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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
Join date: 17 Sep 2004
Posts: 2,048
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12-16-2005 13:14
Ok, you can't watch a geek-centric cable station for long without seeing one of those advertisements for the "ionic breeze" or some clone. Since I'm a nerd for high-tech toys and since cat hair and dander is a scourge in my house, I was wondering if these things actually do any good? Or, are they just an expensive gimmicky piece of junk?
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Logan Bauer
Inept Adept
Join date: 13 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,237
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12-16-2005 13:23
Ok, you can't watch a geek-centric cable station for long without seeing one of those advertisements for the "ionic breeze" or some clone. Since I'm a nerd for high-tech toys and since cat hair and dander is a scourge in my house, I was wondering if these things actually do any good? Or, are they just an expensive gimmicky piece of junk? I have one and the collection grills gets coated in dust and gunk pretty quickly, so it appears at least to be doing something right. _____________________
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Starshine Herbst
Registered User
Join date: 4 Jun 2004
Posts: 6
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12-16-2005 14:59
Geek-centric cable station??? We don't have that here.
 Anyway, yes, they work. Even the tiny ones you put in the USB works. In a tiny room, of course. Tip: Buy a sample from Hong Kong suppliers. Cheap as hell, and if it is any good, start importing and selling it. Prices are a steal. http://sourcing.tdctrade.com/cgi-bin/hkei.dll/Jsp/hkei/searchCommand.cmd?toWhere=109&fromWhere=14&needobs=yes&fromRegionSearch=yes&sourceKeywords=&docStart=0&pageNum=1&haveInput=true&PageNavOrRegSearch=&previous_region=&observationType=PRODUCT_SEARCH&isShowRefinedByCompnayFlag=Yes&recommendFlag=0&keyWord=ionizer&searchType=SEARCH_PRODUCT®ion=ALL&image.x=0&image.y=0 |
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Moonshine Herbst
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Join date: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 483
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12-16-2005 15:02
Dang, that's what happens when you let your girlfriend borrow your computer to log in and check her account. That post above was mine.
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
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12-16-2005 15:27
They collect dust and cause cancer
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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
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12-16-2005 17:30
Warning! Do not buy an ionic "air purifier".
They are in actuality ozone generators which have been shown to have "little potential to remove indoor air contaminants" and actually create ozone in excess of EPA limits. Please visit the EPA link below for a comprehensive scientific evaluation of these devices (read the bold text if you're just skimming). I've also included a link that talks about a recent Consumer Reports article that first outed these polluters and the lawsuit that followed (and was dismissed). http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7391185/ You are much much better off purchasing a HEPA air filter. ~Ulrika~ _____________________
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Olympia Rebus
Muse of Chaos
Join date: 22 Feb 2004
Posts: 1,831
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12-16-2005 18:55
Warning! Do not buy an ionic "air purifier". They are in actuality ozone generators which have been shown to have "little potential to remove indoor air contaminants" and actually create ozone in excess of EPA limits. Please visit the EPA link below for a comprehensive scientific evaluation of these devices (read the bold text if you're just skimming). I've also included a link that talks about a recent Consumer Reports article that first outed these polluters and the lawsuit that followed (and was dismissed). http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7391185/ You are much much better off purchasing a HEPA air filter. ~Ulrika~ Ulrika is correct. The "clean air smell" those things generate is, in fact, ozone (which isn't the healthiest thing in the world to be pumping into your house.) _____________________
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Lianne Marten
Cheese Baron
Join date: 6 May 2004
Posts: 2,192
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12-16-2005 19:02
Mmmmmm... breathe in that fresh ozone smell...
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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
Join date: 17 Sep 2004
Posts: 2,048
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12-16-2005 20:31
Warning! Do not buy an ionic "air purifier". They are in actuality ozone generators which have been shown to have "little potential to remove indoor air contaminants" and actually create ozone in excess of EPA limits. Please visit the EPA link below for a comprehensive scientific evaluation of these devices (read the bold text if you're just skimming). I've also included a link that talks about a recent Consumer Reports article that first outed these polluters and the lawsuit that followed (and was dismissed). http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7391185/ You are much much better off purchasing a HEPA air filter. ~Ulrika~ ah ha! that's what I suspected. My "too good to be true" sense was out there, but yet my geek "ooh ah, technology" factor countered this. Thanks _____________________
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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
Join date: 17 Sep 2004
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12-16-2005 20:35
Mmmmmm... breathe in that fresh ozone smell... Free radicals are good for the libido! Radicals are more likely to be sexually "loose", hence the libido factor _____________________
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,898
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12-17-2005 10:44
Warning! Do not buy an ionic "air purifier". They are in actuality ozone generators which have been shown to have "little potential to remove indoor air contaminants" and actually create ozone in excess of EPA limits. Please visit the EPA link below for a comprehensive scientific evaluation of these devices (read the bold text if you're just skimming). I've also included a link that talks about a recent Consumer Reports article that first outed these polluters and the lawsuit that followed (and was dismissed). http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7391185/ You are much much better off purchasing a HEPA air filter. ~Ulrika~ Thank you for posting this. I knew I had read somewhere many years ago that ionized air could be harmful. _____________________
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Misnomer Jones
3 is the magic number
Join date: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 1,800
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12-17-2005 13:04
I just got one of these this week after finding out recently I'm allergic to my two dogs.
 Its a Whirlpool Whispure. Its large, its not cheap and even on low it makes a small breeze. I haven't slept or felt better in years. |