Ionic Pro CA200T Twin Pack Compact Ionic Air Purifier with Bonus Car Ionizers
From Ionic Pro
The Ionic Pro Compact Ionic Air Purifier is the compact version of the original and is perfect for delivering fresh, purified air to small rooms in homes or offices. The bonus Ionic Pro Car Ionizer plugs into your car's cigarette lighter socket. Sit back and enjoy the ride as it works silently and effectively to clean, refresh and purify the air in your car.
Amazon Sales Rank: #15008 in Kitchen & Housewares Color: Black Brand: Ionic Pro Model: 90IP1RCMB2 Released on: 2006-09-01 Dimensions: 20.50" h x 8.00" w x 18.75" l,
Disappointing I guess my first review got rejected for the mention of a certain website regarding the word ripoff. This was a fairly important point, so I'll try to make note of why. Unfortunately my first review was a little better, but here goes: First I'll give a report of my experiences with product failure and customer service, then I'll give some general impressions after using the unit for a little less than a year. Recently my red 'clean' light came on, and no matter how clean the blades and wires were, the clean light would come on after the unit was powered on. This happens after 11 months of mostly continuous use. I emailed Ionic pro, and got a phone number to call. I called this number and they gave me another phone number to call. It turns out that the first phone number was for Ionic Pro sales, and the second was for retail sales (even though my email specified "I bought this thing from Amazon"). The second phone call resulted in the need to troubleshoot. Since I had done some research online, and since I had a second unit, I knew it was the unit itself - not the blades. If I didn't have the twin pack I wouldn't have had the ability to diagnose this problem - with or without the service representative. It could have been the blades - apparently running the unit on high power shortens the blade life. The blades "dull" and must be replaced. Or something in the body of the unit breaks and the whole unit needs replaced. My option was as follows. Fax a copy of my sales receipt to a bogus fax number. This is where my first review was stopped. Looking this phone/fax number online gave disturbing results leading me to believe it was a bogus fax (the ripoff report). After (or in addition to faxing) I had to ship the unit to them with a copy of the receipt. When they got the unit they would call me for my credit card number so they could ship a new unit. The joke here, is that I pay to ship the broken unit to them, and I pay for shipping on the new unit. I have no idea how much it would cost for me to ship to them, but the shipping of the new unit via USPS was $29.99. So I can only imagine that my under warranty replacement would cost me roughly $60. The replacement process seems rather inefficient, costly, and has some suspicious details. I must say the representative on the second phone call was nice and helpful. But the service options are disappointing. All in all, this product is fairly noisy. When it buzzes you are supposed to lift a little lever to clean the wires, this hardly makes a difference. It was quiet for a few days, then I was never able to attain silence again - no matter how clean everything looked. There is also an annoying bright blue LED that leaves a nice bright spot on the ceiling. Sure this could be covered up with tape. After a few weeks of what I thought was success with this product, I almost bought a set for my parents. I'm certainly glad I didn't. Given the costs of under warranty replacement, the sale price is no real bargain. I have yet to decide whether I'll return the unit and pay IP another $60, but I doubt it. Love the purifier, car ones are worthless Love the purifier. I have a 1000 sq ft townhouse, so use this one downstairs. (bought this exact one elsewhere, but didn't get 2) - it's a great price if I didn't already have one.. I bought one for $100. I know when it's time to clean it, because it makes a static noise, almost like a bug zapper.. but not that loud. The car ionizer is useless to me. First off, when you plug it in, this annoying blue light comes on, and you can't turn it off. At night, it's really distracting while you're driving, and I didn't see a difference in my SUV. My vent air freshener works better than that thing. Works great for a while - then dies I was very pleased with these units until about a month ago. I had them running continously for about 11 months...then both units started giving the red "clean" light no matter how clean they are. Several other people have written about this problem, so I won't do into further frustrating details. Bottom line: only buy these if you don't mind having them go bad for no apparent reason after about a year of use. It looks like Amazon offers a warranty for purchase, so that might be the way to go - but be sure to read the fine print to make sure you'll be able to have the units replaced when they inevitably go bad!
