Ionic Air Purifiers - Is It All Just Hype?

Ionic air purifiers have been hurtled into thepotency of airborne particles without actually
spotlight with the advent of the Sharper Imagedrawing them into the filter itself. The Sharper
air purifier, called the Ionic Breeze. Despite a roundImage air purifier now comes with an
of advertising that has wearied rather thanOzoneGuard, which claims to convert a significant
enthused consumers, many other manufacturersamount of dangerous ozone into oxygen, but this
have joined the ionic air purifier market. So are ionarguably is a relatively useless feature, as much
air purifiers actually any good?of the dangerous ozone that might be in your
The main selling point of ionic air purifiers is thehome would be generated by a different kind of
silence with which they are said to removeair purifier.
particles from the air. This is due to the lack ofThere is no doubt that ionic air purifiers do have
circulating fan in this type of air cleaner, as thesome air cleaning capacity, but this is likely to be
Sharper Image air purifier, the original ionic cleaner,insufficient as to make a real difference to the
relies on electrostatic plates to circulate the air.quality of the air in your home, particularly if there
Independent tests have shown, however, thatis an allergy or asthma sufferer under your roof.
this reliance is somewhat misplaced - while aWhile ion air purifiers might be better than nothing,
fan-assisted air purifier can process a room's airyou might be better advised to spend your hard
within one minute, this ionic air purifier has aearned money on an air purifier that has been
turnover rate move only an estimated couple oftried and tested, and been proven to reliably
cubic meters per hour.remove a significant amount of airborne particles
Some ion air purifiers have added extra featuresfrom the atmosphere in your home. The ionic air
to increase the effectiveness of their cleaningpurifier is not this type of air cleaner.
power. Some manufacturers have added negativeIonic air purifiers - are they worth buying or not?
ion capabilities, which claim to neutralize theMaybe not.