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240 of 242 people found the following review helpful:
FANTASTIC and VERY QUIET...
"HONEYWELL: 18155 SilentComfort Air Purifier"
First off, I'd like to say that this is the only air purifier I've ever owned so I cannot compare it fairly to others so I won't even try. But I've read dozens of reviews about the Honeywell QuietCare 17000 and noticed the main complaint is that it's not really queit at all. Well...I hope this helps...
Published on February 11, 2007 by Gary L. Fox
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
Why does this air purifier smell like wet dog?
I got this because of the overwhelming positive feedback it inspired. Shipping time was light-speed fast and the unit worked mostly ok but, like other reviewers, I HATE the instruction booklet.
OK, the unit comes already put together but you need to put the pre-filter in before you start the unit up. This is actually a very easy thing to do but it becomes...
Published on July 31, 2008 by Blue Mags
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240 of 242 people found the following review helpful:
FANTASTIC and VERY QUIET..., February 11, 2007
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
"HONEYWELL: 18155 SilentComfort Air Purifier"
First off, I'd like to say that this is the only air purifier I've ever owned so I cannot compare it fairly to others so I won't even try. But I've read dozens of reviews about the Honeywell QuietCare 17000 and noticed the main complaint is that it's not really queit at all. Well...I hope this helps.
As far as the noise level goes this SilentComfort 18155 is very quiet on MED and LOW. On HIGH, right next to it, it's about as loud as our dishwasher about 30 feet away. So it's not bad at all. I can still hear the television and have normal conversations with the family without yelling.
I've done some of my own studies to see how well the dust is being pulled into the machine and can see there is dust building up in the pre-filter over time. It seems to work very well. I've also noticed a difference on how fresh the air smells. My sneezing is almost down to zero, when it's running, and that tells me it's really working.
It does NOT have an IONIZER which IS A GOOD THING in my opinion. I've learned that these ionizers omit ozone. Which inside the home this ozone builds up and can be very harmful to the lungs. I did NOT like the sound of that so I turned away from the "ionizer" models.
It is very sturdy, a little bulky, but not too heavy to put in other rooms from time to time when I feel the need to relocate it. It blows cold air, not like a fan and not too direct, at a 360 degree radius(it also pulls from every direction). The cold air will be nice in the summer but it's not so nice right now in the winter. I like to put it next to the bed and it can get a little chilly when my covers come off. It has a very comforting and relaxing white noise hum to it. The motor runs very soft and consistant. No rattling or buzzing of any kind. It seems very well built.
MY ONLY CONCERN is that the return/exhaust does NOT blow straight up. It blows outword on the top/sides and it pulls from the bottom. This may be a brilliant design or a serious flaw? I question...is it just filtering the same air over and over again or is it like a vortex that pulls the dust into it with the pushing air(kind of like a tornado)? In my studies I found that was a tough call for me to make. But it really does help with my allergies so I must conclude that it's working properly.
I ordered it directly from Amazon and it arrived in 4 days(that includes the weekend) and that was with the FREE SUPERSAVER SHIPPING. Amazon is always fantastic about that, so no complaints there.
OVERALL... I am very pleased, though it may be a little early to give a longevity review right now, the HoneyWell SilentComfort 18155 really seems to work great and I have no complaints. If anything faulty or negative develops I will amend it into this review accordingly.
2 THUMBS UP...and I breathe much easier now.
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
Perfect for people with allergies, May 6, 2007
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
I bought this air purifier because my infant was showing signs of allergies - sneezing, rubbing her eyes, etc. Within an hour of turning on this filter, everyone in the household stopped having sneezing fits and our baby doesn't have red, itchy eyes anymore. I'm amazed by how well it works. The unit is really quiet.
The only thing I don't like about it is the size. It's huge! At a foot and a half wide it takes up a lot of space. You can't easily hide this thing next to the sofa. I'm still trying to figure out where to put it so that it isn't in the way but can still filter the air. Very satified with this product overall.
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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
Good Air Cleaner, September 29, 2007
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
Nice and Quiet.
The only negatives are the instructions which do not seem to match the machine.
the diagrams (on Amazon too) show a large prefilter wrapped around the main filter.
In fact that is not how it is set up. The small prefilter goes on the bottom of the machine. The main filter is in the top and they are accessed via different "hatches".
The directions also show cleaning the outside of the HEPA filter. the reality is that the way the machine works you would need to clean the INSIDE surface of the HEPA.
Otherwise works fine. My Asthma is much better.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
Honeywell 18155N SilentComfort airfilter, thumbs-up., April 10, 2007
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
very quiet for sure. it's helping a lot with my allergies. i run it 24/7 on low and that does the trick. the only disadvantage is the suggested placement, 3' from any wall. however i've got it maybe 1-2 feet from any wall and it's able to suck air from all directions.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Not too shabby!, July 9, 2008
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
I like this air purifier, although I've never bought one before. Shipping was pretty slow, and the delivery guy didn't even knock, he just left it in the rain, but it didn't seem much worse for the wear. I've had it for about a month now, and I keep it on 24/7, usually on high (I can't hear it over my AC, anyway), but I've tried all 3 settings. Here's what I think:
Pros:
Yes, it is QUIET, the high setting is maybe 40-50dB, like the humming of an old fridge.
It works great on SMOKE and SMELLS - I smoke "herbal" cigarettes in my 300sqft apartment and they smell a lot! Not only does this suck the smoke out of the air (pretty cool!), but it really helps with the smell that usually lingers for hours after smoking.
It works on PET DANDER - yah! my apartment no longer smells like an 80 lb greyhound who rolled in god-knows-what!
Cons:
DUST? One of the other reviewers said that this helped reduce the amount of dust in their apartment, and I was so excited, because my apartment gets ridiculously dusty every 3 days or so. So I set up the purifier, let it run for a day, then I dusted, and waited. No dice, I had serious dust again in like 3.5 days, too bad :(
Although you just vacuum the HEPA filter, YOU STILL HAVE TO BUY A REPLACEMENT PRE-FILTER.
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
Why does this air purifier smell like wet dog?, July 31, 2008
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
I got this because of the overwhelming positive feedback it inspired. Shipping time was light-speed fast and the unit worked mostly ok but, like other reviewers, I HATE the instruction booklet.
OK, the unit comes already put together but you need to put the pre-filter in before you start the unit up. This is actually a very easy thing to do but it becomes very confusing very fast when you try to follow the crappy instructions in the booklet. You don't need to take the top off (contrary to instructions). You actually need to put the black velcro-looking strip along the inside of the bottom of the unit, (This will become clear once you are looking at the thing.)
The other problem is that after a couple of weeks, we all started noticing a 'wet-dog' smell in the air. Not horribly offensive, but not aromatic either. We had just had the house professionally cleaned so I knew that all potential stinkies had been taken care of. On a sniff 'n' search, I discovered that the Honeywell was the culprit - stinking up my clean house! I took the thing apart, looking for the problem. Found nothing, it was completely clean. The filter itself did not smell but the air being expelled was awful. I found that if I turned it down to the lowest setting, it went away (or became unnoticeable) but after a couple of hours of medium or high, the phantom smell returns.
Any ideas??
Other than that, this is a pretty good unit and not loud at all. On high you notice it more but my kids successfully cover it with yelling, screaming, laughing, arguing etc.
As for cleaning the air, I do notice cooking smells leave the downstairs area faster and our asthmatic sleeps easier at night. So I still recommend it but if I were to buy another one, I might try a different model.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Super Effective, April 3, 2007
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
Great product. You can really feel (and breathe) the difference in the air when you turn this on in a closed room, although I use it with the door open, too. For allergies and asthma, with its HEPA filter system (doctors I've spoken to recommend HEPA as the best filtration system for these problems), it has made a big difference for me. I had an older model that made a louder, harsher noise. Even on high, the sound from this model is still balanced enough so that it does, as others have commented, create a pleasant white noise effect. Note that it is fairly large and heavy, so moving it around from room to room is not impossible but a bit of a hassle. I haven't yet had to clean/replace the filters, since it's still new. But I like that there is a filter indicator on the unit so I don't have to remember when to do it.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
Good for a small bedroom. Lots of pros and cons., June 4, 2009
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
First of all, I have to chuckle about the person that found 'packing material' in their filter and broke it all apart.
The motor housing is made of styrofoam, in an effort to quiet the motor and blower wheel. Don't take it apart and take out the 'packing material' out of it, it's supposed to be there.
Also, the styrofoam is porous, so, don't let it get wet inside, or it can actually be a source of mold, mildew, and musty smells. It may also retain odors like dog, cat, smoke, etc in this styrofoam if you get it used, or sell it. Replacing the hepa filter or pre-filter may not be enough.
Also, it's pretty poor at dealing with odors, as the carbon pre-filter is much smaller, and the air doesn't spend very long in the carbon part of it, so it's just not that effective. Just the way it is. You can help it out by wrapping the pre-filter around the HEPA filter, and think of it as a post filter. This won't get dusty, because the air gets blown through the filter from the inside out, so the dust is trapped in the inside of the filter, rather than the outside, like most round filters.
Air spends more time in the post-filter as the air leaves the filter evenly, and on low it actually works pretty well as absorbing odors if used this way. If you want to be frugal, you can re-use the 'post' filter as a pre-filter if you cut it down to size.
Just make sure you have a pre-filter installed in the bottom as well (And don't use the dusty pre-filter as a post filter, or you'll re-pollute your filtered air.), as without the pre-filter properly installed, the HEPA filter won't last long. It's designed to 'chirp' when the HEPA filter needs cleaning or replacing, as the fluctuations caused by the plugged filter will make the styrofoam motor housing rub against the blower wheel, eventually damaging it. If you don't install a pre-filter in the bottom this will happen very quickly, and the unit will basically just annoy you rather than filter any air.
If you keep the pre-filter clean, and keep it on low in your bedroom, it will keep the dust from getting too bad.
It's really quiet, as the HEPA filter acts like a muffler, and the motor housing is made of sound absorbing material.
I'd vacuum the HEPA filter with your HEPA vacuum every time you change the pre-filter.
I can see why they designed it like this, but I can also see the downsides.
If you want a filter that's QUIET and doesn't disturb the air a lot, this a good choice.
It's not good for entryways, pool/spa rooms, pet rooms, living rooms, for use as a fan, or a smoke-eater.
It's for bedrooms.
If you like to have air blowing on you as you sleep, pick the 17005 instead (It makes more noise, but moves all it's exhaust in one direction.), or better yet, have the 17005 on a nightstand on low 24/7 blowing on your pillow, and have it moving air in the direction of a 18155, so the 17005 can provide fresh air for you as you sleep, and the 18155 keeps the dust down so you don't have to vacuum as often. Yes, I have 2 HEPA filters in my bedroom. 2 on low are MUCH quieter and more effective than 1 on high. The 17005 also has a timer and remote- built right in.
The 18155 is much quieter than the old round style 11520, and work just as well for dust and allergies.
The old venerable 11520 is much more durable, but really loud on high, and didn't move much air on low.
I bet the 18155 is quieter on high than the old 11520 is on low.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Quiet, almost too quiet, April 28, 2008
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
I never appreciated this product as much as I did until I just went to change the pre-filter. After 6 months of almost constant use it had a thick buildup of dust all around it.
After purchasing this product I did notice the air in my apartment just seemed fresher, it did not seem as stuffy and cooking odors did not linger as long.
When I first purchased this Honeywell I turned it on the low setting and could barely hear it, which worried me because part of the reason I bought it was for white noise at night. On the high setting it is loud enough to provide enough white noise.
In the six months of owning it has been very dependable and easy to use. I highly recommend it.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
If you want "SILENT" and "EFFECTIVE" Air Purifier L00K Here!, May 1, 2009
This review is from: Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier (Kitchen)
Folks, don't waste your time with those Ionizers that I found can actually worsen allergy symptoms by releasing the chemical ozone. I do my research & this baby went straight into my bedroom. I was and still am amazed at how quiet this thing is. Imagine the sound of air coming from the central air vents in your house & thats about how loud it is. Not very. And I don't see the amount of dust floating through the air anymore. Just keep your bedroom door closed as much as possible & let this beauty run on high all the time. DONE!
...hATCh - "You can trust me, I'm an air traffic controller"...
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