Air Purifiers Reviews

Hands down this is the best air purifier I ever used. I used the Ionic Breeze and the Oreck XL and they don't even come close to this unit. My friend let me borrow his unit because I was complaining how I was having problems getting rid of my cat odor in my room. Oreck XL was close in getting rid of the odor and The Ionic Breeze was a useless piece of junk. The Ecoquest got rid of my cat odor COMPLETELY.

I would get the ECOQUEST version though cause I think ECOQUEST bought out Alpine and updated the unit with more advance features like the lighted digital display, a "Go Away" feature, and added a remote control. You can get at ebay for around $300 for about the same price as the useless Ionic Breeze.

I returned this air purifier within 18 hours of purchasing it. Even on it's lowest setting the amount of air noise this thing generates is unbearable, especially in a 900 square foot apartment.
Wait, there's more. On top of the stardard and expected noise of moving air, there's a vibrating plastic noise as well. It sounded as it the fans were not properly balanced and thus created an unavoidable and unfixable vibration. However, this might have just been my particular unit.
I did run it for about 3 hours in my bedroom (with the door closed because of the noise) and when I went to bed I noticed a slight change in alergies, but due to the fact that I couldn't run it in the room while I slept, I still woke up with a stuffy nose, and itchy red eyes...
Don't buy this product if you enjoy watching tv in your living room, or sleeping in your bedroom.

This review is unfortunately incomplete, since the unit was so noisy to me (even on the lowest setting) that I ended up returning it to the store within a few hours.
The unit seemed to have all the features I was looking for, I'm going to try another (different) Honeywell model with similiar features in the store and see what the noise level is.

Makes about the same amount of noise as an air-conditioning unit. Seems to work OK. Smelled like a tire factory for the first two days - I think this is the spongy pre-filter breaking in. Let's hope it didn't release any nasty hydrocarbons in the process. Simple in design, pretty easy to clean. Not sure what difference the "ionizer" makes, if any.