Surround Air Multi-Tech S3000 Air Purifier

Comment: We have 4 dogs who cause a lot of dust. You can definately tell when this is being run in the bedroom. Has helped a lot!

Comment: I live in the midwest near corn and bean fields. For those of you that have had the fortunate pleasure of living near agriculture during the harvest season, you can appreciate the pollen counts. With 1 child with mild asthma and the rest of us with allergy symptoms during this time, we spend a lot of money on claridin. I bought 3 of these units a little over a year ago. I have 1100 square feet of finished living space on each of my 3 levels with lots of hardwood throughout. I placed 1 unit on each level and yes you need to remove the plastic covering the filters within the unit before turning them on. After years of dusting and swiffering the floors ever other day, my wife and I quickly realized that it had been almost a month since we had even picked up the dust rag and yet still no dust. It was nearly 3 months before any real dust even began to accumulate and this was because it was time to clean the reuseable filters. A neat trick we learned was to use the vaccuum cleaner bristle attachment to clean the filters monthly and we have yet needed to clean the hepa filter with soap and water. Just on the time we have saved on cleaning a 3500 square foot home alone makes these units worth every penny. I am no expert on air purity, fan speeds, recirculation rates, or sound decible levels but I can say that my wife, myself and the kids have had no real breathing issues post placing these units in my house. Also, I tend to smell the house up when I cook things like cheeseburgers and bacon in the kitchen but those odors are quickly absorbed by the S3000's. Yes it is loud on high setting but that to me just means it is moving a lot of air. This is easily fixed by turning them on high when we go to work or bed and then turning them down to low when we return and watch TV. They are virtually silent on low setting.
I researched nearly 50 units before buying these and I am very satisfied with this product. You cannot go wrong with the price and quality of this product. Seems to be no affect on energy cost either and we run these things 24/7.

Hope this helps!

Comment: Working well although it arrived damaged. Quiet on low and tolerable on high. It does remove odors from cooking so I recommend this product.

Comment: This unit is effective, even in a space larger than intended. Multiple types of filters seem to work together to do the job. We live in a second floor apartment; the people below us smoke heavily, and we get all their second hand smoke. This unit goes a long way nullifying the effect. We leave it on medium speed around the clock, so the timer is irrelevant to us. High speed is a bit noisy, but we only use it when cooking strong-smelling foods, or when downstairs neighbors try to burn down the building.

No problem recommending this model, but see companion review of N-Lite 5000, from the same manufacturer.

Comment: Hi,

Been using this product for about 1 1/2 months, expecting our first baby and wanted to start the air purification process and also test the product before the new arrival.
Product works as advertised, we found significant difference in the room air quality, especially as NJ resident, the fall/winters are cold enough and windows are closed, so there is a hot/humid, closed room smell. The air smells fresher and though we do not smoke, we can sense the difference.
The unit is slightly noisy especially at high speed,we have used it so far at lowest setting, but considering the overall advantages of low maintainence, electricity consumption etc...it is worth it.

Thanks