the Coway Airmega 250 is the latest air purifier from coway, one of the leading brands in this
space and a consistent top pick by New York Times Wirecutter magazine. So when the company offered
not only to send me their latest air purifier but also sponsor a dedicated video on it,
I was intrigued and said yes. Air purifiers are a category that i've been getting more into during
the pandemic because i've been spending more time at home and i want to improve the air that
I breathe. Plus some of the newer air purifiers have particle sensors integrated into them now
like the 250 which i think is just cool and makes them way easier to use. So let's dive into the
Airmega 250 and what makes it an interesting air purifier. First let's talk about setup.
The setup process is pretty simple you just open up the portion of the unit that houses the air
filters that make up the three-stage filtration system, the washable pre-filter, and the max2
filter which is comprised of an activated carbon filter and the Coway green true HEPA filter. The
HEPA filter removes 99.9 percent of nano sized particulate matter down to 0.01 micrometers
which is smaller than most viruses and bacteria. You can take the packaging off of that filter and
then put the filters back in which is easy because each filter is labeled with which side is front
and which side is the back to take the guesswork out of it. Once you plug in the Airmega 250,
it'll do a quick start and cycle through its colors on the indicator light when you turn
the unit off again it'll remember the mode that you had it set to which is pretty nice. All right
now let's talk about features. The Airmega 250 has a sleek design and a pretty nice light warm
gray color which should match a lot of different home decor styles and it has quite an extensive
feature set. My two favorites so far are real time air quality monitoring and smart mode. The Airmega
250 has dual particle sensors built into one side of it that measure the current air quality and
will turn the indicator light at the top of the unit different colors for different levels of air
quality: blue for good air, moderate for green, yellow for unhealthy, and red for really unhealthy
air. If you place this unit in your bedroom or somewhere else in your home where the indicator
light or the other lights on the unit are going to be annoying, you can simply tap or double tap
the light button to turn off all of the lights and the unit will continue to function there's
also a child lock feature that you can enable by pressing and holding that button for 3 seconds. My
second favorite feature on this unit is smart mode and that's what i've been leaving my Airmega 250
on for most of the time. Smart mode uses the air particle sensors to ramp up the fan speed
of the purifier when the sensors detect that air quality has deteriorated like when you're cooking
also the carbon activated filter is pretty good at reducing cooking smells. Within smart mode
there are a few other modes sleep mode auto mode eco mode and rapid mode sleep mode is activated
automatically within smart mode and what it does is the unit will automatically reduce noise and
fan speed when the room is dark and air quality is good for three minutes eco mode is also
automatically enabled with smart mode when the purifier detects good air for more than 10 minutes
the fan will stop automatically to conserve energy and enter eco mode for 30 minutes until it starts
up again and if everything's good in 10 minutes it'll cycle through eco mode again at any point
if the air particle sensors detect deteriorating air quality the fan will automatically restart
and vary the speed based on the particle sensor reading rapid mode helps clean the air rapidly
and is kicked on automatically in smart mode or you can enable it manually by pressing the rapid
button on the panel if air quality is maintained at a good level for more than five minutes
rapid mode will automatically switch back to smart mode you also have the ability to manually adjust
the fan speed as well and when it's on its lowest setting i can't even hear it kowai did a good job
with their fan design at the lowest setting it's almost inaudible alright now let's talk about
maintenance now all air purifiers at some point will need filter changes and thankfully
koa makes this pretty easy the product features an easy release you can quickly open the front of the
air filter to remove the pre-filter for cleaning which you can do with either a vacuum cleaner or
you can use water and then hang it to dry the max2 filter has a life of about 12 months so you only
need to replace it once a year which isn't bad at all the airmega-250 has indicator lights that will
turn on when you need to change one or both of the filters the rest of the unit you can clean with a
cloth like the air outlet at the top and you can use a cotton swab to easily clean the particle
sensors as well all right so that setup features and maintenance now let's talk a little bit about
who this air purifier is for and where you may want to put one in your home now
i asked colway to send me a unit that would be good for large spaces i wanted to put this
out in my living room or kitchen and in my apartment the living room dining room kitchen
and hallways are all connected together so i wanted to make sure that i was getting an air
purifier that could handle about 800 square feet or so the air mega 250 is capable of purifying
every square inch of air up to two times per hour in a 930 square foot room depending on the
fan speed so it's great for the large area in my apartment and i think it would be great for large
living areas small businesses or if you have a studio apartment it could probably clean
all of the air you've got the air mega 250 retails for just 399 us dollars and can be
purchased on cowwaymega.com which i've linked below so make sure you check that out all right
well that's going to do it for me i hope you found this video helpful and learned something new about
air purifiers and i've got to say i've been pretty impressed with the omega 250 so far and
i'm looking forward to seeing what other products co-way has out there for home health now if you
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for more videos on tech and home products for 6 Months Later, I'm Josh Teder, thanks for watching.