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The sticker price is not what it costs.

We model what home wellness equipment actually costs to own: purchase, installation, electricity and consumables over five years. Then we tell you which one wins, and why the cheapest one to buy usually is not it.

120+products analysed
900+sources verified
0paid placements
Verifiedevery figure carries the source it came from, printed next to it
Modelledfive-year cost including electricity and consumables, not just the sticker
Independentno paid placements, no sponsored rankings, no brand approval of drafts
Honestwe say when we could not verify something, and when a claim is thinner than it looks

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Why we do it this way

A $299 air purifier can cost more than a $549 one

Filters, electricity and replacement schedules routinely add more than the purchase price over five years. Almost nobody publishes that number, so we calculate it on every product, show the working, and let you sort by what a thing actually costs.

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Methodology

We do not test. We verify, and we model.

Verifyevery figure checked against manufacturer documentation and certification listings, with the source printed next to it
Modelfive-year cost of ownership: purchase, install, electricity at the US average rate, and consumables
Compareevery product scored against the others in its category on the same five criteria
Disclosewhere a number came from, what a certification does not cover, and where the evidence is thin

We are transparent about the limits of that. We have not felt the build quality of a sauna or heard how loud a purifier is on high. What we can do is catch the $900 of filters hidden behind a $299 sticker price, and say plainly when a manufacturer will not publish a number. Read the full methodology.

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