© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Air_Purifiers Recent content written about Air Purifiers en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_436652248708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author majcmortenson - Negative charge....positive effects....! I bought an ionic breeze after seeing one at the home of a friend who owns a very smelly dog. Surprisingly, her home smelled fresh and clean!! After a couple of visits, she seemed to have the smelly dog... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436652248708 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:41:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436652248708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436387024516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luclin999 - Air. You breathe it in and rarely think about the quality of what is going into your body. Most people would never consider eating dirty food, but many of us breathe in dirty air every day. My wife and I are like that. That is we were until... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436387024516 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:55:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436387024516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434428415620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author harmony11269 - I think it works really well. The major con I found is in their customer service. I became a "distributor" in 2005. I received 5 units. 4 of the 5 broke within the first year of use. I finally called and complained, they gave me a run around for months,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434428415620 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:12:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434428415620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434398137988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author newtownbeans - I purchased the 3M Filtrete Ultra Clean Air Purifier FAP02 to replace an older air cleaner for a small bedroom and I am very pleased with this unit. The cleaner is a handsome appliance and extremely quiet, even on high speed. I am using it in a room... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434398137988 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:14:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434398137988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433756016260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author abhaille - We originally bought this item to help dispel some of my cigarette smoke in our bedroom. My hubby bought it out of a catalog for about forty dollars. It seems to be a pretty popular low end item. This machine is easy to use. You plug it in. It's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433756016260 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:06:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433756016260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433417129604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zavera - I have bad allergies, and my Oreck air purifier was not working at all. After my research I found the Alen 350 and decided to give it a try in my 150 sq ft bedroom. Weight : The unit is light and easy to move places. It is also sturdy, so it won't tip... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433417129604 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:33:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433417129604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433293921924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jdsteffen - I think this product works about as well as what you've paid for it. If you compare the price to other infomercial models, I'd say its a bargain. But the overall the performance doesn't work as well it may claim. Without a fan, there's only so much air... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433293921924 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:54:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433293921924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433130278532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fuzduzit - You get what you pay for and more! I am a huge skeptic when it comes to claims made by manufacturers,as was the case with Ecoquest.However,after reading all the studies done at KSU by Dr James Marsden regarding elimination of surface bacteria and viruses... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433130278532 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:10:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433130278532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432264810116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobkpine - from personal not professional experience, snap and pop noises result from improper cleaning. soak cell in cleaning solution; hose off and dry THOROUGHLY. careful use of cleaning swabs is useful if careful of filaments. had another manufacturer's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432264810116 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:40:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432264810116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432081899140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mzdamia - Use it in my 5 year old son's room. He has major allergies and they have improved indoors since I purchased this at FRY'S. I changed my first filter after only a month since it got so dirty. Our furnace filter for the house lets A LOT by. So glad this is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432081899140 Sat, 31 May 2008 05:03:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432081899140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430554189444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author pmail49 - I believe Honeywell INVENTED the CADR index that is used to compare air purifiers (or some product company did)... which makes the CADR very suspect. This has great CADR numbers. However, the unit is loud on all settings, smells constantly (smell... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430554189444 Sun, 18 May 2008 22:01:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430554189444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430505299588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author the-45thronin - We have had a variety of air filters/purifiers. I should describe first that there is a difference between an air filter and an air purifier. An air filter simply has cotton or paper air filters, that literally filter all the dirt, dust, and pollen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430505299588 Sun, 18 May 2008 13:29:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430505299588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429450235524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author papabear43 - My wife (age 61) has had a life-long battle with allergies, primarily from dust, but also including pollens and some foods. When she was a child her family had to be relocated from Edwards AFB, CA to Indiana through USAF Compassionate Reassignment... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429450235524 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:43:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429450235524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429438242436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author glpls - I purchased in Dec. 06 in Jan. 08 the grids failed. They sound like an electrical short circuit when turned on, then the unit switches to the drying cycle and then to the needs service cycle and repeats. The problem appears to be so bad that if you call... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429438242436 Fri, 9 May 2008 16:43:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429438242436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429050334852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author dcrmgr - I am a 73 year old woman who has been suffering from continuing respiratory problems ever since I purchased my Pure-Ion air purifier from Brookstone. It has also been instrumental, I believe, in my eyes watering and aggravated my asthma. I have been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429050334852 Tue, 6 May 2008 17:03:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429050334852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428951178884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bcv75 - This is a smaller, table top version of the taller, free standing Ionic Breeze model which is designed to purify the air of larger areas. This particular model is meant for a single room. I've had mine in my bedroom for the past year and a half. After... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428951178884 Mon, 5 May 2008 21:51:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428951178884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428799069828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jc_hall - WHY WE NEED IT We have an open-plan kitchen in our condo apartment. Even though we changed the standard extractor fan above our cooker to a much more powerful version, cooking smells still occasionally find their way to other parts of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428799069828 Sun, 4 May 2008 17:12:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428799069828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427564699268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gnuday - I started looking for an air purifier after I discovered that my cats were making me sick in an unusual way ... I had a constant sore throat that wouldn't clear up. After taking a two week vacation along the coast of California the sore throat was gone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427564699268 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:59:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427564699268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426907569796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author artisteatwork - Maybe I am doing something wrong, although the instructions for this unit seemed to be plug in and turn on, which I did. The exhaust airflow of this machine is very strong, however, the intake of the unit I just received is pathetic. If you drop a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426907569796 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:58:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426907569796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426900164228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author immac - In a previous Epinions review I wrote that our first air purifier was "the best medicine to hit this home in the 32 spring allergy seasons that my wife has been coughing, hacking, sneezing, and (yes) even choking." The Hunter Tower Air Purifier looks... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426900164228 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:17:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426900164228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426715090564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pepper38mint - I did a lot of research on the web before I decided on The Alen T100 Air Purifier. It was highly recommended. At first I thought it wasn't working because I was checking the filter every day and didn't see anything so then I didn't check it for a week... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426715090564 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:31:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426715090564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425821965956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sneffepinions - I actually ordered two Oreck air purifiers and am totally dissatisfied. The parts are sooo cheap and it's highway robbery to charge the prices that they charge. The air purifiers seem to work for the first 6 months but after the first cleaning... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425821965956 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:43:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425821965956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425695219332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author boxerlover - I recently got an Austin air purifier. I purchased this product used, although the man said he hardly used it at all. It was in excellent condition, and I bought it for 50.00, instead of the 135.00 to 175.00 it usually goes for. With all the newer... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425695219332 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:41:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425695219332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424944307844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author williamlawson - At first I thought this air purifier was great - it cleans the air well, is not *too* noisy (anything that moves air is going to make noise after all) and looked really smart. However, after a year of use the fan on mine squeaks like crazy and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424944307844 Sat, 5 Apr 2008 05:31:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424944307844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424322371204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aobtpa - First of all, these machine are not cheap and I am not rich but I had to have something that actually worked. You can pay $200 for something that does absolutely nothing or you can pony up the big bucks for something that aggressively attacks and kills... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424322371204 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:05:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424322371204?linkin_id=8003929