This Ionic Pro Air Purifier does not do as it says.
Theres no difference in the air. It is a total waste
of money and Amazon says free shipping when it cost
almost $13.00 to ship it.

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I bought this unit about 2 months ago. It is used in the master bedroom, which has a 16-foot high cathedral ceiling and forced air heating. That means a lot of dusty air to clean. I have found it to be quiet and very effective. It can collect quite a bit of dirt, so I can go 2-3 weeks between cleaning. The cleaning light has not gone on, so it can evidently hold even more.

It is very easy to clean. I put it under the shower and wipe it with a cloth. It is impressive to see how much dirt has been collected (and a relief to know I am not breathing it in.)

My one complaint is one that others have mentioned. The power light is overly bright for a bedroom. I took another reviewer's advice and covered it with black electrical tape.That solved the problem.

Finally, it is much less expensive than the ones advertised on TV and I am glad I bought it.

I just bought this air purifier recently at the recommendation of my dog's vet. He's a small dog and has bad allergies. I noticed the effects of the purifier almost immediately! My dog has not sneezed or hacked since I plugged it in. Also, I noticed that I no longer wake up with headaches in the morning.
The purifier is really easy to clean, you just have to remember to do it every 5 days or so. I just wipe it down with a cloth and let it dry for a few hours and then I can turn it back on. Overall, I am very happy with this product and am extremely happy I bought it.

Air Purifiers were recently reveiwed by Consumer Reports Magazine. They are quite ineffective and can be dangerous to your health. For further info, read article in Consumer Reports.

I have one of these already for almost two years. I have notice less dust I have it in my bedroom. When I clean it black always comes off the grids. I am putting this one I bought downstairs
I think it works just as good as the Sharper Image does for less
money. You really need something to clean the air in your house.

I got this purifier due to the low price compared to Sharper Image one. Had the machine for two weeks already, but I don't really know if it is working because there is no noise when turned on. But the house does seem less dusty, and less cat hair seems to be flying around in the air. I cleaned the blades and the paper towel I used to wipe was blackened.

My 21 month old daughter was suffering with severe allergies. She had a runny nose all day and would cough all night. Sometimes to the point where she would vomit because her coughing was so severe. We use an expensive filter for our a/c and thought that would be enough but it wasn't, so we decided to try the Ionic Pro. She has since stopped coughing through the night and no longer has symptoms through the day. We were able to take her off allergy meds. When we don't turn it on for some reason, we know because she will start coughing through the night again. Now we bought a second one, one stays in her room and the other in the living room. Now we can breathe much easier : ) with her getting a good nights sleep.

I live in South Texas where the allergy season starts on January 1 and runs through December 31, but that's not why I bought this unit. We cook a lot, my wife and I both smoke, and we have a beagle in the house, so we got this to eliminate odors. To be honest with you, I don't really notice the difference until I've been gone for a weekend or something like that, or when friends come over and as soon as they walk in the house, they comment about how good it smells, so apparently it works much better than I realize at eliminating odors.

But the main reason I wanted to review this after having it for a year now is this; when I originally got this, I placed it in the front living area of a house of 2500 sq ft. As I said, you would notice the clean air when you walked in the house, but it was probably too far away from the master bedroom to do much good. After having a particularly difficult bout of allergies and waking up with a terrific headache each morning, I finally decided to move it into the bedroom. Presto! No more waking up with a headache!

After a couple of months, it seemed as though the allergy season was taking a respite, so I moved it back into the living room. After a week of waking up each morning with that same throbbing headache, the Ionic Pro now has a permanent place in my bedroom and I am buying a second one for the living room.

I also love the fact that this thing is so easy to clean. I have found the little Palmolive disposable pads to work very well. A quick once over, let it dry (they recommend drying for 4 hours) then back in service. I highly recommend this product, especially for allergy sufferers.

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The IONIC PRO air cleaner is quiet & runs well & seems to be easy to clean. I wipe the blades & occasionally rinse off the dirt using my shower. The fact that it needs cleaning shows that the ION blades are absorbing the fine floating dust from the air.This is important to me.

I know the cleaner is doing a job but it hasn't seemed to improve my particular nasal & congestion problems. (but neither have any of my DRs)

Before I bought this my house smelled bad of cigars, I like to smoke them but I know they stink. When I would get home from work my house stunk. So I figured I would try one. Now when I get home my house smells good, like no one ever smoked here. Yes you do have to clean it about every 5 days but it is no big deal, I use windex and paper towel.

If you own one and have doubts about how it works, leave it off for a day, leave your house for a while and come back and notice the smells that you have not smelled in a while. I am thinking of buying another one, not cause I need it, but if one works so good, what can two do? I owned an air cleaner with the hepa filter and prefilter and that worked ok if you didn't mind the noise of the fan and about $90 every couple months for new filters, once they get dirty they stink up the place more than anything.

So I am very happy with this. The buzzing noise you hear happens when it gets dirty. Clean the blades and it is gone. My light went out too but somehow after a few days it came back on and it has worked ever since.

It works really well at reducing allergens (my husband has been inhaler-free for three weeks now!). However, when the Ionic Pro needs to be cleaned (after 3-5 days), it starts to buzz. Quiet at first, then louder and louder. A little annoying, but not enough for me to return it. All in all...I'm glad a bought it!

I almost ordered the Ionic Breeze, but decided first to check the leading Consumer publication which Reports on such things. I was amazed to find that the Ionic Breeze repeatedly scored last on their air purifying tests. They noted that the Ionic Breeze's poor performance is legendary.

Remember that the "ozone" smell is actually not good for you: it irrates the lungs of ashmatics and often those with allergies. The question is not whether you smell ozone, but whether particles are being removed from the air, which, according to the Consumer publication I read, they aren't. It removes very few particles, and only just around the unit for a couple of feet. I don't understand their "500 feet" claim: it doesn't make sense.

Do yourself a favor and at least check up on some comparison shopping/reports first.

Another thing: the title of the Ionic Breeze changes here periodically just enough so that they get a new listing with a clean slate of no reviews. That's a red flag to me.

This thing is literally an ozone generator. I turned it on and immediately was hit in the face with a wall of ozone. Within minutes there was so much ozone in the room, I had to shut it off. Even on low setting, I can't go to sleep. If you are looking for a good ozone generator, buy this. If you want an air purifier, get one with a blower motor and an air filter. Forget the "ionic" type. And that includes the Orick. They don't work!

I bought this product for a christmas present and it worked great for a little over a week. Then, we noticed that two of the three little light bulbs that display whether the setting is high, medium or low had burned out. We called amazon and they said to send the machine back and they will send us another one.(free of cost) When we plugged our second one in, we noticed a very loud noise. We checked the blades and they did not need cleaned. So, once again we called amazon and they sent another one. (Free of cost also) We've had the third machine for a little over a month and have had no problems other than a little crackling noise every 5-7 days (meaning the blades need cleaned). Even though we had a few problems and it took about 2 months to actually receive a good working machine, I am satisfied with the purchase.

Not sure I can tell a difference in the air quality. The noise I read about in other reviews has only been the sound of static, and only when the filter blades need cleaned. I found that operating the unit on Medium is just as efficient & the time between cleaning the blades is much longer than when operated on High. Overall, I'm glad I paid less for this unit compared to the Ionic Breeze unit by Sharper Image.

This review is after one month of ownership, and having read all of the reviews posted for the ionic air purifier.
Without trying to overwhelm the masses, this device works because of electrical forces that "grab" onto particulate matter, as well as other "elemental" atoms. These "electrical forces" also move the air. Consider it a different type of fan. It's not a fast fan, but it does in fact create enough pressure to move the air.
1- The air we breath is 21% oxygen- O2, and 79% nitrogen- N2.
2- Ozone is O3.
Our bodies were not designed to breath ozone. It causes all kinds of biological troubles. I've provided a "how stuff works" link near the end. READ IT!
What happens with this device is that it strips the N2 gas, leaving only the oxygen molecule, which in turn must restabilize to a neutral component, thus leaving ozone. I.e., without the 79% nitrogen, the "air molecule" we normally breath has been disrupted, and is "unstable (this is what is called ionization)." (It must be said that this ozone-zone is only within the distance the air is moved, and returns to 'normal' rather quickly. The normal o2/n2 mixture remains outside of that zone.) So, the oxygen that remains must go to a neutral state, which is ozone. To state it simply, these devices do exactly what lightning does, but on a much smaller scale, and in a very controlled realm. When lightning strikes, the air surrounding that strike becomes "ionized." One of the results is the smell we all seem to love.
I purchased one of the smaller models for my bathroom, and another my wife's car-- she's got allergies up the wazoo, so I thought it'd do the trick.
With the bathroom model, I get the distinct ozone smell-- what it smells like after a lightning strike. It has a tendency to heighten the frequency/intensity of my headaches. Which I know is due entirely to the ozone concentration.
The moisture that once left a ripe smell in my bathroom no longer exists, and the "bug zapper" sounds only occur once every few days. Cleaning is much easier, and takes only a few moments with the smaller model.
In general, the device works. It does not however put out "pure oxygen" as mentioned on the TV ads. It puts out ozone, which can be deadly to humans, and animals-- over the long haul. To give a more accurate perspective, please read the How Stuff Work's link:
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If you're considering buying one of these devices, you should consider these things, as they will affect your overall health.
If they ever figure out how to make them work, without stripping the nitrogen, I'll be the first to buy one.

I have two children and two dogs. My children and I have bad allergies. After setting up the ionic pro we all slept like never before. When we woke up we were not congested, the dog smell was gone and I had to put my ear next to the machine to make sure it was still running, it is soooo quiet.

I purchased my ionic pro about 4 months ago. Liked it the first 2 weeks. After that it must be cleaned everyday. If you don't clean it everyday it sounds like a industrial strenght bug zapper. I finally gave up on product after 3 months. Called ionic pro to complain, it was worst customer service I have ever experienced. They told me since I didn't purchase it through their website, that it should be the store where I purchased the products responsibilty. Hello, it's not the stores product, it's and ionic pro product. I finally spoke to a supervisor that agreed that I could ship it back. However, they would not refund my money. They would send me a new one that I had to pay another 20.00 for. They thought that was a great deal. I think it is horrible. I feel like I threw 150.00 in the trash. Why would I want to spend another 20.00? I finally called the store where I purchased the unit they agreed to give me a gift card for 150.00 to spend in their store. Which I think is wonderful since their return policy is 30 days and I have had the unit for about 120 days. The manager at the store also told me that over half of the ionic pros they sell are returned. DON'T WAST YOUR MONEY ON THIS HORRIBLE PRODUCT, WITH HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I used to wake up congested and hacking for about 30 mins in the morning. I have a Siberian Husky and a Coon Maine cat and they shed! My husband smokes as well so you can imagine my breathing problems. No matter how much I vacuumed and used "allergen reducer" sprays, I still had respiratory problems. That is until we bought the Ionic Pro, I sleep better, breathe better, and can just tell an overall improvement in air quality when I walk in the house.

I live in a city that has two oil refinerys and a person that lives in my house that smokes! I have had it for a week and, and boy oh boy does this machine work great. The air seems to be lighter, I can see better, the air is not full of smog. I can breath ALOT BETTER. I am hopeing my parents will buy another one for the upstares. I rccomend this machine to anyone. Would you drink a glass of water full of dirt? I don't think so. You will be amazed what this machine has to offer.

This air purifier works great,I bought another after just one week. I put one in my dining/living room and the other in my childs bedroom(asthma) . The diffrence in the dust alone made it worth the investment. My wife has noticed the amount of dust in the entire house has just about disappeared. You could run your finger on the wood furniture a week after cleaning and find dust . Now after using the air cleaner we dont see any. It's been a month now and we are thinking of buying one more for the basement room .
Good product.Works great. As with anything electronic, read the directions . I recommend cleaning once every seven days. When the collector is removed for cleaning it is amazing to see all the dirt we breath .
The only drawback is when you clean it , you have to wait overnight for it to dry before reusing it.

In spite of what previous reviewers said, this machine got a lot of crap out of the air. You can hear the buzzing as the dirt in the air is zapped by the electrostaic filter. The metal blades are alwyas full of black fuzzy dust....whatever that stuff may be. The only thing that bothers me is the LED power light. The blue LED is so incredibly bright that I have to keep the control panel coverd, otherwise I can't sleep at night.

It looks like good when you buy this product new. However, it works only for a couple of weeks, then noise comes; the longer the more, and finally, you cannot tolerate and have to give it up. I have bought this product for six months and threw it away. My conclusion is that this is a not mature product on the market. Don't buy it. The manufacturer should make more lab research before put it into market.

I have an ionic breeze and an ionic pro, i wish i hadnt wasted my money on an ionic pro and got 2 ionic breezes. The Pro needs to be cleaned twice as frequently as the breeze, not becasue it collects more (actually it collects much less) but because it starts sparking in its chamber if theres a little dust on the collection grid. My breeze collects more, never sparks and works totally silently. Save yourself aggrevation go with the Ionic Breeze.

Copied from Consumerreports.com:

December 2005
An air cleaner that does little cleaning

Our latest tests show that the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Professional with OzoneGuard is as ineffective as earlier versions and, unlike most room air cleaners, emits ozone as a byproduct. Based on its poor performance, we do not recommend it.

Sharper Image began offering its Professional Series air cleaners with the new OzoneGuard catalyst in July 2005 as Consumer Reports' October report on air cleaners went to press. Our air-cleaning tests show that the Ionic Breeze with OzoneGuard does a poor job of removing smoke, dust, and pollen particles from the air when new and after 500 hours of continuous use. We consider any air cleaner with a clean air delivery rate (CADR) of under 100 to be ineffective; CADR values for the Ionic Breeze were consistently in the 20s for dust and smoke and in the 30s for pollen. Indeed, our highest-rated air cleaner removed particles from the air roughly 20 times faster than the Ionic Breeze Professional.

Ozone is also a concern, especially for people with asthma and respiratory allergies, which ozone can aggravate. While earlier versions of the Ionic Breeze significantly exceeded the ozone limit in the voluntary, industry-standard Underwriters Laboratory test, the Ionic Breeze with OzoneGuard still adds ozone to the air, measuring just within the test limit.

The bottom line: The Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Professional with OzoneGuard does little to clean the air. If you own one, try returning it for a refund. Also remember that even the best air cleaner may be a questionable investment, since there's little medical evidence that air cleaners alone reduce the effects of indoor pollutants for those with asthma and allergies."

Since I've bought it, I've had no problems with it. Had some buzzing after 3 weeks, but cleaned it, and the buzzing went away. Cleans the air well.

Impressed so much that I ordered and received a second as quickly as the first. Those reviews stating a noise issue (buzzing) it is probably due to failure to properly clean both the collection grids AND the charging wire. The latter is utmost important in eliminating the buzzing and avoiding a "fire hazards"; and secondly, for the unit to properly work it must be plugged into a GROUNDED outlet. While the outlet may be three pronged that doesn't guarantee it is grounded.

While my ionic pro worked great for a month, it started making buzzing noises that have prgressively gotten worse. I can now turn it on and sparks shoot between the collecting rods very frequently, and even when i clean it. This was a terrible waste of money. Don't keep this product plugged in if you are not in the house, it is a definite fire hazard

I know this thing cleans the air. It only took me 5 hours to figure that out. I bought the thing, hooked it up, and a little later I pulled up the rods and they were dusty. Maybe some people have clean houses without dust but not here. The funny thing is, is that my buddy bought one the same day same time and his collection on dust was nothing. I think it has something to do with our different A/C systems. I have centeral and he has individual. I wonder if Consumer Reports was using centeral A/C in there tests. Who knows. As for 50 parts per billion ozone...I think a fart is more that that. If you smoke, buy it. If your house is dusty, buy it. If you beleive ther is a hole in the ozone and want to do something about it, buy it. If you are a memeber if PETA, don't buy it cause you are crazy.

I've had this unit for two months now, and as an allergy sufferer and Los Angelino, it seemed like the perfect solution for my problems. (Although I was a little wary at its lack of a fan--how can it clean air from the other side of even my tiny dorm room without some way to cycle the air around?) At first, however, it did the trick: lots of thick black gunk got caught on the blades and my symptoms became a bit less severe. However, about two weeks ago, I started hearing an intermittent buzzing noise from the machine. I cleaned it, hoping that would help, but it didn't. Then I started keeping the setting on medium instead of high, which did ease the buzzing. Then, I started hearing the buzzing more often...and it got louder. Much louder, to the point where it distracted my studying. Furthermore, I walked into my room this afternoon to find an overwhelming and pretty unpleasant "electric" smell, if you know what I'm referring to. I finally just had to turn the machine off altogether.

I can't recommend this product--I'll be returning it to the store myself soon, in fact.

I bought this for my home due to difficulties with allergies. After I had ordered it, but before it had been delivered, I read the Consumer Reports article reporting that these Ionic purifiers (this brand and other brands) put out ozone, and are NOT recommened. The reason the air smells so "clean" and fresh when in use is the ozone it is putting out. Not what you want when you already have respritory difficulties.

WARNING: Before ordering this please read the review in Consumer Reports!

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I bought it because I saw someone else cleaning theirs.

After having it for a couple months, I've some to the conclusion that it does what its supposed to, but not as well as the advertisements say.
Plus: It does remove the odors, allergenes, and dust out of the air and it does work almost silently.
Easy to clean. Room smells better than it did. Cheaper than competition's similar products.

Minus: You almost have to have a fan blowing air into it to keep the air circulating, otherwise it'll barely move the air around.
Designed for smaller rooms. So I wouldn't plan on your entire house smelling better. Smaller HEPA air purifiers designed for 1 room are much cheaper and don't cost near as much as the advertisements make them out to.

In the end, it does clean the air, but it takes awhile to work without a fan.

I am a military spouse with kids, 2 cats, and a dog.
This thing works. I no longer see pet fur floating in the air. Based on the product instructions if you hear a buzzing it's time for you to clean the blades and or wipe off the small wire blade section as well. I would advise anyone to purchase this over the expensive models. This machine is silent,
and my allergies are not as bad.

When I first purchased the ionic pro I thought I was buying a great product, but after waking up in the middle of the night with the inability to breath, I wanted to do some research, and see if the sleek and smart ionic pro was a good buy compared to other products. Apparently, not, after reviewing consumer reports for air purifiers. Fortunately, there are some low and no cost methods to purify and better the air in my room.

Here is a piece of the article.

Experts agree that an ozone concentration of more than 80 ppb for eight hours or longer can cause coughing, wheezing, and chest pain while worsening asthma and deadening sense of smell. A 14-year study of 95 urban areas in the U.S. found a clear link between small increases in ozone and higher death rates. The study, which appeared in the November 2004 Journal of the American Medical Association, predicts that a 10-ppb increase in ozone over eight hours could lead to roughly 3,700 premature deaths per year in some cities.

While ozone dissipates indoors, it can create other pollutants in the process.

Air cleaners need not meet ozone limits-not for the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates only outdoor air, nor for the Food and Drug Administration, since it does not consider them medical devices. No federal agency sets indoor ozone limits for homes. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is reviewing data on all air cleaners that create ozone and is evaluating whether the 50-ppb industry standard is adequate protection for consumers.

That's what we expected. It runs perfectly.I don't know how much it affects our sleep(we keep this in our bedroom).But I would reccomend to anyone that's looking for the Ionic air purifier.

purchased this product and i am very pleased with it. The first couple of days, it collected a high amount of dust, and after cleaning, you only have to do it like once a week, and when you do, just move the bar up and down a few times afterwards and the buzzing noise will stop. But for smokers, it will collect tar and nicotine and it will stick to the blades, particularly to the tops and bottoms of them, to clean them use luke warm water mixed with a little bit of dishwashing detergent (i use dawn) and rub with a non abrasive sponge and it is amazing how easy the tar and nicotine comes off. Just make sure it is dry when you reactivate it. I got a set of extra blades so changing is fast and no air interruption. If you don't have an extra set, the cycle is interruped and will take about 2 to 3 hours to get the room back to par. However the blue light on it at night will light up your ceiling with a circle of blue light (sort of like a night light) which isn't bad cuz i live in the country (no street lights) and i can see to go to the bathroom! lol. It does work and emits a pleasant clean rain smell. To circulate the air, i use a small fan and it is wonderful. Great product!

I've been running this thing for a month now, had to clean it about twice. The first time was within 3 days which had a lot of black/white dust on the blades. Makes a lot of noise when it's dirty, simply cleaning the blades and the wires fixes it. After running for a while, it takes longer to clean (I guess it collected all the dust initially).

Still dust on my table, but I do like the smell it emits, must fresher. People used to say my apartment had a bad smell to it, everyone says its gone now. I didnt notice much of a difference, but it seems to work if other people told me my place smells really good without actually seeing that i have an air purifier.

So yeah, I'd recommend it if you have the money.

The Ionic Pro did not do what it is suppose to do. It makes too much noise and does not clean the air very well. The blue light on it is nice to see, but at night it is way too bright if you want to use it in your bedroom. Also the customer service from the manufacturer is terrible. They do not respond in a timely manner and give you the run around while they try to appease you with apologetic e-mails. It is worth it to buy a similar product that cost more, because they work and their customer service department gets you results.

I recently purchased the Ionic Pro.
After I purchased it, I wanted to know more about the product and how it cleans the air.
After searching the internet, consumer reports and other sources indicate that any Ionic air purifiers do more bad than good.
It releases "ozone" into the air, which is bad for your lungs.
And consumer reports says it does a very poor job cleaning the air. Yes, it is quiet and don't need to puchase any filters, but I don't think its worth the risk.
I have a 7 month old son.
After I found out about this, I decided to return it and puchase one of the HEPA air filters.

For more info, click on the link from consumer reports

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After reading some of the previous reviews I was skeptical. I needed an air purifier in my bedroom because I have two cats, people smoke in the room, and it generally has a musty smell.

I bought an Ionic Pro a few weeks after reading these reviews. I'm impressed!

After the first night I had to clean the blades because there was so much junk in the air. The next cleaning was about a week later because the machine had already powered through most of the offenders before (the instructions even state that it cleaning periods will be farther apart after the first use due to the fact that the air is generally cleaner and many of the pollutants have already been disposed of).

Some of these reviews talk about taking it from room to room... it doesn't work that way. This item is designed for small, medium, or large rooms (rooms closed off by four walls and closed doors) and not huge open spaces or outside. It's worked perfectly in my large bedroom and I still haven't heard a sound from it after a month of constant use.

The best thing to do is to purchase it for use in one room (don't take it from the kitchen to the living room to the bathroom, etc.) because it still takes time to clean the air. It's not an air freshener and does not make the air smell like citrus pleasentness. It simply cleans the air making it smell cleaner, feel less thick, and reduces the ammount of dust in the room (this I can vouch for).

If you're looking for a quick air freshener buy a glade plug-in. If you're looking for a long term air purifier this is a very good buy.

I bought this and then did my research. I know; that was dumb. Let me share what I found out and what led me to return the product. 1) This does not do much to clean the air. Consumer Reports did a study and found out that there is not enough air circulation produced by this gadget to clean the air. Sure, it will grab some of the dust floating around but so will fly paper. 2) This emits ozone and ozone can be dangerous to anyone with lung problems. This unit is made in China. Do you really want to trust that a foreign made product is going to be made so well that ozone levels will not exceed what is healthy? I don't. Sharper Image sells a gazillion of these - but you should check out what consumer reports says before you go for one of these.

I bought two of these. I live near a heavy traffic street, and it gets filled with black particles every three of four days, and I believe my allergies and my son's are getting better.

The problems:

1. The power light is so bright that you do not need a night lamp to read.
2. Good thing is that the power light stopped working after two days, I had to put some black tape on the other unit to have a dark room for sleeping.
3. One of the two units I bought makes and extremely loud noise. I tried to change the blades from the other, but the problem seems to be in the unit and not the blades. Being outside the U.S., bad luck for me.