Honeywell Long-Life Pure HEPA QuietCare Air Purifier, 17000
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Honeywell Long-Life Pure HEPA QuietCare Air Purifier, 17000
Customer Review: Great Air Filter
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this because the previous resident at our place had an inside dog. We vacuumed and shampooed the carpets in an attempt to get all the allergens out of the room. However, I was still waking up with a sore throat in the mornings. Once I put this in the room and let it run overnight (on low) the problems went away. After a few weeks of letting it run 24/7, I moved it to another room and I still sleep pretty well.
Alot of people who reviewed this said it was extremely loud, but I don't find it to be very bad. When running on low, it sounds like you have a small fan running in the room. If you run it on high, it does get louder, but still not enough to bother me. I was able to sleep with it running on low about 6 feet from the bed.
Customer Review: Great Air Purifier
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first air purifier I've ever bought so I have nothing to compare this to. But I bought this a month ago and I run it all day every day in my daughter's room and it most definitely has made a huge difference in air quality. Ever since we got it my daughter coughs about 90% less than she used to and you can smell how clean the air is. Her nursery has become the family hang out spot since it's the only room in the house that has an air purifier and everyone loves it. It is a little noisy but our air conditioner is 10x louder and the noise was never a problem. This is more of a soothing white noise. I fall asleep to the sound of it through the baby monitor.
I've never had a problem with this air purifier and I hope it lasts because we are going to buy 3 more of these for the other rooms in the house.
Customer Review: Great Filter for the right purpose
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned this filter for over four years and it performs very well. I originally purchased it when I lived in an apartment and the person on the lower floor chain-smoked. She was home all day and smoke smell used to get into everything! My apartment would smell like a nightclub when I came home from work.
This filter did a great job of minimizing the odor from my stinky neighbor. I would place it in a central location (near the HVAC air intake) and let it run all day. It really helped.
I have seen some complaints that the unit is noisy- and it may exhibit moderate fan noise, but it was never a problem for me. We have since moved into a house and placed the filter in the baby's room. The 'white noise' helps her sleep and the filter seems to help keep her healthy and her nose clear. This of course helps the parents sleep at night also!
I think the Honeywell filter is a well-built little workhorse. If you don't mind the moderate fan noise, then I think you will probably like it also.
Customer Review: Great Product...BUT beware vendor choice.
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is great...and I now have 3 of them. Reason for this review is I want everyone to PLEASE check seller feedback if you plan to get this item. I bought 2 of these in last 9 months...from Amazon Prime (well actually 3 now but read a bit further to see why). When I wanted a 3rd one for a gift (DIL was awaiting a bone marrow transplant)I accidentally purchased from another vendor (don't assume when you want to purchase same item from your buying history that you will get same vendor choice when you click the link). It was a HUGE mistake. Vendor sucked. Sent the OLD 17000 Honeywell. NOT the 17000N Honeywell PERMANENT Hepa Filter. (Kaz the makers of Honeywell told me that the N means "new" models and they don't make any of these units without a permanent hepa filter for some time now).
While it may seem an honest mistake...it wasn't. Even the box didn't show the item as described on the purchase page. In fact it looked like it was many years OLD, very boxy and huge chunky buttons. The box didn't even say it was a PERMANENT Hepa Filter. There have been other complaints of this vendor on this same product...so it was unlikely it was a mistake...but more likely...they hoped unsuspecting buyer wouldn't realize the difference till they found out they had to buy a whole filter assembly.
Sooo IF you want a Permanent Hepa Filter...and you don't know if the vendor sent you the right one...I can tell your this...the box will be plastered with PERMANENT HEPA FILTER. The booklet will SAY Permanent HEPA Filter and how to vacuum it. When you first open unit to put the charcoal pre-filter around the ROUND permanent hepa filter..it will be clearly seem a product that can be vacuumed..where as the OLD filter will be like a cheap car airfilter with a cheesy black plastic screen around the filter. The PERMANENT one has a fine whitish mesh that is firmly attached to protect the inside paper filter to withstand vacuuming. MY first unit was run about 9 months (with 5 prefilter changes (cheap to buy)and only recently did the actual hepa filter light show it needed vacuuming.
Since that flaky vendot sent the WRONG model...I was desperate to get a new 17000N to my DIL's little apartment across from the Cancer Unit. So I had to buy another of these units (from Amazon Prime) while WAITING for this vendor to refund my money after I had to ship it back after many days of trying to get them to respond by email or phone. It' just not worth the hassle and cost my friends...so be careful that you look hard at the vendor. I have not received full refund yet from vendor. My mistake was to assume that if I clicked on my order history..and clicked the same unit I had purchase 2 times in last 9 months...that this unit would come from the same vendor. So check CLOSELY that you do want your vendor...and that you know what to look for to make sure you get the RIGHT unit.
Customer Review: Great but newer model available
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm new at air purifiers. Bought an Orek and returned it 3 days later after also buying this model for $100 at Target. It cleaned up somethning in the air immediately that helped my allergies a lot and this is not wishful thinking. I ordered two of the newer models on Amazon, 17005, because it has a timer and remote. These machines are noisy but they pump a lot of air and with the timer we can set the two that we will be getting to turn on full blast while we are sleeping. Other air cleaners have higher ratings but cost 4-6 times more. I am going by my personal experience and think that two in our medium sized master bedroom will continue to do even better than the one we have now. (duh :-)
The 17005 is $120 on Amazon. Good luck.
P.S. It pulls cat hair out of the air quite well. I had to clean the pre-filter after one day. I would give it a 5 but I'm no expert and maybe there is even something better, but I don't think so.