iHome wants $34.99 for filters, and wants you to replace them every 6-8 months (lol). Free USPS shipping, $7 UPS for my test address.
See, this is why I use my current thing, and just yank out the filter and vacuum the dust out once in a while. My room is not an industrial cleanroom by any stretch.
@EvilSmoo
What is your current thing?
I want to put an air cleaner in the room where my cat’s litter box is because even “dust-free” litter gives off quite a lot of dust. I was wondering about this one but it seems fancier than necessary.
@Kyeh I’ve been using the breeze pellet system for about 10 years now and it works great. minimal tracking, no dust, and if you stay on top of cleaning the whole box every month or so, the smell is truly minimal. i have a weird living situation right now and i have no choice but to have the litter box in my bedroom where i sleep - breeze box makes it so i don’t have to smell piss’n’shiz when i’m trying to chill.
to help transition your kitties to pellet litter, start by mixing the pine pellets with the regular litter, and increasing by a little more every week. when they can use the pine pellet litter by itself, you can introduce the breeze box - the breeze pellets do not disintegrate like pine pellets, but they are roughly the same size and shape.
sorry for the unsolicited advice, i just love kitties and always want them to live their best lives. clay litter is not the ideal because the dust particles irritate their little lungs far more than it affects us big monkeys.
4 hepa filters and a box fan. you can increase or decrease the filters’ quality/cost depending on how good you want the air filtered(pollen/dust mite vs microbes) and never worry about lack of filters. easy to make!
@Rowsdower@russellmz But this is the genuine Corsi-Rosenthal Box (as he states @ 20 times) in the video. Pompous ass. As if someone didn’t build one of these in their garage many years before he did.
“Rosenthal named it after Corsi,[13] although after a New York Times article mentioned the boxes by that name,[11] Corsi tweeted that Rosenthal really deserved the credit,[14] and that he preferred the name Corsi–Rosenthal Box.[15][16]”
@detailer@Rowsdower@russellmz Isn’t this what the guys on Apollo 13 built when they discovered that the air filters in the LEM were round and the ones in the CM were square?
I recently started doing the thing with a box fan hacked together with a 20"x20" MERV 13 furnace filter. It’s noisy, but cheap and ridiculously effective.
Folks what grew up over 't Beaumont way back in the '60s and before kin tell yuh all 'bout nasty air. Had ta bite it off and give it a good chaw 'fore it was tender enough t’inhale. 'Taint that way ennymore.
@nadz1312@werehatrack Wait. You don’t use a knife and fork to eat it? Does poring maple syrup over it make it taste better? What about sticking straws up your nose to drink it instead?
4 HEPAs and a box fan… Sounds like a movie I saw in Germany. So if you really want premium air filtration you need that charcoal filter, which this unit has. And if you want air filtration+rewards, you need a replaceable charcoal filter. This thing doesn’t have that. You see, the charcoal absorbs junk that the HEPA doesn’t. Including odors. And the charcoal bits fill up with that junk and need to be replaced, or, what’s the point?
So, in closing, if you want to diy a air filtration system remember to pick up some of those charcoal filter bags (finally a reason to use those) that I’ve seen here in a 10 pack and tape those on the HEPA filters, attached to the box fan. Or, buy a HEPA machine with removable charcoal filter… Or, what’s the point?
When I read reviews, especially on Amazon, I see a lot of “Vine” customers that received free product for review. I don’t put a lot of value on those. I instead look for verified Amazon purchasers. So if there aren’t any, I take a hard pass. Maybe they should start sending me free stuff as well. Not sure how to get on that list. Almost all of the “Vine” customers give 5 stars and rarely any negative comments.
Specs
Product: iHome 3-Stage True HEPA Air Purifier for Medium Rooms
Model: iWAP260W
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$169.99 at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, May 18 - Monday, May 22
What about fortune-teller rooms
iHome wants $34.99 for filters, and wants you to replace them every 6-8 months (lol). Free USPS shipping, $7 UPS for my test address.
See, this is why I use my current thing, and just yank out the filter and vacuum the dust out once in a while. My room is not an industrial cleanroom by any stretch.
@EvilSmoo
What is your current thing?
I want to put an air cleaner in the room where my cat’s litter box is because even “dust-free” litter gives off quite a lot of dust. I was wondering about this one but it seems fancier than necessary.
@EvilSmoo I’m more curious about what “dust-free” cat litter you’re using. I use pine pellet litter and it’s fantastic.
@EvilSmoo @weatherseed
I’m the one using litter and I guess it doesn’t actually claim to be dust-free; it’s Frisco clay from Chewy and they say this:
Maybe I should try the pine; I just worry that my cat won’t like it. Maybe I’ll try mixing them for starters.
@Kyeh I’ve been using the breeze pellet system for about 10 years now and it works great. minimal tracking, no dust, and if you stay on top of cleaning the whole box every month or so, the smell is truly minimal. i have a weird living situation right now and i have no choice but to have the litter box in my bedroom where i sleep - breeze box makes it so i don’t have to smell piss’n’shiz when i’m trying to chill.
to help transition your kitties to pellet litter, start by mixing the pine pellets with the regular litter, and increasing by a little more every week. when they can use the pine pellet litter by itself, you can introduce the breeze box - the breeze pellets do not disintegrate like pine pellets, but they are roughly the same size and shape.
sorry for the unsolicited advice, i just love kitties and always want them to live their best lives. clay litter is not the ideal because the dust particles irritate their little lungs far more than it affects us big monkeys.
best of luck to you and your kitties!
@EvilSmoo @Kyeh i use My air by Bissell. Im a smoker. Filter lasts 2-3mths and they’re only $15.99-i order em online from Kohls!
@EvilSmoo looks like it’ll take any H13 filter, and I can find 2 packs for $20-$30 on amazon
@nadz1312 Thanks - I can try to incorporate the pine litter in little by little; my cat is a very good boy so maybe he’ll adapt to it!
@cristysue Thanks, I’ll check it out!
There’s room for a child in there?
@awk Look, I’ll just say don’t let Tilda Swinton get ahold of your child.
4 hepa filters and a box fan. you can increase or decrease the filters’ quality/cost depending on how good you want the air filtered(pollen/dust mite vs microbes) and never worry about lack of filters. easy to make!
designed by a college of engineering dean.
@russellmz I hope that the Corsi–Rosenthal Box constructed by Dr. Corsi in the video improved the air quality enough to alleviate his sniffling.
@russellmz I haven’t seen that much duct tape used in a single project since the Red Green Show.
@Rowsdower @russellmz But this is the genuine Corsi-Rosenthal Box (as he states @ 20 times) in the video. Pompous ass. As if someone didn’t build one of these in their garage many years before he did.
@detailer @Rowsdower
“Rosenthal named it after Corsi,[13] although after a New York Times article mentioned the boxes by that name,[11] Corsi tweeted that Rosenthal really deserved the credit,[14] and that he preferred the name Corsi–Rosenthal Box.[15][16]”
wow what a jerk
@detailer @Rowsdower @russellmz Isn’t this what the guys on Apollo 13 built when they discovered that the air filters in the LEM were round and the ones in the CM were square?
I recently started doing the thing with a box fan hacked together with a 20"x20" MERV 13 furnace filter. It’s noisy, but cheap and ridiculously effective.
@bmtka for stuff like pollen you can even go down to 8
“All the world is but a 3-stage air purifier” – ShakesMehr.
“Don’t Eat Nasty Air.”
Huh.
Folks what grew up over 't Beaumont way back in the '60s and before kin tell yuh all 'bout nasty air. Had ta bite it off and give it a good chaw 'fore it was tender enough t’inhale. 'Taint that way ennymore.
@werehatrack did someone say taint?
@nadz1312 @werehatrack Wait. You don’t use a knife and fork to eat it? Does poring maple syrup over it make it taste better? What about sticking straws up your nose to drink it instead?
4 HEPAs and a box fan… Sounds like a movie I saw in Germany. So if you really want premium air filtration you need that charcoal filter, which this unit has. And if you want air filtration+rewards, you need a replaceable charcoal filter. This thing doesn’t have that. You see, the charcoal absorbs junk that the HEPA doesn’t. Including odors. And the charcoal bits fill up with that junk and need to be replaced, or, what’s the point?
So, in closing, if you want to diy a air filtration system remember to pick up some of those charcoal filter bags (finally a reason to use those) that I’ve seen here in a 10 pack and tape those on the HEPA filters, attached to the box fan. Or, buy a HEPA machine with removable charcoal filter… Or, what’s the point?
@Steficake Or…
https://www.amazon.com/Pureburg-Purifiers-Accessories-Replacement-Replenishment/dp/B07PYDT9KR/
Cut to fit, apply as needed.
Huh. ALL the Amazon reviews are from people that got a free one.
@gobnu well wheres my free one!!
@nadz1312 Maybe that’s what it is worth.
When I read reviews, especially on Amazon, I see a lot of “Vine” customers that received free product for review. I don’t put a lot of value on those. I instead look for verified Amazon purchasers. So if there aren’t any, I take a hard pass. Maybe they should start sending me free stuff as well. Not sure how to get on that list. Almost all of the “Vine” customers give 5 stars and rarely any negative comments.
@Mandamm Right? Almost like they are afraid that if the negatively review something they will stop sending them free stuff.
@gobnu Oh, but surely no reputable company would ever refuse to risk having honest reviews posted for future products…
Oh, wait. “Reputable company” is almost an oxymoron now, isn’t it?
I had HEPA once. I got better.
Anyone find a filter that works for this thing? The first H13 I got just didn’t fit.
Let me know if you find one, the one I ordered did not fit either.