An Accidental Grease Fire Made the Perfect Stress Test for Dreame’s Smart Air Purifier - CNET

I live on the shores of Lake Ontario in Western New York, an area that’s recently been heavily affected by smoke from the Canadian wildfires. Given that, I thought it was an ideal time to test a premium air purifier to see how effective it is at handling heavy particle loads over time.

The model I tested was the PM20 Smart Air Purifier from Dreame, which is a three-in-one air purifier, fan and heater that includes several built-in air-quality monitors. That said, I didn’t want to just trust the device itself to measure its own performance, so I also deployed a high-end, third-party air quality monitor to double-check its reporting.

While it doesn’t quite match the comprehensive testing from CNET’s lab team in Louisville, Kentucky, which we use to build our list of the year’s best air purifiers, it still helped me see the air purifier’s impact in...

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