Customer Reviews for Honeywell 17000 HEPA QuietCare Air Cleaner

Honeywell 17000 HEPA QuietCare Air Cleaner

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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Honeywell 17000 HEPA QuietCare Air Cleaner

Customer Review: Only problem = TOO LOUD
Summary: 4 Stars

I love this air purifier. It's very effective and very reliable. I have allergies, and this has been a life saver. All of my air-borne related allergies have been noticably reduced. If fact, I recently bought a second one. There's no substitute for a true HEPA filter, and this one is a dandy. And, unlike many purifiers, this filter is PERMANENT. The carbon pre-filter needs replacing every few months, but they're inexpensive. This purifier is virtually maintenance free, and it has a 5-yr warranty.

But be warned: when placed on the "high" setting, this purifier is as loud as a freight train during a tornado storm. So the term "QuietCare" is highly misleading. The noise is tolerable on low and medium, but the high setting is anything but "quiet."

When I'm sleeping, I like a background fan noise, so it works out fine for me. But if you're trying to watch TV or listen to your stereo, you'll need to turn this off or move it to another room. I have a second one in my basement that runs 24/7, so the noise level is irrelevant for that purpose. This would garner 5 stars if it weren't for the loudness on the high setting.

Customer Review: Powerful fan but not quiet
Summary: 5 Stars

I purchased mine for my bedroom a we have three dogs and a problem with dust and dander. I had a Honeywell 18155 and was not impressed with it.

the 17000 is the most efficient and powerful air purifier of it's size. It uses a larger prefilter and True Hepa than it's bigger brother the 18155. Now it does have a more powerful fan than the 18155 and creates more white noise. Not a issue with me but may be to others. I like laying it on its side and let the fan with the filtered air blow to wards me as I cant stand dead uncirculated air. So I quit using my other fan and that less energy used.

I checked the filter after three days and was impressed with how much dust etc had already collected around the prefilter. Something else I noticed, I use to wake up in the middle of the night with nasal congestion and have to have a bottle of water next to my bed. With the 17000 running I now get a better nights sleep and no congestion; guess that dust and pet dander was effecting my rest after all.

I love the 17000 for it's compact size powerful fan and a True HEPA filter. I sleep better now than I have ever have.

Customer Review: Seems to work well.
Summary: 4 Stars

But honestly, how would you know it was making a difference? I bought it for my child's allergies, which seem to have subsided. But I don't know if that's because of the change of seasons; her growing older; my renewed efforts to vacuum and dust; new organic sheets; this air cleaner; or all or none of the above.

At any rate, I figured it couldn't hurt. And the white noise is nice if you have trouble sleeping.

Customer Review: Still analyzing
Summary: 3 Stars

My hope for this item was two fold. I wanted to reduce my chronic allergies and to reduce the ammount of year round dust that plages my bedroom.

I do believe the allergies are better. The dust however seems unchanged. How this is possible I dont know. As for the sound.. .it is true that on high speed one cannot really call it quiet. It is a simple matter of physics that when moving air in such a way it cannot be silent. I keep mine on low and the white noise it provides is perfectly acceptable. The item is somewhat large. On me it is nearly knee high and probalby 18 inches wide.