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Ionic Breeze.

Quasmo

Quasmo

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Ok, so for the past few years comsumer reports has said the ionic breeze is a horrible invention, it doesn't work as an air filter, but instead turns air into O3 making it Ozone, something thats bad to breath in. I sa in a commercial today, that now Ionic Breeze now comes with a Ozone remover, so now its even worse. Now your machine doesn't actually do anything,it doesn't even create ozone anymore, its a $400 under powered fan. Its absolutely STUPID!

Edited: Was angry when posting.
 
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Originally posted by: Chadder007
I thought it was OZONE remover.
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No, it ionizes the air to attract the particulates. As a side effect though, it produces O3.
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no he was right... well you're both right... Now it does both.
 
I tend to think that it would continue to work as claimed

Dirty air ---> high voltage ---> air + ozone ---> some sort of catalyst ---> air +02
 
Although I believe it cleans the air as claimed, I think they're a huge waste of money for the vast majority of people, with the possible exception of people at health risks (severe asthma or something) from dust.
 
The cheapest filter you can make that is actually effective is simple.

Get 10$ box fan.
Get a very good high allergen hepa 20 inch filter for a furnace (about 12$)
Get ducktape

The 20 inch filter will fit exactly over the back of the box fan.

Duck tape it on to create an air seal so that all air will pass through the filter.

Instant sub 30$ air filter

I do this, leave the fan running in a spare room, or somewhere out of sight and sound on high. A 20 inch box fan can circulate a huge amount of air. The filters tend to clog after about 2 months - but it is absolutely stuff with dust and particles - so it seems to be quite effective. Helps my allergies for sure.
 
Originally posted by: episodic
The cheapest filter you can make that is actually effective is simple.

Get 10$ box fan.
Get a very good high allergen hepa 20 inch filter for a furnace (about 12$)
Get ducktape

The 20 inch filter will fit exactly over the back of the box fan.

Duck tape it on to create an air seal so that all air will pass through the filter.

Instant sub 30$ air filter

I do this, leave the fan running in a spare room, or somewhere out of sight and sound on high. A 20 inch box fan can circulate a huge amount of air. The filters tend to clog after about 2 months - but it is absolutely stuff with dust and particles - so it seems to be quite effective. Helps my allergies for sure.
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Box fans are pretty loud though, did you do any wiring to bring down the noise level?

One of the big things about the ionic is also the low noise.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: episodic
The cheapest filter you can make that is actually effective is simple.

Get 10$ box fan.
Get a very good high allergen hepa 20 inch filter for a furnace (about 12$)
Get ducktape

The 20 inch filter will fit exactly over the back of the box fan.

Duck tape it on to create an air seal so that all air will pass through the filter.

Instant sub 30$ air filter

I do this, leave the fan running in a spare room, or somewhere out of sight and sound on high. A 20 inch box fan can circulate a huge amount of air. The filters tend to clog after about 2 months - but it is absolutely stuff with dust and particles - so it seems to be quite effective. Helps my allergies for sure.
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Box fans are pretty loud though, did you do any wiring to bring down the noise level?

One of the big things about the ionic is also the low noise.
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I guess if you are in a real small place, noise would be a drawback. I just set it in a bedroom and turn it on. I can't hear it in the living room. At night, I just sit it in the living room. On low, I'd argue that the fan does not make much noise at all.

I'd rather that than paying 300$ for something like what you all are discussing. . .

 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick

One of the big things about the ionic is also the low noise.
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considering that the only dust that is removed from the air is that which settles on the ionic breeze, it is no better than a bookshelf at removing dust from the air. and a bookshelf is silent.
 
Originally posted by: episodic
The cheapest filter you can make that is actually effective is simple.

Get 10$ box fan.
Get a very good high allergen hepa 20 inch filter for a furnace (about 12$)
Get ducktape

The 20 inch filter will fit exactly over the back of the box fan.

Duck tape it on to create an air seal so that all air will pass through the filter.

Instant sub 30$ air filter

I do this, leave the fan running in a spare room, or somewhere out of sight and sound on high. A 20 inch box fan can circulate a huge amount of air. The filters tend to clog after about 2 months - but it is absolutely stuff with dust and particles - so it seems to be quite effective. Helps my allergies for sure.
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yeap.

seen this on a program on TV. it removed MORE dust and particles then some of the $600 ones with a hepe filter built in. For a fraction of the cost.

we have one running upstairs in the halway. its great.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Kelvrick

One of the big things about the ionic is also the low noise.
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considering that the only dust that is removed from the air is that which settles on the ionic breeze, it is no better than a bookshelf at removing dust from the air. and a bookshelf is silent.
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Yea, I konw its a piece of crap. But it seems to be one of the biggest selling points aside from the asthma attack inducing ozone creation.

EDIT: Will be heading to the home depot later to grab a furnace filter. Got a couple spare box fans laying aroujd.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Kelvrick

One of the big things about the ionic is also the low noise.
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considering that the only dust that is removed from the air is that which settles on the ionic breeze, it is no better than a bookshelf at removing dust from the air. and a bookshelf is silent.
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Yea, I konw its a piece of crap. But it seems to be one of the biggest selling points aside from the asthma attack inducing ozone creation.

EDIT: Will be heading to the home depot later to grab a furnace filter. Got a couple spare box fans laying aroujd.
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Just remember 20 x 20 inch and get one that is an allergy filter or a hepa filter - the plain blue ones don't really do anything. . .
 
doesn't matter if it doesn't put out ozone. its main strike against it in the consumer reports tests was how ineffective it was at actually cleaning the air.
 
I bought one of the Ionic Pro's, basically a generic Ionic Breeze from Fry's electronics. I've had it around 6-7 month's and I have noticed a great improvement in air quality & not hearing my kids' coughing all the time. As well as myself.

I can't comment on the Sharper Image version. But this one has made a marked difference in the air quality of my home.

Just my 2 cents.
 
Originally posted by: ktehmok
I bought one of the Ionic Pro's, basically a generic Ionic Breeze from Fry's electronics. I've had it around 6-7 month's and I have noticed a great improvement in air quality & not hearing my kids' coughing all the time. As well as myself.

I can't comment on the Sharper Image version. But this one has made a marked difference in the air quality of my home.

Just my 2 cents.
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Of course it does, you paid money so it would. Money is a great way to get results. 😉
 
i got an ionic breeze in my room a long time ago and it works great! so well in fact, that i went back and bought two more for my living room and another room. it probably is not as effective as the other HEPA filters, but its great for my small room and the main thing is that it is completely silent-as opposed to the noisy hepa filters (im a noise freak).
 
I bought one several years ago when I used to smoke with the objective of cleaning the smoke out of the air. For that purpose, it worked quite well. The unit would suck the smoke into the grids and like magic, nothing would come out of the front. The downside is that the unit had no real sucking action so to speak, so the tricky part was to ensure that the smoke could be channeled into the right direction. A well placed fan did the trick. As for cleaning the air, the collection grids get caked with dust and dirt. So the unit is doing something, just apparently not as well as other devices.
 
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