Danby review
Updated September 30, 2026 · SmartHomeCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 30, 2026
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Our verdict
Danby suits households that want purifiers, dehumidifiers and humidifiers from one Canadian maker with app control and support on email, phone and help centre. Its room coverage ranks 5 of 54 brands, while clean air delivery sits mid-field, so weigh the area figure against the airflow one.
Key facts
- Best for
- One brand name for purifiers, dehumidifiers and humidifiers, with app control and phone support.
- Reference models
- DAP290BAW, DAP152BAW-I, DDR060BMP2WDB (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Clean air delivery rate (m³/h)
- 492.71 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Room size (m²)
- 371.61 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Quietest noise level (dB)
- 25 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Extraction per day (l/day)
- 28.4 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Power use (W)
- 250 to 420 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Mobile app
- Yes (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Warranty
- 2 years (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Markets
- US, CA (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Legal entity
- Danby Products Ltd (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Headquarters
- Canada (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Founded
- 1947 (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Support channels
- Email, Phone, Help-centre (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
- Products
- Purifier, Dehumidifier, Humidifier
- Filter types
- Hepa h13, Carbon, Ioniser
- Certifications
- Aham verifide
- Official website
- danby.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- One maker covers purifier, dehumidifier and humidifier work, purifier, dehumidifier and humidifier, where Clarifion sells purifiers only, purifier.
- Room coverage of 371.61 m² ranks 5 of 54 brands, well above where the same brand sits on clean air delivery.
- A mobile app is part of the package, so settings are not limited to the unit, and help is reachable on email, phone and help centre.
- A 2 year warranty backs the machines, and the listed purifier carries aham verifide certification.
- The purifier combines hepa h13, carbon and ioniser stages in a single cabinet, so particle and odour control do not need a second machine.
Cons
- Clean air delivery of 492.71 m³/h leaves the brand at 21 of 47, so a buyer chasing raw throughput for a large open space has stronger options elsewhere in the field.
- One listed certification, aham verifide, while Energy Star is the mark held by 72.7% of brands on the site, leaving a narrower shortlist for an efficiency-minded buyer.
- Sales run to US and CA, so anyone ordering from outside the US and Canada should weigh return shipping and where warranty service lands.
- The dehumidifier extracts 28.4 litres a day of water a day, which suits a single damp room rather than a whole wet basement floor.
Who it suits
- Households that want purifier, dehumidifier and humidifier from a single brand: purifier, dehumidifier and humidifier.
- Buyers in the US and Canada who want phone and email support: email, phone and help centre.
- Anyone who wants app control and a 2 year warranty covered in the same purchase.
Who should look elsewhere
- Buyers after the strongest clean air delivery numbers, since Danby sits at 21 of 47; Clarifion is the purifier-only alternative to weigh, purifier.
- People who want fan machines alongside air treatment: Vornado Air lists purifier, humidifier and fan for exactly that.
- Shoppers who want dehumidifier output next to purifiers in a range that also carries fans: Daewoo Electricals pairs purifier, dehumidifier and fan.
Where it sits among rivals
Danby works in a wide field rather than at the top of it. On clean air delivery the brand places 21 out of 47 brands tracked here, a middle position in a deep market. On room coverage it fares better, at 5 out of 54 brands. The gap between the two ranks is the useful part when you compare: the airflow claim is ordinary for the class, while the area claim sits well up the list, and both numbers get printed side by side as though they measure the same thing. They do not. Delivery tells you how quickly a space is cleared, and the room figure describes the largest space the maker claims for the cabinet. Ranked high on the second measure and mid-table on the first, Danby makes more sense for a room that is not very large and needs clearing often than for an open-plan floor where raw throughput decides the result.
What it does well
Clean air delivery on the listed purifier is 492.71 m³/h, with a stated room capacity of 371.61 m². Those two figures measure different things, and reading both before you choose avoids the usual mismatch of a cabinet advertised for a large area but modest on throughput. The smaller purifier in the range is the quiet end, listed at 25 decibels, which suits a bedroom where the unit runs for hours. The listed dehumidifier covers the damp side of the problem, extracting 28.4 litres a day of water a day while drawing 250 to 420 watts. That output is a single room job rather than a whole floor one, and the power draw is worth checking against a socket and a meter rate. A mobile app is part of the package, so fan speed and timers can be set away from the machine, and a 2 year warranty sits behind the purchase, which leaves filter replacement as the running cost to plan for once the cover period ends.
Who runs it
The legal entity behind the brand is Danby Products Ltd, a Canadian business based in Canada and trading there since 1947. That length of trading matters in air treatment, where filter spares and warranty repairs count for as much as the machine itself. Support runs on email, phone and help centre, so help comes by email, by phone and through a help centre, with no chat line or community forum listed. That mix suits you if you want a person on the line for a warranty claim, and it rules out buyers who only want live chat. Markets served are US and CA, so returns, spares and warranty work are straightforward for buyers in either country, and anyone ordering from outside those two should check first where a return or repair would be handled.
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Where Danby is available
- Available
- Canada, Mexico, United States
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What does Danby make?+
Danby covers three kinds of machine, purifier, dehumidifier and humidifier, so a purifier can be bought alongside a dehumidifier or a humidifier from the same maker. The models listed for air purification are DAP290BAW, DAP152BAW-I, DDR060BMP2WDB. That gives you a fixed set of reference points for weighing airflow and room claims against rivals.
How does Danby price against the field?+
The offer score for Danby is 9.2, with the overall rating at 9.2. Entry prices across the site start as low as €0.89 and top out at €1,753.05, with €96.46 as the mid point buyers tend to start from. Danby competes in the lower and middle of those bands.
How large a room can one Danby machine handle?+
The stated room capacity is 371.61 m², with clean air delivery of 492.71 m³/h. The room claim ranks 5 of 54 brands, while delivery ranks 21 of 47. Size the cabinet to the room and check the delivery figure before you commit.
How noisy is a Danby purifier?+
The quietest figure listed for the range is 25 decibels, a night-time level that suits a bedroom or a study where a machine runs for hours. Fan speed is the usual trade-off, so the higher settings are the ones that reach a shared room, and you will hear those more than the quiet floor.
What can the Danby dehumidifier remove in a day?+
The listed dehumidifier extracts 28.4 litres a day of water a day while drawing 250 to 420 watts. That output fits a single damp room, a cellar or one bedroom, not a whole floor of wet space, and the power draw is the number to check against a socket and your meter rate.
Is there an app for a Danby machine?+
There is a mobile app for the models that carry one, and Danby sits on the app side of a category split where 88.3% of brands on the site offer app control. In practice that means fan speed and timers can be set from a phone instead of only at the unit.
What certification does a Danby purifier carry?+
The listed purifier carries aham verifide certification. Across the site, 40.9% of brands hold the same mark, while Energy Star is more common at 72.7%. If running cost matters more to you than filtration claims, the efficiency listing is the one to check on a specific model.
How long is the Danby warranty?+
Danby lists a 2 year warranty on these machines, which is the main protection beyond the purchase itself. Filters and ionising parts are consumables and sit outside a warranty, so the running cost over the first few years matters more than the cover period when you compare brands.
Where does Danby sell, and how do you reach support?+
Danby sells in US and CA, and the legal entity behind the brand is Danby Products Ltd. Support runs on email, phone and help centre, so email, phone and a help centre cover most questions with no chat line listed. Buyers in either country take the standard route; ordering from anywhere else means checking where returns and warranty repairs are handled.
How does Danby rank against rival purifier brands?+
On clean air delivery the brand places 21 of 47 brands, while on room coverage it places 5 of 54. Read together, the ranks describe the shape of the offer: high on stated area, ordinary on throughput, which points to smaller rooms cleared often rather than open floors.
Sources
- danby.com/en-us checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Markets, Products
“Danby.ca, Danby.ca/fr, Danby (USA) country selector”
- danby.com/en-us/product-categories/air-purifiers-en-us checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Reference models
“DAP290BAW HEPA Air Purifier Up to 450 sq. ft.; DAP152BAW-I HEPA Air Purifier Up to 210 sq. ft.; DDR060BMP2WDB 60 Pint Dehumidifier”
- danby.com/en-us/shop/dap152baw-i checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Filter types, Quietest noise level (dB)
“DAP152BAW-I - 4-in-1 True HEPA Filter, Carbon Activated Filter, Ionizer”
- danby.com/en-us/shop/dap290baw checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Clean air delivery rate (m³/h), Certifications, Warranty
“DAP290BAW - With CADR ratings: Smoke (290), Dust (265), Pollen (280) - 290 CFM converted to m3/h by multiplying by 1.699”
- danby.com/en-us/shop/ddr060bmp2wdb checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Mobile app, Extraction per day (l/day), Power use (W), Room size (m²)
“DDR060BMP2WDB - Wi-Fi Connect with bucket full indicator in App”
- danby.com/en-us/support checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity, Support channels
“Guelph, ON - Home Office - Danby Products Ltd, 5070 Whitelaw Rd Guelph, ON”
- danby.com/en-us/why-danby checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Founded
“Since 1947, our company has grown from our first Montreal location”
Compiled from 7 source pages, checked September 30, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Price from, Filter cost per year, Filter change interval.
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Danby
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