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Ionic air purification - ozone - and health

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:24 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
here is the skinny...

Due to my allergies I bought the Ionic Pro from Outpost. I used it for the first time yesterday and I woke up feeling much better than usual.

No large lump of crud in my throat
No watery eyes
no stuffy tired feeling

All in all I think it works, but that was only 1 night.

Now my dad was saying they just bashed most of the ionic air purifiers for letting out "lung damaging levels of ozone" > Related article But most of the articles close with "but in normal application a well ventilated room at 3 feet away is perfectly safe" :dork:

Now I understand running it on high in a tiny unventilated room could be not so good, but I run it on medium in my bedroom, which is fairly well ventilated (open door and window) I have not smelled the "ozone smell" supposedly like fresh air after a thunderstorm. I do smell it when the unit is on high and I shove my nose in the vents but I don't do that all the time, :icon32:

So is this another FOX exagerated special "When air purifiers attac" or is this something to actually worry about?

Re: Ionic air purification - ozone - and health

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:30 pm
by FragaGeddon
Giraffe }{unter wrote:I do smell it when the unit is on high and I shove my nose in the vents but I don't do that all the time, :icon32:
This made me laugh.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:33 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
well I needed to experiance the highly charged oxygen molecule smell for myself... :D

P.S. I finally replied to your PM

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:36 pm
by FragaGeddon
Giraffe }{unter wrote:well I needed to experiance the highly charged oxygen molecule smell for myself... :D

P.S. I finally replied to your PM
It was just funny how you said that you don't do it all the time.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:20 pm
by dmmh
should of gotten the Sharp one....silly silly you

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:21 pm
by dmmh

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:33 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
yeah.. but I'm not fond of buying filters, replacing them and dealing with it when they are discontinued. Just lazy I guess, I wanted something I just had to rinse off once a week and be done with it.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:01 pm
by dmmh
words fail to describe how this thing owns

but ill try

we had a plexiglass cube with loads of curry (the spice) inside it along with the simplest model of the 2 Sharps and you literally couldnt smell anything.
I hope you realise how strong the smell of curry is to be able to apreciate the magic this thing does. Its your health so ou decide, but you wouldve been way better of with this one

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:02 pm
by saturn
lol sander, you chainsmoker

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:04 pm
by dmmh
says the 2 packs a day smokin doctor

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:05 pm
by saturn
2 packs, uhuh

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:11 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
dmmh wrote:words fail to describe how this thing owns

but ill try

we had a plexiglass cube with loads of curry (the spice) inside it along with the simplest model of the 2 Sharps and you literally couldnt smell anything.
I hope you realise how strong the smell of curry is to be able to apreciate the magic this thing does. Its your health so ou decide, but you wouldve been way better of with this one
Yeah the wife cools with curry every once and a while it takes like a week to get the smell out, but it still stays in the towels and other fabrics :/

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:20 pm
by dmmh
saturn wrote:2 packs, uhuh
crushed :p

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:03 pm
by Geebs
Keep it away from the medical gases.....

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:09 pm
by SplishSplash
This thread makes me sad because somebody mentioned cigarettes.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:21 pm
by Geebs
Count yourself lucky, I fell off the wagon yesterday - but only 'till tuesday

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:26 pm
by random name
You still hangin' in there then I take it?

edit: @ splish dammit