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* What the HEPA?!? *
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What do you mean the replacement HEPA filter for my air purifier is $50?!? The whole damned thing cost me $50!! I have the Hunter Fan QuietFlo 30117. I really like it for the compactness, but it is a little noisy.

So why air purifier shopping? Well, I have one and will need a new filter soon. Also, I'm trying to find a good father's day gift that is useful. I thought maybe the ionic breeze thing would be cool, but it seems that the ionic breeze air purifiers are quite bad for you. Weak.

Then I thought, hmmm, I can just get them the same one that I have, but it's a bit too small for their house. Then I saw the Sharp FP-N60CX Plasma Cluster Air Purifier (see left). No, it's not a nuclear reactor (I think) as the "Plasma Cluster" moniker may suggest but it does definitely sound cool. At nearly 400 smackers it sounds expensive, but if you take into account my little Hunter QuietFlo is going to burn $100 per year ($50 every six months for the new filter) and the Plasma Cluster only requires a new filter every 5 years (only $100 each)...it ends up being a great deal. The nice thing is the Plasma Cluster has a really low output of ozone unlike the ionic breeze.

It's pricey, but I tend to invest in good products that will last a long time rather than buy shit from WalMart that falls apart after a couple of weeks. Also this bad boy looks to be like a good deal in the long run ($100 every 5 years versus $100 EVERY year...ouch).












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