Customer Reviews

Purely Products Ionic Lifestyle Negative Ion Generator for Home and Office

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3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I was skeptical of the claims of this unit's manufacture that it produced 2 million -ions/cm but bought the 2-units anyway. When I tested each unit with a AlphaLab Air Ion Counter (a precision and relatively expensive meter that tests either positive or negative ions), I was somewhat surprised that it did, indeed, "peg the needle" with the meter on its highest setting of 1,999,999 ions/cm! The meter was within a foot or so of the unit! There's the verifiable proof! End of debate.

I'm writing this review to share what I found out about this product after contacting the factory about the indicator light that only glowed Red and never Yellow as the packaging stated(for indication of a working unit). The factory apoligized and assured me that the product with the Red glowing light is functioning properly, they had a shipment of product that was manufactured and sent out to customers where the unit's indicator light was accidently made in Red instead of yellow, They are correcting the problem but there are some items that were sent out to people that will have the red light that indicates the unit is operating instead of the yellow. So for those of you that bought this unit and have a RED light instead of yellow,have no fear the unit is working correctly.

I just received the Purely Products Ionic Lifestyle Negative Ion Generator a few hours ago and ..........wow.......this little thing is incredible. My home office air has improved 100% in just a few hours. The unit was making a slight intermittent clicking noise so I sent Purely an email and received a response back in a matter of minutes. I will share their response.

"So delighted you can already tell a difference in the air. The slight and random clicking noise is normal - typically a build-up of static electricity from time to time - and is not a problem. Your Ionic Purifier is guaranteed for 2 years but will operate well beyond that. As long as the indicator light is on, it is working perfectly cleaning the air and emitting refreshing negative ions."

I am extremely impressed with this product and plan on purchasing additional units to place around the house.

My allergies are getting worse as I get older, and I've had two really serious respiratory infections over the past two years. At the doctor's recommendation, I was looking for two air purifier units to cover my whole house but the air purifiers that had an ionizer were really expensive. So I read up on the benefits of ionizers (do I need that?) and decided to get both an air purifier and an ionizer, but separately, so I could have the benefits of both at a reasonable cost. I read all of the reviews on several different ionizers, and decided to try this one. And, as it happened this single ionizer unit arrived before the air purifiers. The air in my bedroom was thick, heavy and stale, and I haven't been sleeping well, and waking up with big circles under my eyes. I could not open the windows to clear the air in there because the pollen, biting gnats, and biting no-see-ums are so bad this year from all of the rain. Since the bedroom air was so bad, I thought I would try the ionizer first in the bedroom to freshen the air. I plugged it in and left the room (10'x 16') closed the door and went out to finish my evening chores in the front of the house. About an hour later I walked back into that bedroom area without thinking about the ionizer and was the beautiful smell of crisp clean clear air hit me like a ton of bricks, like it just rained in there!! I kept going back in there to smell the air and the change was so profound I just could not believe it. I have been moving this thing around the house to clear up the air everywhere and I am ordering more of these for my house and our office space. If you are tuned-in to your body and your environment you will notice an immediate and profound difference having this plugged in, especially in a smaller space where the impact of its working will be very apparent in a short time.

I want to note on two other things mentioned in other reviews. Mine also made some tiny clicking noises last night when I moved it back into the bedroom, due to static electricity, but as the air environment in there reached new norms that stopped on its own. Also I did get one from the production batch that has the red indicator light on it instead of the other color, to indicate it's working. For me that's not an issue, because when the light came on I knew it was getting juice from the outlet, but it was very clear from the condition of the air in my bedroom that this thing is worth its weight in gold. Highly recommended if you're allergenic and tossing and turning at night for no apparent reason. I have slept through the night for the past three nights since I've had this in my bedroom, and I can't remember sleeping through the night without meds for years. I am ordering two more today to place throughout my rambler home so I have complete and continuous coverage.

I have friends at work and family members who have allergy issues and trouble sleeping so I am recommending this to them as well. Highly recommended. Good luck with your health and thanks for reading my comments. Try it- best 20 bucks you've ever spent. Cynthia

I have COPD, emphysema, on oxygen, and this little gem helps me so much. It feels like it enables me to work without the oxygen as it greatly enhances the processing of oxygen into the blood stream. Removes floating micro-dust particles and toxins from the air, and I sleep much better now. I love the pure smell in the room now, (like after a rainstorm.)

The Purely Products Negative Ion Generator is very compact, but there really is no way to tell if it is working without special detection equipment. I have seen other units which you can sense by placing your hand in front of it. I sense nothing around this unit. I guess you just have to take it on faith that it is working.

It comes with no instructions. There is no additional information. You just plug it in and hope it works.

This ionizer is one of the smallest and I believe most powerful ionizers on the market. Many larger ones put out much less ion/sqr inch. There are only tens of thousands in nature. Maybe 100,000 negative ions at a major waterfall. This puts out 2 million. It also kills odor, keeps the air fresh and is effective for Seasonal Affective Disorder. Depending on its severity - generally not as a treatment without bright light therapy but as a critical adjunctive treatment. I have had one plugged in for more than a year and it keeps going. Ions help mood and are theoried to effect the serotonergic and dopaminergic neurotransmitter systems in the brain. They are also said to enhance oxygen transoport to the brain - which may be a key factor in SAD as a recent study showed cognitive deficits, along with mood in percentages of populations afflicted with SAD varying according to solar insolation of an area (do a search on shia kent and SAD). The theory on its effect on cognition is that sunlight or bright light therapy (<10,000lux) increases blood flow to the brain. Several double blind studies showed a negative ionzer to be as effective as an antideprerssant for SAD. [....] The studies compared a low density ionizer that put out 10,000 ions and a high density one that put out a little less than 3 million. The low density was not effective but the high density was.

This thing fairly reeks of pseudo-science (one of the related items on Amazon is an E-meter) and my wife was skeptical-bordering-on-derisive when it showed up at our house. But after having it plugged in for a few minutes, even she had to admit that the air tasted fresher and she felt better. I felt substantially better too. And that night I slept great and woke up refreshed.

I brought the unit to my office and plugged it in (receiving a nasty static shock in the process--next time I'll use a T-shirt). I went out to grab a cup of coffee. When I came back, again within minutes, I could feel that unmistakable feeling (it really does remind me of the air during a rain storm).

You can try and chalk it up to placebo, but there are double blinds confirming it all.

I got this because my room mate smokes cigars and I hate the smell. I plugged it into the outlet by my rooms door and it seems to work just fine. It keeps the smoke odor out of my room. The area of effect is a bit small but, it works for small spaces very well.

Used this item for a few weeks now and it seems to work well. Will get larger unit soon.
It is small and very easy to install by just plugging it into and electric outlet.