To improve air quality indoors, people have invented indoor air purifiers such as the Ionic Breeze Purifier.  Often a family will decide to use air purifiers because one or more members of their household have allergy or respiratory problem and something in the house is triggering their condition.  For example, a wife may be allergic to smoke, and her husband is a smoker.  Or, the family may have adopted a new puppy or kitten and one of the children has asthma.  We are not always ready to part with a chain-smoking spouse, and we certainly don’t want to give up our best friend.   Air purifiers are a great help in these situations.

The Ionic Breeze Purifier is one of the most commonly used brands of air purifier.  Most purifiers use a fan to draw air in and a filter to purify it.   Unfortunately this system causes a lot of noise and requires frequent filter replacement.  Air ionizers offer a convenient alternative: they are quieter and don’t need filters.  Instead they attract airborne dirt and allergens to a charged plate, just as magnet attracts iron.   Aside from being quiet and hassle-free, this purifier is energy-efficient, using only 10 watts of power.  In contrast, a HEPA filter air purifier consumes about 180-250 watts and needs to have its filter replaced often.

However an air purifier is not without possible problems. First, the collector plates must be cleaned often if they aren’t to lose their effectiveness.  Second, those impurities that are charged and attached to walls and appliances can return to the air if not wiped off immediately.  And third, because these devices have no fans, it is argued by some that they can’t purify air more than a few meters away from the unit.  So you may want to use several ionizers.

Another issue raised against the Ionic Breeze Air Purifier is that it leaves small amounts of ozone in the air.  Ozone is a type of gas capable of destroying harmful bacteria and odors.  If you’re going to run the air ionizer constantly, you should be aware of its ozone emission level since ozone can cause breathing problems.

An air ionizer may be good for you if you want more indoor air control but have no serious breathing problems.  Make a comparison of the various types of air purifiers to find the one that suits your needs.

When you shop around for an air purifier, the first thing you will notice is that different models work in different ways.  Each one has its own strengths and weaknesses.   As there are various kinds of air contaminants, so there are various kinds of filters available for tackling them.  You need to select the air purifier that fits your air quality needs, budget, room area size, and other factors.   The major issue, especially for allergy sufferers, is the type of air contaminant(s) you want to be rid of.  Are you allergic to dust mites or tobacco smoke?  Does the smell of a particular household product make you ill?  Are you paranoid about bacteria and viruses?

The standard HEPA filters are ideal for general purpose air cleaning.  Activated carbon filters work best against gases and chemicals.  For major air purification needs, an ozone generator may be used with care (i.e. making sure the room is vacated during use).  Then there is ultraviolet light for destroying bacteria and other micro-organisms.   Besides having a limited functionality, most air purifiers also need to have their filters replaced or cleaned often.   This adds to the long-term cost of maintaining air purifiers, especially if you need several.

There is also the ionic air purifier.  An example of this is the Ionic Breeze Air brand.   The major strength of these models lies in their quietness, low-energy consumption rate and affordability.  Unlike most air purifiers, an ionizer has no fan or filter.  It doesn’t move air into itself.  Rather the ionizer changes the polarity of air contaminants – usually giving them a negative charge – and makes them cling to either the device or to other objects in the room.   In other words, it “magnetizes” the foreign particles causing them to fall from the air as dirt.   The air purifier uses very little electricity – just 10 watts – and makes no noise at all.  Best of all, you never have to replace filters.

However the Ionic Breeze Air is not without its flaws and limitations.  The particle collector needs to be cleaned often.  If you let the dirt stay, the purifier won’t be able to do its job well and the particles may rise up and pollute the air again.   The area coverage may be small too since no fan is used to circulate and change the air.

Lastly, an ionizer leaves ozone as a by-product when it runs.  Ozone can have undesirable effects.  It is therefore wise to check the amount of ozone your ionizer creates and ask your physician if it’s safe to use or not.