I have a few bissel filters and they have done well for me. I have the big stand up one in the living area of my house and then smaller cylinder shaped ones in bedrooms. Our house is from the 40s and isn't very air tight so we run then mostly for allergies. The sound isn't too noticeable for us but we've had them for a few years so that just what home sounds like to us now.

We put one in our bedroom and you could feel the difference in there compared to other rooms so we got more filters for the rest of the house. It's hard to describe the feeling but we turned the filter on and then went about our day and a few hours later went into the bedroom and the air just felt cleaner. My allergies were also significantly better after just one day.