apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

We have a small one in the bedroom. My husband has mild asthma and it helps out a lot, especially in the winter when it is not very economical to open the windows. We only turn it on at night... the box says to have it on all of the time but it seems like a real waste to have it on when you are not in the room. One thing is that it drys the room out a bit, so it is good to keep a glass of water out in case you need it (or a humidifier, but thats just another thing to plug in)

The artist run center (which is in a basement downtown) my husband works at has an air purifier too and it is amazing at reducing the humidity. If I lived in a basement apartment I'd get a huge one for the whole place.

The only air purifiers I have are my plants! However, I've never had allergies or asthma, and after growing up in LA during the worst smog years, all other air seems clean to me!

My parents have a couple ionic breezes. I don't know about the power intake, but there are no parts to replace and they seem to take a lot of crud out of the air. When I was living with my parents I would wipe the collection grids down once a week with a damp sponge, it took maybe 5 minutes for both of them. They make a little noise when there's too much static in the air or they get too dirty, but a quick flip over and back or cleaning takes care of that.

It helped my allergies significantly. I wish I had one in my bedroom. I had one in my car, but I gave it to my mom when the power outlet stopped working and she never gave it back after I got it fixed.