Air purifier / vape smell cleaner upper?

[Coastal Cowboy]

Damn I just found out they’re not legal in California because the O-Zone

Smuggle it. Isn't that how everything fun, useful or shiny gets there?

Smuggle two and sell one on Facebook to cover costs.

 

[ScottP]

Damn I just found out they’re not legal in California because the O-Zone

Man, you guys have some seriously draconian laws there. Good thing you don't have to sail across the Ocean and conquer new lands to reach a free country though, you just need to move to a different State.

 

[untar]

you just need to move to a different State

Probably illegal in CA, you'll get cancer if you move

 

[Zutankhamun]

I’m going to get one. We get that sticky goo on windscreens, I vape constantly in the house so I think that goo might be responsible for some of my skin issues. I’m in clothes all the time. So my face is always getting the ‘heat’.

can anyone recommend one to me?

Did you get one @Coastal Cowboy?

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

I’m going to get one. We get that sticky goo on windscreens, I vape constantly in the house so I think that goo might be responsible for some of my skin issues. I’m in clothes all the time. So my face is always getting the ‘heat’.

can anyone recommend one to me?

Did you get one @Coastal Cowboy?

I did.

It's the Honeywell Quietclean and it's too much machine for my 100-ish square feet of vape space. At least when set on "High."

I think I'll get one of the tabletop models for my area and let my wife and her daughterspawn have this one in the family chicks' room.

Both models are highly reviewed.

 

[Zutankhamun]

They are expensive. $185?

I could buy a whole atty for that. Damn
Thanks

 

[chellie]

Ever since I found the magic of sub-Ohm vaping, the air in my man cave smells heavy and sweet, even hours after my last cloud has dissipated.

You-know-who disagrees with my assessment that it smells absolutely fantastic.

Since I refuse to take it outside, I need some way of cleaning the air in here.

I figured this would be the best community to ask for help.

No one in my home smokes or vapes --except yours truly and they seem to have a keen sense of smell. When I smoked analogs they bitc--ed constantly.

When I started vaping I super cleaned everything -- and they still complained.

I vape everywhere in the home.

Now what I do is I open all the windows less than an inch usually overnight or at least a few hours daily PLUS I have a number of small glass open bowls that I fill with a few table spoons of baking soda that I keep pretty high up and change it weekly.

That really seems to absorb it all because no one complains anymore and when I come in from outside I think it smells clean and fresh. I even have a small bowl in my car. For the car I still use glass but it is covered it in plastic and I poked holes in it.

It really works. (I am in a warm low humidity climate though and my ac runs most of the time)

 

[kiba]

Ionizers are ozone factories. If you're relying on just the ionic wind to circle air you'll wait all day and all night to clear a small room 30m³, there's not a lot of throughput.
As to what that does to our liquids... seen no tests on that, but you can bet that electron bombardment will not leave them chemically unchanged.

It's best not to sit in a room with an active ionizer day in day out for years.

Electrostatic filters have their downsides. They use buckets of power for one thing. Also I’m not sure how well they deal with liquids, though if it’s working for your vape issue it should work for others. I got my filter at a good will as well actually. Had to clean the heck out of it and throw the old filter away but it works. If they solve the VG stickiness issue they may even be a win.

I find what works best is a Ionizer style cleaner. I have the Ionic Breeze Quadra. There are no filters to buy and replace. Only a simple washing of the ionizer cells. No fan , no moving parts so it runs silently.
Air flow is established by the process of Ionization, so with no moving parts the machines tend to have longevity , meaning buying a used one can be well worth the savings.
I was lucky in finding mine at my local Goodwill Store and it was in almost brand new condition. (they are expensive brand new) They not only clean the film residue from the air but also any odor.
Goodwill does have a online auction store shopgoodwill.com also you can try Ebay.
Ionic Breeze Quadra: Air Cleaners & Purifiers | eBay

Yeah those things use up a ton of electricity, we have one of those, as well as a hepa system built into our hvac and I keep both of them off for the most part, & take the filter out bc it forces the fan to push harder. when I installed the new "smart" thermostat I guess it had turned both on without me knowing & our bill shot up like crazy.

As far as I can tell the ionic part doesn't work very well (I've tried blowing clouds through it) & they're pretty much not used anymore but our condo was built during the time when those things were the latest fad, I guess.

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[bombastinator]

Yeah those things use up a ton of electricity, we have one of those, as well as a hepa system built into our hvac and I keep both of them off for the most part, & take the filter out bc it forces the fan to push harder. when I installed the new "smart" thermostat I guess it had turned both on without me knowing & our bill shot up like crazy.

As far as I can tell the ionic part doesn't work very well (I've tried blowing clouds through it) & they're pretty much not used anymore but our condo was built during the time when those things were the latest fad, I guess.

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They work really really well for very fine particulates like smoke. It used to be every bar had one bolted to the ceiling. The brand name was “smoke eater”. Vapor is a different animal than cigarette smoke though. They were originally designed for use in nuclear submaines. Nuke boats have electric power to burn though.

 

[kiba]

They work really really well for very fine particulates like smoke. It used to be every bar had one bolted to the ceiling. The brand name was “smoke eater”. Vapor is a different animal than cigarette smoke though. They were originally designed for use in nuclear submaines. Nuke boats have electric power to burn though.

Yeah I haven't really done any scientific experimentation w/ it, just got curious after reading this thread & decided to blow some clouds through it. But from what I can tell, vape clouds just pass right through it. The hepa system that's behind it though, that thing will get almost the entire cloud.

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[Coastal Cowboy]

So far, the Honeywell is doing... well!

I think the man cave / vape space will get a deep clean this weekend. I've been meaning to get to that pile of clothes, stack of vape product boxes and Christmas decorations, anyway.

 

[untar]

So far, the Honeywell is doing... well!

It was the right decision then not to go for the Honeybadly

 

[OlderNDirt]

Just an interesting tidbit FWIW:

My Rabbit Air has an air quality light and sits in the dining room, adjacent to my man cave. It lights up blue for "clean air" and goes up through pink, purple, then red for the "worst" air. If I let a cloud go anywhere in the dining room, within a couple minutes it will go up through all the levels to red, then back down to blue within about another 3-4 minutes. So, in theory, if taking a hit every 10 minutes, the air will be "clean" only half the time.

The good news might be that , when taking hits in my man cave, the sensor rarely detects the "bad" air and if it does, it returns to blue rather quickly. So I surmise that the cloud/vapor/odor dissipates before getting there? It seems to detect stuff coming from the adjoining kitchen far more regularly. Probably a good thing I placed it far from the water closet!

 

[bombastinator]

Just an interesting tidbit FWIW:

My Rabbit Air has an air quality light and sits in the dining room, adjacent to my man cave. It lights up blue for "clean air" and goes up through pink, purple, then red for the "worst" air. If I let a cloud go anywhere in the dining room, within a couple minutes it will go up through all the levels to red, then back down to blue within about another 3-4 minutes. So, in theory, if taking a hit every 10 minutes, the air will be "clean" only half the time.

The good news might be that , when taking hits in my man cave, the sensor rarely detects the "bad" air and if it does, it returns to blue rather quickly. So I surmise that the cloud/vapor/odor dissipates before getting there? It seems to detect stuff coming from the adjoining kitchen far more regularly. Probably a good thing I placed it far from the water closet!

Could also be the man cave has better ventilation than the dining room

 

[stols001]

Or, the dining area is just bigger. I run into that with my airpurifier when doors get left open.... It works less efficiently, because there's more air to circulate, although mine doesn't have a fancy strip to back me up... I just notice more visible vapor. The husband also thinks it would benefit from being raised higher in the air. He has provided 0 instructions for so doing, so I imagine he has some sort of complicated shelf scheme in mind... It still works pretty well though, when all variables are at their best.

Anna

 

[3mg Meniere]

Or, the dining area is just bigger. I run into that with my airpurifier when doors get left open.... It works less efficiently, because there's more air to circulate, although mine doesn't have a fancy strip to back me up... I just notice more visible vapor. The husband also thinks it would benefit from being raised higher in the air. He has provided 0 instructions for so doing, so I imagine he has some sort of complicated shelf scheme in mind... It still works pretty well though, when all variables are at their best.

Anna

I was told that the closer the purifier is to the floor, the better.

 

[stols001]

I think this a shorter "tabletop version" although I think I will read the instructions again... The husband was impressed that I had "oriented" it correctly (think, it's strategically placed so the purifier "sucks" the air through the back and "blows out" clean air. I don't usually read instruction manuals very closely but I do remember thinking "I am not putting that on MY coffee table, there is no room," so I have a feeling it maybe should be slightly elevated.... Will have to read them again (hey, that's not bad for me and instruction manuals, if it's twice, then not too bad). One of the reasons that I typically use about 25% of my phone's functionality at all times. Although it is now going on 5 years old, probably because I'm not draining the battery constantly. LOL.

Anna

 

[OlderNDirt]

Could also be the man cave has better ventilation than the dining room

Or, the dining area is just bigger. I run into that with my airpurifier when doors get left open....

Well, since we are on a boiler system, no forced air for circulation, and haven't had a window open since it turned cold in November........

 

[kiba]

If it's anything like the one in my hvac system the biggest thing is just keeping the filter clean, bc once it gets dirty it really strains the motor to push air through it.

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