Owners overwhelmingly love this purifier for quietly knocking down dust, allergens, and wildfire smoke, and the auto air-quality sensor gets singled out again and again. The recurring gripe is odors: the thin carbon filter does little for weed, cooking, or pet smells. A handful also find it loud on the highest setting and report a chemical or plastic smell off new units and replacement filters.
91% of 413 verified owners recommend the Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Mighty.
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1,545 comments reviewed · scored on the 413 clearest verdicts
91%
Recommend
375 owners
4%
Neutral
17 owners
5%
Don't recommend
21 owners
Last 6 months:62% recommend(8 recent verdicts)↓ trending down 29pts vs older reviews
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What owners like
Quiet on low and medium settings · 48 · 12%
Noticeably helps allergies, asthma, and breathing · 42 · 10%
Effective on dust, smoke, and fine particulates · 40 · 10%
Auto sensor that ramps the fan to air quality · 33 · 8%
Affordable to run with cheap replacement filters · 30 · 7%
What owners flag
Poor at removing odors, smoke smell, and VOCs · 18 · 4%
Loud, jet-like noise on the highest setting · 7 · 2%
Chemical or plastic smell from new units and filters · 6 · 1%
Indicator light too bright for bedrooms · 3 · 1%
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Reddit▼ don’t recommend
“I have a Coway ap-1512hh and the air filters aren't that expensive (to me), esp if I use the 3rd party ones. However, I don't think it can really keep up with cooking. It goes nuts sucking stuff in, and will ingest some of the smoke and oil, but the oil still gets all over the house.”
Reddit— neutral
“Our Coway AP-1512HH turns back on after power loss.”
Reddit▲ recommend
“The Coway Airmega AP-1512HH is usually at the top of most recommendations at least when I was researching a few years ago, we have 2 and have no complaints.”
Reddit⚠ product linkThis comment contains a link to buy the product. Not a confirmed affiliate link, but a buy link in an opinion can be a form of marketing — weigh it accordingly.▼ don’t recommend
“Their top rated is the Coway AP-1512HH Mighty and I really strongly recommend not getting this unit
The box itself works great, but the replacements have a vile chemical smell.”
Reddit— neutral
“I have a Coway 1512hh and I like it but the levels in my two rooms with Air Doctors are consistently lower than my room with the Coway”
Reddit▲ recommend
“I use the coway ap-1512hh air purifier and it's been great. It's reasonably priced and does a great job with my small studio apartment. I do have to lug it in between the living and bedroom in the morning and night but that's about the only downside of it.”
Reddit⚠ product linkThis comment contains a link to buy the product. Not a confirmed affiliate link, but a buy link in an opinion can be a form of marketing — weigh it accordingly.▼ don’t recommend
“It had good reviews but for a nursery there is a light on top that shines red when it's purifying and blue if it senses that the air is clear, the blue light is very bright so we've had to cover it or turn it off when she's sleeping which obviously isn't ideal.”
Reddit▲ recommend
“I really noticed a difference after I got mine. It’s the Coway Airmega AP-1512HH(W).”
Reddit— neutral
“the build quality is very good, it's reasonably quite even on high settings, seems to have a big enough airflow”
Reddit⚠ product linkThis comment contains a link to buy the product. Not a confirmed affiliate link, but a buy link in an opinion can be a form of marketing — weigh it accordingly.▲ recommend
“The air outside is currently 'Very Hazardous' but the air inside my apartment is safe and clean. When the air isn't poison, it also keeps the room a little cooler and provides lovely white noise at night.”
Reddit— neutral
“Sound wise the Levoit 400s and the Airmega AP 1512HH are the best. Honestly, none of them seem to do much against the weed smells, which makes sense since they are VOCs”
Reddit▼ don’t recommend
“If it’s on auto, ours get noisy when we’re gas cooking or my partner sears meat. If i was buying again, I don’t think I’d pick them up again but I haven’t explored the options.”
Reddit— neutral
“THe filter is caked with fur when I change it so I guess it works? I don't change it as often as the recommendation though. I still see fur flying around by I do permanently put it on ECO mode.”
Reddit▲ recommend
“I have 2 of the mighties for our bedrooms and a 211+ for our living room and have been happy with them.”
Reddit▼ don’t recommend
“I have a Coway Airmega AP-1512HH(W) and I'm not sure it's really cleaning anything. I hear it kick on but nothing feels any diffrent.”
Reddit▼ don’t recommend
“replacement HEPA filters for the 1512HH all have horrible reviews for giving off toxic fumes”
Reddit⚠ product linkThis comment contains a link to buy the product. Not a confirmed affiliate link, but a buy link in an opinion can be a form of marketing — weigh it accordingly.— neutral
“one note with this one is that if you keep it in "auto" mode, you need to pop the tiny side hatch each month and wipe the air quality sensor with a Q-Tip.”
Reddit▲ recommend
“the Coway AP 1512HH is nice and surprisingly quiet”
Reddit— neutral
“the de-odorization is carbon fiber based, so it may capture the odor, but not effective as charcoal based filter like 230 and 240. So the fiber-based carbon filter doesn't retain the odor much longer as charcoal carbon based filters”
Reddit▼ don’t recommend
“I got 3 Coway 1512hh's to compliment my Winix D360s... they all 3 have that faint sweet chemical smell to them. It's not horrible or burning, but it makes the air feel less crisp”
Reddit⚠ product linkThis comment contains a link to buy the product. Not a confirmed affiliate link, but a buy link in an opinion can be a form of marketing — weigh it accordingly.▲ recommend
“I’m quite happy with my”
Reddit▼ don’t recommend
“I just got an Airmega AP1512HH and my asthma is sooo much worse, I never usually get this but I feel like something is sitting on my chest, I’m wheezy, cold, clammy and dizzy.”
Reddit▲ recommend
“I like it so much that I bought a second one at $180 for smoke/Covid season (to cover the whole apartment).”
Reddit— neutral
“they are mostly fine, but I don't like the LEDs or the beeps they make, or the fact that the back grate cannot be properly cleaned. I don't really know how to measure the performance but qualitatively speaking my apartment air could be fresher still.”