04-12-2014, 10:28 PM
Hi everyone,
My wife and I are looking to supplement the RabbitAir Minus A2 air purifier. We keep the Minus A2 in our bedroom. It's quiet and works well. It's even surprisingly quiet on its higher speed settings. We need an air purifier for our home office and another for our living room and kitchen. They are adjacent to each other and there is a very large doorway between them. So, we treat them as a single room.
I've no interest in a noisy system. Been there, done that. We have an old Honeywell air purifier in the living room/kitchen area. It works but it's actually a bit small for the area and noisy even on its lowest setting. The higher speed settings are unbearably noisy. So, I let it run on its highest speed during the day when the wife and I are at work and either throw it onto low or turn it off entirely when I get home form work.
We already have an air purifier in mind for the home office. It's another unit from Rabbitair:
It's on the smaller side, very well rated and very quiet. Perfect for the home office. Both versions of this model are in the $300 to $400 range. We've been very happy with the Minus A2. Very solid build quality and the company itself is responsive to inquiries. Definitely recommended.
The one for the living room and kitchen, though, continues to be an issue. We need a larger unit than the BioGS 2.0 series and the ones we have in mind are costly. So far, we're looking at the BlueAir 500 series air purifier, which is in the $600 to $700 dollar range.
Then I saw a deal for the ViraTech UV-400 from UVFlue technologies for $279 or so.
Based on the info, it can handle the room area and kills all of the live crap that floats around in the air. But, it isn't a HEPA system and the filter component that actually removes the now dead crap (and dust and pollen and schmutz) seems on the small side. Easily cleaned but small. So, while it kills the crap in the air, it doesn't appear to remove it from circulation on the same level as a HEPA based system. That and I was unable to find any info that gauges its noise output. So, I'm leery. It really seems like the system is too good to be true.
Anyone have a ViraTech UV-400? If so, I'd much appreciate the benefit of your experience.
Thanks,
Robert
P.S. Keep in mind that a manufacturer may say an air purifer can clean the air in the room of X size but in reality, it may only do a proper job in a room that is significantly smaller. See the folllowing web site for more details:
My wife and I are looking to supplement the RabbitAir Minus A2 air purifier. We keep the Minus A2 in our bedroom. It's quiet and works well. It's even surprisingly quiet on its higher speed settings. We need an air purifier for our home office and another for our living room and kitchen. They are adjacent to each other and there is a very large doorway between them. So, we treat them as a single room.
I've no interest in a noisy system. Been there, done that. We have an old Honeywell air purifier in the living room/kitchen area. It works but it's actually a bit small for the area and noisy even on its lowest setting. The higher speed settings are unbearably noisy. So, I let it run on its highest speed during the day when the wife and I are at work and either throw it onto low or turn it off entirely when I get home form work.
We already have an air purifier in mind for the home office. It's another unit from Rabbitair:
It's on the smaller side, very well rated and very quiet. Perfect for the home office. Both versions of this model are in the $300 to $400 range. We've been very happy with the Minus A2. Very solid build quality and the company itself is responsive to inquiries. Definitely recommended.
The one for the living room and kitchen, though, continues to be an issue. We need a larger unit than the BioGS 2.0 series and the ones we have in mind are costly. So far, we're looking at the BlueAir 500 series air purifier, which is in the $600 to $700 dollar range.
Then I saw a deal for the ViraTech UV-400 from UVFlue technologies for $279 or so.
Based on the info, it can handle the room area and kills all of the live crap that floats around in the air. But, it isn't a HEPA system and the filter component that actually removes the now dead crap (and dust and pollen and schmutz) seems on the small side. Easily cleaned but small. So, while it kills the crap in the air, it doesn't appear to remove it from circulation on the same level as a HEPA based system. That and I was unable to find any info that gauges its noise output. So, I'm leery. It really seems like the system is too good to be true.
Anyone have a ViraTech UV-400? If so, I'd much appreciate the benefit of your experience.
Thanks,
Robert
P.S. Keep in mind that a manufacturer may say an air purifer can clean the air in the room of X size but in reality, it may only do a proper job in a room that is significantly smaller. See the folllowing web site for more details: