Air Purifier Reviews & More

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Perfect replacement for my air purifer... cheaper than Target and shipped to my door in about 2-3 days.

I was emailed and told that the packaging was damaged but the filters were fine and asked if I still wanted them. I replied and said basically if the filters are fine, then I don't care about the packaging. Their reply was that the filters were fine so I told them to send them. They arrived and were exactly as described, the filters were not damaged. I put them in and they worked fine.

Great price, good product. I took a chance and purchased these for my Bionaire BAP-1412, and they are exactly the same filter... for less than half of what Bionaire charges for replacements.

This is a 2 pack of Holmes filters. They work well but do not last as long as they should. I have to change my filters every 2 - 2 1/2 weeks. If I would have known this information, I would have purchased a different air cleaner. The transaction with Amazon itself was smooth, quick and I received my item quickly.

I use these filters regularly, and found these at a great price. I will buy from this seller again.

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These filters were the exact same I usually get at WalMart, and they had free shipping. Can't go wrong.

Normally I can find the same quality items at cheaper prices on Amazon. Not the case with this product. It was what I needed for my air filter, but I can get a 2 pack at Target for $39.99. I thought I was getting a good deal and ended up not to be the case after shipping.

The Holmes HAPF600 HEPA filter 2 pack can be found here on Amazon for $30-$40. Why spend $80 for 2 when you can spend $40, which is still not cheap for a consumer, but certainly more reasonable.

I had ordered this set of 2 filters earlier from a different company and they sent me just one filter and never acknowledged my phone calls about it. I finally did get a promise that they would send the missing filter after several e-mails, and then I got an e-mail stating that they could not send me the other filter and refunded my money. Target sent very promptly and the correct package of 2 filters. Buyer beware where you order from!!! TARGET was really great.

Just don't forget to buy some charcoal pads along with these filters. You can wash the old pads with dish soap but hardly worth the trouble and they shrink some. They probably loose some functionality in the wash also.

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Hard to measure how well an air filter is doing its job; however, these fit the Holmes air purifier we own. One thing I might say is that our purifier calls for three filters. These come in a four pack, leaving one leftover--obviously not a huge deal as we have to buy more every so often.

These are exactly the same as the ones that came with the unit. Fits well, good quality.

As someone else said - how do you rate a filter? LOL! Well, they did come in a resealable bag, which is good because I only needed 3 of the 4 filters right now. These filters must be doing something because they're filled with dog hair & dust when I replace them. It'd be nice if they came 3 to a box rather than 4.

These are good quality and reasonably priced. They do a good job removing particulate matter from the air when used with my Holmes air purifier. They are necessary to use upstream of a HEPA filter to keep the HEPA from becoming clogged.

This filter works great with the Holmes 725 filter it goes with. I have no complaints. I do not have asthma or dust/pollen/pet allergies, so I can't say if it does or doesn't help those but it sure does trap a lot of dust and other gross looking stuff and the house smells cleaner, my furniture doesn't need as frequent dusting and the overall "fresh" feeling of the house is much improved with these air filters in place.

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Cools room, no noise and does not blow everything around. If needed we would get another one with no hesitation

I bought 2 of these a year ago. At first they were fine. Then they started squeaking and clucking and convulsing like an epileptic mouse being eaten by a drunk chicken. Then a couple months later they were as dead as the mouse. They stopped making noise at least. Strangely, the motors stilled turned slowly, but not enough to move any air.Probably a cheap electronic component failure. And that is why I rated this product a 1.

I purchased this Bionairre tower fan because it had a remote for operation. I used it for four and a half years, and it began to vibrate, gradually sounding louder and louder. I decided to buy another fan of the same type again from Amazon. Upon buying the fan I noted it had a five year warranty. I contacted the manufacturer and they sent me a new fan with no questions asked. Now I have the one I bought and the one that the manufacturer sent me. I've got two good fans that I really like and one that gave me good service for over four years. I'm satisfied, and have recommended this fan to others too.

I am about 10 feet from the fan, it is not powerful. after 2 years of using it, it makes a HORRIBLE noise. not due to dirt or dust. just makes noise. not good for long term. not very powerful.

I've had this fan for about a year now... couldn't bring myself to throw it away before I even moved out of my apartment. It worked fairly well for a while, except for the breeze function it has (winds the speed up and down to simulate a breeze). After a couple of months, I would be woken in the middle of the night by a very loud shrieking/whistling/whining noise. Trying to describe this noise is nearly impossible, but take my word: it is DEFINITELY not something you want to hear in your waking moments. If you get lucky, messing with the fan a bit makes the noise go away... but whether its gone for days or weeks, it always comes back. Do NOT buy this one, keep looking...

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I have owned this Unit for years. As an air cleaner it will pick up larger particles, for small particles it's not very good, plus it is not sealed well and there is air leakage around the filter itself. Basically I have used this unit as a kind of white noise machine to drown out outside noises, I use a real air purifier to clean the air. I recently just purchased an EMF Meter because I have been concerned about radiation and electric current hot spots which can negatively affect health. Well, this little Unit sent the Meter off the charts! It registered higher than my refrigerator and microwave oven. You need to place this thing 4-6 feet away from you, especially your head, in order to be safe. If you have it on your nightstand, please move it. In addition, cheap cleaners like this one give off ozone from the ionizer so only use the ionizer feature when you're not in the room. It can damage your lungs. This is not a good air cleaner, if you really want to clean the air you need a serious product.

I purchased this item based on the positive reviews. Its a lovely fan, and the noise is tolerable even on the highest level. However, as an air purifier, this unit is worthless. I ran it for one month continuously, in a dusty apartment with a cat and a dog. At the end of the month, there wasn't a speck of dust in the filter. It was pristine! The inside of the unit has this little filter indicator that confirms that a bright white filter is "brand new" as opposed to one that's "in use." So, if you want a nice fan, this is the unit for you.

I live in a small studio apartment (400 square feet) with two little kittens, and with no windows and sealed concrete floors, so needless to say the air quality can be quite awful. The combination of cooking smell, litter box, and cat hair made me crazy enough to splash down cash for this unit. Un-boxing is very straight forward with really everything assembled straight from the factory. It comes with a charcoal-foam filter and a hepa filter (don't forget to take off the cover and remove the plastic wrap!) The unit sucks from the back (flat area) and exhausts the clean air via the front (round side). Simplistically, there are only two knobs that independently control the ionizer and fan speed. The speed settings are all quiet except for the fastest which sounds about as loud as a microwave. I recommend using the middle speed for everyday use. Within the first hour, I noticed a much improved overall air quality, especially around my litterbox area. Now my apartment is much fresher and pleasant to live in. Its crazy to think that such a small investment makes such a huge impact on your daily health. As far as the filters go, its about $15 for a replacement charcoal filter, and $20-25 for the hepa filter that you might replace every 3-4 months. For roughly $100 a year, its not too bad of an upkeep. I guarantee you'll love yours, I know I want to buy one for every room I stay in now.

This is the first air filter I've ever bought. After using it for 6 months, I can now testify on behalf of this product. I've been using it in my bedroom (dimensions 16x12 ft) continuously on the middle setting. The noise level is minimal on the 2nd setting (sort of like a low hum... I don't even notice it anymore) and even quieter on the lowest setting. I have pretty severe dust allergies and even the first day, I noticed a difference. No more sneezing, stuffy nose, itchy throat, etc. The recommendation that came with the manual said to change the HEPA-type filter every 3-4 months. After about 4 months, I opened up the unit to check on the filters. There's a washable carbon pre-filter and a replaceable HEPA-type filter. I cleaned the pre-filter. The HEPA-type filter looked pretty much like new, so I didn't buy a new filter. (there are pictures of how dirty the filter looks at various stages inside the panel after you open it up). Last weekend, I had to go out of town to take an exam. I arranged to stay with a friend. He warned me that he had recently gotten some cats. I'm also highly allergic to cats. I loaded up on allergy medicines the weeks prior to the trip (nasal corticosteroid sprays, antihistamines) and thought that would keep me from reacting to the cats. As a last minute idea, I brought this little air filter with me as backup. And boy was I glad I did. After an hour at his apt, I started sneezing non-stop and feeling altogether miserable. I whipped out the air filter, and set it up in the bedroom. After retreating to the filtered room, my symptoms subsided and I woke up allergy-free. I see some other reviewer complaining that there is a layer of black dust/sooty material that accumulates around the filter if you have the ionizer on. The accumulation is supposedly heavier if you smoke in the house. I'm not a smoker but I still notice a thin layer of black dust around the filter. It doesn't bother me at all. You can just wipe it away with a damp paper towel (if you are on hardwood) or vacuum it up (if you're on carpet). I'd much rather have the black dust particles on the floor rather than floating around in the air where I am breathing it in. Of course, if it bothers you, you can always turn off the ionizer function and just use it as a filter. Lastly, I see some people complaining about the cost of the replacement filters. It comes out to be about $18 each if you buy from Amazon. That's not so bad ... I looked at some other brands and they're still in the teens or $20's. Some other reviewer suggested vacuuming the replacement filter so it lasts longer. This is what you would do with a permanent HEPA filter anyway, so it didn't sound like a bad idea. Today, I opened up the filter again and saw that the HEPA-type filter was covered with cat hair. :-( That was just with 2 days of continuous use at my friend's apt. So perhaps the filter would get dirty much quicker in a household with pets that shed a lot. I went ahead and vacuumed the HEPA-type filter on this unit... it cleared the filter without sending much if any dust in the air. I figure I'll change the filter once a year at this rate. I'm completely allergy free in my bedroom. However, I still sneeze in the dining room area. I'm now saving up to get an air filter for the dining room / living room area. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on bigger air filters. In summary: This little unit is affordable, portable, and effective. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to get a good starter air filter for his/her bedroom and doesn't want to spend over $100 for something bigger/fancier just yet.

I've had this excellent purifier for a bit more than a year, and it has been mostly on for all that time in a non-smoking environment. It is being used in our 3 year old's medium sized bedroom to minimize room dust and other airborne allergens, and usually kept in the low or medium setting. It works very well, with the air in her bedroom NOT showing dust (when the sun is shining through the windows you can see airborne dust in the light beam), while in our other bedrooms with no purifier, dust is visible. We usually get 4 to 5 months out of a HEPA filter, but you CAN 're-use' the HEPA filters by doing the following: gently vacuum the filter on both sides, until the gray or dark dust covering the filter is gone. You have just succeeded in removing most of the particles captured by the filter, and saved yourself some money. The filter can now be re-used for a few more weeks, at least! You may want to perform the vaccuming function in an outside area or garage, with a surgical mask on, so that you don't inhale any of the captured particles on the filter. The whole process usually takes me only 5 minutes, including washing the pre-filter. This model also has an 'ionizer' switch, but my advise is not to use it for more than a few minutes at most. I have read conflicting claims about the safety of using ionizers long-term. The unit works very well with the ionization option in the off position. Buy with confidence.

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I've owned this Bionaire purifier for about 8 months and so far I have no complaints. This month the red check light went on which I assumed was to replace the filter. Filter replacement was very easy. Amazon sells the filters for $25 for a two pack which is a really good deal. I noticed nose stuffiness and allergy symptoms reduced within a month after I owned the product. It quickly removes smoke and other bad smells. I enjoy the 3 settings although I mostly use the medium and high settings. Some people are picky about noise but the medium setting is just a quiet hum and of course the high setting is a little louder but I find it useful for blocking out outside noise anyway. Overall, I think this is a good product for the price.