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Do air purifiers that function like bongs exist?

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Do air purifiers that function like bongs exist?

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I heard or read, somewhere, about an air purifier system that worked by increasing the humidity in the air until rain drops formed around the dust particles suspended in it, thus pulling them out of the air … but it was in the context of large-building HVAC, nothing for home use. I agree with Class Goat; I don’t think that bubbling air through water filters it significantly, or at least not well enough to make it worthwhile as a filtration medium. Depending on what you are trying to filter out (what particulate size), you may be able to use some type of filter with a cartridge that can be washed or vacuumed periodically. Typically these filters work better for large dust particles. E.g., shop filters for pulling sawdust and drywall dust out of the air are almost always washable or vacuumable, and some household furnace filters made to grab big chunks of dust and hair are, but most true HEPA filters aren’t. Some household air filters have elements that are washable and whose only disp

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