Honeywell HHT-081 Tower Air Purifier with Permanent HEPA Filter Sunday, December 21, 2008

Clean your air without having to worry about expensive replacement filter costs. The Honeywell Permanent HEPA Tower Air Purifier offers effective air cleaning with permanent filtration and little maintenance. The permanent HEPA-Type filter is certified 99% effective at capturing airborne particles such as dust, pollen, tobacco smoke, cat dander and mold spores*. A washable pre-filter captures large particles. The air purifier operates quietly while changing the air in the room up to every 12 minutes+. For extra air freshening, theres an ionizer which can be turned on or off as desired. The permanent HEPA filters are easy to clean - simply vacuum and replace back into the unit. The Electronic Filter Clean Indicator illuminates to rem
Customer Review: Good filter for the price
One thing I learned about filters is that you definitely get what you pay for. When you drop big coin on a pricey, hospital quality filter you can expect perfection in performance and air quality. When you spend $75-$125 like I did on this air filter then you get what you pay for. This medium room purifier with "HEPA Type" filters is said to be about 95% effective at removing air born allergens. The two HEPA type filters are permanent along with the secondary outer carbon filter for bigger air particles. The ionizer is also fairly effective at changing the overall smell of the room. If you choose not to have the ion smell you can simply ignore the button that turns that feature on. I've owned this filter for about 3 months now and it will occasionally buzz a little at high speeds. However, with mine it is easily fixed by tapping the top or by adjusting the tightness of the back plate. Low and medium speeds are pretty quite though. It has great dimensions as well making it possible to easily fit in to any small room without making the place look cluttered. For the money I feel like I got everything I paid for. I gave 4 stars because of the occasional soft buzzing noise and the fact that the purifier is designed in such a way that it does not push as much air through as it could. Aside from those minor complaints, this filter is the way to go if you're looking for a cheap and effective solution to cleaner air. *UPDATE - After about 6 months of using this thing all night almost nightly, it still works very well. I've only had to clean off the outer dust filter once or twice. I have noticed one thing that I found particularly annoying and that is that this filter emits some sort of magnetic field when turned on. I know it sounds like a stupid complaint, but when you have a smaller room and the only place you can put this is next to your television you'll see why that's bad thing. Lots of screen discoloration from the magnetic field, I'm just happy it wasn't there long enough to do permanent damage. However I'm not sure an LCD or plasma tv would be affected by this.
Customer Review: Honeywell HHT-081 Tower HEPA filter
Quiet as advertised. I use this next to my audio equipment to keep dust from DVD players and recorders. Small footprint perfect for this if turned sideways.