Austin Air Healthmate Plus Air Purifier - Black

We bought the AustinAirHealthmate+ because the our apartment felt small and close- which with only two of us it shouldn't (about 700sqft). We live in an old building- and despite all our efforts to keep it clean the air still felt... old. Not a big deal at first- but eventually it got to us and we decided to buy an air purifier. I did LOTS of research, and came to the conclusion that this was what we needed (best value, cost, reliability, warranty, odor control and filtering...maintenence costs- all with a low power draw.)

When you turn it on you are supposed to leave it on the high setting for an hour - we did that- and in 15 minutes the change in air quality was so drastic I am still amazed. I was washing dishes and suddenly our small apartment didn't seem so small. 30 minutes latter I felt I was breathing better and clearer than I had since I moved to the city- an hour latter I could have sworn I was off in the country or on a mountain top. I had no idea...Read more

I'd never owned anything other than those cheesy ionizers in the past, and my wife suggested getting a quality HEPA filter to use in our basement, which we suspected had some mold floating around. It's never been a very smelly basement, but never seemed quite like the rest of the house either. I installed this, and within an hour, running on high, the room smelled like NOTHING. Utterly astonishing - doesn't smell like the rug, like the sofa, like fabric softener, like mold, like oil. It smells of nothing. I'm going to get one for the bedroom. It is audible on high -- like a room fan on medium maybe, and actually creates a bit of a breeze which is nice. It is also made in the U.S.A, another astounding characteristic, since you can't seem to buy anything these days that isn't made in China. Most highly recommended. I don't know what Consumer Reports was thinking of -- none of the really high quality air filters were in their recent survey.

I searched for so long for an air purifier. I wanted to find one that works, not just one that sits there and does nothing. And I read many information and reviews and decided to get this air purifier. I have used it for a month and so far it seems that it relieved my allergy pretty well. It eliminates odor well when you turn it to the highest fan speed. And I like that the filters are encasted so in the future when i need to change out the filter, the dust is not going all over from the filter to the surrounding, so this design is very thoughtful. So far i like it though it's pricey, I think it's worth the money for the sake of better health and living condition. My husband said he thinks there is less dust deposit on surfaces too after we have this purifier on.