The 4 Best Air Purifiers For Dust - Winter 2025

The Honeywell HPA300 is the best air purifier for dust we've tested. This unit provides great overall performance, as it has a two-stage filtration system that includes a carbon pre-filter sheet and a trio of separate HEPA filters, resulting in excellent particle filtration. You'll need to swap out the carbon filter every three months, and the HEPA filters every year, which is fairly standard for household air purifiers. Unfortunately, this air purifier is quite large, and it gets pretty loud at higher fan speeds. It's also worth noting that this is a pretty basic machine, lacking features like air quality sensors and Wi-Fi connectivity.

If you're willing to spend more on a unit for a broader array of convenience features, including an app that allows for remote control, consider the Levoit Core 600S. Just note that it's marginally less efficient in very large spaces.

If you're looking for an air purifier to deal with dust and don't mind working with your hands, you could also build your own Corsi-Rosenthal Box. We built our own by following this guide, which uses a set of 3M Filtrete MERV 13 air filters built around a Lasko 20-inch box fan. It takes everything good and bad about the Honeywell HPA300 and takes them further: it's even bigger and louder than the already cumbersome Honeywell, but it also offers outstanding particle filtration and a sky-high clean air delivery rate. These things make it a good option for big areas where noise and aesthetics are of minimal concern, like a workshop or an unfinished basement. Unfortunately, operating costs for a Corsi-Rosenthal box can be a little high, as you'll need to swap out all four filters once they've hit the end of their useful lifespan.

Some users have iterated on this basic design by swapping out the large single-box fan for multiple PC cooling fans, resulting in quieter operation and lower power consumption. We haven't built a Corsi-Rosenthal Box using this design yet.

Check out the Winix 5500-2 if you're dealing with a lot of dust at home and want a budget-friendly solution. This air purifier has a slightly lower clean air delivery rate than the Honeywell HPA300, making it a little less efficient in larger rooms. However, it's also cheaper and much quieter, so it won't be as disruptive in a living room or bedroom. Its actual performance is very good, and it's just as capable as more expensive alternatives in trapping fine allergens. Its multi-stage filtration system includes a washable pre-filter, so you can clear it of any larger dust particles that get stuck on it.

The Winix has a particle ionizer; these systems impart a negative charge to airborne particles, causing them to clump together and fall out of the air, where you can then clean them up later. While this sounds helpful on paper, ionizers produce ozone, a respiratory irritant, as an operating byproduct. Since we didn't find this system to have much impact on overall unit performance, we recommend you leave it off.

If you want a compact air purifier for dealing with dust, the Levoit Core 200S is a great choice. While it can't compete with a full-size unit like the Winix 5500-2 in terms of clean air delivery rate and lacks a HEPA-certified main filter, it still delivers impressive overall particle filtration, especially for such a small unit. It has Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing you to run the device while you're away from home and set operating schedules. You can also set up reminders to replace its filters, which you'll need to do every six to eight months.

Unfortunately, unlike the Winix, it lacks a built-in particle sensor that would allow it to adjust its fan speed automatically depending on real-time air quality.