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Appliances head-to-head

Blueair Blue Pure 211+vsRabbit Air MinusA2

7 years between them: the 2017 Blueair Blue Pure 211+ at 8.3, the 2010 Rabbit Air MinusA2 at 7.7. The older one still holds Durability and Quietness.

Blueair Blue Pure 211+

Blueair

8.3

Moves a large room's worth of air while staying quiet enough to forget about.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Rabbit Air MinusA2

Rabbit Air

7.7

Wall-mountable, near-silent on its lowest speed, and committed at checkout to one filter variant.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Where they diverge

The widest gap is Value, Blueair Blue Pure 211+ ahead 8.2 to 5.2. They come closest on Ease of use, 8.6 to 8.4. Left of center is Blueair Blue Pure 211+, right is Rabbit Air MinusA2.

Blueair Blue Pure 211+ versus Rabbit Air MinusA2 — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars for Blueair Blue Pure 211+ run left from the axis labels, bars for Rabbit Air MinusA2 run right. Blueair Blue Pure 211+: Performance 8.4, Value 8.2, Durability 7.8, Ease of use 8.6, Quietness 8.6. Rabbit Air MinusA2: Performance 7.0, Value 5.2, Durability 8.8, Ease of use 8.4, Quietness 9.2.Blueair Blue Pure 211+ (left)Rabbit Air MinusA2 (right)PerformanceBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Performance 8.4 out of 108.4Rabbit Air MinusA2 — Performance 7.0 out of 107.0ValueBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Value 8.2 out of 108.2Rabbit Air MinusA2 — Value 5.2 out of 105.2DurabilityBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Durability 7.8 out of 107.8Rabbit Air MinusA2 — Durability 8.8 out of 108.8Ease of useBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Ease of use 8.6 out of 108.6Rabbit Air MinusA2 — Ease of use 8.4 out of 108.4QuietnessBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Quietness 8.6 out of 108.6Rabbit Air MinusA2 — Quietness 9.2 out of 109.2Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better

Which one to pick

Take the Blueair Blue Pure 211+

Leads on Performance, Value and Ease of use.

  • An open-plan living space rather than a bedroom-sized box
  • You want one control and no app
  • The washable fabric sleeve catching pet hair appeals to you

Take the Rabbit Air MinusA2

Leads on Durability and Quietness.

  • A bedroom or nursery where the lowest speed has to disappear completely
  • Floor space is the constraint and the machine can go on a wall instead
  • You already know what you are filtering for — dander, odours, germs, or VOCs

What each one gets wrong

Blueair Blue Pure 211+

  • Seeing a particulate number is part of trusting the machine
  • Carbon filtration for cooking smells is a priority

Rabbit Air MinusA2

  • Filters and front panels come from one supplier at one price
  • You want to change filtration type later without buying another customized cartridge
  • Raw throughput for the outlay is what you are shopping on

Specs, side by side

SpecBlueair Blue Pure 211+Rabbit Air MinusA2
CoverageLarge rooms815 sq ft at two air changes per hour
FilterFabric pre-filter plus particle filter—
ControlsOne button, three speeds—
Filtration—Six stages, one of them a customized filter chosen at purchase
Noise—25.6 to 51.3 dBA across five speeds
Mounting—Freestanding or wall-mounted, bracket included

Rankings they both appear in

Questions

Is the 2017 Blueair Blue Pure 211+ the safer pick over the 2010 Rabbit Air MinusA2?
Blueair Blue Pure 211+ leads on Performance, Value and Ease of use. If Durability and Quietness matter more to you, take the Rabbit Air MinusA2 instead. The 7-year gap shows in the totals as 8.3 against 7.7.
What does the 2010 model still win?
On Durability and Quietness, yes. Those axes still go to the 2010 model. The 2017 one answers with Performance, Value and Ease of use.
Which one ranks higher in "A bedroom purifier only works if it stays on"?
Rabbit Air MinusA2 sits at #1 in "A bedroom purifier only works if it stays on", Blueair Blue Pure 211+ at #3.