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(22 customer reviews) 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Works great, major concern is the smell.,
August 23, 2011 This review is from: Hunter 30890 Total Air Sanitizer, Gunmetal (Kitchen)
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*** Update Sept 22 2011 ***
Smell is completely gone. Still a slight ozone smell when running but the harsh plastic odor is gone!
First off this thing operates very quietly and appears efficiently. The major concern I have with the unit is that as soon as I opened the box I smelled a strange plastic odor. During operation that odor mixed with a smell of ozone. The operating manual is lacking in that it tells of the basic operation but does not cover much in the way of troubleshooting. I understand that this unit draws air in through a HEPA filtration system and then ionizes the air to kill bacteria. While operating this for a couple of days in a 20x10 room the odor was strong enough to notice.
Pros:
+ Quiet operation
+ Easily adjustable by touch button on top of unit
+ Filter change is easy
+ Efficient & quiet
Cons:
- New unit has strange plastic odor that has yet to have dissipated (nearly a week)...Read more
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Needs to clean up its own odor,
September 12, 2011 Piasta Wnuczka - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hunter 30890 Total Air Sanitizer, Gunmetal (Kitchen)
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I have asthma of an intensity that makes me something of a canary in a mine shaft, so I figured I was a great choice to review this product.
My asthma is the sort caused by chemical sensitivity. Cleaning products, glues and paints, and cigarette smoke are major triggers, but dogs and cats and flowers are not.
As soon as I opened the box, I noticed the same heavy chemical smell I always notice when I step into a Home Depot or a Lowe's -- vaguely insecticidal, a combination of plastic and wood preservative with some detergent thrown in -- which always makes my throat close up. Not a propitious start. But I was pleased to find that the unit was already put together, packaged in recycled materials, and had a handy four-point "quick start guide" attached to the top. So, my very first impression was mixed.
The first point on the quick-start guide said to "Press inward on the Hunter logo on door and remove door." Easier said than done. It took more than 10...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Hunter Total Air Sanitizer 30890,
October 25, 2011 SevereWX (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hunter 30890 Total Air Sanitizer, Gunmetal (Kitchen)
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I've been using air purifiers, ionizers, and whatnot with mixed results over the past two decades. While I've had my share of disappointments among trying different units, I can say that the Hunter Total Air Sanitizer easily took top place in noticeable effectiveness. It is a large unit, it stands as tall as my floor speakers for my stereo system, but only half as wide. It pulls air in the front, and pushes it out the back, which you will want to take note of when placing this unit in your room.
PROS:
The Hunter Total Air Sanitizer makes a lot of noise on high, is still slightly noisier than my home's ambient noise level during the day on medium (the recommended setting for normal use), but is barely louder than a whisper on low speed.
This unit does a wonderful job of keeping the air in my living room virtually odorless. I can no longer smell cooking smells shortly after cooking in the kitchen one room over. It also does a great job with pet odors. I have a...Read more