single button controls it all and lets you know when it's time to replace the filter. The built-in warning system glows red when it's time for a change.
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Unlike some air purifiers with strict rules for placement, Blue models use a 360-degree air intake, meaning you can place it almost anywhere in the room without compromising performance.
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| floor area | 540 square feet | 3172 square feet | 600 square feet | 635 square feet | 223 square feet | 929 square feet |
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This is the second BlueAir air purifier I've purchased, and I absolutely love them. I use this one in my living/dining room, and I have it normally set on auto. It is whisper quiet when the air is clean, and still fairly quiet on the next level, only getting loud but still not unbearable on the highest setting when it is cleaning the air.I have a small kitchen so anytime we cook anything the smell inevitably fills the dining and living room. This air purifier then immediately kicks into high gear and within an hour cleans the air. Very efficient in that regard.It also does an excellent job of reducing dust, as much less dust accumulates on my furniture now. While I can say for a fact if that will help with allergy relief since fortunately I don't suffer from it, I assume less dust helps.While the air purifier is very light weight, it still feels very durable. It also looks great anywhere in the room, seamlessly blending into surrounding furniture unlike other air purifiers, and isn't too big or too small so can really fit anywhere.I'll definitely be purchasing more purifiers from this company for other rooms.
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Reviewed in Mexico on March 26, 2024Style: Small RoomVerified Purchase
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An Excellent Air Purifier For Small To Medium Rooms (eg. up to 200 sq.ft.)
Reviewed in Canada on February 15, 2024Style: Medium RoomVerified Purchase
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[I don't review a product until I have been able to test or use it for at least a number of weeks or months. This allows my family to test its' durability/reliability and also lets us see how enjoyable or usable it is over the long term, whether it's a mattress, TV or even a dog collar. Cheers!]
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This is a review of the....**Blue Pure 311i+ Max Air Purifier**
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𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀: 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚. 𝙃𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 & 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙄 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙. 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙥𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 $300 𝘾𝘼𝘿 ($293.99 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡, 2023). 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 $556. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 311𝙞+ 𝙈𝙖𝙭 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 $556.62.
𝙈𝙮 5-𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙏 𝙄𝙏𝙎' 𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙑𝙄𝙊𝙐𝙎 $300 𝘾𝘼𝘿 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙋𝙊𝙄𝙉𝙏, 𝙩𝙖𝙭𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙙. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 $585, 𝙩𝙖𝙭𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨) *𝙢𝙖𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙢* 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 $600 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣.
𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 $600 𝘾𝘼𝘿, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩. :)
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I have had asthma since I was a baby. The family "joke" is that I came out of the womb wheezing instead of crying and the worry from the doctors is what gave my mom grey hair in her early 30s.
Anyway, asthma inhalers and air purifiers have been a part of my life forever. We currently have a European company's hospital-grade model in our living room and previously had its little bedroom version in our bedroom but that model died prematurely. The European IQ company has a North American office but it's head office is in California. Any warranty work has to be shipped to California at the owner's expense. Shipping costs were more than the model was worth so that is why we went looking for new options.
When we saw the other reviews for this model, I researched it even further. Seeing other positive reviews elsewhere, I decided to take the plunge, purchase it here on Amazon and let my lungs decide for me. (It's easy to tell whether or not an air purifier is working well or not -- I will either start having asthma episodes again or full blown attacks or I will remain relatively stable and my sinuses will stay their see-saw selves.)
When this Blue Pure 311i+ Max arrived, we unpacked it and let it run in our basement to "air out" and do any off-gassing it may have needed to do. After a few days, we put it in our bedroom and put it on high while my wife vacuumed in there. (That probably sounds sexist but I cannot be around a vacuum - gives me major asthma flare ups. That is why I do the laundry.) We downloaded the app (first time we have ever used an app on a minor appliance like this) and played around a bit.
We found that a 65% fan speed is the perfect speed for the Blue Pure 311i+ Max to give us some gentle, pseudo white noise in the background while surprisingly still giving the air purifier enough speed/power to recirculate a surprising amount of air. (You can set the fan to various fan speeds in the app on your phone. If you don't want to use your phone, you have 5 or so options to choose from on the unit itself.)
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PROS:
1. Does a surprisingly good job at cleaning our air. The proof is in my lungs and from my pharmacy; fewer asthma issues and fewer inhaler refills for the two inhalers that I need to keep in my bedroom. The performance of this Blue Pure 311i+ Max is currently on par with the original performance of the bedroom-sized iQAir that we had before its motor blew.
2. As mentioned earlier, because of my asthma I cannot be anywhere near a vacuum (which is why I do laundry) so my wife vacuums the pre-filter weekly (which is just a thin fabric lining on the outside of the Blue Pure 311i+ Max ), and we are due for another HEPA filter replacement to keep my asthma in check, but at this rate, the original cost of the Blue Pure 311i+ Max (and replacing the HEPA filters more regularly than what is needed by most people) is still a far better value than the other air purifier brand we were using in the bedroom.
3. Not a huge positive but rather just a preference: this model appears to suck air in from all around its lower 360° body. There are many manufacturers that do this but this model then shoots the clean air out in various directions from the top. Some goes straight up, a little to the back, a little to the left, a lot more to the right etc. I am not sure if this is on purpose or not but this "randomness" helps to prevent drafts or "breezes" from forming in a small room like a bedroom if you don't want them (i.e. Think about the draft that is created by a fan in a small room. Even if the fan is stationary and isn't aimed at you, you eventually feel the moving air. If it's Winter and already cool in the bedroom, you'll understand.)
CONS:
1. None. Seriously. No cons (so far).
It is EXTREMELY rare for me (or a family member) to like something 100% but it is a first for me and my better-half to both have nothing negative to say about something.
We have had this Blue Pure 311i+ Max since last year and it has exceeded our expectations in every way. It moves tons of air if needed / it purifies the air very well / the air quality monitor seems to work well and matches the European IQ company's air quality measurements pretty closely / it can be absolutely quiet if needed but still clean the air / replacement HEPA filters are very reasonable priced / maintenance is simple....
I will edit this review if there is anything that happens to this Blue Pure 311i+ Max. I kind of hope I have something negative to say or the app fails because I REALLY don't like giving 5 stars all around and not having anything negative to say. :( But so far, this Blue Air product is a gem and is delivering on all fronts. I am blown away by something so good at this price point.
I hope this review has been helpful. Stay safe. :)
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María Gabriela Gonzalez Morales
Excelente precio para su calidad.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 2, 2022Style: Large RoomVerified Purchase
MyReviewDen
Breathe Easy - Blue Pure 211+ Air Purifier Works!
Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2021Style: Large RoomVerified Purchase
Calvin Teetaert
My favorite air purifier.
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2024Style: Large RoomVerified Purchase
