i've been in two people's houses lately who've had air purifiers and an ozonator and was impressed with how clean it smelled. I want one now and have been looking in catalogs and see this Sharper Image Ionic Breeze thingy with UV lamp for $550. Anybody got one or knows a good one?

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1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

I heard consumer reports thought it was a dud...........but I can't provide a link for proof.

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THIS YEAR'S ADDED TESTS AND RESULTS

Long-term air cleaning. We tested the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze and the Honeywell Environizer against two high-scoring air cleaners, the Friedrich electrostatic precipitator and the Whirlpool HEPA filter.

We gauged how well each air cleaner could handle the periodic introduction of small amounts of pollutant into a sealed test chamber over a 6-hour period. One set of tests used smoke, another fine dust. A second set of tests gauged how well each cleaner worked for the next 17 hours, after the last injection of pollutant. For both sets of tests, we ran the Ionic Breeze and the Environizer on high to maximize performance; the others were on low, their quietest setting.

The better an air cleaner does in lab tests like these, the better it will perform in a household setting. But as Prof. Lippmann explained, if there is “very little dust removal over 100 minutes,” then running an air cleaner for 24 hours “is not going to make it an effective air cleaner when infiltration of air containing particles into a room continues.”

The results. The Ionic Breeze and the Environizer didn’t come close to the performance of the others. As the graph below shows, the Friedrich and Whirlpool have very high rates of air-cleaning. The Ionic Breeze and Environizer had very slow rates of cleaning, which did not improve over time; those two products never achieved the same low pollutant level that the Friedrich and Whirlpool attained.

Noise study. We asked 40 people in 20 households to run the Friedrich and Whirlpool in their bedrooms continuously on low speed for a week.

The results. Thirty-five of those using the Friedrich said they didn’t notice the noise, hardly noticed it, or noticed but didn’t find it bothersome. With the Whirlpool, 29 people didn’t notice the noise at all, hardly noticed it, or noticed but didn’t find it bothersome. Two said the Whirlpool’s noise was so annoying that they wanted to turn the machine off. No one said that about the Friedrich.

Given those findings, you could expect most of the air cleaners we tested to be quiet enough on low speed for most households. Based on our lab measurements and judgments, both fell within the range we call very good for noise on low speed.


THE BOTTOM LINE

The Ionic Breeze and the Environizer are quiet but ineffective. A comparable product, the Hoover SilentAir 4000, performed poorly in our standard test; we chose not to put it through any extended trials. Considering how slowly these three products worked, our advice is to avoid all three. There are much better choices.

It's expensive at $550 too. The ozonator is interesting but I don't know about breating in extra ozone...

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

I dated a girl for a while last year that had the Sharper Image purifier. I don't think it did a thing. It's also not noisless, as advertized. Whenever a piece of dust woulg go through it, you'd hear this zapping sound like one of those electric bug killers used in the summer.

This is the unit I bought about two years ago. Very effective, small in size, and not too noisy. I bought it from one of our forum members here. Pretty happy with it!

Biozone Air Purifier

(This is a link to one company that sells the units. I only chose this company because they have a video you can download that explains the unit.)

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2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

I had to put a new furnace in my house a couple of years ago and opted for the heavy duty hepa type filter set up. I have noticed a distinct improvement in the amount of dust laying around the house. The furnace has a two stage fan motor so when not heating it is still circulating all the time. I really like that set up. My furnace guy said it recirculates all the air in the house every hour or so.

DS
Northern Iowa

Yup, that's when I bought my Biozone.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

We have had the Sharper Image cleaners for years in our home. Recently I purchased 2 of the Bizone 4000 units for my office space at my business. I was so impressed with them that I purchased one for our home (3000 model for $329). The difference was incredible; clean smell, removed odors from cooking and smoking (no need for a lecture) and made the Sharper Image unit pale by comparison.

This weekend we placed another order for a Bizone for the second floor of the home.
Lou K

Burning 100% pure beeswac candles does the same thing. No smoke or fumes, emitts negative ions, cleans the air or dust, pollens, etc. Cheaper too. Check out http://www.philoxia.com/whybeeswax.htm I have been using thier stuff for awhile. Just be warned the site looks a little hippy-nature freakish, but I noticed a difference the from the first day.

PS - I don't sell for them, or even know them personally and am in no way compensated for dropping the name of the site or endorsing the product.

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