Sharper Image SI861 Ionic Breeze Air Purifier Filter Reviews
Sharper Image SI861 Ionic Breeze Air Purifier Filter Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Amazed at how well it works!, By This review is from: Sharper Image SI861 Ionic Breeze Air Purifier Filter (Kitchen) I bought one of these Ionic Breeze Professional Series GP air cleaners several years ago. I used it for about six months with no complaints except the occasional hissing noise it made whether or not I cleaned it. When I read the Consumer Reports critical (scathing!) review I put it in a closet and forgot about it. For the past several months we've had unusual monsoon rains here in Atlanta, and I live under a tree canopy with dense shade, so my house and furniture began smelling like mildew & mold. I tried everything to get rid of it, fans, furnace, open windows on clear days, sprinkling baking soda around and vacuuming constantly--all to no effect. Then I remembered the Ionic Breeze, brought it out and fired it up. Within 15 minutes most of the mildew smell in the living room was gone. This is not my imagination or a "placebo effect." The bad smells are gone. It still makes a zzzzzst sound despite cleaning, but perhaps that is the result of all the moisture in the air, or some... Read more 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Great Little Wonder, This review is from: Sharper Image SI861 Ionic Breeze Air Purifier Filter (Kitchen) Sunday morning a pot of Chinese herbal tea was left unattended on the stove. After all the water boiled away the herbs started to burn filling the entire kitchen, dining room, living room and hall with a pungent smoke. After the smoke was cleared there was no visible smoke damage but the smell of burnt herbs was very present.I went through nearly an entire bottle of Febreze trying to get the smell out of the house to no avail. That solution was the number one suggestion on the Internet. Then I decided to put my Ionic Breeze GP, which lives in my bedroom, in the kitchen. Overnight the smell completely disappeared! No joke, I am amazed. The Ionic Breeze keeps the bedroom smelling fresh all the time but I had no idea is would remove a difficult odor from the entire house in a matter of eight hours. The Ionic Breeze is a miracle product. Had I hired a professional janitorial service to wipe down the walls and ceiling it would have cost more than the Ionic Breeze... Read more Worked for 5 months, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Sharper Image SI861 Ionic Breeze Air Purifier Filter (Kitchen) Worked well for five months, but the use of poor materials in the construction lead to arcing of electricity between the plastic parts (during which it still worked fine) and eventually to failure. Now the 'cleaning overdue' lamp is always the bane of my existence no matter how well it is cleaned. I have done everything possible, including taking the entire unit apart and cleaning it spotless. I can get it to work for a day or two at a time by pressing the 'extra ions' button right at startup, but it will go back to flashing soon. I should mention that I previously had a similar model that worked great for nearly three years of heavy use (near litter boxes) before it started arcing in the power supply and had to be replaced by this one. |
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