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Winix 5500-2 Air Purifier with True HEPA, PlasmaWave and Odor Reducing Washable AOC Carbon Filter Medium , Charcoal Gray

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Color: Charcoal Gray


Pattern Name: Air Purifier


Features

  • True HEPA filter captures 99.97% of airborne pollutants; dust mites, pet dander, pollen and other allergens as small as 0.3 microns
  • Washable AOC Carbon Filter, made from activated carbon granulars for removal of household odors. Decibels 27.8 dB
  • PlasmaWave acts as a permanent filter to safely break down odor, allergens, chemical vapors and other pollutants with no harmful ozone
  • Smart Sensors gauge the air and our Auto Mode adjusts the fan to filter the air as needed; with a sleep mode for silent night time operation
  • CADR rated for 360 square feet room size. Suitable for medium and large rooms; kids bedrooms, family rooms and kitchens
  • Product has no extra filters

Description

Winix 5500-2 Air Cleaner with PlasmaWave Technology. The Winix 5500-2 Air Cleaner replaces the wildly popular 5500 model. It is designed for any home environment and ready to capture dust, pollen, pet dander, smoke, mold spores, volatile organic compounds, and household odors. This unit is best used for medium to large living spaces, kitchens, or bedrooms. The WINIX 5500-2 uses a 3-Stage Air Cleaning System, featuring a Washable AOCTM Carbon Filter, 99. 97% True HEPA Filter, and Winix PlasmaWave Technology. True HEPA filter captures of airborne pollutants and allergens, while carbon filter traps offensive smoke, cooking and all other household odors. PlasmaWave Technology attacks pollutants at a molecular level to neutralize viruses, bacteria, chemical vapors, odors, and gases in the air. Air Quality Sensor offers Set-and-forget convenience by automatically adjusting your air cleaner settings to meet the needs of your environment. CADR Room Size Rating: 360 square feet - Suitable for bedrooms and living rooms Materials: Abs Dimensions: 14. 9"L x 7. 8"W x 23. 6"H Weight: 17. 5 lbs

Color: Charcoal Gray


Brand: Winix


Product Dimensions: 7.8"D x 14.9"W x 23.6"H


Floor Area: 360 Square Feet


Specification Met: Energy Star Certified


Color: Charcoal Gray


Brand: Winix


Product Dimensions: 7.8"D x 14.9"W x 23.6"H


Floor Area: 360 Square Feet


Specification Met: Energy Star Certified


Noise Level: 27.8 dB


Particle Retention Size: 0.3 Micron


Controller Type: Remote Control


Wattage: 70 watts


Item Weight: 16 pounds


Manufacturer: Winix


Country of Origin: Korea, Republic of


Item model number: 5500-2


Batteries: 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included)


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Care instructions: Change filters every 12 months


Assembly required: No


Number of pieces: 1


Warranty Description: Two year limited mfg. Warranty.


Batteries required: No


Included Components: unit and filters


Import: Imported


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The Winix 5500-2 Air Purifier has gained lots of positive reviews for its effectiveness in reducing dust and odour, its quiet operation, and sturdy design. The product has proven dependable even after years of use, having some customers use the product continually for over 5 years with nominal replacements needed. However, some criticisms have also been mentioned, which include the brightness of its lights and dust issues related to the snap-in features.

Pros

  • πŸ‘ Very effective in reducing dust and eliminating smells
  • πŸ‘ Features an Auto mode for automatic hands-free operation
  • πŸ‘ Very quiet operation
  • πŸ‘ Sturdy and durable build
  • πŸ‘ Long-lasting with minimal maintenance needed

Cons

  • πŸ‘Ž Brightness of the lights was inconvenient for some users
  • πŸ‘Ž Some users reported dust issues related to the snap-in features

Should I Buy It?

If you're seeking a reliable, efficient and long-lasting air purifier, and can overlook the slight issues with the bright lights and dust issues related to the snap-in features, the Winix 5500-2 is a worthwhile investment. Its proven track record and glowing user reviews make it a solid choice for those in need of clean and refreshed air.


  • Fantastic Machine, Automatic, Very Quiet, Great looking
Color: Charcoal Gray Pattern Name: Air Purifier
** 3-week update ** After a few weeks a clicking noise developed in the fan when running on the sleep (lowest) speed. Looking at the fan it appears there maybe an imbalance that over the weeks developed into a motor shaft tapping. Make sure to inspect your unit for a balanced fan. I just issued a replacement on the 5500-2 so we'll see what happens. ** Original ** I spent weeks comparing units on Amazon and elsewhere. I didn't want to spent > 200 on an overbuilt fan, or be stuck buying overpriced filters. I ended up buying the Winix 5500-2 and Renpho AP002 and first impressions with the two units are that they both appear well built, quiet, and have the automatic mode I really wanted. TL;DR; Winix 5300-2 - Quieter w/Smarter hands off Automatic technology & Ionizer - Set and Forget! Winix 5500-2 - Identical in Black w/Remote & washable carbon filter Renpho AP001 - Incredible unit, Amazing filters, Low cost ownership! Renpho AP002 - Almost identical, slightly more air volume FILTERS The Renpho filter has a price and feature advantage over the Winix. Both units have H13 Hepa filters, both have the honeycomb active carbon filters (for capturing VOC), and both have a washable pre-filters for catching large particles. The Renpho however has 2 bonus layers, a microbial coating on the Hepa filter, and an additional charcoal filter sitting before the carbon filter to collect larger particles. The Winix does claim the active carbon filter is washable - Renpho does not make this claim, however both appear similar so it maybe purely marketing. The Renpho filter is shorter and fatter - if you ran the numbers they both likely have similar surface area, thought the Winix is CADR rated for 360 sqr/ft while the Renpho is 330 sqr/ft. They are close. Renpho OEM filters sell for $25 for a full replacement. Winix OEM filters sell for $50 for a full replacement. Renpo claims the filter should be changed every 6 months, Winix claims every 12. I assume this is reflected in their price strategy, however since the filters are so similar, I doubt both claims can be true - and this all depends on how dirty your air is! So cost of ownership is likely less with the Renpho. AIR IONIZATION The Winix comes with an Ionizer (called Plasmawave) and Renpho does NOT. The Ionizer charges any particles passing through the unit so they are heavier and will float to the ground and out of air. If you're concerned about Ozone gasses, then this is a feature you can disable and is not a feature on the Renpho. SOUND This is a real issue for me - I am sensitive to sound and like the home quiet at night. Deciding on a unit for my children makes this even more important, and I don't want to force them into a white machine for air filtration. In Sleep mode the Winix is significantly more quiet at (advertised) 26dB where the Renpho is at 35dB. With the Winix 10ft from the bed I can just barely hear it. The Renpho is noticable but not "loud". The Winix appears to have 5 speed modes, Sleep, Low, Med, High, and Turbo. The Renpho has just 3 modes, Low, Med, High, with Sleep mode being the Low mode with lights off. Here's the rub however - outside of Sleep mode, the Winix sounds "louder" having a higher pitched whine while the Renpho is more of a hum. If I was going to just set this on High in a corner and forget it, then Renpho is the winner. For a quiet bedroom the Winix appears the winner. AUTOMATIC MODE This was a huge feature for me and the Winix is a much "smarter" unit. Both units have a similar Automatic feature, sensing the air, bringing the fan speed up or down according to the readings. Both have light(s) indicating the current air quality reading. The Winix however had a light sensor that, when the unit is in Automatic mode, will place the unit in Sleep mode when the lights go out (for more than 1 min). In the morning the unit goes back into Automatic mode. This is huge if you appreciate how quiet the unit is. You can set the Winix to Automatic mode and not touch it until your next filter cleaning. If you wish to use the Sleep mode on the Renpho you will need to push the Speed button to cycle through the speed options back to Sleep - and then again in the morning cycle back to Auto. In reality you maybe better covering the lights with black tape and leaving it in Auto or just leave it in Sleep mode permanently. REMOTE Winix has one, Renpho not - for my needs this is a non-issue. CHILD LOCK Renpho has one, Winix does not - this is a great feature if young kids are around! APPEARANCE Personally I think the Winix looks clean, modern, and the black color blends well into a corner near furniture. The Renpho AP002 like the Renpho AP001 have their signature funky look which is fine but not as refined. It's an air purifier, so who cares, but it is also a visible piece of equipment in your home. For us the Winix seems more appropriate for a bedroom, the Renpho for a living room. Winix higher cost of ownership justified by the features and sound levels, Renpho for lower ownership cost. If the Renpho unit was QUIETER (ahem - hint hint Renpho) then I would just go that route - save on upfront and ownership cost. SIMILAR MODELS The Winix 5300-2 and Winix 5500-2 are the exact same physical unit in different colors with different filters. The 5300 is gray, the 5500 is black. Only the 5500 has a remote. The 5500 has their "advanced" AOC Washable Active Carbon filter, while the 5300 has a disposable active carbon. The 5300 Hepa filter is slightly thicker (good) and you get 4 disposable filters with each replacement. If you buy the 5500 and don't like the washable filter it comes with you can buy the 5300 replacement pack and use them instead. For $23 more we went with the Winix 5500-2 to test the AOC filter, and for the black aesthetic. Currently you can get the 5300-2 for $129 (Amazon) and when I purchased the Winix 5500-2 for $152 (now listed at $159 on Amazon). The Renpho AP001 (often found as RP-AP001 or AP-001) and Renpho AP002 are very similar products, both using the exact same filters, having different aesthetic designs, and with the AP002 having more airflow (for supposedly the same sound levels) and covering 30 sqr/ft more space. The AP001 has a dedicated Sleep button while the AP002 Sleep mode is the first option on the Speed cycle button - more daily button work for you. Currently the AP001 sells for $99 (Renpho direct) while the AP002 for $137 (Amazon). I bought the AP002 thinking the newer model maybe more quiet than advertised. If we get another Renpho it will be the AP001 for $37 bucks less. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020 by David

  • The Winix 5300-2: A Delightful Companion
Color: Gray Pattern Name: Air Purifier
If you need to rid the air of dust, pollen, smoke, or other particulate matter: this is the purifier for you thanks to a large fan and true hepa filter. If you need to rid the air of odors: you're going to need something else - preferably with 15-20lbs of activated charcoal in it. HEPA filters capture particles - not gasses. After buying this thing, I found out that many air quality problems can be abated by deep cleaning and controlling humidity - if you've already done those things and still need to get rid of dust or don't regularly or seasonally have humidity indoors above 50% then this is a good move. After a little bit of research I found that dust mites and mold flourish in humid environments both of these things are major causes for allergies. A HEPA is still a good idea because dust contains other toxic chemicals like flame retardants which are pretty bad for you. Lowering humidity kills dust mites and mold so they can't release allergens but HEPA filters will capture particles of that size if they're a problem - I just think humidity is more important than purifying. On to the review: The Winix 5300-2 is a little friend that comes in a box. When you plug it in he (or she) plays you a tune, samples your air, and cleans it up by sucking it through a true hepa filter. This purifier is the Thor's hammer of air quality control. It moves a lot of air, it is almost silent, and it is adorable. I think this machine is the best value on Amazon for air purifiers and here's why: It covers a relatively large area, it's well made, has a strong recommendation from Allergy Buyers Club, and one of the other reviewers measured its effectiveness with a Dylos air particle sensor and stated the results were excellent and far better than the Sharp Clustersomething. So here's what you need to know: If you push air through a Hepa filter it will remove particles from the air. You can achieve an effective result by taping a 20" house fan filter to a box fan and get a 90% reduction of air particles - and perhaps more if you use a better filter. It's an ugly and kind of ratchet solution but it's something I'm still considering for my studio space. This machine has a true hepa filter so it will work. The problem we run into in the design of these machines is size and noise. This machine is bigger and has a lot of surface area compared to smaller units and so the fan can be larger and draw more air in at a lower speed which means it's not as noisy - at least that's how I think science works. Either way the little guy is dead silent on sleep mode and is not a problem even at level 2 - after that it sounds like a little fan is on and if you put this sucker into turbo it sounds like a small aircraft - it's great for initial cleanup but not necessary to run it at that speed all day. Now lets set some realistic expectations about what this thing can and cannot do. I saw one lady complain that she lived with 5 cats and she ran it for a week and still had cat hair everywhere and none in the machine. There are dedicated machines for pet hair and they aren't cheap. I think they're also huge and they probably sound like a commercial air scrubber if you turn it on. This isn't going to replace vacuuming your house or brushing your cats - and having lived with one cat I can tell you that they're nasty creatures and 5 of them stuffed into an apartment is probably way too many cats for one person or 1 Winix air purifier to handle. If you want to use this to clean up cat hair here's what you do: Step 1: Obtain a gas powered leaf blower and some ear protection Step 2: Turn on your Winix 5300-2 - set to Turbo Step 3: Turn on your gas powered leaf blower Step 4: In a circular orbit complete passes around the room making sure to get all of the cat hair airborn Step 5: Repeat step four until all cat hair has been sucked into the Winix 5300-2 This machine was designed to remove fine particles from the air. It does that. Every time you turn on your vacuum, walk on your carpet, open doors or windows, sit on your dusty furniture, or turn on your air conditioner you kick up dust. That's what this is for. Ok so Plasmawave: YES it creates ozone but only a little bit. So little that in the People's Republic of California I can still buy one. Ionizing air purifiers have been banned by order of the Government here - and so this is not that. Other things that create ozone? Your hairdryer and microwave. Also you can turn plasmawave off if you don't like it. I'm not exactly sure that it is useful but I leave it on while it's scrubbing the room on turbo and then I turn it off when I'm actually inhabiting the room. So here is the bottom line: you breathe about 3000 gallons of air per day. How much water do you drink per day? Do you filter that? So now that we've decided you need one of these machines do you pick the 5300-2 or the 5500-2? The 5500-2 has lower maintenance costs because it comes with washable filters. As far as I know - that's the only difference. I chose the 5300-2 because I want my air and house to be cleaner, I don't want to open up the chamber , pull out this dusty filter, drag it over to the sink and ring it out or whatever. All in all you decide! But when you get one, I think this is the best one. I'll update it after a bit of more use. **Update 1 week in** Definitely loving this little guy, and have noticed that the air is definitely cleaner and I feel noticeably better. If you're going through the hassle of getting one of these, do yourself a solid and do a deep clean of your house. Wipe down the walls, vacuum under your furniture, change your air filter in your furnace or air conditioner, vacuum the drapes, wipe the mildew off of your windows. Main complaint: It has a sleep mode and it's dead quiet, but I am comfortable with it blowing at level two while asleep. You can't run it out of sleep mode and still turn the blue air quality indicator light out. The light is super bright and illuminates a room to a disturbing level. Eventually I'm going to put one in my bedroom and just put tape over the light and leave it at two while I sleep. Other than that, it cleans the air as advertised, no strange smells that I noticed, except the smell of a fresh air filter. It's well built, the buttons look and feel good, and I feel better after using it. So far it's still a highly recommended product. I'll update down the road. Update 2/8/17 I think it's been about a month. No problems so far. Emailed Winix and found out that the air sensor measures gases and temperature - not particles. I've noticed of my wife paints her nails the air quality quickly goes to red, it will also do that if you burn something on the stove. It does have a carbon filter but that filter is not very good at removing smells - they make machines for that and they use 18lbs of activated charcoal. The best one I've seen is $700. Basically the air quality sensor is kind of useless because in auto mode it will only kick on if you do something smelly to your house and not if say your heater kicks on and blows out a lot of dust. Auto mode is pretty pointless just use the manual controls - takes 2 seconds. I will definitely be buying another unit from Winix - probably a 5300-2. Update: 6/24/18 Still going just fine and while I’ve needed to clean the first screen every few weeks, the carbon filter only needed to be replaced once and the hepa still looks like it’s 65% of new. I’m tempted to replace it just because the manufacturer says to do it about once a year. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2017 by Rizzo

  • High quality and best value.
Color: Charcoal Gray Pattern Name: Air Purifier
I bought two new Winix 5500-2 Air Purifiers to replace a two very old Winix discontinued air purifiers that still work and were moved to our basement. The new ones have very reasonable priced replacement HEPA filters which was my main motive in getting new units for just a little more than filter cost. Winix are awesome multi-layer filter system. The odor sensing is uncanny and will kick into high fan speed automatically as it detects any bad odor. I really like how easy it is to open and vacuum out the large front lint filter that protect the carbon and HEPA filters from getting clogged. Very quiet and many new refinement over older models. Older two models over 10 years old and still running. Amazing product! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024 by gregj

  • Very efficient air purifier
Color: Charcoal Gray Pattern Name: Air Purifier
This is a mid size unit which I have in a living room - dining room setting. Some call it a great room. Speeds 1-2 and 3 are relatively quiet. High speed 4 moves a lot of air and you can hear the fan system accomplishing significant air movement. At night that would be a steady white noise if that is preferred. This unit comes with a remote but it is very small, black in color, light weight and easy to misplace. There is no identified place to store it on the unit itself. I simply attached a small zip type bag on the back side of the air purifier for this control unit. The top of the unit is poorly marked for the push controls. They are not easy to see in dim lighting. I placed a small white sticker by the on/off and fan speed controls to locate them easily. The unit works well with air cleaning .Overall I like the product and recommend it for mid sized rooms noting my previous observations. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024 by William H. Hamilton

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