Appliances · Honeywell · 2013
Honeywell HPA300
Brute-force air movement for a large room, and it is not remotely subtle about it.
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.