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This is for odors!,
June 20, 2009 C. Potgeter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AllerAir 5000 Exec HEPA Air Purifier With 4Stage Filter System (Kitchen)
There are good general purpose filters out there that are much less expensive and will give you clean air, but that's not really what this is for.
I moved into a new place a while back, and the previous owner had a dog, a fireplace, smoked in the house, and had new carpet in 1 room, and old WOW-musty carpet in another.
He also apparently didn't like to take out the garbage, because the whole place smelled like month old cooking trash.
I vacuumed, steam cleaned, painted, scrubbed, vacuumed some more, but the odors always came back. It was also ant infested, and I needed to fume the place more than once.
I keep reptile pets, so it's a HUGE inconvenience to fume the place, as they all have to get moved out to fume.
Also, there was a major water leak, and whenever you ran the A/C, it was obvious there was mold in the vents.
It took a long time, but I'm running this on low speed 24/7 in my living room, and it keeps the place liveable while I slowly got...Read more