IQAir HealthPro Plus HEPA Air Purifier Air Cleaner with with Gas and Odor Filter HyperHepa Technology
The HealthPro Plus is IQAir’s best selling room air purifier. It combines four advanced filtration technologies to effectively remove a large variety of particulate and molecular air pollutants. Due to its wide effectiveness range it is equally well suited for health conscious individuals as those suffering from a range of respiratory ailments.
The molecular effectiveness makes this device also suitable for asthma sufferers, as asthma sufferers are often sensitized to molecular irritants, as well as allergens.
The HealthPro Plus has received more #1 reviews than any other air purifier.
HealthPro Plus Awards
* Allergy Buyers Club: Category Winner
* Wired Magazine Test: Best Air Purifier
* Consumer Guide Best Buy
* Reviewboard Magazine: Product of the Year
* Consumer Digest Best Buy
* Test Magazine: Category Winner
* Newsweek Odor Tested
Applications
Allergen control
* Mold spore control
* Pet dander control (cat, dog, etc.)
* House dust mite allergen control
* Pollen control
Light Molecular control
* Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) control
* Molecular (gaseous chemical) control
Light odor control
* Pet odors
* Musty odors
* Cooking odors
* Paint odors
Complex air pollution control
* General indoor air pollution control
* Light tobacco smoke control
* Wild-fire smoke control
1. Micro-particle filtration
Eliminates micro-particles such as pollen, pet dander and mold spores.
2. Granular activated carbon adsorption
Eliminates volatile organic compounds (VOC), which are responsible for odors.
3. Pelletized chemisorption
Destroys harmful chemicals, such as formaldehyde, by an oxidation process inside a chemically active alumina pellet.
4. HyperHEPA filtration
Eliminates bacteria, viruses and combustion particles from automobiles and smoke, through a nano-fiber structure.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Does the Job, Definitely has some flaws…
I’ve now owned this machine for approximately 3 months. (Long enough for one prefilter change.) Before I begin, let me give you some background information:
I live in an area that produces most of the US grass seed…. and I’ve become severely allergic to grass. In my 750 sq foot apartment, I had two honeywell filters. Even so, I had to be on 20-60 mg prednisone for 6 weeks to be able to breathe. (Average dose was about 30-40mg prednisone/day and I could not leave the apartment).
I got this filter partially out of desperation. I did not want to go through another grass season like that.
I can’t say (like some have reported) that I was able to be free of all medication, etc. But I got through the time with only 10 mg prednisone (which if you’ve ever been on it, you know that 10mg is VERY little!) and I could not tell if the pollen count outside was 30 or 1600. My breathing inside was no different. (And if I tried stepping outside, I felt like I was being hit with a sledgehammer, and my lungs would nearly instantly tighten up).
So for me, this filter is a keeper. I was MUCH healthier this year than I was the previous years without it, and I’m very grateful to the company for making something that has given me such asthma relief.
However, this filter is not without its issues that should be weighed in:
Minor issues with this air filter:
- This is a “slow-and-steady wins the race” filter. I would not expect you to feel serious relief from this filter for about 24 hrs after putting it in a room. Furthermore, if you have an exhaust fan running for any long period of time (ie, bathroom fan, kitchen hood fan, etc.) _this filter cannot keep up_.
-Doesn’t seem to filter out wood smoke (or perhaps one of the chemical byproducts of it) 100%. I was at a location where the front of the home had a wood stove that was belching out some smoke. Even though I was in a room at the other end of the house with a closed door, this filter couldn’t clear the smoke enough for me. I was forced to leave.
Cons:
-It is “plastic-y.” While the “lego-brick” construction is definitely ingenious, I’m concerned about longevity of the side clips and handles. If I’m paying that much for an air filter, I would expect the handles and clips to be rock solid, not like this.
-VERY Pricey: Don’t bother with this filter unless you really need it. If you are only an allergy sufferer, you might want to try the Honeywell filters first.
-Prefilter is pricey. I never heard about the prefilter in reviews of this device (I only heard about how you only have to change the HEPA filters every few years). The prefilter is supposed to be changed 4 times a year and they are $50 each. (!!) Worse yet, the “change indicator” is only a timer. So you have no real indication of the performance of any particular filter or whether or not you actually NEED to change it.
Conclusion:
If it didn’t perform its job so well, it would be a 3-star machine because of the cons. If you aren’t dealing with some serious breathing issues, I’d pass on this machine.
But if you are having serious breathing problems and would be willing to pay through the nose to get some relief, then I would HIGHLY recommend this machine.
5 Stars Fantastic product
IQAir HealthPro Plus Air Purifier is a solid product. At the lowest setting it is quiet enough for my son to sleep with it in his room and the difference it made was amazing. Gone are all of the allergy symptoms that we have dealt with for years during certain months. This product works very well, is economical, despite seemingly high initial cost, looks very elegant and I like that it is made in Switzerland. My family liked the first unit we bought so much that we ordered a second unit for the office as well.
One of the units came with a slight problem, after 5 minutes on the phone with IQAir, they FedEx’d me a brand new unit with prepaid shipping for the broken one. Great customer service!
I recommend IQAir HealthPro unit to anyone who wants to invest in a product that will work wonderfully for years, backed by a great company and will be the last air purifier that one will ever need to purchase.
4 Stars Good but noisy
Wow is this a hyped market. This filter is costly but it does work and without ozone generation. The main drawback is the noise. Comparatively the noise should be evaluated in an objective way, but any perceptible noise is a shortcoming for me, especially since this kind of filter (portable room type) can only work if it is kept nearby. I attribute a lot of this filter’s effectiveness to the V5 Cell filter, but I haven’t tested without it to be sure. One thing is for sure, this filter makes a very noticeable difference in the room where we keep it running. We run it on 1 (lowest setting) nearly continously in a 10×12 room.
Some advice: source control, ventilation, filtration (in that order). No one in my home is hypersensitive but we minimized the worst offenders in building, floor and wall materials and furnishings, and we control kitchen sources with a 650CFM overhead hood. Like many people, I have cleaner air outside than in, so ventilating is far more cost effective than trying to filter everything. We use 120CFM (fan rating) positive pressure ventilation in a tight 1900 sf building envelope (specifically we ventilate to ASHRAE 62.1 spec). Ventilation intake is filtered with 3M filtrete, but the main HVAC recirculating duct system cannot handle the pressure drop of serious filtration (most residential system can’t). Because a whole house filter is not just a bolt-on for us but would mean a total redo on the duct system, in-room filtration is the preferred solution. I researched and evaluated in room filters and bought this IQ Air. I have had it for more than a year and I believe it is described accurately — it’s not a cheap rigged up filter on a box fan (it still costs less than $1000) or some hyped up junk (read: Shaper Image or Oreck). Although I think it is fairly characterized, it’s not going to single-handedly fix air quality problems in a home (see: source control, ventilation first). Again, I rate this filter high, but it if I were to advocate a course for clean air it would be: source control, ventilation (then filtering).
5 Stars Exactly what I wanted
I have purchased many air purifiers in the past, but they are either very noisy, or not working effectively. IOAir HealthPro is definitely the best I have ever used. Even though it is expensive, but it is worth it. Due to my allergy, there were many miserable nights of waking up in panic when I could not breathe. Those nights are gone. I cannot put a price tag on a good-night-sleep; therefore I appreciate the engineers who created this product. It is quiet and working very effectively.
5 Stars Excellent air cleaner
This unit seems to be superior to any other air cleaner that I have tried (and I have tried many over the years).
No ozone.
Filter use automatically monitored.
Filter replacement not needed frequently (every 2-5 years depending on the filter and use).
Energy use is significant but $20 a month for better health doesn’t seem outrageous.
Loud at highest setting. However, lower ones work fine for me.
I will probably buy another one. Air smells “clean” and now I want two to cover the majority of the house.
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