Update on Rabbit Air A3:
I made a post a while back that I was going to take the risk and buy a Rabbit Air A3 for my garage. I got it and played with it for 10 days. Here are the results:
My space: I was using it in a 3 car garage with the doors closed. My hope was that it would clean the air good enough to keep the garage closed. I do have very high ceilings in the garage and an extra 12x12 area that isn't normal in a 3 car garage.
The test: I hung it on the wall at first above the smoking area. I felt it did nothing so I added a fan across the room that was blowing AT the A3. That changed a little bit but more likely because it was blowing the smoke around rather than getting it into the A3 to clean it.
Then I moved it onto the table beside me. I tried it on low and it didn't do really anything, so I changed it to high speed. This helped but it is loud when its in high speed mode. (it even shook the table). My wife and I felt a little light headed and had upset stomach's after a night of sitting directly by it with it on high. I can't swear it caused it but the next day we both felt fine. We tried it again on medium speed the next day and it still felt really smoky in the garage and we ended up opening the garage anyway.
The Good:
It does seem to clean the air and would do a much better job in a smaller room with lower ceilings. I still think the room will be smokey, but I think it will clean it out nicely over the following 3-4 hours after you stop smoking.
They are true to their word about the 90 day return policy, they sent me a return label right away and its going back this week
Their customer service people are very friendly and helpful.
The Bad:
The unit kept disconnecting itself from my wifi. It would work for a day, then disconnect. Then I would have to delete it from the app and reconnect it. Then it would work fine again.
The unit seems like its strength is more cleaning the air after you smoke than it does while you are smoking. I noticed this at hearth on Sunday also. The basement had (2) A2's and it was very smokey in there. However as people left I was noticing it was cleaning up the air in time.
Final thoughts:
Smoking cigars takes time. If you went into a room in your house and smoked for 30 minutes and left, this unit would be awesome. You can set it to run for the next 2 hours and it'll clean the room pretty well. However it would be smokey until you stop smoking. As the room gets bigger its ability to do that gets worse. It is rated to 1080 sq ft, but I wouldn't be comfortable with over 600 and with normal height ceilings.