IQAir HealthPro Plus HEPA Air Purifier – Air Cleaner with with Gas and Odor Filter – HyperHepa Techn

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Wow is this a hyped market. This filter is costly but it does work and without ozone generation. The main drawback is the noise. Comparatively the noise should be evaluated in an objective way, but any perceptible noise is a shortcoming for me, especially since this kind of filter (portable room type) can only work if it is kept nearby. I attribute a lot of this filter’s effectiveness to the V5 Cell filter, but I haven’t tested without it to be sure. One thing is for sure, this filter makes a very noticeable difference in the room where we keep it running. We run it on 1 (lowest setting) nearly continously in a 10×12 room.

Some advice: source control, ventilation, filtration (in that order). No one in my home is hypersensitive but we minimized the worst offenders in building, floor and wall materials and furnishings, and we control kitchen sources with a 650CFM overhead hood. Like many people, I have cleaner air outside than in, so ventilating is far more cost effective than trying to filter everything. We use 120CFM (fan rating) positive pressure ventilation in a tight 1900 sf building envelope (specifically we ventilate to ASHRAE 62.1 spec). Ventilation intake is filtered with 3M filtrete, but the main HVAC recirculating duct system cannot handle the pressure drop of serious filtration (most residential system can’t). Because a whole house filter is not just a bolt-on for us but would mean a total redo on the duct system, in-room filtration is the preferred solution. I researched and evaluated in room filters and bought this IQ Air. I have had it for more than a year and I believe it is described accurately — it’s not a cheap rigged up filter on a box fan (it still costs less than $1000) or some hyped up junk (read: Shaper Image or Oreck). Although I think it is fairly characterized, it’s not going to single-handedly fix air quality problems in a home (see: source control, ventilation first). Again, I rate this filter high, but it if I were to advocate a course for clean air it would be: source control, ventilation (then filtering).
I have purchased many air purifiers in the past, but they are either very noisy, or not working effectively. IOAir HealthPro is definitely the best I have ever used. Even though it is expensive, but it is worth it. Due to my allergy, there were many miserable nights of waking up in panic when I could not breathe. Those nights are gone. I cannot put a price tag on a good-night-sleep; therefore I appreciate the engineers who created this product. It is quiet and working very effectively.
This unit seems to be superior to any other air cleaner that I have tried (and I have tried many over the years).
No ozone.
Filter use automatically monitored.
Filter replacement not needed frequently (every 2-5 years depending on the filter and use). Energy use is significant but $20 a month for better health doesn’t seem outrageous. Loud at highest setting. However, lower ones work fine for me. I will probably buy another one. Air smells "clean" and now I want two to cover the majority of the house.
The best air purifier I have ever seen. Easy to use, very quite, cleans the air fast and efficient. AAA+++
This was supposedly a top-of-the-line air cleaner but I believe it was an overpriced rip-off and let me tell you why:

(1) Within one week of purchasing this unit from an authorized internet vendor, the unit got stuck at high speed and would not return to lower speed. Called vendor (who would pay you $20 to give them a good review) and they told me I could return it within the 30-day guarantee period. No help from them and no help from IQAir. Luckily, it returned to normal after one week.

(2) The power cable kept popping out. The castors at the bottom would break easily if you keep moving them around (not very well made). The most annoying part is any speed higher than 3 (up to 6) are very noisy and will wake you up. At speed 6 it sounds like a jet plane.

(3) After owning it for not quite 4 months and without using it for 2 weeks, it started emitting funny odor from the unit. The literature did warn you that chemical smell would be emitted from the V5-cell filter (specific for HealtPro Plus) come with this unit and any people who are sensitive to this type of smell may want to run it in an open space for 3 hours prior to its first use. However, this smell was generated after running the unit almost four months.

(4) The worse part was when trying to call their technical serivce. Called a total of six times in one day and could not get hold of anybody. To be fair, the person did call me back one time but missed me. Had to correspond by e-mails. He instructed me to keep only one filter in the unit at a time (Shlef 3 on top: Hepa filter; second: V5-cell filter and bottom Premax filter). They are a pain on the neck to take off but became easier when you got the hang of it. Found out it was the V5-cell (that was supposed to get rid of odor) actually emit the funny odor. The tecnical person at first said he would sell me another V5-cell filter prorated but changed his mind when I protested and decided to send me a new one free of charge. I honestly expect much better customer service (for solving problems and response time) from a company selling such expensive model. If this company does not improve its technical service, it is going be in troubles in a year or two with a bad economy. Why pay so much to suffer? ISE gives a 3-year in-home service for their hot-water dispensers, that is what I would call good service.

(5) You are better off just buy the IQAir HealthPro model because if you add $89 for the V5-cell filter to change it to a HealthPro Plus model it will still be cheaper than the price of a HealthPro Plus. They did not tell you that on the front end. My adivce is not to get the V5-cell filter at all because I do not believe it has as long as a shelf life the company claims. I beleive you almost have to change it more often in order to avoid funny odor.

(6) If you do not buy from IQAir, you have to be very careful. Many of these vendors have a restocking fee or a limited returning period for the unit. However, they do offer free shipping.

I believe I would not have so annoyed if I would have obtained better customer service (technical service) from IQAir. To me if they are a top-of-the-line air cleaning company they should act like one and offer their quality customer services equivalent to the quality of their products. Otherwise, they would soon be out of business just like all other companises who have great products but with poor services. Do you agree? I hope somebody from IQAir will read my comment and do something about it.

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IQAir Replacement Air Cleaner Prefilter:http://bestdiscountfinder.info/index.php?id=B00073 FGRM IQAir HealthPro Plus V5-Cell Gas & Odor Replacement Filter:http://bestdiscountfinder.info/index.php?id=B0007U46T 4
IQAir Replacement HEPA Filter for HealthPro Line:http://bestdiscountfinder.info/index.php?id=B000R4GNQY
IQAir Replacement Pre-filter Element for HealthPro Line (F1 Filter):http://bestdiscountfinder.info/index.php?id=B0006V2KHO
IQAir Replacement V5-Cell Gas & Odor Filter for HealthPro Line:http://bestdiscountfinder.info/index.php?id=B000ASANA4

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