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Appliances · Honeywell · 2013

Honeywell HPA300

Brute-force air movement for a large room, and it is not remotely subtle about it.

Air purifiers quiet enough to sleep beside#5

Overall

7.6

out of 10

Axis scores

Appliances is scored on these 5 axes. The total is their plain average — nothing is weighted.

Average of 5 axes

7.6/10

Performance
8.8
Value
7.6
Durability
8.0
Ease of use
7.0
Quietness
6.4
  • Performance — How well it does the core job
  • Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
  • Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
  • Ease of use — Setup, daily operation, cleaning, maintenance
  • Quietness — Operating noise — a higher score means quieter

Specs

Coverage
Large rooms
Filter
True HEPA plus carbon pre-filter
Controls
Mechanical buttons, four speeds

As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.

Is it for you

Buy it if

  • Allergy season in a large room, where throughput beats finesse
  • You want mechanical controls that cannot lose firmware
  • Filters stocked in every hardware store

Skip it if

  • The unit will be anywhere near where someone sleeps
  • You want auto mode driven by a sensor

This is a fan with a very large filter in front of it, and on the top setting it clears a big room faster than anything else here. There is no sensor and no automation — you choose a speed.

At full power it is loud in a way that ends conversations. Owners generally run it hard while out of the room and drop it to the lowest setting when they come back.

Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.