Filterless Air Purifiers

Like the ionic breeze, or the oreck xl.
I know they filter the air, I can tell by what I wash off of the electrodes, but do they help the health by reducing bad particles, etc.?
Or can they be harnful? Do you like yours?
I got both of these at a thrift store for [...]

Al Gore Building 20-Story Ionic Breeze Air Purifiers to Fight Pollution
In the wake of an embarrassing report about his polluting mansion, global-warming activist Al Gore is on the offensive, donating millions to build massive Ionic Breeze air purifiers at what he calls key locations throughout the country.
“I was watching an infomercial, eating ice cream straight [...]

I have a soar throat from drainage and I have for months now. I’ve been to the doctor now with a sinus infection every month since the beginning of this year. I’ve been taking claritin, using saline netipot irrigation everyday, been taking prescribed deconex (mucinex but better), and I have an ionic breeze air purifier [...]

My mother had an ionic breeze running in the basement all night long on the highest setting. Though the basement is somewhat large, there is no air circulation down there to disperse or diffuse the ozone produced by the “air purifier” as the air conditioning is currently malfunctioning.
I was down there for approximately a half [...]

as advertised, ionic purifiers turn smog and ozone into pure oxygen. Well isn’t ozone that thing in the air that protects us from harmful UV rays? So if it is bad, why do they advertise it so proudly?

I’m looking for an air filter that will trap mold, dust, allergens, etc. as well as reduce odors. My apartment is about 650 sq. ft. so all the kitchen smells disperse through the whole place. I don’t want one of those ionic purifiers that create a lot of ozone which is even worse [...]

Ok so my room is maybe 20′ x 20′, and it get’s dusty as hell. I have a Ionic Pro air purifier, but that doesn’t seem to help curb the amount of dust that seems to cover everything. Seriously, I could dust a my desk, and when I turn around it can be layered again…is [...]

I am looking for an Air Purifier/Filter for my Room. Right now I am in a dorm room, about 15×15 feet not including the sink area and entrance. I wanted to get an air purifier that would give me some fresh air. Right now I have a tabletop Sharper Image Ionic Breeze and I notice [...]

Hi Everyone,
First time using this, and it’s because I’m desperate for help.
My Question is this:
My roomate who lives with me, always stays in his room (yes its terrible), and the thing is he often eats takeout in his room and doesnt throw it away right away, so it starts to smell up his room, [...]

Hi all – I’m looking to buy an air purifier for my bedroom (just over 150 sq.ft.), to help reduce dust, airborne allergens, etc. My mother smokes a lot, which also doesn’t help. Having been diagnosed with a (very) minor, restrictive lung disease, I’d like to start taking better care of my health [...]