14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
It's the best value despise the high price.,
May 30, 2004 J. Cabanski "lynnredbug" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
Although I don't have chemical sensitivity problem, I am very sensitive to certain smells. Certain food like becon smell drives me crazy to the point I can't sleep. I've tried everything. I had five cans of air fresheners around the 928 sq.ft. apartment on top of the two heated scent oils. I had two TrueAir units in the kitchen that I ran 24/7. These just didn't work for me. After an exhausive research on air cleaners and filtrations, I finally gritted my teeth and bought this expensive IQAir because it had 12 lbs of activated carbon filter.
As soon as we got it, We tested the thing out right away by cooking spicy Italian suasage for dinner. We dragged the unit into the kitchen and let it run at the highest fan speed for a few hours. By the time we went to bed, the smell was gone. It used to take a few days with two TrueAirs to get rid of the smells. We dragged the thing back to the bedroom and let it run at the lowest setting the whole night to test out the HEPA...Read more
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
'Off-gassing' never dissipated...,
January 30, 2007 M. Canniff - See all my reviews
Unfortunately, after using our IQ Air GC MultiGas for several weeks, we had to return it to the store, because we could not withstand the constant 'off-gassing' smell. (It did not dissipate as much as they claimed it would.) I can handle most odors and smells. But this odor gave both me and my daughter headaches, made our eyes sting, and our lungs burn. (I noted though, that it did not bother the rest of our family.) When I called the IQ Air company, (they have excellent product support,) they told me that it was the normal smell that all HEPA filters have. However, my Austin-air never had such an odor problem, and it is also an HEPA filter. When I researched it further, I discovered that their gas phase filter media uses Potassium Permanganate, which according to its MSDS sheet, is a highly volatile substance that is known to irritate the lungs. Potassium permanganate also produces manganese, a metal which has other negative health problems associated with it, especially with...Read more
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