| Author | Message | ||
     Mark (Kobeyman) New Member Username: Kobeyman Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2003 |
Looking to get one. Does anyone have any experience with one? there are many to choose from and i want the better ones. need one that will- minimize dust, clean odor, clear a whole room, etc.... does an air purifier really have the capability of working a whole bedroom? or do you need multiple ones? where's the most effective placement? | ||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 663 Registered: 02-2003 |
Providing you have central heat and air why not just get a better filter there and take care of your entire house? I think the effectivness of the air cleaner would depend on the size ofthe room you are trying to clean | ||
| Porter Mann (Porter) Member Username: Porter Post Number: 120 Registered: 05-2003 |
I have allergies to almost everything under the sun, and after doing a lot of research, I bought a BlueAir air purifier. Its a bit more spendy, but its quite, which allows me to run it all the time without it bothering me. A lot of the Honeywell units make so much noise, it defeats the purpose of keeping them on. I decided to go with a filter unit, instead of a charged particle unit - like Sharper Image's model or ozone producing unit. The charged particle unit charges and captures the dust particles really well but only in the immediate area around the unit. They have poor coverage if there is something blocking its 360 zone - like a bed or table. My friend has an ozone unit, and it smells, plus breathing oxygen radicals isn't healthy. In my opinion, I never found the ozone unit to work really well. You really want to physically remove the contaminants, rather then chemically break them up. The BlueAir 501 purifier I have uses 3 HEPA filters and runs a super quiet motor that circulates air. On medium or low, you can't tell its on. I run mine day and night like its supposed to, plus the fact it looks good too. It acutally has an electrostatic post inside that helps make the particles stick to the filters in addition to the air circulation. Like I said, the BlueAir is slightly spendy and the filters are kind of spendy as well, but for quality - I don't think there's anything better. I can tell a difference. Don't believe in the hype of being able to kill bacteria and viruses, or even mold. The idea is to remove them. Plus, the acutal percent of live bacteria, viruses, or mold that float around is virtualy zero. I would recommend putting it near a place where you spend a lot of time. With the BlueAir, you can put it next to you. All units have a maximum effective coverage, but for obvious reasons - the farther you are away from the unit, the less air circulation - means less effective purification, even with the air circulating units. You can check out their website at www.blueair.com. Brookstone now sells them too. |
