Honeywell QuietCare 17000 Air Purifier

Pros: Easy to clean exterior
Cons: Noisy, undependable, ineffective

We recently moved to a new house located just off a dusty dirt road. Add two dogs to the mix, and you can just imagine the dirty air I must contend with. I've never used an air cleaner before, but decided I just HAD to do something. In addition ...

Pros: Portable, permanent HEPA filter, helped my evening stuffiness
Cons: Pre-filter needs to be replaced, too loud on medium & high speeds

Seasonal allergies have affected me since I was 18 years old.  Luckily, I have them mostly under control by taking 2000 mg of a supplement called MSM daily.  However, I have noticed this year, although I feel good during the day, I have been ...

Pros: My lungs feel like a teenager again
Cons: none

About a year and half ago I developed breathing problems. I was short of breath and my nose was always stuffed up no matter what time of year it was and I had a very painful dry cough all of the time. I went to a doctor, actually several doctors, who...

Pros: Works great, filters out pollen, dust, molds, and pet dander.
Cons: Expensive HEPA filter replacement at $70.

Well, with allergy season just around the corner, I decided it was time to look into one of these air purifiers. Not only am I allergic to pollen, but I’m also sensitive to dust and somewhat allergic to our beloved cat. It was more money than I wanted...

Pros: Quiet and inconspicuous
Cons: none

My wife suffers from allergies, and before we bought the Honeywell model 17000 air cleaner, she would go for weeks having trouble sleeping because of the coughing and sneezing.

The night we "installed" the air cleaner, she got a...

Pros: Not nosy, easy to clean, runs great
Cons: Cold air blows out of it, which is too cold in the winter

I have 2 of these units for twins' rooms. I bougth them at target for around 120 each. I did so much research on this site first and decided I wanted a good name, a life-long hepa filter, and something not too noisy. This was after I had bought a hunter ...

Pros: Immediate Noticeable Air Improvement
Cons: Somewhat Large

Our doctor recommended this model and we found it at a great price at Costco. He said it would not only clean our air, but it would also reduce our Northern California humidity indoors. He was right!

I used to wake up with a runny nose most...

Pros: Packaged well.
Cons: Noisier Than a small plane!

The Honeywell 17000 claims it is 30% more quiet than ever before. If that's the case, their previous models must have sounded like a jet engine! This is the noisiest and most annoying of all the models I tried and Honeywell went back to the store...

Pros: Ease of use and filter change. Low price, reasonably quiet at low speed.
Cons: Filter changing (but all HEPA units need this)

The Honeywell 17000 is our second Honeywell HEPA cleaner. The other worked fine over 4 or 5 years. My wife has intermittent allergies and a HEPA cleaner seems to help during bad times. We do not use the cleaner every day. We use it when my wife senses...

Pros: quiet on a low speed, freshens air, reduces dog/pet dander
Cons: loud on medium and high, a fairly large machine

A year ago, my husband and I adopted a dog from the local animal shelter. A week later, I began waking up in the middle of the night coughing uncontrollably and feeling out of breath. I went to the doctor who said it was probably a result of the dog and...

Pros: Works Excellent! Easy to Use!
Cons: None known

I am updating this review (originally written Oct. 2000) because this little air cleaner has been running for over a year now without any problems! It's still quiet and effective.

My doctor told me to buy it! After numerous sinus infections...

Pros: Absoutely nothing.
Cons: Everything! DO NOT BUY FROM HONEYWELL

I bought this air purifier after EXTENSIVE research on which product would be the best for my household, and which had the highest reviews from other consumers. I read some reviews on Amazon about another Honeywell product where people complained that ...

Pros: Kept my Fiance's Allergies down!
Cons: A bit pricey.

My fiance has allergies like crazy! So I decided to purchase this filter for her over a year ago. It has helped a great deal with her allergy attacks, which means that she gets to spend more time with me instead of being knocked out with all of her...

Pros: Really does clean the air
Cons: huge increase in electrical bill !!!

These air cleaners really do work very well, we purchased 3 of them, 1 for each occupied bedroom. The operational cost of these air cleaners however is astronomical, this year compared to last year our electrical bill has consistently been 50%-68% higher...

Pros: strong breeze like a fan, improved controls
Cons: very poor build quality, Loud. NOISE, NOISE, NOISE!

ok, I'm writing this just before I go return this, why? The noise, and the poor quality of Honeywell. We had another Honeywell air purifier, and it died after just 2 years. So I didn't want another... well... that's tough because all I could find are...