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Why does this air purifier smell like wet dog? | Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier

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	• Honeywell 18155 SilentComfort Permanent, True HEPA Air Purifier Honeywell Honeywell average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent and as quiet as advertised!

I have a small room with a dog, a rat in a cage, and three ferrets, so we definitely need an air purifier to "purify" the air in here! I got this version to replace an older, outdated version I had when I needed a new filter and couldn't find out because it had been discontinued. I have to say, it does look nicer and it is quieter, but I found that the older version kept the pet smell out of my room more. Still, I am very happy with this product! When it is set to low, you can hardly hear it at all!

Smoke Buster

Large local forest fires prompted this purchase. It has been a life saver. Running 24/7 with the air conditioner in the house has kept the living room area free of all smoke smell. Even my 84 year old mother did not have to leave. We ran it on medium speed most of the time and could hardly hear it.

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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 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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Not too shabby!

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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Works great 4.5 stars

We've had this unit plugged in for just under a month and the difference in my girlfriend's cat allergies is amazing. We crank it up to medium or high when we come home for the evening, but leave it on low overnight and while we're at work. The only draw back is that it's quite large. Luckily it works well even without the recommended 360 degree clearance. It doesn't do much for odors, but that's not what we wanted it for. All-in-all, a great buy.

The SilentComfort True HEPA air purifier removes at least 99.97% of common household particles as small as 0.3 microns from the air passing through it such as dust, pollen, mold spores, tobacco smoke and cat dander. Comes with bonus pre-filter

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