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Costco Members: Winix C909 4-Stage Air Purifier

+ $5 S/H

$160

$200

20% off
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Winix C909 4-Stage Air Purifier w/ WiFi & PlasmaWave Technology (1022-0228-00) for $159.99. Shipping is $4.99.

Thanks to Community Member Duplicating for finding this deal.

Accessories Included:
  • Two Genuine Winix True HEPA Filter sets included for up to 24 months normal usage
Features:
  • AHAM Verified up to 500 sq. ft. Room Coverage
  • Energy Star & UL Certified
  • Ultra-Quiet on Slowest Speed (25 db)
  • Wi-Fi Enabled for Instant Monitoring and Control

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Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Savings are valid 3/1/23 through 3/27/23. while supplies last. Limit 5 per member.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from 131 Costco customer reviews.
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Winix C909 4-Stage Air Purifier w/ WiFi & PlasmaWave Technology (1022-0228-00) for $159.99. Shipping is $4.99.

Thanks to Community Member Duplicating for finding this deal.

Accessories Included:
  • Two Genuine Winix True HEPA Filter sets included for up to 24 months normal usage
Features:
  • AHAM Verified up to 500 sq. ft. Room Coverage
  • Energy Star & UL Certified
  • Ultra-Quiet on Slowest Speed (25 db)
  • Wi-Fi Enabled for Instant Monitoring and Control

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Savings are valid 3/1/23 through 3/27/23. while supplies last. Limit 5 per member.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from 131 Costco customer reviews.
  • Additional Note:

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yugao06
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Not the same filter as C545, C545 is type S and C909 is type A
BeautifulVest1304
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The question is, whether it will develop that noisy, irritating, high pitched whine after some months of use.
I have 6 of them and 3 of them screech at all speed settings.
dman081
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For what it's worth, auto on the c545 —and I assume this model, too— is triggered on VOC levels, not particles in the air, which likely isn't what most people assume think or want. The 'why' of that is probably VOC sensors being cheap and and easy, and particulate sensors less so.

Running on VOC level is great if you got it to clean the air of fresh paint, a new foam mattress, or lots of farts (or dirty baby diapers). But 1) you'll need a fresh carbon filter for most of those ; and 2) fine particles are the main health issue and thing I would guess most people use these filters for – wild fires, allergens, dust, mold spores (I think). But the machine isn't able to sense any particulate level, like pm2.5 or 10.

Best case, and for bedroom use, you'd have an air monitor that shows you what the pm levels are with and without this running. You'll quickly learn what level you generally have to run the filter at to get levels to where you're comfortable - for small bedrooms the c545 at level 2 keeps pm2.5 and 10 at 0 in a ~20 year house; I'm fine with pm at 1, so I have the schedule take it down to level 1 after a couple hours to save filter life and reduce sound levels for the kids sleeping in there (CO2 is a much bigger issue in this house; something people often learn with air quality monitors).

Worst case if you don't want to get an air quality monitor and since this is a high capacity model, I'd guess you could run it at level 2 to start the night then level 1 for the next 6 or 7 or so hours (assuming this has Wifi and scheduling like the c545).

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The question is, whether it will develop that noisy, irritating, high pitched whine after some months of use.
I have 6 of them and 3 of them screech at all speed settings.
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Is this worth the $60 premium over the c545?
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Quote from BeautifulVest1304 :
The question is, whether it will develop that noisy, irritating, high pitched whine after some months of use.
I have 6 of them and 3 of them screech at all speed settings.
I've got three 545 screechers. One year old. I was waiting for them to go on sale again at costco so I could take these back. I figure if they come with 2 years of filters they should work fine for two years ...so back they go.
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grwang
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Quote from az060693 :
Same filters and features as the C545 but with a more powerful fan, so has a higher filtration rate.
Nice, good to know they use the same filters. I bought a giant pack of aftermarket ones off Amazon for my two 545s I already have. Thinking I can move things around and place this in the living room since it covers more sq ft and looks a bit sleeker.
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Quote from az060693 :
Same filters and features as the C545 but with a more powerful fan, so has a higher filtration rate.
Not the same filter as C545, C545 is type S and C909 is type A
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C909 uses the same filter as the C535, but not the smaller C545
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Gotcha, thanks for clarifying. Looks like the C535/C909 filters are also $20 off currently at Costco. Minus whale stock up on that too while you're building your cart.

Anyone know if this deal is available in store as well?
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Quote from grwang :
Gotcha, thanks for clarifying. Looks like the C535/C909 filters are also $20 off currently at Costco. Minus whale stock up on that too while you're building your cart.

Anyone know if this deal is available in store as well?
i haven't seen anything except the smaller C545 at all of my local costcos
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Quote from dogstar1 :
I've got three 545 screechers. One year old. I was waiting for them to go on sale again at costco so I could take these back. I figure if they come with 2 years of filters they should work fine for two years ...so back they go.
I got one too! Maybe around 2 yrs old. Don't even run it no more because of that sound. Only my 545 have that problem
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Quote from BeautifulVest1304 :
The question is, whether it will develop that noisy, irritating, high pitched whine after some months of use.
I have 6 of them and 3 of them screech at all speed settings.
I am returning mine with the noise. My others don't have a whine.
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Quote from BeautifulVest1304 :
The question is, whether it will develop that noisy, irritating, high pitched whine after some months of use.
I have 6 of them and 3 of them screech at all speed settings.
I've had this c909 model since Sept 2022 and so far so good. I leave it on auto most of the day but my wife turns it to lvl 3/4 when I snore loud at night. I turn it on high every now and again to circulate air. Haven't heard any sort of whine or weird noise from this model.
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Quote from Roboticrob :
I've had this c909 model since Sept 2022 and so far so good. I leave it on auto most of the day but my wife turns it to lvl 3/4 when I snore loud at night. I turn it on high every now and again to circulate air. Haven't heard any sort of whine or weird noise from this model.
For what it's worth, auto on the c545 —and I assume this model, too— is triggered on VOC levels, not particles in the air, which likely isn't what most people assume think or want. The 'why' of that is probably VOC sensors being cheap and and easy, and particulate sensors less so.

Running on VOC level is great if you got it to clean the air of fresh paint, a new foam mattress, or lots of farts (or dirty baby diapers). But 1) you'll need a fresh carbon filter for most of those [and I believe they need replacing much more frequently than the particle filter]; and 2) fine particles are the main health issue and thing I would guess most people use these filters for – wild fires, allergens, dust, mold spores (I think). But the machine isn't able to sense any particulate level, like pm2.5 or 10.

Best case, and for bedroom use, you'd have an air monitor that shows you what the pm levels are with and without this running. You'll quickly learn what level you generally have to run the filter at to get levels to where you're comfortable - for small bedrooms the c545 at level 2 keeps pm2.5 and 10 at 0 in a ~20 year house; I'm fine with pm at 1, so I have the schedule take it down to level 1 after a couple hours to save filter life and reduce sound levels for the kids sleeping in there (CO2 is a much bigger issue in this house; something people often learn with air quality monitors).

Worst case if you don't want to get an air quality monitor and since this is a high capacity model, I'd guess you could run it at level 2 to start the night then level 1 for the next 6 or 7 or so hours (assuming this has Wifi and scheduling like the c545).
Last edited by dman081 March 2, 2023 at 06:28 AM.
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gps470
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Pardon my ignorance but for an average home why will you need an air purifier ? I do see dust after couple of weeks but that's through out the house from the vents I suppose. Running this in night time in the bed room alone will have any health benefits over sleeping without it ? We sleep in different rooms sometimes media room watching movie, sometimes with my toddler, sometimes in master bedroom, so how I see it is unless I get one for each room and turn it on based on occupancy, it's not worth ?

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Quote from dogstar1 :
I've got three 545 screechers. One year old. I was waiting for them to go on sale again at costco so I could take these back. I figure if they come with 2 years of filters they should work fine for two years ...so back they go.
I've had to return/replace both of mine for other reasons. It's go me wondering how many returns is too many for Costco's liking.

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