Just a note that that this is the same air purifier that consumers reports rated as a total joke!
"WHEN IT COMES TO CLEANING THE AIR IN YOUR HOUSE, ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY ADVERTISED PRODUCTS IS AN IONIC FILTER FROM THE SHARPER IMAGE.
BUT IT DOES IT REALLY LIVE UP TO THE HYPE?
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"How clean and fresh is the air you're breathing right now?"
THIS INFOMERCIAL FOR SHARPER IMAGE'S IONIC BREEZE PROMISES TO CLEAN ROOM AIR WITH ITS "EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY"
"Sharper Image introduces the ultimate clean air solution. The patented Ionic Breeze Quadra."
OUR PARTNER, CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE, EVALUATED SHARPER IMAGE'S IONIC BREEZE ALONG WITH 17 OTHER PORTABLE CLEANERS
THE SCIENTIFIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED IN A SEALED CHAMBER....
...USING FINE DUST AND CIGARETTE SMOKE, ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
CONSUMER REPORTS FOUND THAT MOST STANDARD CLEANERS HAD NO TROUBLE CLEARING THE AIR QUICKLY.
"For example, the Friedrich air cleaner that we tested cleared the air at a very rapid rate. It reduced the pollution levels in the room to nearly zero within a half hour."
BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY WITH THE SHARPER IMAGE CLEANER.
"In the same test, the Ionic Breeze Quadra had a very slow rate of cleaning. And when we tested it over a longer period of time, its cleaning performance did not improve."
AS A RESULT, THE MAGAZINE DOES NOT RECOMMEND IONIC AIR CLEANERS, FROM SHARPER IMAGE OR ANYONE ELSE.
THE SHARPER IMAGE DISPUTES CONSUMER REPORTS TESTS...AND QUESTIONS THE MAGAZINES TESTING CONDITIONS.
BUT CONSUMER REPORTS IS STANDING BY ITS GUNS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE IONIZING CLEANERS... IN SAYING DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY."
http://www.wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/dontwasteyourmoney/2060d4e5.html
http://www.google.com/search?source...9-53,GGLC:en&q=Ionic+Breeze+consumers+reports