Does this Therapure Air Purifier last long, and how well does it work for heavy smoke, such as cigarette smoke?
1541375
Mine has been running continuously since I got it nearly 2 years ago. Still going strong. No one smokes here so I have no way of knowing. I bought it for particles such as pollen and pet dander and for that, it works great.
1541376
I have purchased one in the past of my grandmother and she is a heavy smoker. This purifier has allowed me and my grandson to be able to visit and sit with her compared to the other purifiers I have purchased before. We clean her filter often (every couple of months) so to keep her apartment fresh. I also purchased one for the womens bathroom at work and there has been no more complaints of the sent in the hallway. I have not had to replace the filter or clean it yet. I hope this helps.
1541377
I had a Therapure and it ran constantly - I don't remember how long I had it, but it was about 4 years. I bought a Honeywell purifier and you couldn't hardly tell you had a purifier going so after a few months I bought another Therapure. It is a little noisy on high, but works on clearing smoke.
1589975
I have used mine 3 times so far and had it on for 1/2 hour and there was no smoke. It works great for me.
1648640
It just filters dust as I live in the country and was trying to keep control of house cleaning time. It has helped a lot with my problem. I have to clean the carbon filter regularly, but the hepa has lasted very well.
164665
I've tried it for mild cigarette odor and it worked well. I would imagine it would work for a heavier smoke odor also.
1025142
I don't recall offhand. When I was looking for an air purifier on the web, I recall having to do multiple searches in order to get that information for many different brands.In some instances, I even found conflicting quotes.I mainly use it for a medium to large bedroom. Effectiveness probably depends on a number of variables including environmental impurities and your specific needs.
816368
It seems to help quit a bit at my house. We live in western oklahoma do we're constantly battle dust but it has been less since we started using the purafier. We have to clean the first filter about once a month but yes it does help!
1206981
Yes! I bought this air purifier because there is a lot of dust in my apt. and had to take care of someone's cat for 5 months. I was sneezing and sniffling for a few weeks after the cat moved in. Air purifier made a huge difference! I turned it on 12 hours at a time. I usually give it a few hours rest and then turn it back on again. I am seriously thinking about buying a second one for the bedroom. I think turning it off a few hours helped with the filters. I used it for a year before the filter light started to blink.
2223329
It does a pretty good job. We change the charcoal filter every 3 months and the HEPA once in the the year we've had it, and they are always really full of dust. When I dust the furniture it is very light compared to how it used to be prior to having the purifier.
1437243
No, but it last for 12 months under normal use. If you have a relatively high useage, I would check it more often. On the other hand, the charcoal pre-filter that comes with most air cleaner units is washable and should be changed every 3 months which should help your HEPA filter last for the advertised 12 months (Google cleaning charcoal filters). And lastly, they do make "washable" HEPA filters...THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE and I haven't seen many good reviews.
176164
unfortunately, no. this isn't an air freshner but a personal purifier. I'll tell you what it does help with. My co-worker is a HEAVY smoker and when she comes back from her smoke break, this purifier helps me to not smell the tobacco that lingers on her. It helps when someone wears too much perfume too.
1974288
It'll scrub the air including cigarette smoke; the charcoal filter eliminates odor and ionizer freshens air. So yes this unit will help with cigarette smoke. However any smoke gets embedded into furniture uphostery; etc; is another story.
1955195
It seems to do a pretty good job at removing many odors... My guess is going to be the key to cigarette smoke is go ahead and buy two extra Hepa filters and wash the charcoal reusable pre filter once a week for the first month or so. Then next how big is the room? You may need to move it around if you have multiple rooms or they are broken up.
1818550
Ours lasted about 3 years. We do clean on a regular basis and we do have a couple of small dogs plus a cat. The reason I purchased the unit was for allergies and I love it. It was not noisy, cleaned the air and now I need to get another unit. Price point, this still came out way ahead of the smaller units/filters you buy at the stores.
1399060
I clean the foam-like part of the filter monthly. Most of the time I have it set on automatic and the fan speed adjusts based on air quality. We have 3 cats and 3 of these units in our 1068 sq. ft. Home. 2 people with asthma and we are happy with how it works. The only thing that may be a negative feature is the light show, it will light up the room and colors change based on air quality. I cover the lights with electrical tape.
951698
it is a great air cleaner but for allergy I would get the ones that pull dust from the air, like the ionic ones. This is great cleaning the air and making it smell great for things like smoke, I'm a smoker but no one smells smoke when they come to the mancave. I run this along with ionic air cleaners to get rid of dust they work great in combo you might want to think of getting both. Hope this helps.
1172892
I can't honestly tell you because no one at our place smokes and I don't think there's been a smoker in the house in the three years since we got the air purifiers. The filters indicate that they capture a lot of dust, cat fur, and whatever else is in the air.
174871
This smoke buddy works 100% and is not like a toilet paper roll with ur home made filters. I looked for months and tried almost everything. This smoke buddy will filter the fattest cloud you can exhale and no smoke will come out the other side guarantee. It doesn't last long. Probably about 15 fat clouds of smoke then it gets harder to blow the air through and stops filtering. The filter is actually charcoal sand like pieces which let air pass through but no impurities. The charcoals pores clog once they trap enough bad stuff. Its like the filters they use to distil alcohol.