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Practical and affordable air purification Jul 27, 2010
Man, the air purification business seems to be filled with so much hype and questionable technology.
I decided to go with a brand with a long track record and a reasonable price. My thinking is, $125 spread out over 5 years is around $2 a month (plus periodic pre-filter changes) and a lot less than allergy medicines that treat the symptoms, but don't address the cause.
Another factor was the maintenance cost and long term availability of filters. A lot of competitors' filters are rather pricey, often $70 or more. Some manufacturers' filters are no longer in production or available even though the air purifiers are still for sale.
So how is the in home experience? About what I expected. Not exactly quiet. Most air purifiers are going to make some noise moving a lot of air. And the noise will be proportional to the amount of air being moved.
I seem to have less sinus congestion. I experienced what might have been a placebo effect, having some of the most restful nights of sleep in years. Sadly, that hasn't lasted. Not sure why.
Overall build quality is pretty good. As others have noted, the motor and fan are somewhat out of balance and I expect that to shorten its lifespan a little. This is my biggest concern. Minus a star for this.
A little skeptical of the IntelliCheck system, it's probably just a timer that guestimates when to change filters. I'm not keen about having to cut pre-filters and apparently need to be careful I don't end up buying third party equivalents
Didn't help my allergies Jul 26, 2010
This unit seems to work fine and is pretty quiet on low speed. Unfortunately, there was no improvement in my hay fever allergies when this purifier was used on low speed setting, even in my small office at work. Perhaps the air turnover rate was insufficient, or my allergies are just too sensitive.
Honeywell 17000 Permanent Pure HEPA QuietCare Air Purifier Jun 30, 2010
Works well, a little noisy, but you get used to it after awhile. I really like the permanent filters. We have 3 dogs, and it captures a lot of dog dander and fur. We now own 3 of them.
Nice and quiet Jun 28, 2010
Bought this unit because it's smaller and quieter than other purifiers. Been pleased so far. Nice and quiet on low setting.
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 Did the Job for a while... then kaput Jun 20, 2010
I had, note HAD, two (2) of these Honeywell units, and overall, they were on the noisy side when compared to the Hunter Quietflo, but they did the job, BUT just FOR a few years, then both of motors burnt out... the first unit warned me with a squealing noise for about a week and then just froze up... the second one, well, it was the silent sufferer of the two, never complained but just stopped one evening within months of the first. If it would have be just one of the air purifiers, well, I would have though bad luck... but both? NOT. I had the motors checked out and both were DOA... my option was to send them back to Honeywell and have them replaced for almost price that I paid... the other was to buy another. That is what I did, but, not Honeywell (I bought the Hunter QuetFlo #30402). For the price of a Honeywell the motor should run for many years, not just a few. Conditionally recommended
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