Honeywell HFD300 AirGenius 3 Air Purifier

The first air cleaner I bought was also a Honeywell, a Quiet Clean. At the time my allergies were so bad b/c of some mold somewhere in the vicinity of my house that every time it rained I had to lay on the couch with a wet rag over my face the next day. The Quiet Clean did the trick for my main living area within days. I was frankly shocked at how well it worked. Later I bought an air cleaner that had five stages (not Honeywell), pre-filter, odor filter, HEPA, electrostatic, and UV. For whatever reason it made my allergies a lot worse. I scrapped that cleaner and bought this one when I moved to my new house b/c I need to clean a large room. It’s great. The air is clean and soft. It cleans the smoke smell from my house within a couple hours of someone smoking here. The unit itself is a little more aesthetically pleasing compared to the Quiet Clean. Honeywell’s electrostatic filters are so easy to clean and the units run very quietly which also makes them great for using as fans and for moving air around so it isn’t stagnate.

I use this everyday in my bedroom and i notice the difference very quickly – the air smells…. sanitized like how it smells when i walk into my Allergy doc’s office who has a different air cleaner running all day in their lobby. It is relatively quiet – on the lowest setting it gives off a gentle hum and the LED lights are a useful touch under bedside lighting when finding controls and features. The great thing about this brand is the permanent filter and the ease of cleaning. Overall it looks good, is not very tall and is energy star rated for all day use. So far the oscillating function works although I’ve noticed it get “sticky” after about a week or two – leading to that repetitive “creaking” albeit quiet creak at that one spot on the tower base where it rotates. It comes and goes and is inherent with a model like this where the weight of the fan and pivot base is heavier on the top than what the bottom supports – note this is how my first Honeywell allergy-reducer-model-tower started to give up the ghost. The LED lights are bright when the room lights are off. When oscillating -2 lights are as bright as a night light – I’ve considered throwing a dark sock over them to shield their brightness whenever I find myself tossing in bed with eyes wide open. Out of the box comes (2) pre-filters – the first is their standard filter and the second is an odor filter. If your’s was anything like mine – toss the 1st one because it smelt awful – it had that chemical smell to it – as if the plastic fumigated the filter while it was still in the box, baking away in some Amazon warehouse during record heat. I almost returned this product due to the smell – no matter how long I thought venting the filter would fix it – it did not. The second pre-filter however after a few hours – no problems – works like a charm. Finally – note that the (1) long permanent filter you clean – t’s long – too long to soak / rinse in my sink that i had to use my bathtub. Past models I’ve used had (2) permanent filters divided across the length of the fan. Lastly there is a weight penalty to this model – careful not to drop it or tip it lest it pinches the base and gives you creaks.
Overall – great investment – looking forward to it lasting 5yrs or more.