This thing is definitely portable
Written: May 08 '01
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Pros: Clean air and hardly no dust!
Cons: You have to change filters
The Bottom Line: I recommend this product because it really works and you can literally smell the difference!
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| g0ld's Full Review: 12520 Honeywell Enviracaire Portable HEPA Air Clea... |
Honeywell has updated this air cleaner and now makes a similar model called the 51000 series which is the air cleaner that I am writing my epinion on. Once epinions gets a category for this topic I will move it, I put it here because this model looks similar and there is basically no difference between the two.
Well, a couple of months ago my Mother went to Sears and came back with this Portable Air Cleaner. This air cleaner is made by Honeywell and cost my Mother $129 which included a full one year warranty. At first, I did not see the point in having this Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner, I thought it acted like a regular fan and did not see the point in paying extra for a fan. I unpacked the Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner and noticed how tiny and cute it was. It is very lightweight and easy to move around. I set the Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner in a corner of my room and began to examine the air cleaner. It is white and it has a small handle at the top of the air cleaner to grab when moving it around. It does not take up much space and it has a control knob with two speeds.
I have to honest with you, the only reason my Mother bought me this air cleaner was so that I would sleep better at night. I live in the country and every morning the birds wake me up at 5:30 a.m. School buses wake me up around 6:45 a.m. and garbage trucks have a tendency to do the same. I am not a sound sleeper and I can here everything, even when people get up in my house. So my Mom thought it might be a good idea to get something that would drown out the noise of the country.
So, I plugged in the Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner and set it to the high position. The high position is somewhat like a really loud fan. I turned it to the low position and it sounded like a soft fan. I left my room with the Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner still on and shut the door behind me. When I went back into my room four hours later I noticed a difference. This might sound weird, but the air had a clean smell to it. I have never smelled clean air before and I was amazed at the difference. I went to sleep and I slept sound. I did not wake up to the birds or to the school buses, which is amazing. I leave my Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner running all day long, except when I open my window for some fresh air. To this day I still don’t have problems sleeping at night, because of the Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner. Another plus about this air cleaner is that I have noticed that I don’t cough and sneeze as much as I used to. I rarely ever dust my room so you can imagine why I used to sneeze and cough often, especially at night. Also, the dust in my room has decreased by a great amount. I try to leave my Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner running 24 hours/day so that it can clean the air even while I am at college and work.
For Best Performance
Honeywell recommends that you operate this air cleaner 24 hours a day because indoor air can be quickly contaminated by activity in a room, infiltration of outside air, and generation by sources of contamination. While the air cleaner, the more air circulated through the filter will not immediately process all the air in a room, the more air cleaned. Portable air cleaners will be much more effective in rooms where all doors and windows are closed.
The Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner is ready to operate as soon as it is removed from the carton and plugged in. Because this air cleaner circulates in a 360° pattern around the air cleaner it can be placed on the floor in almost any location. However, for best results the air intake grille should not be blocked for at least 3 feet in all directions.
Filters
Honeywell says that with proper maintenance, your air cleaner is designed to provide years of high efficiency air-cleaning. The Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner contains two filters: one activated carbon pre-filter and one primary HEPA filter.
The activated carbon pre-filter is the element of your air cleaner that helps reduce normal household odors, captures lint and other large particles and helps protect the HEPA filter. It should be replaced every three months. The primary HEPA filter should remain effective for one to three years, depending upon the environment in which the air cleaner is operating. Instructions on how to change the filters are in your instruction booklet that comes with the Honeywell Portable Air Cleaner.
Overall
I am so glad that my Mom bought me this air cleaner. It has definitely made a difference in my sleep and in the atmosphere of my room. I would definitely recommend this air cleaner to anyone, especially with people with allergies. It was only $129 and does not take up much space. There are larger types of air cleaners, but I think my small air cleaner can do just as much as the big ones.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 129
Noise Level: More quiet than most
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Member: Brian Wesley
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Jesus is Lord! Brian and Jenny both write epinions here!
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