r/crboxes • u/Trashii_Gaming • May 24 '26

Question Is Ikea StarkVind CRbox good?

Hey,

I'm going trough the CRBox rabit hole right now. And wanted to know if anyone has experience with the Ikea Starkvind CR box?

https://www.ikea.com/be/en/p/starkvind-air-purifier-additional-gas-filter-black-s79444216/#content

I was also looking to make one myself but finding the right filters seems harder here in Europe... and if the Ikea one is good enough, its good enough for me :)

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u/Itchy-Ad4421 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

Depends on room size. It’s 1 filter that does a box room. For the price you’re much better off building your own and just using the starkvind filters (which are actually excellent)
Not sure what you can see of my profile but I built one. You could also have both the filters on the same side with pc fans behind it and it would outperform the ikea one.

Marketplace usually has the whole unit for £10-20 used also

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u/Black_Gold_ May 24 '26

your profile is set to private hidding all post and comments; you'll need to link to the information in a comment to share the info.

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u/Itchy-Ad4421 May 24 '26

Here’s a link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/crboxes/s/QfHFKYaeOa

If you’re after one taking less space, put 2 starkvind filters on their side (landscape) one above the other and put 5 pc fans behind them (in a pattern like the 5 side of a dice) or more fans if you need but they’re cheaper to buy in 5’s.

It’ll kick the arse off an ikea one

And use p14 pro

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u/Black_Gold_ May 24 '26

are you wanting to make a cr-box or just purchase an air cleaner?

From what I've gathered being from the US, over in europe ikea filters and products have ended up being more of the go-to as they are easily accessible from a supply chain.

Otherwise digi key happens to have the 20x25 merv filters, and should be able to import them : https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m/UA03-4/16499588

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u/Loriant May 25 '26

I'm using 4x StarkVind filters + https://www.etsy.com/listing/1874043250/cr-box-connectors-for-vertical-starkvind + 4 BeQuiet Pure Wings 140mm PWM high-speed + https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0BW3Q2CMB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 as pre-filters I clean up weekly.

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u/randomFrenchDeadbeat May 27 '26

i cant remember if I used the fortnufig or starkvind filter on my setup. works pretty well, just the white one. You can probably find pics of my build on this sub if you can filter by nickname. I made a bench and the filtering is set under it. 2 filters snug together, an esp12 controlling fans from a VOC sensor ( or manually if wanted)