Airocide Air Purifier

Clean and Quiet
The look and feel of the marketing for this product appears questionable and in depth science provided by the manufacturer is sparse, given it seems to work as advertised.

Compared to similar high end air purifiers the Airocide is very quiet and the design is impressive. It emits a faint chemical odor, I assume is related to the reaction between UV light and titanium dioxide. The odor does not linger and seems to dissipate with increased use, but I'm surprised the owners manual does not mention the presence of a chemical odor.

Questionable marketing tactics arise from 10 out of 13 suspicious five star Amazon reviews that are not verified purchases. As of 7/3/13, ten reviews are from unverified purchases from accounts created within one month of each other. It is not common for 76% of a products five star reviews to be from customers that create an account solely to review one product that wasn't purchased on Amazon.

Requires $100 every 12 months to replace reaction chambers
I just received my unit and was surprised to read in the instructions that I would need to spend an additional $100 every year to replace the reaction chambers. The Amazon description should mention this, but doesn't. 3 stars to begin with but I will come back and adjust the review after using it for a while.

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Update#1 (after 4 nights)
The unit looks good and produces a good flow of clean air.
The company quickly responded to my review, so I am confident that they would respond to me if I was actually experiencing a problem.
There is no explanation of the Auto setting. I'd like to understand what it does and how it works.

This unit is not quiet. The High setting is too loud to sleep. I downloaded a Sound Meter app for my smartphone and (after calibrating the app) I measured the decibel level of the Aerocide. On the High setting I measured an average reading of 34 decibels. On Low setting it was 30 db. For a...

Clean smelling air
I do suffer from allergies, but primarily purchased this product to help clean the pet smells from my house. I have an elderly dog that has frequent accidents. Even with almost daily cleaning of my carpets, I still had a lingering smell of dog urine. After being plugged in for one week, the airocide removed the odor. What a pleasure to come in my home and not immediately be hit with doggy smell. Although I'm not saying it never smells like animal. If there is an 'accident', it only takes a day for the smell to go away. The only downsides are it doesn't clean the whole house, and the cost.

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