AllerAir - AirMedic Pro 6 HD Vocarb

I bought the airmedic pro 6 with vocarb filter which is rated to 1200 sqft and has 28 pounds of carbon impregnated with potassium permanganate. The performance is mixed. Placing the air intake on the bottom of the unit is a sub optimal design, it doesn't draw in air efficiently like units that have side 360° intake. Anything above medium is unbelievably loud. I run it in my bedroom, and on the days the Volcano erupts and there's a ton of SO2 in the air I'd say it improves indoor air quality by about 50% Meaning I still feel the effects but not as severe. Because my windows are somewhat leaky and the air intake is weak and inefficient it simply can't keep up with the pollutants that are constantly entering the room. Was it worth $900? Just barely.

Regarding your comment about potassium permanganate potentially off gassing as it saturates and loses efficacy, can you please elaborate? I own an Allerair pro 6 unit and opted for the Volcanic Gas carbon mixture that is impregnated with KMnO4, and am concerned as I run it in a room where my twin infant girls sleep. How will I know if it is offgassing? Will the super Hepa filter surrounding the carbon filter catch the particles if they are released (guessing not, given gasses require carbon for removal).

A few months ago I bought the Allerair airmedic pro 6 with vocarb filter which is rated to 1200 sqft and has 28 pounds of carbon impregnated with potassium permanganate. The performance is mixed. Placing the air intake on the bottom of the unit is a sub optimal design, it doesn't draw in air efficiently like units that have side 360° intake. Anything above medium is unbelievably loud. I run it in my bedroom, and on the days the Volcano erupts and there's a ton of SO2 in the air I'd say it improves indoor air quality by about 50% Meaning I still feel the effects but not as severe. Because my windows are somewhat leaky and the air intake is weak and inefficient it simply can't keep up with the pollutants that are constantly entering the room. Was it worth $900? Just barely. Wondering if Airpura will work better with 360 degree intake?

Its a great machine! I love mine.

I have the same one. I love it. Now I need a mattress for mcs that doesn’t smell like a barnyard. What do you have?

Hi all! I recently bought the AllerAir pro 6 HD based on a recommendation in this group. It's the first purifier that has removed the odor in my home. For 8 years we had had a mystery odor w no root cause despite lots of testing. I have MCS and EXTREMELY sensitive to smells. Brands I have tried that did NOTHING for my health/symptoms/odor: 1. Air pura x 2 (whole house HVAC system and standalone unit) 2. Lower end model air doctor x1 3. Austin air small bedroom unit x1 4. Intellipure x4 5. medify x1 6. Oransi carbon x1 This is by far the best I have used. Hands down. My new thought is I will not spend a penny replacing filters on most of the useless machines that have almost no carbon and worthless. I would rather spend $700 upfront (with costly filters) on something that works than $200-$400 upfront on complete crap (for odors). Many purifiers advertise odor elimination and I fell for it. I ain't falling for it again. 25+ lbs of carbon works. A half pound is garbage. Everyone and everyone's home is different, but I wanted to share something I finally found that WORKS!

It beat out all the others bc it was the only one where my symptoms decreased and odor was eliminated. Oransi only has 3 lbs of carbon which isn't sufficient for me. Austin only has 7-8. Air pura has 18 I think. It didn't help the odor tho. I'm just sharing my experience and stated above everyone is different. What works for one may not for others. Oh, and I def wasn't comparing to the cheap ones. Just wanted to list things I have tried which still claim to remove odors (they obviously don't)! Intellipure website claims this: "VOCs, gone First, the Intellipure pre-filter gathers volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a.k.a. harmful chemicals, from the air."

Great to hear! I didn't get the vocarb I got the exec. Do you know how the filters differ?

My experience with an allerair unit with vocarb filter was terrible. It seems highly variable in how people feel about this brand from reading comments online. Essentially the unit I bought will never operate as efficiently as they advertise - will never effectively clean the air at a reasonable rate. They admit it but refuse to take the unit back without a 25% restock fee. Their equipment is misadvertised and they don’t deny it The actual CFM is much lower than advertised but the real kicker is the decibels was 30% higher than the max advertised and way too loud to operate at full speed. Meaning actual operation was again reduced significantly because it has to run at a much lower speed to be able to even be in the same room Airmed 1 with vocarb

Mine is out of reach for most people, but im about to have 3u3 in the middle of wildfire season, so i had to invest in what actually works on the smoke. Allerair Airmedic Pro 6. They are *very* expensive. But wildfire smoke requires at minimum 20lbs of carbon. Mine has 34lbs. For a normal, everyday animal hair/allergens model, Oransi Airmend is great.

If you want a real deal, Holyfield airpurifier, Allerair is the way to go. I have a 28lb carbon purifier from them because of the wildfire smoke season in our area. They do make small units, and I can guarantee you that they work 100× better than anything you'll buy in stores or on Amazon.

Most home-grade pufifiers are geared towards removing particulates. Such purifiers don't remove odors unless they are specialized units with large carbon canisters. The ones you are considering will move the odors around, and this may help dissipate it (just as any fan would), but they do not contain nearly enough carbon to remove odors. While these products claim to remove odors, these claims are, at best, *heavily* inflated. An example of a unit that will remove odors (and volatile organic compounds, in general) is the AllerAir AirMedic 6 with a 40lb carbon canister filter. This is a large, expensive, loud unit, that uses a lot of electricity, as is the case with all purifiers that can effectively remove odors (as they have to move air through a deep carbon bed, which requires a powerful motor to do so).

AllerAir. They come at a variety of sizes and price points but all have the same basic design. Even their smaller model does a good job. They can be pricey and it's an investment. They do not make pretty, electronic units with digital readouts or app connections. This is a metal housing (painted white) with a very large, heavy filter inside, and a motor with a mechanical fully adjustable rotating speed dial. I've had good luck with longevity of the filters and I am still on my original filter after a few years. The large, heavy filters take care of some toxic gases as well as your typical everyday allergens, dust, and pollutants. It's a different breed of filter than you get from Winix and Coway and the others who make units with HEPA filters. Their major competitor is Austin Air. The disadvantage of Austin Air is their motor only has three speeds and the medium and high speeds are loud. I had terrible luck with Austin Air filters not lasting long.

For best VOC removal, such as mycotoxins, you need a lot of absorbent media. Checkout Airpura, Allerair, Austin, IQAir. All are in the $1k range. I'm unsure whether any filter will eliminate mold sensitivities. Did see an improvement when upgraded my Austins with Immunity Machine filters but molds still aren't totally controlled. There are clinics which can treat mycotoxin sensitivities. Can be quite expensive.

Allerair is excellent as well and cheaper than many if not all of the others with as good or equal in build and performance.