Oreck air purifiers, do they really do anything?

[adam-aussie-vac]

Hey guys I just got out of my Oreck air purifier and I have it running in my room on low, I’m not actually sure if it does anything, but I have noticed in a completely dark room you can see the Corona wire is glowing a very slight purple so I think that means that the high voltage section works Although I do wonder, do these actually really do anything? I mean yeah sure I picked up mine used and it actually did do a good job at removing the bushfire smoke from when we had a bushfire just over the border a couple years ago, and I have been rinsing the filter thing out whenever I did use it, but I guess I’ll probably have to let it run and see how it does

 

[panasonicvac]

We used to have a couple of these Orecks until they both had died. I know they weren't like the best but they definitely did helped trap alot of dust especially with the Ionizer feature that killed the living germs.

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Oh cool, looks like I’ve got a slightly newer version,

The same one that was shown on TV commercials with a box full of smoke

 

[huskyvacs]

I have two older models, one of the first ones, I found at Goodwill. They need to be cleaned out, but judging by how much crap is packed in them, they do work.

You have to clean the truman cell with a distilled water rinse and they also have a special spray that cleans it further. Let it dry then stick it back in.

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

Wait, am I supposed to use distilled water? Only?

I put it in the dishwasher