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Air Purifiers
- Best air purifier overall IQAir HealthPro Plus *Est. $900
- Best-value air purifier Austin Air HealthMate *Est. $490
- Air cleaner for small rooms Honeywell Enviracaire 50250-N *Est. $195
- Furnace filter 3M Filtrete 2200 Elite Allergen Reduction Filter *Est. $23
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Best air purifier overall
- Good for large rooms
- Superior odor and chemical removal
- Effectively removes allergens
- Does not emit ozone
- Endorsed by medical groups
- High price
- Noisy at highest setting
Reviewer after reviewer names the IQAir HealthPro Plus the best home air purifier for people with severe allergies or living in areas with serious air pollution. It is identical to the IQAir HealthPro, with the addition of a carbon filter that helps remove odors and chemical pollutants. Both models use a HyperHEPA filter to capture particles tinier than a normal HEPA filter can. IQAir boasts a long list of hospitals and medical groups that use its purifiers -- including the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, which chose IQAir units to reduce hospital-room contamination during the 2003 SARS outbreak. Experts praise the HealthPro Plus for its large coverage area (900 square feet) and particle-removing ability. A few owners and experts say this air purifier can be loud when run on its highest setting. It's also expensive, and it has several filters that need to be replaced periodically: the prefilter (*Est. $60) every six to 18 months, gas and odor filter (*Est. $90) every one to two years and the HyperHEPA filter (*Est. $190) every two to four years. The Austin Air HealthMate (*Est. $490) performs very well at about half the price, experts say.
Two of the best sources we found for air-purifier reviews have evaluated the IQAir HealthPro Plus: enthusiast site Air-Purifier-Power.com and AllergyBuyersClub.com, a retailer that provides abundant information about the products sold on its website. ApartmentTherapy.com does an in-depth, single-product review of the IQAir HealthPro Plus. Newsweek and ConsumerGuide.com also furnish short reviews, as do a few owners at Amazon.com.
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Although editors of AllergyBuyersClub.com don't offer details about how they test air purifiers, they do provide thorough reviews that list both pros and cons. The IQAir HealthPro Plus is rated as the best in its category with few cons listed. While editors say the IQAir HealthPro series units aren't the quietest of air purifiers, they add that they're not the noisiest either.
Review: IQAir HealthPro Series Air Purifiers, Editors of AllergyBuyersClub.com, Not dated
Ed Sherbenou reviews and rates air purifiers on this site, and he provides a categorized top 10 list. The IQAir HealthPro Plus easily comes out on top, and he places it in his "premium air purifiers" category. He uses this model in his own home, which speaks volumes considering his seemingly vast knowledge of air purifiers. Sherbenou evaluates other air purifiers based on their mechanics, components and build quality, but he doesn't provide a comparison chart of the models he tests.
Review: My Air Purifier: IQAir, Ed Sherbenou
The IQAir HealthPro Plus amazes blogger Gregory Han when it nearly eliminates his girlfriend's constant allergy symptoms. He tests it extensively in their Los Angeles apartment, reporting detailed particulate-elimination results that he measures with a laser particle gauge.
Review: Best Product: IQAir HealthPro Plus, Gregory Han, April 8, 2008
This brief article mentions four air purifiers you could use to alleviate allergies. It states that the IQAir HealthPro Plus can handle large areas and erased a musty smell from "a basement that had been collecting dust for 20 years," but no other testing is mentioned.
Review: Technology: A Breath Of Fresh Air, Peter Suciu, April 4, 2005
5. Amazon.com
About 30 owners post ratings of the IQAir HealthPro Plus at Amazon.com, and about two-thirds of them give the IQAir HealthPro Plus the highest possible rating. One owner, who posts a rather detailed review, says that unless you have a significant odor problem, you might want to consider saving yourself money by buying the HealthPro model rather than the HealthPro Plus. According to this owner, you can always order a retrofit assembly from the manufacturer if you decide to convert your Pro to Pro Plus.
Review: IQAir HealthPro Plus HEPA Air Purifier -- Air Cleaner with Gas and Odor Filter – HyperHepa Technology, Contributors to Amazon.com
ConsumerGuide.com reviews 20 air purifiers and names nine of them best buys, including the IQAir HealthPro Plus. However, editors appear to base their air-purifier ratings solely on features and specs reported by the manufacturer, with no real testing.
Review: Expert Review: IQAir HealthPro Plus Air Purifier, Editors of ConsumerGuide.com, May 2, 2007
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