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| Honeywell 50250 99.97% Pure HEPA Round Air Purifier | 
 enlarge | Brand: Honeywell
Discount Category: Kitchen
Selling Price: $210.99
Buy New: $158.00
Potential Savings: $52.99 (25%)
New (41) from $151.99
Customer Ratings:  112 comments
Color: Ivory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (pounds): 23
Dimensions (inch): 18 x 18 x 19.6
Warranty: 1
MPN: 50250
Model: 50250
UPC: 090271502501
EAN: 0090271502501
Release Date: September 15, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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| Descriptions:
| • | Electric air purifier for large rooms; removes 99.97 percent of particles passing through | | • | Removes up to 99.4 percent of tiny particles like bacteria and germs | | • | Lifetime True HEPA filter vacuums clean for easy maintenance | | • | Patented 360-degree air intake and discharge for purifying large areas | | • | 3 speeds with filter-clean monitor; accepts #38002 charcoal and #24000 HEPA filters |
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Product Description
The Honeywell 50250 HEPA Air Purifier is a quiet, surprisingly compact device that can make everyday household life a little healthier, and a shade or two more pleasant. A special activated charcoal pre filter reduces odors from tobacco smoke, cooking, nursery, pet and plant odors. Neutral white color for background blending Dedicated lights warn when HEPA Filter and Pre Filter require changing Uses #38002 Charcoal and #24000 HEPA replacement filters, available separately
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| Customer Comments: Read 107 more comments...
Very happy with the results! January 6, 2009
We purchased this air purifier because my daughter's asthma acts up everytime she gets a cold (which happens too frequently with the midwest weather conditions). We've had the purifier for about 6 weeks & we have seen a dramatic difference in her condition (plus it benefits my husband & I too). Because the purifier can be a little bit loud on the high setting, we only run the high setting when we're not home. When we're home, we use the medium setting & at night, the low setting. It's so easy to move the unit from room to room that we now run it 24/7 in our home. For the cost, I would definitely recommend this to anyone considering an air purifier!
 Air Purifier Under Heavy Load January 6, 2009
I am using this product in our basement where we have 8 ferrets and it is doing a great job of eliminating the odors that come from having so many of these little critters all together in the same space. Our whole house air filter built into the furnace/AC system just couldn't deal with the problem of ferret odor in the basement, but since I've added this filter the problem is gone. I do need to vacuum the outer filter every week because it does collect so much fur, something that wouldn't be necessary if the unit was being used in almost any other location. It should be noted that the filter can be a bit loud, but that is not an issue in my particular usage, but would be a problem if you were trying to use it in an area where say you wanted to watch television or listen to music.
 blue light January 6, 2009
How do I like the unit, it works well but it has a terrible blue night light that never goes out, bright and stupid .. I wrote to the MFG and told them to the same thing, see my letter to the MFG following;
Service/Sales/Engineering or anyone else who will listen ..
I have two Honeywell air purifiers .. the original model 83332 which quite working (motor stopped running and just hums) a few days before xmas 2008 (original purchase date 11/01/02) and the unit I replaced it with .. called a 50250 which looks very similar and pretty much runs the same expect for one big difference ..... the 50250 has a BLUE light which never goes out and shines from around the rotary switch and all the edges of the control panel and even through the out side housing in a dark room. I call it a night light because unless your a 4 year old who sleeps in semi daylight the light is a terribly unpleasant complication to anyone trying to sleep .. in a darkened room it shines enough light to make the entire room look like your sleeping in a home aquarium. The first night I covered it partially with a small bean bag but it only helps marginally .. I called the service number the next day and ask how to turn it off and they said it was a FEATURE of that model .. like it did something beside keep me awake .. and that it could not be turned off .. they did in the end tell me to try covering it with duck tape .. believe me duck tape doesn't work .. we're back to bean bag sitting over the switch blocking near 80% of the light and I've moved the unit to where it is least offensive but I am bewildered that someone at your company thought a bright blue light on 24/7 is somehow a good idea .. you recommend the unit be run 24/7 which means if you run it in the bedroom then it's sea world aquarium time every night.
The first unit gave out after almost exactly 6 years of NO BLUE LIGHT perfect service and sadly the replacement which was hard to find since no one in the SFV (91335) local Los Angeles area except Home Depot (who keeps them piled up in a lost corner covered with dust) carries them, I had to go to Amazon and order it in (which works well) but unless you folks can figure out who decided to stick the useless blue light into the new models and some how lock them in a closet so they do no more harm it may not make a difference that it's hard to find your products on retail shelves .. because this guy and I assume anyone else who is lucky enough to find out about the blue light before they put their money down is not going to be buying these things.
I am trying to see this in some .. oh well, another strange happening in declining America .. but honestly this blue light thing is really stupid, really.
Thanks for listing ..
Large, but solid, easy, and effective December 31, 2008
PROS:
- 360-degree input and output, which means you move a lot more air than other purifiers
- 3 speed settings (turbo, day, and sleep)
- Warning lights when your filters need changing/cleaning
- Lifetime HEPA filter that you just vacuum clean
- Replacement carbon pre-filters are cheap, around $10 (and you can probably find them for less)
- Solid construction, cannot be tipped over by animals
- Filters are easy to access - unscrew the bottom, slide out the filters. Nothing to latch in place, everything just fits easily
- Handle on the top for easy carrying into other rooms
- You are supposed to run this 24/7 and I feel that it is safe enough to do so with a curious cat in the apartment!
CONS:
- It's big, let's just face it. But it's not heavy. I'm a petite young woman and I can carry it to and from other rooms with little problem. Mostly it's the bulk that gets me!
- It's a little loud. It's no louder than a large floor fan with the same 3 settings. If you like white noise, this is fine for you. I usually sleep with a floor fan set on low, and this makes the same noise on it's low setting. If you have it in the same room as the TV, you will need to have it on low. Use the higher settings when you are not home, or if you have it in an unoccupied room. I would not expect something of this size to be totally quiet.
- The blue "on" light is BRIGHT. I had it in my bedroom and it was like a nightlight. Just turn the unit so the indicator light faces away from your bed (which is what I did), or if you need total darkness just put some tape over it. No big deal.
SUMMARY:
The pros outweigh the cons for me, which are really just a minor annoyance and shouldn't deter you from buying it unless you really want a quiet one.
NOTE:
I wasn't sure this was really sucking in any air since I could not feel anything even on the highest setting (I only felt the output at the top). Light a match and blow it out, and hold it a few inches from the side of the unit. The smoke drifts effortlessly into the unit, so it DOES work.
Excellent Value, but do not underestimate the noise December 23, 2008
By no means am I an expert at the exact cleaning abilities of this air purifier or the exact terms used when comparing the specifications of it to other models. Thankfully, you can find those in other reviews. I will describe my impressions and what I have found to be true with this air purifier, both negative and positive.
First, some have commented on the smell the unit emits. The manual itself describes that you might notice a smell in the first few hours of usage, but it is nothing horrible. It says it comes from the carbon prefilter and the odor did disappear after the first night of usage. That was not a huge deal to me and it likely occurs in many air purifiers.
Second, I have noticed a difference in the air. Some noticeable smells have been dramatically reduced and it certainly helped with allergies. While we were looking to improve the air condition for allergies, we also wanted an air purifier to help with odor (specifically from a wood burning fireplace). This purifier helped in both areas.
Third, do not underestimated the noise this unit generates. I noticed a few people commenting on it, but I thought that surely it couldn't be that loud. I was wrong. There is no way you could leave it on its highest setting (unless you were not at home). We leave the unit on the lowest speed at all times and admittedly the noise it produces is within reason. We do turn it off at times (while watching a movie, etc). The noise produced on the lowest speed is okay and I did not see a reason for returning it based on sound alone. However, I think they could have lowered the noise by dissipating the air flow a little bit more. It's not really the machine making so much noise as much as it is the air flow being generated.
Speaking of airflow, this unit is very powerful! I was impressed by its power. I use it in a fairly large space and it handles it just fine. I was also impressed by the easy access to filters. Most units do not make it that easy to access the filter for cleaning/replacement, but it is super simple on the 50250. Overall, I really like this unit. It does make some noise, but it also gets the job done and that's what is most important. For the price to quality ratio, this unit would be hard to beat!
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