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Air cleaner for very small rooms
- Permanent HEPA filter
- Low price
- Small coverage area (maximum of 375 feet)
- Noisy
- "Permanent" filter has to be replaced eventually
February 2009. Owners and experts are generally fond of the Honeywell Enviracaire 50250 air purifier, with two major caveats. First, this low-priced air purifier isn't meant for big rooms, and second, the consensus is that it's very noisy (Ed Sherbenou of Air-Purifier-Power.com, who praises the Honeywell's cleaning power, says he refuses to use it in his bedroom). The Honeywell air purifier takes in air from all sides of its cylindrical design, expelling clean air out the top, but it doesn't pull as much air through its "permanent" HEPA filter as more expensive models such as the IQAir HealthPro (*est. $750), experts say. The consensus is that this model is fine for the price, but the Alen A350 (*est. $400) is better.
The Honeywell Enviracaire 50250 is listed as one of the top 10 air purifiers at Air-Purifier-Power.com, a retail site that goes into great depth about the pros and cons of various machines. It also pops up in Consumer Reports' roundup of 36 air purifiers. The Enviracaire air purifier also receives a fair number of comments from owners posting to Amazon.com and Epinions.com and is one of the top rated models.
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Air-purifier expert Ed Sherbenou owns a Honeywell 50250, and it shows in this thorough review, illustrated with pictures. He says the 50250 is well-sealed and has a big HEPA filter ("I have seen 18-wheelers with smaller filters than this"), but it's so loud that he doesn't use it in his bedroom.
Review: Honeywell Air Purifier: 50250 Review, Ed Sherbenou
2. ConsumerReports.orgDetails/Subscribe
The Honeywell Enviracaire 50250 is one of the 36 air purifiers tested by Consumer Reports. By injecting allergens into a test room, then measuring particle removal on both high and low speeds, editors rate air purifiers for dust and smoke removal, ozone emission and noise level.
Review: Air Purifiers, Editors of Consumer Reports, Nov. 2007
3. Amazon.com
More than 120 owners post comments at Amazon.com about the Honeywell Enviracaire 50250. Most are very satisfied -- praising the air purifier's effectiveness at ridding odors -- but again, there are complaints about noise.
Review: Honeywell 50250N 99.97% Pure HEPA Round Air Purifier, Contributors to Amazon.com
4. Epinions.com
The Honeywell Enviracaire 50250 receives high marks from most of the 16 users posting to Epinions; one says it's especially good at removing ferret odor (if you happen to own ferrets). However, a few owners complain that it's noisy.
Review: Honeywell Enviracaire 50250 Air Purifier, Contributors to Epinions.com
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