Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr. wrote:
Hi jamie

Sorry I missed your original post.

I don't place much faith in Consumer Reports, they have been totally
wrong on most items I purchased based on their recommendations!
Or they did NOT test or even talk about the many flaws of the products
they were claiming as excellent best buys, etc.

Most people who share this experience have chosen products based on the
ratings without reading the entire story. The ratings are based on what CR
considers average users. Few people are average users and you really need
to look at how they rated the product and chose based on what features are
important to you.


How familiar are you with how air purifiers work and what the
components of the various air purifiers do?

The most talked about ionic purifiers use negative ions.
Some upscale ionic purifiers use both negative ion generation and
pinpoint negative ion generation and some even use a radio type of
negative ion generation.

But before you consider a stand alone ionic purifier over combination
air purifiers that use filters, negative ionization AND Ozone
generation, think about the purpose you are intending purchasing the
air purifier for.

What negative ionization does is NOT the removal of dust and pollen
from the home as most people think. Its primary purpose is to make
dust and pollen HEAVY so that it falls downward out of the air and
onto your furniture and floors where it can be manually removed.
A very small percentage of airborne particles that pass through the
unit can be attracted to the ionic plates on plate type ionizers, but
most ionizers do not use plates, they use an antenna of sorts and some
also have a needlepoint generator.
Only the radio type negative ionization works throughout the house,
all others work only in the room the ionizer is in.

Combination units that provide mechanical filtering, negative
ionization and a small amount of Ozone are your best bet for removing
airborne particles BEFORE they hit the floor and furniture and for
removing odors. Some units can put out enough Ozone in the timed
sterilize mode to kill or greatly inhibit mold and bacteria in an
unoccupied room.

The Ionic Breeze is ONLY a single room ionizer.
Quite expensive for what little it does.
For roughly the same price, you can buy a several room combination
unit that provides 3 or 4 or even 5 forms of filtration in a single
unit that is very low in cost to operate.

The word Air Purifier itself can be applied to many products,
including tropical foliage plants.
Yes it is THAT Generic in usage!

TTUL
Gary

Spoken like a true salesman for the ionizer industry.


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