Looking for a good air cleaner for the home

[beerbaron105]

Like the title says, what is a relatively inexpensive air cleaner for the house??

[Pete_Coach]

Air cleaner for what? As in smelly air or dirty air or dusty air? Furnace filter? Stand alone? Electronic? Filter?
You have to help out here :confused:

[beerbaron105]

Air cleaner for what? As in smelly air or dirty air or dusty air? Furnace filter? Stand alone? Electronic? Filter?
You have to help out here :confused:

One of those shelf-top air cleaners? You plug it in, let it cycle the air...simple? lol

[pkguy]

Those tabletop air cleaners you realize are only good for one room, the size of the room depending on the size of the air cleaner. So long as you don't expect to put one in your livingroom and have it do the whole house or apartment. Those Honeywell round ones that sit on the floor should be ok and the new filters with them are cleanable (with a vacuum) so you don't have to keep buying new ones which are expensive. The tabletop electrostatic units like the Oreck and the ones sold at Sears work well for a room but they can be more trouble prone with arcing etc as the electostatic plates get dirty. I'd be hesitant to leave one of those running while I wasn't home.

[coolspot]

For a single room of upto 160 - 200 square feet, the Sharp Plasma Cluster is pretty good.

[beerbaron105]

Those tabletop air cleaners you realize are only good for one room, the size of the room depending on the size of the air cleaner. So long as you don't expect to put one in your livingroom and have it do the whole house or apartment. Those Honeywell round ones that sit on the floor should be ok and the new filters with them are cleanable (with a vacuum) so you don't have to keep buying new ones which are expensive. The tabletop electrostatic units like the Oreck and the ones sold at Sears work well for a room but they can be more trouble prone with arcing etc as the electostatic plates get dirty. I'd be hesitant to leave one of those running while I wasn't home.

So would you recommend one of those tower units?

[pkguy]

No, the Honeywell air cleaners I'm referring to are about the size of a foot hassock and sit on the floor. Theyre not those skinny tall things that stand 2.5 to 3 ft tall.
google honeywell.com and you can see the different models. The filter that goes in them looks much like the round air filter on an older car.

[Pete_Coach]

One of those shelf-top air cleaners? You plug it in, let it cycle the air...simple? lol
Well, in my opinion they do very little to "clean" the air in the room. They just blow out filtered or, ion charged or, perfumed or, electrified air taken from right behind the gizmo. They are little more than fans. Not so simple. lol

[TorontoEh]

Well, in my opinion they do very little to "clean" the air in the room. They just blow out filtered or, ion charged or, perfumed or, electrified air taken from right behind the gizmo. They are little more than fans. Not so simple. lol

what would you recommend then?

[stuntman]

Install a Whole home pleated filter.

[Pete_Coach]

what would you recommend then?

Well, it begs the original question. What do you want to clean the air of? Dust? Smell? Smoke?
A whole house hepa filter, or electronic or, both and recirculating the air constantly will do the job if particulate matter is the problem but is that what you want?
You need to have a specific problem in order to solve it. Saying my house is wet does not help fix the wet house. Where is is wet, how wet, etc.

[Bidou78]

As coolspot said, a Sharp Plasma Cluster will take care of anything in the air like mold, bacteria, smoke just to name a few. You can buy the right size needed for your room. A little pricey but worth it. I have allergies and with a couple of these units in the house, my symptoms have pretty much disappeared. We used to use febreeze and other sprays to help with freshening up the air/fabrics. The first time we used Plasma Cluster in conjunction with the sprays, the red light on the air cleaner immediately come on indicating that there was some foreign matter in the air. 20 minutes later the air was back to normal and we haven't used sprays of that type since.

With that said, keep an eye out for the smallest Sharp Plasma unit at Futureshop, at times they go on sale for $99.