air purifiers

[marie83]

Never looked into them before really but was wondering if this one was any good?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E ... =554388667


If not what ones would be good/what do I need to look for?

Thanks

[Wolf]

It looks like a fairly good one, but I don't like that it doesn't say anything about its ozone output. We breathe a double atom of oxygen and ozone is a molecule consisting of three atoms of oxygen and so it has a charge to it and is not good to breathe. Most air purifiers produce a little, but some produce a lot.

[marie83]

Ah yes of course -ozone. That's exactly why I have never bothered getting one. Is there any that don't produce it?

[Harpmaker]

If you go to the manufacturer's website and click on the California Air Resources Board Logo you get this statement:The Fellowes AeraMax™ Air Purifiers are certified by the California Air Resource Board. To be certified, the Fellowes AeraMax™ Air Purifiers were tested for electrical safety and ozone emissions, and met the ozone emission concentration limit of 0.050 parts per million.

[marie83]

Thanks harpmaker, that's useful.

It looks like honeywell air purifiers may be completely ozone free from what they claim. can anyone confirm?

[Pajarita]

Neither the Honeywell Enviracare nor the QuietCare produce ozone. I am buying two new ones (because now I will have two dedicated bird rooms instead of one and a makeshift one for the canaries) and I am getting the Quietcare towers.