{"id":10027,"date":"2019-11-25T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T03:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2019-11-26T08:13:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:13:02","slug":"ionmax-ion390-air-purifier-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/reviews\/ionmax-ion390-air-purifier-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ionmax ION390 Air Purifier Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
I never thought I’d be reviewing an air purifier but here we are. You can thank Melbourne’s incessant need to plant Plane Trees throughout the CBD<\/a> and the development of possibly one of the most annoying afflictions at the age 37, hay-fever.<\/p>\n For the past two years I’ve battled this scourge like billions before me. Now heavily embedded amongst the sneezing and itching ranks I will gladly try anything that has the potential for relieving the symptoms, such as an air purifier from Ionmax for example.<\/p>\n In the air floating about the place is a crap tonne of stuff that really doesn’t do us, as humans, any favours. This goes for non hay-fever suffers too. Bad smells, airborne germs, dust mites, there’s a whole bunch of stuff that you’d probably prefer to not smell, let alone breathe.<\/p>\n The idea behind the increasingly popular air purifier is to remove or reduce the number of nasty elements in the air around you. This is generally done via a filtering process that blocks or extracts nasty particles, but in the case of the ION390 adds both a UV light and ioniser to further compliment its features.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Ionmax ION390 has a five step filtration process that removes and cleans the air in a space up to 60m2.<\/p>\n The first “pre-filter” removes large airborne particles like hair or dust before passing through to a more pedantic HEPA filter<\/a>. HEPA, which stands for High-efficiency particulate air, is a standardised filtration system. Most of your high-end purifiers will include a HEPA filter, meaning it’s met a certain quality and those saying things like “HEPA-plus” or “HEPA-like” should be given a wide berth.<\/p>\n The HEPA filter can capture microscopic particles as small as 0.3 microns. Fine dust, smoke, bacteria, pollen and mould are extracted by this one before being passed through a carbon filter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The carbon filter predominately extracts odours from the air. HEPA\/Carbon filters are often used in homes after a fire or with smoke damage to help remove the smell for example.<\/p>\n A final TiO2 filter works in conjunction with a UV lamp to break down harmful contaminants. The combination kills some mould, bacteria and viruses, leaving the air, in effect, healthier.<\/p>\nWhy an air purifier?<\/h2>\n
Filters, lights & ionisers<\/h2>\n