Air Purifiers
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Compare Other Air Purifiers to the NeoTec XJ2000
Compare to Sharper Image Quadra Ionic Breeze
Compare to HEPA Filters
Compare to Ecoquest Living Air
Compare to Freidrich C90A Electrostatic Air Cleaner
Summary
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Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Quadra
Function/Effectiveness: The Ionic Breeze has *2* negative ion producing pins. The negative ions it produces are mostly contained within the unit. The NeoTec XJ-2000 features *16* ionic pins!
Portability/Shape: Due to it's shape the Ionic Breeze isn't easily portable to take with you. The Ionic Breeze's size makes it impractical to take along on road trips to combat sterilize musty hotel rooms. The NeoTec units were engineered with the business traveler in mind. The Ionic Breeze doesn't have a car adapter, the NeoTec XJ-2000 does. The Ionic Breeze Quadra is a tall-standing unit. The Neotec ionizer is a smaller and a flat portable size unit. This allows the Neotec ionizers to be placed on higher locations. The Ionic Breeze is limited to where you can place it due to its shape. They work the best if they are placed at higher levels in the room.
Price: The most important consideration is price. The Ionic Breeze cost $350 to $500 (HUGE markup!), and can only treat one room, (or more accurately...the air near the unit in one room). You can treat five or six rooms for less with the NeoTec XJ-2000 or XJ-902 Ionic Air Purifiers and surround your home with clean air. The NeoTec air purifier uses only 6 watts of electricity - this is nearly 3 times less than what the Ionic Breeze consumes.
Negative Ion Comparison: In an informal test the Ionic Breeze Quadra measured about 2000 per cubic centimeter at a distance of 3 feet. The Neotec XJ-2000 measured about 150,000 at this same distance!
Cleaning: The XJ-2000 has 16 easy to clean ionic pins vs. two hard to clean wires for the Quadra.
HEPA Filtration Units
Price: One HEPA unit can cost over a thousand dollars over a 2 year period when you factor in replacement filters, hundreds of dollars a year in electricity, plus the original investment. Multiplied by the number of rooms in your home or business, and their price makes them cost prohibitive. The NeoTec units consume $5 or less a year in electricity run 24/7. It would cost over $6000 to purchase and operate 5 HEPA machines over 2 years.
Effectiveness: Cost aside, which unit is more effective at cleaning the air? The most effective HEPA machines are only effective for particles over .30 microns, and they don't address the serious issue of extremely low indoor negative ion levels. The XJ 2000 can effectively remove particles as small as .01 microns and fills the air with healthy negative ion levels similar to those near the beach, a waterfall, or clean country air. It's been written that 80% of all floating particles are smaller than .10 microns; things like viruses, bacteria, pollen, mite droppings, mold spores, chemicals, gases, cigarette smoke, and odors in general. The NeoTec units can address these issues; HEPA are ineffective with smaller particles.
Noise Pollution: HEPA units create noise pollution; the NeoTec units are virtually silent.
Ecoquest Living Air (Formerly Alpine)
Price: The prices for Living Air products range from $600-$700 for the Living Air Classic down to around $300 for the smaller Living Air models.
Effectiveness: You can only treat one area with one Living Air unit. You can treat 5 or 6 rooms for less with NeoTec Ionic Air Purifiers. The Living Air products have one negative ion producing pin. The NeoTec XJ-2000 features 16 ionic pins. The XJ-902 features two corona discharge lines that produce high levels of negative ions in all directions.
Noise Pollution: Living Air products use a fan to more the air; the NeoTec units are virtually silent.
Portability: Living Air doesn't have a car adapter, the NeoTec XJ-2000 does.
Friedrich C90A Electrostatic Air Cleaner
A leading Consumer Reporting organization rated the a Friedrich C90A Electrostatic Air Cleaner a "Best Buy". It utilizes filters and negative ions to purify the air and is rated for areas up to 465 sq ft. Why do we believe that NeoTec Ionic Air Purification systems are a better value?
Price: At $475-$499 per unit, it cost $2500.00 to treat five rooms.
Weight: At 28 lbs, you won't be able to take it on the road.
Energy consumption: At 90 watts, which translates into almost $90 a year in electricity per unit if you run it 24/7 like we run the Neotec units...it would cost you $450 per year for electricity, not to mention replacement filter costs.
Noise Pollution: It uses a fan to more the air; the NeoTec units are virtually silent.
Sure, this unit works great due to the negative ion generator feature. But is it a better value? (We don't think so.)
Summary
Our discount prices allows you to economically treat every room in your residence for less than the price of just one Ionic Breeze, Living Air, or one large HEPA machine. This is the best value in air purification, period!