Preserved Topic: air purifiers/ionizers

Hello,


Can someone give me thoughts about such devices in case they own one or they know about it.

cons, pros, ...

thanks

and what are "OZONIZER", are they same as ionizers?



[This message has been edited by lallous (edited 06-08-2002).]

Air purifiers clean and filter the air while adding moisture and eliminating stuffiness. I know this because I have allergies and my house is a 100 year old victorian with lots of dust that just loves to infect my nose, so air purifiers are pretty self explanitory "they purify the air" try going here and read for yourself

No idea what an Ionizer or Ozonizer is, sounds cool though

insider, how much does the replacement filter costs you?

We've got one.. It sits on a metal stand underneath the cat litter box (three cats in the house). It works great at keeping any random smells down.

I've got an air purifier/ionizer in my room, keep it running constantly because I smoke, less stinky this way. As for replacement filters, I never really had to get one... every 5th of the month I pop the back off, extract the filter and use the vaccuum hose on it til it's sparkly again. Works just fine for me

Though, fair mention, the little instruction booklet (telling you how to plug it in and turn the knob to get it started) warns that the ionizer has been known to cause disruptions in electronic devices. I, personally, haven't noticed anything odd about my stuff, but, you know, just general frame of knowledge I suppose.

Ran me about $30 at Cost Co.

Oh, and an Ozonizer just expells ozone into the air... which is poisionous to humans I believe. Used mostly for greenhouses and whatnot, if I remember correctly.

njuice42
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[This message has been edited by njuice42 (edited 06-08-2002).]

Well mine doesn't use a filter, mine really just moistureizes the air...

I have a Honeywell room, (9' x 12') HEPA filter that I flip on when allergy season kicks in, I also have a 24x12x5-7/8" HEPA Filter 99.97% that I use in a flow hood. I have dragged that into the room for the occasional bad allergy season. Filters work.

About the other two mentioned Ozonator and an Ionizer, I have built an O3 generator using a neon transformer...I wouldnt recommend that for cleaning the air, O3 is corrosive and prolonged exposure to O3 is a bad thing...from what I understand if you can smell it or taste that metallic bitter taste in the air there is way too much. Never tried an ion generator so I am not sure how well that knocks down particles.

I would go with a nice HEPA filter.

what about this http://www.dynadirect.com/ha-dap70.html then?