Editor’s note: After being challenged by Dyson, Levoit voluntarily removed the True HEPA title from their products. We still found this model to be effective, but if you want the True HEPA filter, you should probably look elsewhere.

There’s a lot to love about Levoit’s first vacuum—its cordless design seriously improves the ease of cleaning with its 50-minute run-time, five-stage filtration system, and bin disposal at the touch of a button. The brushroll has a tangle-resistant design to keep hair and pet dander from clogging your vacuum, and the vacuum can lay totally flat for effective under-couch cleaning or deconstruct into a hand vac size. Contributor Terri Williams says its light weight makes it easy to tote around, but notes that it works best on hard floors and rugs, rather than carpet. This Levoit model, she says, is “proof that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a good vacuum.”

If you’re looking for a discreet mister, a tower humidifier is especially easy to hide behind an intentionally-placed snake plant, or fern. Williams says the generous water tank on this one means less frequent, easier refills. The mist levels are adjustable, and are displayed on the LED touch screen itself, along with other stats and control options. Flip through them on the machine itself, via the remote it comes with, or through the accompanying app for hands-free voice control.

This slim model bears all the hallmarks of a good humidifier—adjustable mist levels, an easy top fill and spacious water storage, and wide coverage—but is especially well-suited for those who love to sync theirs with their phones. Assistant commerce director Lori Keong said the accompanying app made it “really easy to sync to and track the humidity of my apartment, plus control the device itself—turning it on, changing the presets, and so on.” You can control every feature of this humidifier from your smart phone, even with voice activation.

While Keong doesn’t “like light shows or using my humidifier to disperse essential oils,” she can appreciate the pomp and frills of this humidifier: a nightlight option with various colorways and a diffuser inset for oils. Generally, says Keong, “this humidifier packs a lot of functionality into a small device, even offering warm air if you get cold at night with a humidifier on.”

The LVAC-300 is LVAC-200’s souped-up counterpart. The LVAC-300 maintains what Williams loved about the 200—the filtration system, the tangle-resistant design, but offers a longer maximum runtime (up to 60 minutes vs. 50), and a redesigned brush assembly for reduced tangling.

Compared to the discontinued Tineco stick vacuum Keong was using before, she thinks this one is definitely savvier. “I love that the display screen tells you exactly how much battery life is left, and I was able to vacuum the entirety of my teeny apartment around 300 square feet without even breaking 90% battery life on eco mode.” While she was slightly less impressed by the power suction of eco mode when faced with a popcorn kernel, turbo mode eventually took care of it.

Another perk is the simplicity of assembly—the vacuum arrived in a “box small enough that I questioned how the whole thing fit in there,” but lo and behold it was, and the ensuing setup was extremely easy. If you’re looking for Dyson aesthetic and rivaling quality, Keong found this looks and feels like a Dyson but doesn’t cost upwards of $500: “I think it’s a great alternative for anyone who’s on a budget and wants a slightly tech-enhanced model that deconstructs for small space living.”

Commerce director Rachel Fletcher describes this air purifier as “a powerful machine at a reasonable price point.” With a coverage zone of up to 1,100 square feet, it’s ideal for a medium-to large-size home or apartment that could use some better air filtration. It passed Fletcher’s ultimate test—cooking fish—something she loves to do but often avoids because the smell can linger in her small space. “I turned the purifier on during and after the cooking process and there was absolutely no detectable smell almost immediately after I ate my dinner,” she says.

As a pet owner, she hasn’t clocked a notable difference in pet hair or dust, but takes comfort in “knowing it’s cleaning the air of the most harmful particulates and keeping my space fresh.” It operates on a barely noticeable hum unless it’s going at full speed, and was so easy to get up and running that Fletcher said she didn’t even need to crack the manual to set it up.

Editor’s note: After being challenged by Dyson, Levoit voluntarily removed the True HEPA title from their products. We still found this model to be effective, but if you want the True HEPA filter, you should probably look elsewhere.

With a 1.5 gallon water tank and a 50-hour run time, we love the basics of this humidifier but are pleased to see it also doesn’t require filter replacements, which can oftentimes be expensive and hard to install. It has a significant coverage zone—up to 753 square feet—so it’s perfect for large rooms. It also functions as either an ultrasonic cool mist humidifier or a warm mist humidifier, so it can be used year-round. Levoit doesn’t list the noise level, but Williams, our tester, described it as “whisper-quiet.”