Before we get to talking about Austin Air purifiers, I'd like to say a bit about our story: My pregnant wife and I had just moved into our new condo and were excited about our soon-to-be expanding family. We quickly discovered not one, but two smokers directly upwind from our unit! Keeping the windows closed all summer was not an option, so we decided to get an air purifier.

As you are discovering, there is a lot of information out there and many websites touting their products to be the best. How were we going to come to a prudent decision?

Luckily, my wife (a doctor) heard a professor at medical school talk about high quality air purifiers so we started our search there. After researching ad nauseum, we came to Austin Air as our best solution and bought a Healthmate filter for our home.

Four years later we decided we liked the first one so much that we also got a Healthmate Junior for our daughter's bedroom (who now sleeps through the night). We want to let other people like us know about our experience and decision-making process. Hopefully you will benefit as much as we have!

But don't just take our word for it. Every silver lining has a cloud and if you read on you will see some reasons why you might not want what we chose. Read the comparisons and the scientific studies. Click through the various links we've assembled here and make your own decision. Hopefully we've condensed enough pertinent info into one place to save you a lot of surfing around!