<story><title>Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier (2022)</title><url>https://dynomight.net/ikea-purifier/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mister_Snuggles</author><text>I really like this purifier&amp;#x27;s big brother, the IKEA STARKVIND, which is available in both regular[0] and table[1] versions.&lt;p&gt;The table version is nice because, assuming you place it somewhere you want a table, it takes up no room.  The regular version is awkwardly large, so placement is a bit more of a challenge.&lt;p&gt;The killer feature for me is that its air quality measurements and controls are all exposed via Zigbee, and it works very well with Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant.&lt;p&gt;Related to this, IKEA has recently brought out the VINDSTRYKA[2] air quality sensor.  Unfortunately the PM2.5 measurement (as reported by Zigbee2MQTT&amp;#x2F;Home Assistant) doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to match up with the same measurement reported by the STARKVIND.  To be fair this is just a feeling, I have NOT conducted head-to-head testing.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-air-purifier-white-smart-00461949&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-air-purifier-white-sm...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-table-with-air-purifier-stained-oak-veneer-white-smart-80461974&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-table-with-air-purifi...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;vindstyrka-air-quality-sensor-smart-30498239&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;vindstyrka-air-quality-sensor-s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>liminalsunset</author><text>The real &amp;quot;hack&amp;quot; lies in the IKEA STARKVIND air filters.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;re from a reputable manufacturer, are HEPA filters, and best of all, they only cost $14.99 CAD (price may vary in your country). This makes them great as *replacement filters for other air purifiers*. This is one of the things I love the most about IKEA - hackable IKEA products are available worldwide and can be easily sourced and adapted as &amp;quot;materials&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;products&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The Starkvind air purifier appears to be airflow-constrained on the fan, and not the filters they used. I put its filter (with some cardboard glued to the edges to seal the difference in size) in a Coway Mighty AP-1512HH (often recommended) and have not noticed a huge decrease in airflow at all, even though technically there is less filter area. Based on rudimentary measurements with an anemometer, the airflow is acceptable, and after about a year or more of continuous use, it&amp;#x27;s lost about 10% of the airflow after I recently changed it.&lt;p&gt;Even better, if you are so inclined, you can buy several STARKVIND filters and cut them to size&amp;#x2F;merge multiple if your purifier takes different size filters. And if you have a smaller purifier, IKEA also has the FORNUFTIG (thinner) filter for $7 that you can similarly hack.</text></comment>
<story><title>Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier (2022)</title><url>https://dynomight.net/ikea-purifier/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mister_Snuggles</author><text>I really like this purifier&amp;#x27;s big brother, the IKEA STARKVIND, which is available in both regular[0] and table[1] versions.&lt;p&gt;The table version is nice because, assuming you place it somewhere you want a table, it takes up no room.  The regular version is awkwardly large, so placement is a bit more of a challenge.&lt;p&gt;The killer feature for me is that its air quality measurements and controls are all exposed via Zigbee, and it works very well with Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant.&lt;p&gt;Related to this, IKEA has recently brought out the VINDSTRYKA[2] air quality sensor.  Unfortunately the PM2.5 measurement (as reported by Zigbee2MQTT&amp;#x2F;Home Assistant) doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to match up with the same measurement reported by the STARKVIND.  To be fair this is just a feeling, I have NOT conducted head-to-head testing.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-air-purifier-white-smart-00461949&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-air-purifier-white-sm...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-table-with-air-purifier-stained-oak-veneer-white-smart-80461974&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;starkvind-table-with-air-purifi...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;vindstyrka-air-quality-sensor-smart-30498239&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;p&amp;#x2F;vindstyrka-air-quality-sensor-s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mschuster91</author><text>&amp;gt; I really like this purifier&amp;#x27;s big brother, the IKEA STARKVIND, which is available in both regular[0] and table[1] versions.&lt;p&gt;I got one of these as well, and I recommend them with the extra carbon filter. Very, very nice thing to have in a kitchen, if you&amp;#x27;re a smoker or if you have cats. The carbon filter takes out &lt;i&gt;a lot&lt;/i&gt; of nasty smells, enough to not smell anything food-y even in a directly adjacent room while running a frying pan and chopping onions, or when smoking a cigarette on the open window. And the &amp;quot;plain&amp;quot; filter picks up a loooot of the fur that you&amp;#x27;d find everywhere including in your food when your cat decides it&amp;#x27;s time to go and shed everywhere she can.</text></comment>