| Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Air Purifiers are very | | | | this brand, there is no fan. The plates are to |
| well known. It doesn't necessarily mean that they | | | | move air through the purifier. It does move air |
| are good. The company has a great Marketing | | | | through that you can see on TV with the wiggling |
| Department. They are relentless in their | | | | ribbons. However, the typical air purifier moves |
| advertising which gives the consumers a false | | | | 200 to 400 cubic feet of air a minute. In this |
| comfort in purchasing one. There are also | | | | case, the ribbons would be blown off. The product |
| competitors selling the ionic types with the same | | | | does do some good, being compact and having a |
| faults. | | | | nice design. But for people with allergy or asthma |
| An independent product testing publication said | | | | problems it would be better to choose a more |
| that the Ionic Breeze is unimpressive and they | | | | efficient purifier. |
| found mostly no reduction in airborne particles. | | | | There was a class-action lawsuit against Sharper |
| Sharper Image answered by saying that their | | | | Image to make several concessions to misled |
| products are different technology and would do | | | | customers about the air purifiers. They are |
| better in a longer test. An independent expert had | | | | offering credits for 3.2 million consumers who |
| the test procedures reviewed. It was re-tested | | | | bought an Ionic Breeze since May of 1999. The |
| and proved that the Ionic Breeze removed very | | | | consumers will also be able to buy a grill |
| little dust in a test over 100 minutes long. It | | | | attachment designed for the air purifier for $7.00. |
| wasn't even close to the results of the tests of | | | | One consumer in a Miami federal court stated |
| other air purifiers. | | | | that he had paid several hundred dollars for his |
| Before continuing, there should be an explanation | | | | Ionic Breeze only to find that it didn't work as |
| on how the Ionic Breeze works. They use a | | | | advertised. The class-action settlement then took |
| charged plate electrostatic system. However, in | | | | effect. |