Coway Airmega 50 review: effective and affordable (2025)

I’ve been to Air quality was beating for a time here in Wired, often argument that consumers must be large when it comes to inner air, since a fan area and a larger filter surface produces a quieter and more powerful air purifier. However, if there was ever a fun air purifier that hits over its weight (the 5 pounds), it is the last of Air Powerhouse Coway, the Airmega 50.

Standing just over one foot, the Airmega 50 has just been launched in June and is an addition to the growing space of the table air purifier, a mini-me for the brand 100 of the brand. The Airmega 50 has many of the characteristics of the largest and most expensive models of Coway, and with just under $ 80, it is one of the cheapest Air Coway purifiers to date. I understand the desire to have an air purifier of the size of an easy to transport table, but can they really clean the air effectively? For many, these support purifiers create a dumb paradise. I tried the Airmega 50 with a air quality monitor to see if I was up to the work of purifying the air in my 100 square feet room.

Small packages

Photography: Lisa Wood Shapiro

When buying a small air cleaning device, one needs to know the room area that will be cleaning. That means that the length is measuring and multiplying it by the width. Coway states that Airmega 50 can exchange the air in a 500 square -foot room once per hour. According to the centers for disease control and preventionConsumers must point to five or more Air changes per hour (ACH). After the recommendation of the CDC, the Airmega can effectively clean the air in a space of 100 square feet five times per hour. That is approximately half the average university bedroom size. Living in New York City, I have seen nursery, offices in the home and corporate, the rooms of the size of the stairs of Harry Potter and the dressing rooms became a den of about 100 square feet. If any of those descriptions coincides with the spaces of your home or at work, then the Airmega 50 is an economic solution to mitigate the bad air.

The cylindrical design of the 50s of Airmega air strip from all sides. To achieve ideal air exchange per hour, small air purifiers start the fan. And most of the time, smaller does not mean calmer, although in the case of Airmega 50, its highest configuration came around 60 decibels in me Toptes sound level metersimilar to the buzzing of a refrigerator. And although most white noise machines are between 50 and 70 decibels, I found that the highest configuration of the Airmega 50 is too noisy for the night. Its suspension mode turns off its indicator light and reduces the fan to its lowest and silent configuration. The suspension mode of an air purifier is when the purifier becomes a less effective version of itself, and the Airmega 50 is no exception. Users have the option to turn off the indicator lights and turn on the Nightlight mode. I prefer the lights off, but when my children were young, I would have used the night light mode.

The size matters

Photography: Lisa Wood Shapiro

The Airmega 50 has many of the characteristics that make Coway air purifiers a long -term favorite. For those with pets and young children, the control of the control panel is essential. There is also a highly appreciated filter replacement indicator light, plus an eight -month filter life expectancy. Unlike some of the largest Coway models that have a variety of custom air filters, including those that are specifically made for pet owners, patients with allergies and intense smoke, the Airmega 50 currently only has One option, for $ 30.