Ionic Breeze -opinions (consumer reports)

[Rakkis]

my mom just closed on a house and i'm planning to get an ionic ionic breeze machine as a house warming present.

anyway... does anyone have any experience with either the Quadra or the GP model? is GP worth the extra price?

OH... and does anyone have a consumer reports memebrship and can post their review text here? thanks!

 

[Daaavo]

Here you go.


dave


*edit*

And here's the report where it describes what a POS the ionic breeze is.

 

[z0mb13]

so to summarize, ionic breeze = crap?

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Daaavo
Here you go.

dave

*edit*

And here's the report where it describes what a POS the ionic breeze is.

cool, thanks

 

[0roo0roo]

poison spewing crap

 

[HappyPuppy]

My son bought an Ionic Breeze knockoff and I have to admit it works very well. I can no longer smell the marijuana fumes emanating from his bedroom.:Q

 

[Kelemvor]

If you haven't used one, stop posting all that biased crap from Consumer Reports... THey work just fine. THey aren't made to compete with the huge fan driven ones. It's a completely different way of filtering.

Here what you do. Go to your closest Sharper Image store (if you have one). Buy one for the $400 or whatever it is. Try it out for their 90 day return policy. Then take it back.

Then, if you liked it, go to the SHarper Image Auction Site and buy one there. I'd recommend getting one with an item number that ends in YYY and not the ZZZ ones. YYY means it was a returned item but has the same 3 year warranty as a new one. The ZZZ model means it was refurbished.

Anyway, here a sample (if it works when you read this, says 22 hours left at the auction.
Standard Ionic Breeze, $150

I've had one for years, it picks up a lot of crap form the air. Have to clean it every week or so and it's always dirty so obviously it's working. Plus it makes no noise until it needs to be cleaned and then sometimes starts to hum and crackle a bit.

No complaints here, but I wouldn't ever pay full price....

And here's a lnk to an older discussion from a year ago or so...

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[kyutip]

I have the Quadra and I can say that it does not work as good as advertise.
It can attract dust but only the lightest one, other dust will get heavy and fall to the floor.
If you have pets, forget about this thing.
After 6 month, it start to make crackling noise. Even though I have clean the contact thoroughly, it still makes a noise.
After 1 year, it makes a nice doorstop.

If you care about your health, get a real air filter.
I have 2 Honeywell air purifier and the stuff that it filter from the air will scare you.
It's not as expensive as Sharper Image makes you think.
You can save money by vacuuming the prefilter after it is full.

 

[IGBT]

Had 2 of them..they trash out in no time and become fouled with dust and start to arc and spark..junk. Don't waste your money. There's better products out there. My experience with sharper image...grand collection of novelty junk...

 

[Rakkis]

wow. thanks for the great responses guys

i might get the fiedrich C-90a instead

 

[Angrymarshmello]

It's crap. We had some at Staples - the one we used at the CS desk broke in under 4 months. We had numerous returns on the ones we sold. Doesn't get much sh!ttier than that. Admittedly, the fan worked well - felt GREAT, but reliability blows goats. Better off getting a professional fan/air circulator

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
My son bought an Ionic Breeze knockoff and I have to admit it works very well. I can no longer smell the marijuana fumes emanating from his bedroom.:Q

 

[Walleye]

i have a GP one. works pretty well. it does clean the air. course, my room is very dusty. course, my house is very dusty.

 

[dirtboy]

I've got two and they work really well. Yes, they're not as good as the ones that have a fan to pull air through them, because those can clean a room much faster, but the IB is silent.

 

[Daaavo]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
If you haven't used one, stop posting all that biased crap from Consumer Reports... THey work just fine. THey aren't made to compete with the huge fan driven ones.

Biased crap? What exactly didn't you like about the Consumer Reports testing methodology?

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
It's a completely different way of filtering.

Yeah, you're right. It's a completely crappy way of filtering air. I've yet to read any study that showed the Ionic Breeze not being completely destroyed by every other air filtration system on the market. Hence the reason they probably had to resort to infomercials to sell their product.

 

[0roo0roo]

Biased crap? What exactly didn't you like about the Consumer Reports testing methodology?

its too scientific.