BestAir PF2020-1 Carbon Infused Pet Filter 20x20x1

This isn't too shabby of a price for a MERV 8 filter, let alone a MERV 11. I don't know if it's all MERV 11 filters, or just this one, but the down side is that it is so thick that it practically stops the air. I have a little box fan/air filter thing going on and when I put this in, my fan's output gets cut in half. I have a feeling that's just what you get when you have a higher grade filter though. Either way, awesome price. I'm sure it's great for furnace's, but it's not so great on home-rigged fan/filter systems!

Whynter Activated Carbon Replacement Filter

This arrived on time. Bought it in Amazon's "super-saver shipper" deal,

in other words bought a few other items to make it qualify and saved on

shipping. This was great.

This fit in my Whynter ARC-14S 1400 btu dual duct portable AC.

There are tiny gaps at the edges that worry me a bit, but i don't think

that is probably avoidable with this replacement carbon filters, as they

even have a porosity throughout, as part of their structure, which

represents equivalent space, or gaps through which air flows somewhat

unfiltered.

I have zero idea how much a carbon filter of this type actually accomplishes,

and would love to know. i have a $500 air purifier in which is around ten pounds

of actual activated carbon, which i have to replace every year or so, and that air

filter is "convincing". but this Whynter product is an AIR CONDITIONER not

an air filter, so i guess having the added little carbon filter cannot hurt.

if anybody knows more about how much these filters really do, if anything,

i hope they post here.

Honeywell HRF-K2 Household Odor

it's too narrow to cover the air intake so that some air is not filtered.

and it cannot reduce the plastics smell. my room is only 12 sq.m(130 sq.ft)

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Sunpentown SF-609 Evaporative Air Cooler with Ionizer

I hate weeding through the reviews for evaporative coolers because it seems like the majority of bad reviews are from people who have no clue what they are and what they are supposed to do, a few are from people who can't follow basic instructions, and there are only a handful of legitimate negative reviews that are usually due to defective issues.

I live in Denver, CO. It's dry here and it's the perfect climate for evaporative coolers. I've had whole-house swamp coolers in previous homes I've lived and know many friends with them. In my home, I have no option for a portable or window A/C air conditioner as I spend most of my time in our finished basement and there's not a good option for exhaust. Last summer we got quotes for central A/C but it's a lot more money than I want to spend and I also don't want the electricity bill that goes along with it. We have a whole house fan (not to be confused with an attic fan) that we run in early morning before it reaches 70 degrees and that we run again at night, usually after 9pm, or whenever it gets cool enough outside. Sometimes with an afternoon rain shower we turn it on sooner.

I bought the evaporative cooler to supplement the whole house fan on those reallllly hot days and/or for the middle of the day when we we're not running it due to it being hotter outside than it is inside. The house fan cools the ground floor much better than our basement due to the lack of air flow from our basement windows because of the window well covers we have. Also, this summer I'm pregnant with a due date of August 15th and that doesn't help my comfort situation. Basically, an evaporative cooler is exactly what I wanted and what fit our situation.

Think of it as a fan on steroids. Cold air DOES come out of it. Today it is 88 degrees outside and humidity is 16%... a typical Colorado summer day. I have the cooler about 3 feet away from me and 8 feet away from my husband. I have it on high and I'm actually getting cold. I have it on the "swing" setting otherwise I would probably turn it down. It doesn't guzzle through water too quickly and filling it once a day is enough since I'm not running it 24/7. I use a gallon pitcher to fill it up faster since it holds 10 liters (2.5 gallons). I have an automatic ice maker in my fridge so I don't have any issues running out of ice. I can't think of any features it's missing. It's not too loud even on high it's like a normal fan. There's no smell at all but I do actually change the water frequently and follow the cleaning instructions. Trust me on the smell thing, I can smell anything from very far away ever since I've been pregnant. You can wash the air filter on the back but DO NOT USE WATER to clean the wick. It is meant to be placed in direct sunlight to clean. I think that is why some other people had issues with smell or mold. Follow the directions, please. It has a remote, timers, sleep modes, swing function (just the fan blades inside swing, not the entire unit), warning beeps and visual indicators when it runs low on water (nice feature to avoid burning out the water pump), and an extra place to put ice on top in addition to putting ice in the water tank. You can adjust the blades on the front to direct the air flow whichever way you need to vertically. It also has an ionizer and you can run it as just a fan if you'd like, so no need for a second unit just to get some air circulating.

All in all... this thing does exactly what it says it will do. It's exactly what I wanted. It came assembled, which was a big bonus. It's only 17 lbs and has built in handles on the sides so I can actually carry it upstairs by myself if it's empty, even being super pregnant. It's on wheels to make it easier to push around when I don't have to take it to another floor. It was less than half what other similar units cost for the same tank size and air output.

I've only has this thing for a week. I will be sure to update my review once I've had it for awhile.

UPDATE 6/24 I've found that when I run this thing on high for 8-10 hours per day, we do need to fill it every day or every other day at the very least (depending on if I fill it to the max level... usually I just add 1 gallon when I fill it). However, when I'm running it on medium or low and not using it as much (more like 5-6 hours per day), it can last about a week without needing a refill. I typically don't bother putting ice in anymore unless it's a day with over 95 degree temperatures and I want extra cold air. The only thing I wish it had was an easy way to drain it in case I want to move it upstairs when it's not empty. However, I don't think any model I looked at had this feature (or at least it wasn't mentioned). It has NEVER made the room feel muggy even with no open windows and honestly I don't feel any difference in the humidity in the room. Almost every day it's been less than 20% humidity outside, and I've never seen it get over 30% outside. I'm still happy with this purchase and stand by my 5 stars. I'm glad I got this instead of spending much more on a similar unit.

UPDATE 6/25/2012 We didn't use this thing at all once it got cool out last fall. We drained it (easy to do while not pregnant) and put it in our basement storage closet. When we brought it back out a couple weeks ago, I vacuumed the screen on the back, filled it with water and drained it again to rinse it out. No musty smell or anything and it works just as well as last year. The room we normally are using this in stays pretty cool compared to the rest of the house, so now we're purchasing a wall-unit swamp cooler that is 5500 CFMs, hoping it will keep the entire house cool. The only thing I don't like about this cooler is that it's too short to feel it when laying in bed. You can tilt the blades up and down to direct airflow vertically, but it's not enough for a king size bed that's on a frame and box spring. For those of you wondering the electricity cost is negligible. I don't see any difference in our electricity consumption when we are using it every day compared to when we aren't. However, my husband and I work work full time so we don't use it as much as someone that doesn't work or works from home. I'm still happy with this purchase and thing it's a great portable swamp cooler for the price!

Also, here's a chart that shows evaporative cooler effectiveness based off outside temperature and humidity. I will also post it to the pictures.

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Sharper Image Ionic Breeze 3.0 Compact Silent Air Purifier

I purchased this after an informercial. My warrenty was for 3 years. Lucky for me, since 14 months after receiving the unit it died with no warning.

The manufacture made me return it AT MY OWN EXPENSE and then they sent me a new unit. Took 2 months.

Well, the new unit arrived 8 days ago. It died an hour ago. I called the customer service and refused to pay to send it back AGAIN.

They ARE sending me out a new unit (again), but it will take up to 10 business days to receive. They agreed to send a pre-paid shipping label this time too. (Could take a month though.)

Meanwhile, I have nothing. After reading the reviews below, I could have kicked myself. I subscribe to the online version of Consumer Reports so did what another did...looked it up. Consumer Reports says this Ionic Breeze only "removes a few particles from the air", nothing else. They also did the test, as the infomercial showed, of putting the Breeze in an enclosed space with smoke and turned it on. It did NOT do what the infomercial said. It did not "power through smoke". It did nothing.

I am taking the advice of Consumer Reports. I am refunding my money on the Breeze and purchasing "the high-scoring Friedrich C-90A and Whirlpool AP45030HO models" which DOES work...and work well.

Avoid the Ionic Breeze unit, for the home AND/OR the car.

Dirt Devil F8 Type Filter

I prefer buying this online. To go to the store and hope they have it in stock is just a pain. The price at the store is more than I would pay online plus shipping. This is a wonderful product. I will continue buying it from Amazon. Thank you. Sherrie Siemons

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Oreck Air Purifier Revitalizer

I got one of these about five years ago when my daughter got a ferret. It never did anything for the odor. The light that is supposed to light up when the unit needs to be cleaned, never did. I cleaned the unit monthly and there was a lot of dust on the filters, but I could still see a lot of floating dust in my 12'x15' living room. Maybe I expected too much. It still works, although it is now so noisy it gets turned off whenever anyone is in the room.

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Electrolux Oxygen Ultra Air Cleaner

No one's reviewed this unit yet? It surprises me. I really like it. It has lowered the overall odor in my home and completely eliminated the pungent odor from daily hookah smoking from my dining and sitting room in about a month running on auto-mode. The 5 speeds it has goes from a soft soft whisper up to a bit of a roar and the amount of air it moves is noticeable too. I've been using it for a nearly 2 months now and believe it's very effective. I have a chronic low level sinus issue where stuff in the air can really bother them and many times don't breathe well at night and wake up very fuzzy-headed, but in the first week of having the 2 different Electrolux purifiers in the house I wake up feeling alert and clear-headed now. I certainly didn't expect that! There are so many fake air purifiers out there and I did some homework on the technologies to weed out the fakes and reading reviews to weed out the ones with issues.

I researched and shopped around for the best purifier at a reasonable cost and this is it in my opinion. I'm a senior electronics technician of over 25 years by occupation in the fields of medical and telecom equipment and good at understanding how technologies whether electrical or mechanical works.

I'm very skeptical about the claims they all make and there are so many of these too good to be true purifiers that work by magic or seem to be really leading edge sophisticated technology that's not so much. Honestly when I started educating myself on air purifiers it got confusing. I spent many hours over a month or so looking at all the different makes and trying to eek all the science out of each one. These Electrolux units I think are solid and clean the air with a simple 3 stage process instead of 6 to 9 steps and the extra maintenance and cost that would entail to do maybe as well as this one. I think that this unit does as well or better as some of the ones that go for $500 or more.

This Electrolux is well worth the money if you have a larger area with it's ability to move a lot of air and it's CADR specs are impressively higher than some of these high priced things that rate half as good and do little more than a walk-in closet. Between the HEPA filter and the PlasmaWave ionizer it scrubs the air of everything and it's cool how it senses when the air needs more cleaning and steps the fan speed up to clean more and gives an indication on a 5 segment display. Mostly I just leave it in auto mode and it adjusts as needed to the air quality. The air in the house is not only dust free as in I never see anything floating in the air through the sunlight or a lamp, but the overall odor that the place had has been much neutralized. It does a great job of eliminating cooking odor even if I don't use the kitchen range exhaust fan.

I've figured out that these Electrolux units are built on the same chassis as the Winix 5300, Sharp Plasmacluster, and possibly the Rabbit BioGS. Seriously go look them up and tell me they aren't based on the same unit! But all have wildy varying ratings and prices and the brute performance and low price of theElectrolux makes it for me the cream at the top.

I can't think of anything to ding it on; the quality seems very good and the construction is solid. It's very good so it gets a 5 star. I'll revisit this review later and update it from a longer term perspective.

I also have the EL490A that I use upstairs. It's a lower CADR rating but still higher than most, does about 80 sq ft less area and half the price. My overall impression with that unit is the same as this one; superb!

It's been over a year now and I still like it as well as the day I got it. The overall odor of the house is much more neutral than it was since it sucks the odor out of everything in the place and the amount of dust throughout the house is noticeably lower!

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Oreck Insight Vacuum Cleaner

I love this vacuum. It is very lightweight, reaches under my furniture easily, and is self propelled! Also, I found this thing sucks up just about anything so be careful:). With my other vacuum I found myself running over the same piece of paper or dirt 10 times until I finally bent over to pick it up. With 3 kids and a dog I need something with more power. I prefer a vacuum with a bag because cleanup on a bagless is so messy. I bought mine from Sears for about the same price much cheaper than a Dyson I was considering and I am well pleased.

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WEB WECO Eco Filter Adjustable

Well, this was exactly what it said it was, however, my home's filter size is 20 x 12. So, with a little cutting and drilling, it will fit, and I've got two mesh inserts, so I can just swap out instead of washing, drying, and then replacing. Great product!

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Smellkiller Zilosoap, Blue

This little gizmo does indeed remove odors on your hands, just as advertised. Great price, love the blue color, and makes a wonderful small shower/birthday/etc/stocking stuffer. I bought two, assuming it would work. Fortunately, it does and now some other happy camper will find this nifty gadget tucked in their package from me.

Miele S2121 Olympus Canister Vacuum Cleaner

I underwent a long and arduous search for the best vacuum, and I finally found it. I read a ton of reviews and looked at lots of models, and am very happy with my choice. However, we've only had it for a few weeks, so perhaps I'll find fault later on, but for now, my husband and I are both thrilled with this vac. It's light, easy to maneuver and great on our hardwood floors and rugs. Even though there is no brush roller, it still works well on all our rugs, which are mostly orientals and some with a fairly thick pile. One caveat: Make sure you use the switch on the vac head to go from hardwood to carpet, or else it will make that terrible scraping sound another reviewer wrote about. Once you hit the switch it works fine, so I guess that person just didn't notice the switch. It's nice and quiet and also works well on cat hair. The only criticism I have is that the vent blower on top of the vac can blow dust a bit but that's only when you are holding it at odd angles, like on the stairs. Once I was aware of that, I was able to turn it to avoid the issue. The cord was long enough for me; didn't have that issue as others have. I love that it has a holder to keep the wand upright when you need to stop and move something-you don't have to find something to lean it on. Overall, I'm VERY pleased!!!

NOTE: Amazon lists a suggestion to buy vac bags at the same time, but it listed the wrong kind of bag. This machine takes G/N bags and not the other kind as was listed.

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Holmes HAPF30AT4-U Total Air Filter

I recently picked up 2 of these filters for our 2 Holmes HEPA air purifying machines. We have a dust problem in the house, and allergies as well. These filters seem to do a good job of making the air in our house cleaner, especially on the machine's medium and high settings. We do not use the 'ionizer' function, being that we have read conflicting claims as to whether this is healthy or not. The only downside is that the filters seem a bit costly, as were the older 'OEM' ones that from a few years ago that looked a little different than the current incarnation of the filter.

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Purely Products PEILHP Ionic Lifestyle

Item just tossed in a box. No instructions, no packaging, nothing. Should be zero stars. Product may be fine, but can't tell without some sort of instructions.

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14x18x1 (Actual Size) Accumulair Gold 1-Inch Filter

I used to have to run around every 3 months in search for 3-M filter in this size (14x18x1). However, I could not find any in December 2012 when I need to change the filter. Fortunately, I found this product here at Amazon. The 4-pack shipment came quickly, without damage and the filter fits perfectly! I am now set for 1 year before having to purchase filters again... Saving time, gas and having filters readily on hand when I need them. Thank you for making this product available!

Update (28-Apr-2013)

After 3 months of use, the filter was still as white as when I put it in 3 months ago! A $1.00 would have caught more dirt than this filter! I have now bought enough 3M filters to ensure the air I breath is clean! I tried to look up an address to write or a telephone numb to call the company but I could not locate it anywhere, including their website! In other words,their warranty does not seem to worth a dime!

PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS BRAND!!!

BestAir H75-C Replacement wick filter

This filter seems to not wick the water throughout its surface as well as the other models I have used. The top part gets dry after a while, even when there is water still in the bottom compartment of the humidifier.

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Bosch Ultra Series Canister Vacuum

As expected from a product made in Germany and with a name like Bosch, the quality seems to be very good. The suction is great, the telescopic handle is conveinient. One thing I didn't expect for a vacuum with a retail price of 699 was the cord for the powerhead that uses plastic snap on rings to attach it to the hose. I've seen 599 simplicity's that have the cord built into the hose, but then again, I only paid 225 shipped on sale. You'd have to be an idiot to get electrocuted by touching the connector for the powerhead when the vacuum is on. The variable power is nice eacuse the powerhead can be hard to move on area rugs with full suction.

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Hunter 30190 PermaLife Air Purifier Floor Model

Priced right for quality. Good quality. Make sure if you are smokers, you vacuum out the filters every week. Does a great job on the low setting for about 900 sq ft which is more than specs. Only draw back is the fan noise. Sometimes you notice it, but getting use to it. Cannot complain about how much better the air quality is in the house. Note...if you have a nice tropical plant close by...more it. Think it sucked the life out of mine and I had it for over 15 years.

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HydrOxi Pro® Concentrate

I got this today and used this to clean bathroom, kitchen floors, etc. and was very pleased with how well it cleans without toxic fumes, etc. is one of the best environmentally friendly cleansers I have come across. The floors are so clean, they look new, Most environmental cleansers sold in stores, etc. just do not clean that well.and the chemical ones have to be rinsed, leave a residue behind. plus fumes so noxious, and I hate putting toxic things in our water supply. This one you do not have to rinse, does not leave anything behind. and just has gentle citrus smell to it. a little goes a long way. I love that it comes concentrated and I can dilute for what I need. I am going to order a gallon of this. I love this! can use it for almost all cleaning needs. is going to take the place of all the other cleansers I've used. so glad I got this. highly recommend it. is safe, nontoxic, a pleasure to use. am grateful to this company, as it is hard to come up with nontoxic cleaner that does the job.

Frigidaire FRA065AT7 6000-BTU Mini Compact Window Air Conditioner

I have this unit installed in the bedroom. A very quiet unit, can hardly hear the compressor kick on. Perfect for the bedroom....12x14. The noise is less than a box fan. I leave it running 24/7 and surprisingly does not effect the power bill a lot, seems real efficient. I had to adjust the tilt of the unit after the first install because of a sloshing sound from the fan in the rear of the unit. This was caused by the fan sloshing the water. The unit needs to be nice and level. The buttons on the front are easily cleaned, and the remote is the same way with its flat design. The filter comes out and is cleaned with out any effort. The unit does not have a fresh air/recirculate switch as some of the larger models. From the large amounts of humidity it pulls from the room, I assume its only recirculate. After a few days without any rain in a small room over night, it can leave you with a dry throat and irritated sinuses from the low humidity in the room.

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