Hunter 30085 15-Feet by 17-Feet True Hepa Room Air Purifier for Medium Rooms

 (3 customer reviews)

I own the smaller $60 model and wanted to try this one. For double the price, it is almost the same size. I can barely tell the difference between this one and the $60 model. I can tell the fan inside is a bit bigger, but that's it. Blows about the same, same noise levels....
I really like these fans, but next time would get the two of the $60 models for the same price as this one.

It ran perfectly until I shut if off and moved it to another room. It refused to re-start! Tried a different outlet -- still wouldn't start. On a wild hunch, I opened the front grill, repositioned the paper filter, tried starting it again -- and voila! Started right up as if nothing ever happened. This process of not restarting until I reposition the paper filter has happened four times now, even without actually moving the unit, and I've only had the unit for a week. Perhaps it's designed to operate only with a paper filter in place, and the system is ultra sensitive?? Otherwise, I love how well it works and how relatively quietly it operates. One unsettling surprise, though -- the internal air space is lined with solid styrofoam that is apparently a permanent part of the unit design. When you look down into the unit from the top grill, you see large blocks of styrofoam that look as if they should be removed as packing material, but the instructions say nothing about it and...Read more

I believe this one is more expensive because it has a carbon pre-filter for odor removal. but is it really worth 2wice as much?