how well does this filter odors such as cigarette smoke? thanks in advance!
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We have no smokers in the house but we have up to 5 dogs depending on what day of the week it is. The filter does help with doggie odor somewhat. I do know that people with asthma problems seem to be helped.
56680
Mine is a smoke free house but my son, who does smoke, says it isn't as good as the one that Filter Queen make.
56681
Regular odors about 3 out of 5. No one smokes here so I can't answer that part. I use this for dust and allergy filtration. If you keep a clean filter and change it once a month job it does a satisfactory job.
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Good question. I don't smoke and don't have any visitors that smoke either, but from everything I've seen it should help a *lot*. Of course realize that the smoke particles will plate out on your floor, walls and furniture as they are pulled out of the air. I doubt you'd find any air purifier that would do a *better* job with cigarette smoke. (it would be interesting to compare it to an air filter though)
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I own this and have for almost a year--we really like it! It's a true Hepa filter but I don't believe it emits ozone. I've had filters that do that, and there's always a strange smell....this is a great one
1056354
You should look at the filter manufacturer's fit list to find your particular vehicle. AS far as the filter is concerned, I think it did a good job in filtering some of the offensive road odors and fumes.
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I honestly don't know. ...We are non-smokers. It's worth a try though! But cigarette smoke gets into eeeeverything...carpet, curtains, furniture, clothes. Thus, it may help with filtering the air a bit but depending on where the smoke smell has accumulated, it may be a losing battle.
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Elizabeth-This is a particulate filter, it will NOT remove ANY odor as there is no activated charcoal to remove odors. I would recommend a nuisance filter mask as a minimum. A half face respirator would be a better choice. Also, if the odors are that strong, I would look at the MSDS for the fragrances and look into better ventilation as part of the solution. The fragrance manufacturer should be able to recommend what type of respirator cartrige would be best.
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I have not noticed any off gassing. I'm on my 3rd set of smokestop filters and they're working better than expected without any odor.
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This model will do a very good job with bad smoking smells. We have had several customers purchase them specifically for that reason. The Healthmate unit shown here is a nice well rounded unit that includes 15lbs of carbon in the filter. The carbon is what does the best job at reducing smoke smells in the air, and this unit has as much carbon in the filter as any of the other Austin Air models.
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It is the best that I have found. It does a great job I think but, nothing can get rid of all the smell of cigs, I don't think. I am very pleased with it though, and it doesn't give me allergies like the other products do.
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I've tried it for mild cigarette odor and it worked well. I would imagine it would work for a heavier smoke odor also.
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It comes with 1 filter (you can purchase additional ones). If you mean how many cigarette slots, there are 6.
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Since the Model 04381 has apparently been discontinueg and filters for it are no longer availible I think your best option is the Hamilton Beach Room Odor Eliminatior Model 04532 using the carbon filters. I've used this combination for almost a year in one room and it does a great job of removing the smoke and odor. Hope this is helpful.
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Some odors are harder to remove than others and stale [cigarette?] smoke is one of the hardest to eliminate but you're definitely on the right track! What really works to eliminate odors is the ozone emitting component of this air purifier and forget about charcoal and HEPA filtration. That said, this particular unit would probably do the job for you but it does not produce as much ozone as some of the other air purifiers which strictly rely on ozone to eliminate odors. I would go with one of the "ozone only" air purifiers; run it on high in UNOCCUPIED areas and moving it from room to room until the entire house has been treated. You might find you will need to re-treat some areas but depending on the length of time you run the purifier, it will eventually eliminate 100% of the odor - usually after one "treatment".
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CharlesouTou are welcome. This has been a great filter. I have had it running continuously (other than cleaning) for more than 7 years with no problems.Mark
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My husband smokes, and the one that seems to work the best for us is the Odor Elimination filter. It's got yellow packaging.
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Not really. It's designed to remove allergens. The air goes into the purifier and heats up to 400 degrees to kill spores, bacteria other living organisms. It won't filter smoke.
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I have had mine for two years. For the first,I smoked and it was in the room. For the second, it has been in my new house's basement near the cat litter. I check the filters every month, and so far I've only had to blow them clean with compressed air. I think it depends on what you are asking the machine to clean, but I would not let it discourage me from buying this. really works great.