Can anyone recommend an air purifier/cleaner for an apartment that works really well?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at
3:14 am
I have a baby and two other small children. The way my apartment building is set up, odors including smoke, escape from the hallway and into my apartment. I want my children to be able to breathe the cleaniest air possible. Thanks in advance.
Tagged with: apartment building • hallway • thanks in advance
Filed under: Ultra Air Purifiers
I did about 2 years of research on air purifiers before I bought mine and I decided on the Freidrich C90B. After I got it home and let it run for a few weeks I knew I made the right choice. You have 2 options really. You can go with a Hepa unit or electrostatic.
The reasons I chose the freidrich electrostatic one over all the others were;
1. Easy to clean (just put the grill inside the dishwasher and it comes out clean.
2. Has no expensive filters to replace. Just a $20 carbon one every 6 months. Unlike hepa ones that can be quite expensive.
3. Has a 4 stage filtering process.
4. Operates pretty quiet even on high setting compared to Hepa units.
5. Has a very good CADR (clean air delivery rate).
6. Does not produce much ozone compared to others.
I am a smoker and this unit does an excellent job of pulling smoke out of the air. I have had many people come by and had no idea that I smoked indoors until I told them. Usually you can tell but this filter takes the smell right out. When you look at the collection plates, you can see the yellow and brown particles and dust on the grid.
Beware of those as seen on tv ones. I dont know if I can say here without getting in trouble but the sh*rper image ones are a not great imo. There was a lawsuit between them and consumer reports because CR found their units did not work as advertised and produces excessive ozone which can be harmful. SI lost the lawsuit and had to pay CR. The Or*ck ones are not that good either from talking with other people. Pretty much avoid any you see on tv.
Here is a copy of the lawsuit info.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/heating-cooling-and-air/air-cleaners/sharper-image-lawsuit-ends-505-air-purifier-ionic-air-cleaner/index.htm?resultPageIndex=1&resultIndex=6&searchTerm=sharper%20image
If you need to check it out yourself, just go into any as seen on tv store. If they have the Sh*rper image one working, you will smell it right away. And its not a good smell.
The only downside to the friedrich is its about $500 compared with about $200-$300 for a top quality Hepa (Whilpool Whisper). I have not tested the whilpool personally though to see how well it performs.
Hope the info helps!
Air coming in from the outside of your apartment is of concern, of course, but air entering from the outside is not nearly as important as air created from the interior of your apartment, and the worst is if dogs and/or cats cohabitate in your apartment. If you have dog/cat cohabitation, I’m sure you’re mad at me,but think a minute and research about the diseases you could be imparting to your children, such as toxoplasmosis or toxocarisis,to mention but two, which are relatively common and which are both incurable.