Considering that the ozone created by those purifiers actually makes asthema
worse, mine is for sale too.  

And considering the EPA and many other Gov organisations have strict
o3 limits for exposure and o3 can ruin lungs I junked mine, in the
trash.Which is where your post should have gone.

You picked the wrong group.  People with asthma know better than to subject
their lungs to corrosive ozone.

Your may want to read these two reports

Air Purifier / Air Cleaner Report About Choosing The Proper Unit
This information, is brought to you by Absolute Air Cleaners and Air
Purifiers Inc.
My name is Barry Cohen. I have been in the indoor air quality field and
air cleaner industry since 1989. This honest and accurate report is to
help you choose the proper type of air cleaner or air purifier that will
best serve your required indoor air quality needs.

There are many types of air cleaning devices on the market being sold to
people to control and remove the many allergens that trigger allergy,
asthma and other respiratory and immune system problems. The most common
triggers are smoke, dust, pollen, dust mite allergen, cat and dog
dander, mold spores and a huge cocktail of chemicals that out-gas from
carpeting, furniture, pesticides, paints, cleaning products and
household building materials.

The most common portable air cleaning devices offered on the market
include: HEPA filtered air cleaners and air purifiers, Non- HEPA
filtered types of polyester or washable fiber filtered air cleaners,
ionizers, ozone-ionizer air purifiers and electronic air cleaners. I
will explain how each of these air cleaner devices actually operates and
how they will best benefit your direct needs.

HEPA Air Purifiers & Air Cleaners

Portable HEPA filtered air purifiers and air cleaners are by far the
best all around type of room air cleaning system for dust, allergy and
asthma control. However there are many levels of quality in the
different brands and models that are on the market. I will explain the
advantages and differences.

When choosing a quality HEPA air cleaner there are a few very important
things to look for.

1. Cleaning Square Footage Area and Air Exchange Rate Per Hour

Look for your HEPA air cleaner to have the highest air exchange rate per
hour in any sized room or open area. Remember no air cleaner can clean
through walls or clean through narrow hallways or doorways from one room
into another. Note: If you place a HEPA air cleaner in a hallway between
three bedrooms the air cleaner will do a wonderful job of cleaning the
hallway, but it will not be able to clean the air in the adjoining bedrooms.

Each bedroom will need it 's own air cleaner if you desire to keep the
air in your needed bedrooms clean. A quality HEPA air cleaner can clean
and exchange the air through its HEPA filter up to 15 times per hour in
an average sized bedroom space of 12 ' x 15 ' and do a good job of
cleaning the air in an open room or areas up to 1000 square feet. If
your family room is open to your living room and or kitchen area and the
open space is approximately 1000 square feet or smaller a quality HEPA
air cleaner will do a good job of keeping that space much cleaner. Most
people choose to keep one quality HEPA air cleaner in their needed
bedroom{s} and one in their family room area to cover the majority of
their living space.

Don 't be fooled into thinking that a smaller room should have a small
air cleaner! Quality HEPA air cleaners are only approximately 15 inches
square by 24 inches high. The height can vary a few inches one way or
another. AGAIN, you want to have the highest air exchange rate per hour
in any sized room or open area! A small air cleaner will have a low air
exchange rate per hour giving you an inadequate cleaning job in most
cases. Note that the great majority of the department store and chain
store HEPA air cleaners that are on the market are far inferior compared
to the much higher quality air cleaners sold by air cleaner specialty
businesses and they provide only a very low air exchange rate of
approximately 3- 5 air exchanges per hour in a small bedroom. In a
larger family room area they are completely inadequate.

Activated Carbon And Zeolite Included In HEPA Filtered Air Purifiers And
Air Cleaners

Many HEPA Air Cleaners and HEPA air purifiers include a certain amount
of activated carbon to absorb and remove odors and out-gassing chemicals
from the indoor air environment. Some of these carbon filters are mixed
with a mineral called zeolite, which does a great job of absorbing
ammonia and urine odors. The more activated or carbon and zeolite in the
HEPA air cleaner, the more odors and out-gassing chemicals can be
removed from your indoor air environment. Activated carbon and zeolite
can remove a huge cocktail of chemicals that out-gas from carpeting,
furniture, pesticides, paints, cleaning products and household building
materials. Most quality HEPA air cleaners will include between 3 1/2 and
15 pounds of activated carbon. It is important to replace the carbon as
needed. The lesser the carbon the more often it should be replaced.
Replacement carbon filters are normally inexpensive and easy to replace.
Beware of low quality air cleaners that claim that they have activated
carbon in them. Most of the inexpensive low quality air cleaners only
use a very, very small amount of carbon dust that is impregnated into a
replaceable sponge, foam or fibrous pre-filter. I can assure you that a
few ounces of carbon dust will not do a good job of removing out-gassing
chemicals and odors. Filters impregnated with carbon dust, is nothing
more then a marketing scheme and it is all show and no go!

2. Aftermarket filter replacement costs.

An important concern when purchasing a HEPA air cleaner is to know what
the future after market filter replacement costs will be. Quality HEPA
air cleaners may cost a bit more money up front, but most quality brands
will cost you much less money in future aftermarket pre-filter, carbon
filter and HEPA filter replacement costs. Many of the less expensive and
lower quality department store and chain store HEPA air cleaners may
cost you between $100 and $250.00 when you purchase them. But the yearly
filter replacement cost can almost equal the cost of the unit itself.
You can spend a $1000.00 feeding filters into inexpensive lower quality
HEPA air cleaners in only five years time. Most high quality HEPA air
cleaners after market filter replacements will only cost between $180.00
and $400.00 in five years time. See! You just saved $600.00 to $800.00
dollars.

3. Motor And Airflow Noise Factor

One of the most important things to look for when purchasing a HEPA air
cleaners is to get a unit that is quiet so you can watch TV and sleep
while it is operating. All air cleaners are loud when they are operating
on high speed. This is because high speed is for quickly clearing the
room. Most people operate their HEPA air cleaners around medium speed
for everyday use. Most of the inexpensive department store and chain
store HEPA air cleaners are often very loud due to the fact that they
use low quality motors that are poorly balanced with bearings that wear
out to make more noise. The high quality HEPA air cleaners found in air
cleaner specialty businesses are more powerful and much quieter because
of their high quality motors and superior airflow designs.

4. HEPA Air Cleaners And Air Purifiers With Ultraviolet Light Systems

Some HEPA air cleaners and air purifiers include ultraviolet light
systems that allow them to kill mold spores, bacteria and viruses. These
HEPA air cleaners are wonderful for people with mold or bacteria
problems in their home or office. HEPA air cleaners with ultraviolet
light systems are also important for people with mold allergies, immune
system problems or people going through chemotherapy or organ
transplants that cannot be exposed to viruses or bacteria. When
searching for a HEPA air cleaner with an ultraviolet light system, It is
important that the ultraviolet bulbs are non- ozone producing as ozone
can be an irritant to those that have asthma or other lung conditions.
Also the ultraviolet lights should be pointing into the HEPA filter 's
intake side so they can kill any mold spores, bacteria and viruses on
the HEPA filter 's intake surface before they can penetrate into the
filter. It is almost worthless to have an air cleaner where the
ultraviolet lights are pointing to the outside diameter of the HEPA
filter because the filter may already be contaminated into its core. The
only HEPA air cleaner to date on the market with the proper {Patented}
ultraviolet design system is called the TRACS. TRACS stands for
Total-Room-Air-Cleaning-System.

Non- HEPA Filtered Types Of Polyester Or Washable Fiber Filtered Air
Purifiers And Air Cleaners

Many department stores, chain stores and mail order / Internet
businesses sell lines of very inexpensive air cleaners with polyester
and other washable fibers. Most of these air cleaners are small tabletop
units that have a very low air exchange rate per hour that is inadequate
to do even a fair job of cleaning the air in a very small room or open
area. Washable filter fibers often clog up with dirt and can become
difficult to clean in a very short period of time. Many smokers purchase
these air cleaners and find that they quickly become clogged with tar
and nicotine from their cigars and cigarettes. We recommend that you
pass by these low quality air cleaners and search for high quality HEPA
air cleaners that will satisfy your direct needs.

Ozone-Ionizer Air Purifiers

Great For Quickly Removing Cigar And Cigarette Smoke & Odors

Ozone-Ionizer air purifiers do not clean the air of dust and allergens
by filtration like HEPA filtered air cleaners do. Ozone/ionizer air
purifiers use two steps to clean the air. The ozone purifies the air by
oxidation. Ozone is a naturally occurring gas. It is created by nature
when lightning cuts through the oxygen molecules in the air. It splits
the O2 molecule into O3 which becomes ozone. These ozone-ionizer air
purifiers work the same way when air is passed through an electrically
charged ozone plate. The current passes through the oxygen in the air
splitting the oxygen into O3 {ozone} The fresh clean after a
thunderstorm smell the ozone-ionizer air purifier produces is the ozone
that has just been created. The ozone penetrates into the cellular
structure of odor, bacteria and fungus molecules, rupturing the cell
wall of the contaminant. After this process is complete, the
contaminants and odors are then oxidized and greatly reduced. The second
step in this system is the ionization. There are two types of
ionization. The first and more common is needlepoint ionization where
the particulates blowing out of the air purifier are charged with
negative ions. These ionic charges attach to airborne particles such as
smoke, dust, pollen, Dust-Mite allergen and animal dander. These dust
particles and allergens are forced to quickly drop out of suspension in
the air and out of the breathing environment and down to the ground to
be vacuumed later. Needlepoint ionizers usually cover a five to seven
foot area in the general area of the ionizer. The second type of ionizer
is called radio ionization. Radio ionization is a newer technology that
uses similar principles as needlepoint ionization except that the radio
ionizer uses a specialized and safe radio wave that ionizes the air for
approximately 50 feet right through the walls in all directions. With
radio ionization, you can actually drop particles out of the air in
surrounding rooms or areas. One unit can often cover an entire home.

Ozone-ionizer air purifiers work especially well on removing cigar and
cigarette smoke and odors. They also work well to greatly reduce pet
odors, body odors and food odors.

NOTE: Ozone-ionizer air purifiers are not a good choice for people that
that suffer from asthma or other respiratory problems. This is because
ozone can be an irritant to the lungs and mucus membranes if the ozone
level is adjusted improperly to be too high.

NOTE: if you are searching for an air cleaner or air purifier for dust,
allergy and asthma control, stick with one of the higher quality HEPA
air cleaners that are available to you from a knowledgeable air cleaner
specialty business.

Electronic Air Purifiers And Air Cleaners

Electronic air cleaners are also called smoke eaters and electrostatic
precipitators. They are mostly used for removing dust and large amounts
of smoke from indoor environments in bars, restaurants and pool halls.
They operate by electrically charging a cell that is made of
closely-knit wires or metal collector plates that attract the dust and
smoke into the cell to remove the smoke and dust from the air. The
advantage of electronic air cleaners is that the cell can be cleaned
over and over again with a liquid soap or degreaser and water. The down
side of electronic air cleaners are, they are messy to clean and once
there is a light coating of smoke or dust attracted onto the cells metal
wires or metal collector plates, the future smoke or dust will pass
right through the cell and back into the indoor air environment to be
breathed by the people in the area. Electronic air cleaners must be
cleaned often for them to operate properly.

Two well-known MUCH SMALLER electronic air cleaners advertised {through
Infomercials} are the Ionic Breeze by Sharper Image and The ORECK XL air
purifier. These infomercials are enticing and well done. But the truth
is that the collector plates in both of these units are so small in size
they quickly become covered with dust and then they are unable to
properly clean the air even in a very small room or open area. The Ionic
Breeze does not have a fan at all and it can only pull particles onto
its small collector plate from less then 1/8 of an inch away. The ORECK
XL air purifier is so small it is approximately the size of a shoebox.
The ORECK XL does have a fan in it but it is very low power and its
cleaning ability is very limited compared to the much higher quality air
cleaners on the market that cost less money to purchase, operate and
maintain.

BEWARE OF CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE & OTHER CONSUMER PUBLICATIONS

Please be aware that Consumer Reports Magazine and other consumer
publications are owned by private companies and not regulated by the
Government or anyone else! They often use improper testing methods and
push their readers to products that help support their publications one
way or another! Do your own research and call the manufacturers and
dealers that sell the air cleaners that you are interested in. Ask lots
of questions to help you make the right decision when choosing the air
cleaner or air purifier that will best fit your needs.

In Conclusion

It is our hope and desire that this report on how to choose the proper
air cleaner or air purifier to best fit your needs has been helpful to
you. Do your own research before purchasing air purifier / air cleaner
products from any company or infomercial that looks too good to be true
while offering far fetched claims including "buy one air purifier, get
the next one free" or "for half price". Don 't learn the hard way! Some
quality HEPA air cleaners / air purifiers to check our for dust, allergy
and asthma control are the Austin Air HealthMate HEPA Air Cleaners,
TRACS HEPA air cleaners, EZ Air HEPA air cleaners and the Bio-Net HEPA
air cleaners.

See also: Report #2: Consumer Reports Magazine Recommends Inferior Air
Cleaners And Air Purifiers.

For additional resource information on high quality brands of air
purifiers and air cleaners see the website at http://www.aircleaners.com.

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REPORT #@

The Real Truth About The Ionic Breeze Air Purifiers By Sharper Image
This information, is brought to you by Absolute Air Cleaners and
Purifiers Inc.
News Flash! Sharper Image claims bankruptcy on February 20, 2008.
Almost every week our company picks up a dozen or so NEW customers that
have purchased and returned the Ionic Breeze air purifier from Sharper
Image. The infomercial that Sharper Image puts out looks very nice and
portrays the Ionic Breeze as a wonder machine! That infomercial sells
thousands of them!

The Real Truth About The Ionic Breeze Is Quite Different!

The Ionic Breeze is quiet indeed. This is because the unit has no fan to
exchange and filter the DIRTY air in the room through the machine in
order to remove it from your indoor environment. The Ionic Breeze can
only remove a very small amount of particles onto its thin-narrow
collector plate that is attached to the unit. This collector plate can
only attract particles from a distance of approximately 1/8 of an inch
away! If the collector plate is dirty, the plate is not able to keep
collecting particles onto it. Then its function ceases all together!

The dust, smoke, pollen, dander, Dust-Mite allergen and other allergens
that are just a very short distance away from the collector plate will
continue to float airborne for you to breathe!

Nor does the Ionic Breeze cause smoke and allergens to drop out of the
air and away from your breathing environment!

The Ionic Breeze Air Purifiers Produce Ozone! Ozone can be an irritant
and a real problem for people with Asthma & other Lung Diseases!

Smokers have complained over and over again that the Tar and Nicotine
that does attach to the collector plate is very hard to remove!

This report is for our customers benefit and not to bad mouth Sharper
Image! Sharper Image has many quality and fun products! We just feel
that The Ionic Breeze Air Purifier is not one of them!

Please read the product information in this website and feel free to
call us Toll Free anytime with your questions about our Top Quality Air
Cleaners, Air Purifiers and allergy Products.

Sharper Image files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
On February 20, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailer Sharper Image Corp has filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection, citing declining sales, three straight years
of losses and litigation involving its Ionic Breeze air purifiers.

The San Francisco-based company filed for protection late Tuesday in
U.S. bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware. Sharper Image said it had
$251.5 million in assets and $199 million in debt as of January 31,
according to the filing. Cash on hand totaled about $700,000.

Its shares plunged 92 cents, or 64 percent, to 52 cents on Nasdaq.

"Sharper Image is in a severe liquidity crisis," Chief Financial Officer
Rebecca Roedell said in a separate filing.

She said the company has suffered from increased competition, narrowing
margins, litigation, lower consumer and market confidence, tighter
credit from suppliers, and poorly performing stores.

"The foregoing has been compounded by the ever-tightening and volatile
credit and financing markets," she added.

Sharper Image has seen its sales decline steadily since 2004, and has
posted net losses in fiscal 2005, 2006, and 2007.

According to court papers, the electronics retailer also cited "negative
publicity" from the litigation involving its Ionic Breeze air purifiers
for its falling revenues.

In October, a federal court denied approval of a settlement of
class-action suits related to the efficacy of the air purifiers. The
product was sold to 3 million consumers, according to a previous filing.

Following the ruling, Sharper Image's stock fell 18 percent, weakening
support from suppliers and choking working capital as creditors
tightened or withdrew credit terms, according to court documents.

The company deals with about 650 vendors and suppliers on a credit
basis, many of whom began to request cash upon delivery, according to
court papers.

Sharper Image is seeking a $60 million loan arranged by Wells Fargo
Retail Finance LLC to keep operating, according to the court papers.

The company said in a separate filing it replaced Chief Executive Steven
Lightman with Robert Conway on February 14.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Justin Grant; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

All text from the article has been preserved. To see the article in its
original format on Reuters.com, click here.

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