Air Purifiers

Other than move.

I live above smokers. Their place is a small 1 bedroom apartment and there are 4 adults living there, all smokers. The smell comes up here, and its quite bad. My mother was a smoker, and when I lived with her that apartment didnt even smell as bad as my apartment does.

Im not trying to put smokers down, whatever you do with your life is your business, all Im asking is for help. I have tried so many things:

Candles: Glade, village, Fabreze odor remover
Sprays: Glade, Fabreze, Airwic, so on
Vinegar in bowls.
Charcoal on my floor
Baking soda in my carpet
Hung up wet towels to "absorb" the smell.
There have just been so many things I have tried.. Im out of ideas.

My window is wide open, and its about 30 degrees out. My room gets cold, but the smell doesnt go away. I live very close to a building, so I never get a breeze in my room or anything unfortunately. The window has been open for over a week, including night. Doesnt make much difference with the smell.

I’ve tried putting a box fan in the window backwards to pull the smoke out and it doesn’t. It just makes my room colder for some reason.

I’ve looked around for places it could come in… we have baseboard oil heat.. I don’t think its coming from there? There are no vents, or wholes in the floors that I can see..

I tried talking to them… politely. They were apologetic, and said they didnt know it was coming up… we had relief for about 24 hours and that was that.

We bought an air purifier, one of the honeywell hepa kinds. All it did was blow the smell around. My aunt let me borrow her big one, big enough for a 17×17 room.. I tried it in my bedroom (9×9) and it did the same, it blew the smell around.

Are there other things I can try? I really like my apartment, and my landlord… I dont want to move when my lease is up. Is there anything I can try? And, this place is not a non smoking apartment, so asking the landlord for help wont do me any good.

I live on the coast in a valley and my house has a lot of mold I suspect between the walls. He gets asthma issues nightly, and I have been having sinusitis and pressure behind my eyes, muscle aches etc. We are otherwise healthy, young and vibrant but since living here for 8 months, we have really been getting sick. Do you think that a Honeywell air purifier would help to eliminate the mold? What can we do? To live here is expensive so we cant just move and our jobs are here. What can we do to "tough it out" one more year until we move?

I just bought a Honeywell Air Purifier off of craigslist.com and when I turned it on, it gave off the smell of the guy’s house! So I decided to clean the filters since they are not supposed to be replaced, by rinsing them with warm water. As I was about to rinse the 2nd one, I saw a sticker on it that said to clean, run a vacuum hose down the side- DO NOT IMMERSE IN WATER. Uh oh! Although I only ran water on the first one, did I ruin it? I can’t find replacement filters anywhere online!

i want to spend no more then 400 on the unit its self i want one that is inexpensive to maintain ive seen one thats you have to put like 150 bucks into every 6 months for filters and hepa replacements i understand filters need to eb changes but i would prefer one that is less often or more inexpensive.

i currently have a honeywell 18155 and its just not doing the job my room is 108 sq feet my main problem is dust mine has a cadr rating of 150 for dust so obivously i need one with a better rating for dust

for those that dont know

Clean air density rate (CADR): The amount of clean air measured in cubic ft. per min. that is delivered

and prefer not to get the sharper image ones cause way to many mix reviews about those.. please help me out

i want to spend no more then 400 on the unit its self i want one that is inexpensive to maintain ive seen one thats you have to put like 150 bucks into every 6 months for filters and hepa replacements i understand filters need to eb changes but i would prefer one that is less often or more inexpensive.

i currently have a honeywell 18155 and its just not doing the job my room is 108 sq feet my main problem is dust mine has a cadr rating of 150 for dust so obivously i need one with a better rating for dust

for those that dont know

Clean air density rate (CADR): The amount of clean air measured in cubic ft. per min. that is delivered

and prefer not to get the sharper image ones cause way to many mix reviews about those.. please help me out

i currently have a honeywell 18155 i dont know my rooms exact measurements its an average bedroom i figure its between 500-700 sq feet well the honeywell doesnt seem to be doing the job ive had it since febuary of this year,my room has alot of dust and i know i have to dust but it should make some what of a difference and it hasnt when i clean the hepa filter and replace the pre filter theres dust in there but still i see tons of air born particles in the air…so im looking for a new purifier for my sized room that will do a much better job then this and that either doesnt need filter replacement or doesnt need it often and if it needs replacement every few months it cant be to expensive price of the purifier should be no more then 400 would love to spend less then that but really need something thats going to do the job this one truely i dont see a difference in my allergies or anything else in the air

Some details:

I’m a chronic allergy sufferer, in my 20s, and I finally went on Amazon and bought one of Honeywell’s affordable HEPA air filters. It comes with an "Ionizer" feature, which I didn’t know too much about, so I went on Yahoo! answers and the web to research.

Now I know that it ionizes air particles so they a) drop to the ground and/or b) become easier for the air filter to pick up. Seems like a good feature to me. Although, some internet sources suggested that ionizers could be useless and/or potentially harmful.

Either way, if I now want to use my "Ionizer" feature, should I be leaving it on all the time? I already leave the HEPA on all the time, set on the lowest setting (anything louder would be unbearable when I sleep, but the lowest setting is just about right).

Thanks for any information.

-James P.

i want to spend no more then 400 on the unit its self i want one that is inexpensive to maintain ive seen one thats you have to put like 150 bucks into every 6 months for filters and hepa replacements i understand filters need to eb changes but i would prefer one that is less often or more inexpensive.

i currently have a honeywell 18155 and its just not doing the job my room is 108 sq feet my main problem is dust mine has a cadr rating of 150 for dust so obivously i need one with a better rating for dust

for those that dont know

Clean air density rate (CADR): The amount of clean air measured in cubic ft. per min. that is delivered

and prefer not to get the sharper image ones cause way to many mix reviews about those.. please help me out

I recently purchased a Honeywell Quiet Clean air purifier with permanent filters.

I ran hot water over the filters in a pool of hot water just like the instructions said to.

When we dipped a clear glass in the water after cleaning the filters you couldn’t detect any dirt or anything else.

Is this normal or could the air purifier not be properly working?

The purifier itself also emits an odor similar to a wall plug-in space heater, is this normal?

This is the description :

Cleaning the air in your home is easier and more stylish with the Honeywell Tower HEPA Air Purifier. The Lifetime Permanent HEPA-Type filter helps reduce up to 99% of airborne particles such as dust, pollen, cat dander, smoke and mold spores from the air that passes through the filter. Easy to clean, vacuum-able HEPA filters save you hundreds in replacement filter costs compared to replacement filter models. An electronic filter clean indicator illuminates to remind you when to clean the filter. A built-in ionizer delivers extra cleaning power and helps freshen the air that passes through it. The filter also features an antimicrobial treatment to help prevent mold growth on the filter. Ideal for medium size rooms up to 169 sq. feet (13x13) with 3 cleaning levels for quiet performance. Start enjoying cleaner, fresher air today with a sleek Honeywell HEPA-Type Tower Air Purifier for your home or office.

Permanent HEPAClean filter-never needs replacing
Helps reduce 99% of airborne particles such

It says it only fits a (13X13) room .. the room I want to use this for is a school classroom that is atleast 20X20. If i put this purifier in a spot i believe the air is at its worse, will it work for a 13X13 area from that point forward or does this product become completely useless when its in a room any larger then (13X13).

Also, i am trying to find an air purifier in the 0-0 for a larger sized room, so if you have other suggestion please list