Winix 5500-2

• UncleGurm 👍
  r/AirQuality · I need the BEST air purifier out there pls! →2026-03-16

  You’re looking at this all wrong. I don’t want to cast aspersions on the website you were looking at but let me talk about a couple things. No unit under $700 has much carbon so don’t worry about that. If you’d like a LITTLE carbon then Winix 5510, Coway 150/250 and Levoit Vital 100/200 are great options. The Winix 5510 being “worse” than the 5500-2 is absolutely true. But the 5500-2 was the ABSOLUTE BEST in its class and price point, so that’s a high bar. The 5510 is a fine unit. Blue Air units (except their pro line) generally aren’t HEPA, in fact almost zero round units are, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t great units. I recommend BlueAir highly. My kids all use them exclusively. Just size it accordingly and keep the sock pre-filter clean. Reddit sentiment analysis includes many subreddits and is … skewed. I mod r/airpurifiers and over there we have a recommendation list and it’s pretty consistent.

• AirFlavoredLemon 👎
  r/AirPurifiers · Winix C545 Bearings (2021 Build Year) →2026-03-18

  C545's were known to be clunky and have fan bearing issues. Its partially rumored why Winix always had tons of them as certified refurb. None of my refurbs are bad, but I also think the C545's just feel cheaper overall than the 5500-2/C535 series before it - smaller fans, different quality noise (higher pitched, noiser sounding). My 5500 originals have started to fail too - making some high pitched noise. I can't pin it on the fan - could be plasmawave? Not sure. I thought these were AC motors so there shouldn't be anything else that could really produce a whine (like some high power step down circuit or AC to DC circuits). The 5500's only make this noise upon power down - which admittedly is virtually never - but they need a good hour to warm up and be noiseless again. I guess maybe some capacitor failure as well. My 5300-2/5500-2/C535 (all virtually the same model mechanically) have been absolutely rock solid and have survived multiple moves, none of them run below setting 2 on the fan speed, and have been running for 6 years+, continuously - including my batch of three C545's from 2020 (refurb, from woot dot com). That being said, I specifically never cycle these units - they stay on. A lot of wear and tear on motors is the start up process. Not saying that'll solve your problem, as the C545's are known to be problematic... but I do think the majority of electric motors are effectively problem free as long as they're not DoA - up until they wear out years (and I mean years) later.

• Aster007 👎
  r/AirPurifiers · Best Value Air Purifier? (Coway, Winix, Blueair, Shark, Sans, etc) →2025-12-02

  Winix 5510 - after some research I got that as it has the separate filters along with the front washable filter. Plus it’s got the carbon pellets instead of the carbon mesh which makes it more effective. Many of the others have integrated filters so have to replace the entire thing instead of just one which is bad. Apparently the previous model 5500-2 was even better but they discontinued it for the current 5510 which is a bit more noisy as they reduced the size. The new definitely looks better than the older one. It is for $128 currently on Amazon. The videos from this guy for air purifiers did help me make the decision - https://youtu.be/e3X-w9W4lws?si=EIte54rxT_VKO5iB

• PurpleFairy11 👍
  r/AirPurifiers · Winix 5500-2 vs Coway AP-1512HH →2025-02-23

  Definitely Winix due to the carbon pellet filter. I also like that it has more fan speeds.

• Scary_Investigator88 👍
  r/AirPurifiers · Coway vs Alen vs Blueair? →2022-03-31

  Bang for buck? If you don't want to DIY, Winix 5500-2. Enjoy! For that square footage get as many as you feel you need, spread them out.

• AirFlavoredLemon 👍
  r/AirPurifiers · Coway Airmega Mighty vs Winix 5500-2 (EU, 62 m², 2 cats, newborn) – which one should I choose? →2026-04-26

  5500-2 as far as I know is discontinued. I don't know if this is a US distribution thing that its discontinued, but I think Winix already has a replacement model. I don't know if they support the same filters (original 5500 can use 5500-2 filters minus the honeycomb carbon pellet array - but you can make it work). I don't know enough about the Coway to compare. I would just use whatever is cheapest to run on the buyers guide that has easily available filters. 5500-2 is on that list, but theres others on there too that are sufficient. For me, I'd prefer a filter with longer term support to help continue the availability of said filters. I haven't explicitly looked for 5500 original filters, but I still have two of them that still run continuously - and I'd like to keep it like that until they fail. Because the 5300-2/5500-2/C535 share similar (!) filter sizes, I was able to continue operating the 5500 original. So If the 5500-2 is actually discontinued and the newer replacement doesn't support the same filter size... I'd potentially sway against that purchase if there's a similarly priced (or cheaper!) unit available.

• PurpleFairy11 👍
  r/AirPurifiers · Winix 5500-2 vs Levoit Vital 200S vs Coway Airmega AP-1512HH →2026-02-19

  All 3 will be underpowered for the space but some air changes and some pelleted carbon is better than nothing. I'd go with the Winix 5500-2.

• SilentButFriendly23 👍
  r/Home · The best and most effective air purifier that you've ever purchased for home? →2026-02-14

  Check out r/airpurifiers . I see the Coway airmega or ap-1512hh recommended often. I've had a Winix 5500-2 for 3 years now that does a great job and is quiet. It has a pre filter that I rinse every two to three weeks and I'm amazed at how much dust it pulls out of the air.

• sissasassafrastic 😐
  r/AirPurifiers · Can someone help me decide between these two purifiers please? →2025-12-04

  Whoops. Conflated the 5510 & 5520's AOC filter with the Winix 5500-2's Washable AOC filter . Thanks for the correction. 😎

• kiranwayne 👍
  r/AirPurifiers · Coway Airmega 350 and 450 thoughts? →2025-04-02

  Would you be able to share a picture of the pre-filter? I'd like to know if it is as good as the washable ones on the 300/400 series (or the Winix 5500-2 and 5510/5520). There aren't many reviews of this product yet.

• spacex_fanny 👍
  r/AirPurifiers · Air purifier dilemma: Levoit Core 200S whistle sound – should I switch to Philips? →2025-03-16

  For anyone else experiencing this, I find that sometimes this can be fixed by disassembly and adding adhesive foam weatherstripping along where the air is leaking. Sometimes you can avoid disassembly and just use painting tape or clear weatherstripping tape. You can see where air is leaking, because there will be tell-tale streaks of dust. I've had good success sealing the seam around the inside of the filter housing on the Winix 5500-2.

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