Airpura R600 All Purpose Air Purifier,Cream

I decided on the Air Pura R600 due to its robust construction and simple controls. The idea of 18 lbs of activated charcoal was appealing since the grand kids mentioned that the house had a smell at times and I noticed kitchen odors occasionally myself. So far so good with the odor removal. It takes a while, but the R600 eventually clears the air. I'm hoping that my allergies are improved as well as they were particularly bad so far this year. Due to the open kitchen, nook and relatively large two story family room a purifier with the capacity of the R600 is required to adequately handle the load. I really like the completely variable fan speed so I can choose exactly the speed and noise I want to put up with. The family room always had a dust issue more than other rooms so I am hoping for improvements there but it's still too early to assess the results. The impression I have is that the Hepa and charcoal filter life "should" be decent but I'm a bit concerned about the prefilter. The description of the R600 indicates that it can simply be vacuumed from outside occasionally and replaced annually but, to me, that looks like a pain. I'm not sure how effective vacuuming over all those tiny intake holes is going to be. Based on the included "manual" - a very unfriendly and primitive pamphlet - you need to remove all three filters in order to change out the prefilter. That seems a little non-user friendly to me. One of the reasons I liked the large amount of activated charcoal in the first place was that I had read you could buy replacement media and refill it for much less than the $199 replacement filter price. Unfortunately, I haven't yet been able to find any place that sells activated charcoal or anthracite media cheap enough to make refilling worthwhile so I may be stuck with the $199 charcoal filter replacement every couple years. We will see if I regret not having filter life indication or other bells and whistles, but so far, the R600 does meet my purchase criteria.Shipping seemed to be a little too slow and it took over a week to get the notice of shipment so, if in a hurry, you might want to go with a different vendor. I used Allergy Buyers Club via the Amazon site.

Overall, we like this unit, but it doesnt do such a good job with dust in the house, maybe cause the air entry holes are tiny round holes. Originally, thats what we wanted, but this takes any smell right out of the house and does make the air smell "fresh". We live in a small ranch and when we cook the smell permeates everything, so now, when we cook, the R600 is put on the MAX level and the smell is gone after we come back from a walk (30-45min). I also didnt give it 5 stars because it is "LOUD" on the MAX setting. We usually leave it on MAX overnight. It makes some great white noise for sleeping.

Product arrived quickly and runs fine. A little noise, similar to an air conditioner, so OK. Air seems fresher? Certainly works as well as my deer whistles did!

You can see the quality in the construction.Very Quiet

This unit makes my mold allergies worse. I'm staying in a house with mold problems and I'm less allergic when this unit is turned off, than when it's turned on. It's also very very loud.