IQAir HealthPro Plus

I have had many other purifiers and this one ranks in the top. 1. Air is Cleaner 2. Unit is easy to clean 3. Great controls and remote 4. 6 Speeds One Con is the cost. I am going to buy one for… upstairs. This one I use in the basement. We cleaned out a mold problem and this seems to be taking care of any leftover spores and dust. Wish it were cheaper, but love it!

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I experienced the same strange odor emitting from the IQAir as another review. I initially called local authorized dealer and they said they had never had anyone complain of any odors before. Since the… manual did say their may be some odor initially, I waited... and waited.. and waited. Now, over 16 months later, I'm done waiting. The unit fills the 12 x 12 room it is supposed to *clean* with an obnoxious odor my mother described as 'paint fumes'. Unacceptable for my newborns' nursery. I feel like a fool for spending so much money and time on something that fell so short.

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My child's allergist recommended that I get a room air purifier, so I did my research and bought the IQAir Health Pro Plus. I purchased it locally from an authorized dealer. For what it is worth, the… purifier did nothing to improve my child's allergies. I can't blame the lack of child's improvement on this particular room air purifier. However, this unit emits a nasty odor from the charcoal filter, and it seems that this filter has contaminated the HEPA filter stacked above it--the odor is not there if the unit is operated with only the prefilter. Cost to replace these stinky filters will be $280, and who knows if the problem will return. There are supposed to be more than 7800 hours of life left on the charcoal filter and more than 14,000 hours of life left on my HEPA filter, but they just need to go to the trash. What a waste. I cannot endorse this unit with these problems, especially at the price. Not recommended.

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I've now owned this machine for approximately 3 months. (Long enough for one prefilter change.) Before I begin, let me give you some background information: I live in an area that produces most of the US… grass seed.... and I've become severely allergic to grass. In my 750 sq foot apartment, I had two honeywell filters. Even so, I had to be on 20-60 mg prednisone for 6 weeks to be able to breathe. (Average dose was about 30-40mg prednisone/day and I could not leave the apartment). I got this filter partially out of desperation. I did not want to go through another grass season like that. I can't say (like some have reported) that I was able to be free of all medication, etc. But I got through the time with only 10 mg prednisone (which if you've ever been on it, you know that 10mg is VERY little!) and I could not tell if the pollen count outside was 30 or 1600. My breathing inside was no different. (And if I tried stepping outside, I felt like I was being hit with a sledgehammer, and my lungs would nearly instantly tighten up). So for me, this filter is a keeper. I was MUCH healthier this year than I was the previous years without it, and I'm very grateful to the company for making something that has given me such asthma relief. However, this filter is not without its issues that should be weighed in: Minor issues with this air filter: - This is a "slow-and-steady wins the race" filter. I would not expect you to feel serious relief from this filter for about 24 hrs after putting it in a room. Furthermore, if you have an exhaust fan running for any long period of time (ie, bathroom fan, kitchen hood fan, etc.) _this filter cannot keep up_. -Doesn't seem to filter out wood smoke (or perhaps one of the chemical byproducts of it) 100%. I was at a location where the front of the home had a wood stove that was belching out some smoke. Even though I was in a room at the other end of the house with a closed door, this filter couldn't clear the smoke enough for me. I was forced to leave. Cons: -It is "plastic-y." While the "lego-brick" construction is definitely ingenious, I'm concerned about longevity of the side clips and handles. If I'm paying that much for an air filter, I would expect the handles and clips to be rock solid, not like this. -VERY Pricey: Don't bother with this filter unless you really need it. If you are only an allergy sufferer, you might want to try the Honeywell filters first. -Prefilter is pricey. I never heard about the prefilter in reviews of this device (I only heard about how you only have to change the HEPA filters every few years). The prefilter is supposed to be changed 4 times a year and they are $50 each. (!!) Worse yet, the "change indicator" is only a timer. So you have no real indication of the performance of any particular filter or whether or not you actually NEED to change it. Conclusion: If it didn't perform its job so well, it would be a 3-star machine because of the cons. If you aren't dealing with some serious breathing issues, I'd pass on this machine. But if you are having serious breathing problems and would be willing to pay through the nose to get some relief, then I would HIGHLY recommend this machine.

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IQAir HealthPro Plus Air Purifier is a solid product. At the lowest setting it is quiet enough for my son to sleep with it in his room and the difference it made was amazing. Gone are all of the allergy… symptoms that we have dealt with for years during certain months. This product works very well, is economical, despite seemingly high initial cost, looks very elegant and I like that it is made in Switzerland. My family liked the first unit we bought so much that we ordered a second unit for the office as well. One of the units came with a slight problem, after 5 minutes on the phone with IQAir, they FedEx'd me a brand new unit with prepaid shipping for the broken one. Great customer service! I recommend IQAir HealthPro unit to anyone who wants to invest in a product that will work wonderfully for years, backed by a great company and will be the last air purifier that one will ever need to purchase.

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