Air Purifier Question

[Kloned]

Hello All

Have a question about an air purifier for the guy that are allowed to smoke in there homes this bitter winter

I went to walmart and got the biggest one they carry and its really not working all that well, and my wife asked if I could find something better,, so I found this one http://www.heartfeltindustries.com/products.asp?cat=Lightning+Air+Purifier

and was wondering if anyone has or is using it and what your thoughts on it was,,, and or if you found a different good one

please let me know

Thanks
Clint

 

[Vitty]

I've found that an air purifier on its own simply doesn't work. You need a ton of fresh air cycling through the room for controlling the smell. I played around with air purifiers and smoke eaters and the likes and nothing worked. Ended up installing a heated makeup air unit and a few bathroom exhaust fans in my man cave to pump fresh air in and exhaust smokey air out. Even after smoking with that setup some smell lingers. 24 hours with a rabbit air running and the smell is mostly gone. Sorry if this isn t what you were hoping to hear but unfortunately it's the only way to truly control the smell.

Jolietilfire on here is another great source of info on this topic.

 

[Smoqman]

^ I run a Lampe Berger in addition to this and it works great.

 

[ATL]

Vitty is right, takes a ton of fresh air. The rabbit air is good but only does so much. Zedman has struggled with the same thing in his garage this winter. He went so far as to build an activated carbon canister attached to an inline fan, the same setup touted by folks who grow other things indoors as it's supposed to be the most effective way to eliminate odor. Even that doesn't work completely. You need fresh air in and smoke out.

 

[Hoshneer]

I zip tie a high quality 20" furnace filter to my box fan and it works pretty good. Ugly but it's a lot cheaper.

 

[Jfire]

Where are u smoking in your house?
Are you able to get a short fan into the window. If not a few guys over the years have made cut outs for box fans that they use as a insert. I.E. the day they smoke they place the insert into the window. Then the fan into the insert and pointing outward. Crack another window in the same room. Then sit by the open window with fan and light up.
Also a good ozone unit is really helpful of getting rid of lingering smells. I have the czonka middle priced unit 160.00
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/miscellaneous/38000/csonka-ozone-air-purifier/
Sadly the one I have is going bad after just two years. Ozone corrodes electrical fittings nearby. So it's corroding itself. Kind of ironic heh????
There's a unit that a few use here that has good reviews.
The sharp plasmacluster (IG 10aug?) smaller sized unit. And it's a ionizer not a Ozinator.

I havnt used it so I can't confirm just how well it works. Rules to a non smelling room in my house.
-Exhaust air immediately after exhaling smoking.
-Clean room after several uses. Mop floors, granite counter tops etc.
-Take out cigar ashes and butts immediately after they have gone cold from smoking.
-have a ozone unit running on a timer when I'm not in the room and when I know others are not going to be using the room. I have the broan 1500cfm eductor in my room with a 8in fresh air intake. I still have to clean my room to keep it neutral.
Cigars with beautiful aromas while lit stink to all hell after being extinguished.
Jfire

 

[Kloned]

Where are u smoking in your house?

that's part of the problem, in my house my cold air intake on my furnace is massive and if im smoking in the back room and the furnace kicks on it pulls my smoke right to no matter if I try to block it off or not,

right now we have been in the single digits most of the winter so we had to plastic off all our windows in the house,

man I can't wait till spring when I can just set on my deck, but I think for now maybe I will just move this air purifier that I have from walmart, set it right next to me in the back room and try to get the plastic off just that window and maybe put a small fan in it

 

[3/5King]

The only true way (at least truly feasible) is to move as much air through that room as you can (to the outside) the reason it smells is that the smoke has time to settle. You need to remove it from the room as quick as possible. Air purifiers, ozone models....blah blah blah. Heavy duty fan in the window is your best bet.one window open for fresh air in and one open with the fan in it. Add a heater to keep the room warm as you'll be removing all of the heat too lol.

 

[Jfire]

3/5 king have u tried a ozone unit after smoking?

 

[Smoqman]

The ozone / ion generator I use works fantastically. Before it, there was always a lingering odor - not always noticeable by me, but by those who share some of the same air space.

Now, no one complains.

 

[NIZZLE]

I been using this and it works pretty darn good night and day difference plus while smoking I always have a Yankee candle burning and a widow cracked.