@Perkalicious I truly wish that my experience mirrored yours for positivity. But mine have been of dubious value, other than to cause some minor extra convection in their immediate vicinity. Since moving on to a true HEPA system, I am convinced that these were not great for my environment.
I bought one of these in April during that offering. I have used it every day and have not had to change the filter as of yet. By the way, these things are huge -
Swifter aside…IHOP…something I ponder on the annual “All You Can Eat Pancakes” Day… Who is ordering the burger at
The International House of
P A N C A K E S?
Hmmmm, do they have pancake batter in them like the omelette’s?..
@hchavers It really won’t help with odors. From what I’ve seen in six months of use, it may barely even filter dust or pollen.
Literally, just a cheap, industrial fan, pushing air from the bottom into a semi-permeable “filter” bag. They may do something, but I’ve been thoroughly unimpressed, even by meh standards. Add the filter DRM crud, and now that I’m finally out of those, I may repurpose the sizable things as lamps or something.
@hchavers to help with oders you’d need at least a charcoal filter. Doesn’t sound like this has anything but a DRM bag. A high cfm exhaust fan would be way better for oder in a bathroom
I honestly wonder how bad sales of a product have to get before they just throw it in the irk after running it three times. There has to be a calculation. That says we may make x money on this and we hope to sell y. And we are only continuing to try and sell this because we need to fill days or don’t have anything more profitable in the pipeline.
Don’t waste your money on this thing. I fell for it one of the times it was for sale and have it does nothing… There’s a little fan in the bottom that moves just enough air to inflate a filtering bag above it. I let mine run a few months to see what it would do - there’s an even level of dust under it and if you use your imagination you can pretend the bag looks kind of like maybe it caught a couple of bits of dust and a few dog hairs.
@Fourhundred57 The light starts to blink letting you know that the filter needs to be changed, but I don’t think it turns the unit off, so you can just ignore it.
@wickhameh I wonder what’s up with mine then. Maybe it’s an issue after turning it off; I unplugged it to check the filter. Was pretty clean so I just plugged it back in, but the fan wouldn’t start up until I plugged a new chip in. I cut the chip out of a new filter so I can leave this one plugged in while cleaning/checking in the future.
@Fourhundred57@wickhameh I have one, and it will completely shut down after a while, even continually having power. It does the one blinking light for quite a while, but then it will stop the fan until you put in a new filter.
Mine work awesome. Turned the filters black in a couple weeks the first time, longer after that. I have washed the filters and reuse them. Yeah, the light blinks but electrical tape solved that. Guess I’m in the minority but for me they work better than much more expensive filters I have bought, and they are sooo quiet.
I ordered one several months ago and I think it was a pretty decent job at picking up all those little particles in the air. So my lights been leaking for a while and I’m just kind of ignored it, someone was talking about a hack before the device earlier. So is the only negative thing that happens is the light blinks on and off but everything still works OK with the filtration process??? If anybody knows the answers to these questions please let me know.
@bigtom67 I have one too and it will blink for replacement for a very long time or possibly forever. If you unplug it or it loses power, it won’t start back up until you replace the chip / filter.
I’ve thought about monitoring the data to see if it can be hacked or reset but it’s pretty easy to just open up and jumper the wires (bypassing the logic board) if you are somewhat electrically inclined. Then it will just run the fan always when it has power.
Bought this the last time and was not impressed. The fan collected more dust and dog hair than the filter. After a few weeks, I’d washed the filters, let them dry then plugged them back in and other than the light flashing, it worked fine. It just doesn’t really collect much dust. Better to spend a few more dollars and get an actual HEPA air purifier.
I’m gonna hire Swiffer, a brand that frequently partners with Febreze, to keep my air breathable. The hungry dingo I hired as a nanny will change the filters for me.
Work great while it was running all of a sudden started having a burning smell after about 7 8 weeks. Still haven’t received a reply about warranty they said it was 90 days so much for that warranty I don’t get some answers they’ll be the last thing I buy
@Idorablo7 did you contact meh customer support or the manufacturer? Either way contact meh (even if it is a case of contact them again). Usually they are pretty good about dealing with issues and they do honor any warranties they say they give. Although I have only had to contact them a couple of times over the years, almost all of the folks I have interacted with there are/were helpful and polite (there was one asshat who thought snark was appropriate who apparently didn’t know the difference between forums and customer service, but that was an exception). If meh gave the warranty they will do something about it.
@eonfifty I took appropriate action after that encounter and don’t think that publicly airing, by name, a complaint about an individual employee’s unprofessional behavior is appropriate. Also doing that is liable to make the situation worse rather than better. For all I know that person has cleaned up their act and so no need for a customer to dread it if they are dealing with them. Allowing that person to have a second chance makes sense. Meh knows who that person is so if there is a complaint about them again meh will know it isn’t a first time offense.
Overall that person’s attitude/behavior (which was what my issue was with) has been the exception and not the rule with my very limited interaction with customer support. Presuming that person’s behavior is common across at least some of the other customers s/he has dealt with I now understand why there have been some complaints about customer service. Until this person I had none.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$50.83 at Amazon
Warranty
3 Years Swiffer
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
This sucks and blows.
@arbdef So does Malaria Tramp and all she got was orange hair dye all over her face.
@arbdef BUM bum BUM bum BUM bum BUM bum BUMMMmmmm…Mega Maid.
@Felton10 That’s self tanner. And it smells too, as you are obviously not familiar with it.
Oh-shit-I paid $ 34 last time you sold it
@Felton10 Were extra filters included last time? They’re not this time.
@narfcake The extra filters were included last time. I’ve been quite happy with it! Paying an extra $5 for the filters was great.
@narfcake @PeachWise well worth the money for two packs of extra filters!
Can it be hacked with a laser?
@panafonics For those confused by this, hacking in-home-audio-spies by laser is now a thing.
Are you sitting on pallets of these? Reviews are awful so therefore the are a Meh and Woot favorite item.
@admiralpoopants is it not 4/5 stars on Amazon?
I got one of these last time, loved it, then ordered 2 more on Morning Save. They’re sweet! Bigger than I pictured, but sweet.
@Perkalicious I truly wish that my experience mirrored yours for positivity. But mine have been of dubious value, other than to cause some minor extra convection in their immediate vicinity. Since moving on to a true HEPA system, I am convinced that these were not great for my environment.
Catch your words, Sean. You’re hurting my eyes, Sean. And what are you doing with that broom?
I was about to say yes, then I noticed that last time it came with filters too and the price on the replacement filters made me nope out. https://meh.com/forum/topics/swiffer-air-cleaning-system-2nd-generation
@Jamileigh17 Me too, same price on Amazon if you include the 4 filters they add to their product.
I bought one of these. It was lame.
@Pony you mean Meh sold something that is meh?
/giphy SHOCKED
These are the same ones with filter DRM (WTF?!), right?
@FrozenTrout Yes. It doesn’t disable its use, but the “replace filter” will keep flashing until it’s replaced.
{ETA: But don’t unplug it. See comment below.}
@FrozenTrout Yeah, I never thought encryption was an essential part of an air filter.
@FrozenTrout @pmarin you don’t know what that filter has seen , , , ,
@FrozenTrout @narfcake I call BS on that statement. It disabled mine.
@FrozenTrout @Trinityscrew Well that sucks.
Per this comment, apparently it actually will disable the unit with an “old filter” if it’s unplugged or after a power outage.
These are air apparent.
DRM filters. So meh. Here’s a better solution: DIY air filter (YouTube)
I bought one of these in April during that offering. I have used it every day and have not had to change the filter as of yet. By the way, these things are huge -
Swifter aside…IHOP…something I ponder on the annual “All You Can Eat Pancakes” Day… Who is ordering the burger at
The International House of
P A N C A K E S?
Hmmmm, do they have pancake batter in them like the omelette’s?..
@cmhg The omelettes are super good.
looks like a smart speaker, so there’s that…
@robson Except it’s 4-5 times larger.
Really thought it would be packages of the filters instead.
@spiciernoodles Thought, or hoped?
@phendrick both? I saw the swifter word and thought it would be filters.
@spiciernoodles Me too. This works better than I had expected, but the pricing points are sort of like an inkjet printer.
These just wont go away. I guess there’s always another sucker
I need something like this for the bathroom, but it would take up all the floor space.
@hchavers It really won’t help with odors. From what I’ve seen in six months of use, it may barely even filter dust or pollen.
Literally, just a cheap, industrial fan, pushing air from the bottom into a semi-permeable “filter” bag. They may do something, but I’ve been thoroughly unimpressed, even by meh standards. Add the filter DRM crud, and now that I’m finally out of those, I may repurpose the sizable things as lamps or something.
@hchavers to help with oders you’d need at least a charcoal filter. Doesn’t sound like this has anything but a DRM bag. A high cfm exhaust fan would be way better for oder in a bathroom
@hchavers @unksol “oder” ? – I think your spell checker must stinc, unless you’re talking about the ribber in Europe. LOL
@hchavers @phendrick have you seen the ribber? It def needs filtering
I honestly wonder how bad sales of a product have to get before they just throw it in the irk after running it three times. There has to be a calculation. That says we may make x money on this and we hope to sell y. And we are only continuing to try and sell this because we need to fill days or don’t have anything more profitable in the pipeline.
I have a few. They definitely grab dust and are super quiet but I’m not sure if they’re worth it.
So, Why would a company that sells tools to clean up dust, make a product to reduce dust? That’s like Charmin
moving into the bidet business…crap
Don’t waste your money on this thing. I fell for it one of the times it was for sale and have it does nothing… There’s a little fan in the bottom that moves just enough air to inflate a filtering bag above it. I let mine run a few months to see what it would do - there’s an even level of dust under it and if you use your imagination you can pretend the bag looks kind of like maybe it caught a couple of bits of dust and a few dog hairs.
Total waste of money…
Does it play music too? Light up when I tell it too? Does it take the stank out of the bathroom? What? No?
@irishbyblood if it just took the stank out it would be worth it!
Any update on how successful hacks to avoid filter DRM?
Note: The filters have chips that force you to replace clean filters after X days of use.
@Fourhundred57 The light starts to blink letting you know that the filter needs to be changed, but I don’t think it turns the unit off, so you can just ignore it.
@wickhameh I wonder what’s up with mine then. Maybe it’s an issue after turning it off; I unplugged it to check the filter. Was pretty clean so I just plugged it back in, but the fan wouldn’t start up until I plugged a new chip in. I cut the chip out of a new filter so I can leave this one plugged in while cleaning/checking in the future.
@Fourhundred57 @wickhameh I have one, and it will completely shut down after a while, even continually having power. It does the one blinking light for quite a while, but then it will stop the fan until you put in a new filter.
Mine work awesome. Turned the filters black in a couple weeks the first time, longer after that. I have washed the filters and reuse them. Yeah, the light blinks but electrical tape solved that. Guess I’m in the minority but for me they work better than much more expensive filters I have bought, and they are sooo quiet.
@Typhadog I’m with you - I bought two, they catch dust, are super quiet. I’d buy again.
Bought it prior, all I have to say is “meh”.
It is quite, and it does pull some stuff out of the air, but can’t say it causes any notable difference.
Size of a lamp, but no bulbs? Cannot justify space hoggage.
/giphy huuuuge
Cool design, but this is not a HEPA air purifier, which is what is recommended if looking for an air purifier. Not worth the money.
I ordered one several months ago and I think it was a pretty decent job at picking up all those little particles in the air. So my lights been leaking for a while and I’m just kind of ignored it, someone was talking about a hack before the device earlier. So is the only negative thing that happens is the light blinks on and off but everything still works OK with the filtration process??? If anybody knows the answers to these questions please let me know.
@bigtom67 I have one too and it will blink for replacement for a very long time or possibly forever. If you unplug it or it loses power, it won’t start back up until you replace the chip / filter.
I’ve thought about monitoring the data to see if it can be hacked or reset but it’s pretty easy to just open up and jumper the wires (bypassing the logic board) if you are somewhat electrically inclined. Then it will just run the fan always when it has power.
A friend of mine has this. I screamed commands at it for 5 minutes before I realized it wasn’t a new model of the Amazon Echo.
@Brasssong “Swiffer, what’s the weather today?”
Bought this the last time and was not impressed. The fan collected more dust and dog hair than the filter. After a few weeks, I’d washed the filters, let them dry then plugged them back in and other than the light flashing, it worked fine. It just doesn’t really collect much dust. Better to spend a few more dollars and get an actual HEPA air purifier.
I’m gonna hire Swiffer, a brand that frequently partners with Febreze, to keep my air breathable. The hungry dingo I hired as a nanny will change the filters for me.
Work great while it was running all of a sudden started having a burning smell after about 7 8 weeks. Still haven’t received a reply about warranty they said it was 90 days so much for that warranty I don’t get some answers they’ll be the last thing I buy
@Idorablo7 did you contact meh customer support or the manufacturer? Either way contact meh (even if it is a case of contact them again). Usually they are pretty good about dealing with issues and they do honor any warranties they say they give. Although I have only had to contact them a couple of times over the years, almost all of the folks I have interacted with there are/were helpful and polite (there was one asshat who thought snark was appropriate who apparently didn’t know the difference between forums and customer service, but that was an exception). If meh gave the warranty they will do something about it.
@Kidsandliz
/giphy which ass hat
@eonfifty I took appropriate action after that encounter and don’t think that publicly airing, by name, a complaint about an individual employee’s unprofessional behavior is appropriate. Also doing that is liable to make the situation worse rather than better. For all I know that person has cleaned up their act and so no need for a customer to dread it if they are dealing with them. Allowing that person to have a second chance makes sense. Meh knows who that person is so if there is a complaint about them again meh will know it isn’t a first time offense.
Overall that person’s attitude/behavior (which was what my issue was with) has been the exception and not the rule with my very limited interaction with customer support. Presuming that person’s behavior is common across at least some of the other customers s/he has dealt with I now understand why there have been some complaints about customer service. Until this person I had none.
@Kidsandliz
So it’s a he…
/giphy found a clue
@eonfifty I carefully said s/he.
@Kidsandliz
It’s in the post before that one…
/giphy clue’s over there
@eonfifty don’t see any gender pronouns that are gender specific in my other post.
@Kidsandliz
/giphy not a pronoun
@eonfifty nice try LOL
@Kidsandliz
You used a masculine noun.
/giphy used masculine noun edit
@eonfifty Where? Not here. I re-read looking at both posts here and not here - all are gender neutral or s/he which you might have read as he.
@Kidsandliz
I mean masculine in the sense of the romance languages and the gender assignment to words.
/giphy romance languages genders