does this device help if there are impurities in the air like smoke from fires, paint odors, dust, allergins from plants?
453003
Yes. It has helped me a lot. It basically creates a relatively clean pocket of air under your nose. Of course, a few things are likely to slip through, but I find it a dramatic improvement.
176165
I don't think it clears air. And the battery doesn't last all that long so if it did work to clear smells it could get to be quite expensive.
1396081
I'm sure it works best if left in one room and ran all the time. However we have a 3 bedroom with vaulted ceilings in our large kitchen/dining/living room. I run it for a few hours in each room then all night in our living area. We had forest fires 30 mins away from us and the air outside was considered toxic when we bought this. I noticed a huge difference in the air quality in our home. We still use it year round to freshen up the air during the winter and help keep allergies down the rest of the year. Just make sure to clean it often and correctly so the filters work properly.
354089
It is made to filter lead plume on the bench so it is for close work. I am afraid this would not do what you want unless it is small work, and yet it is not made to clean odors. A room air filter might do that if it is not to big a job. Sorry.
1298142
It will remove smoke in the house; however, if the smoke has already settled into fabrics and furniture, it will take a while longer for the ions to work it out. More than one unit is best.
2133935
Considering the amount of activated carbon in the packets, I would have to say no. The HEPPA filter is what will remove the majority of particles that will cause you to have issues. With that said activated carbon removes mold etc that can also cause people serious issues. This machine is a good next to your bed to reduce dust and most allergens, but if your having serious issues, you will eventually have to bite the bullet and spend money on a top machine, an IQ air which healed my mother's chronic bronc. That the doctors failed to fix after three years of expensive steroids and inhalers. Airpura is also an amazing machine and is cheaper than an IQ air, you can always shop for deals.
2175130
Absolutely! A confined place (like an aircraft), is where it's needed the most. Ionization cleans the air, naturally, and will help to destroy airborne odors and germs that are so frequently found in planes and other confined situations.
1955196
I've never used it for that purpose. It has a charcoal filter which sits on top of the HEPA filter. It does remove odors fairly well and I've set it up in the kitchen when I've burned something to remove the odor. It did a good job of that in my opinion. Cigarette smoke is different in some ways but I think this would probably help. With cigarette smoke you have tars and other substances which cling to furnishings and surfaces which would have to be cleaned in addition to filtering the air.
1622454
Yes but it helps to keep your room under 50% humidity. works very well-I have allergies and have my asthma under control but really helps.
1974285
Yes, but make sure the door to the room is closed for the unit to work best, and that the room is not too big for the unit's capacity. Also, while this unit will help eliminate smoke particles from the air, it may not help that much with the smoke smell for reasons stated by T. Koo.
563453
yes for the most part, it reduces the immediate smell and gets the smell out of the air faster if its in the area of the smoke
710078
I don't think so. The humidity is set at a fixed amount. I think this is more of a air purifier than a humidifier.
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.
200437
I'm no scientist but amount of ozone that is generated by a plasma device such as this is minimal but some people are more sensitive. If your looking remove odor I had great results with an ozone generator to remove smoke or other offensive odors permanently. I always put pets outside, leave for a couple hours, turn it off, and find some entertainment for a few hours before I return.
1590190
Yes it does reduce odors from other rooms here that drift into my room, such as cologne, plug-in air fresheners, aerosol air fresheners, kitchen odors. Even using the washable pre-filter instead of the charcoal one works, I believe the ionization helps to filter out odors.
1919540
Smoke detectors: Yes, but it takes ALOT of smoke to cause that, have fans circulating air in the room and it will help it keep from building up. No to the sticky residue, that mostly depends upon the solution you are using. Stick with the recommended fog and you should be fine, same for food.
2211728
Even good home air cleaners like these are only going to be moderately effective when used in a very smokey environment. They will, to some extent, re-radiate whatever they have been filtering.