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416 of 422 found the following review helpful:
 FANTASTIC and VERY QUIET... Feb 11, 2007
By Gary L. Fox
"tYpiCaL wYt gUy"
"HONEYWELL: 18155 SilentComfort Air Purifier"
First off, I'd like to say that this is the only air purifier I've ever owned so I cannot compare it fairly to others so I won't even try. But I've read dozens of reviews about the Honeywell QuietCare 17000 and noticed the main complaint is that it's not really queit at all. Well...I hope this helps.
As far as the noise level goes this SilentComfort 18155 is very quiet on MED and LOW. On HIGH, right next to it, it's about as loud as our dishwasher about 30 feet away. So it's not bad at all. I can still hear the television and have normal conversations with the family without yelling.
I've done some of my own studies to see how well the dust is being pulled into the machine and can see there is dust building up in the pre-filter over time. It seems to work very well. I've also noticed a difference on how fresh the air smells. My sneezing is almost down to zero, when it's running, and that tells me it's really working.
It does NOT have an IONIZER which IS A GOOD THING in my opinion. I've learned that these ionizers omit ozone. Which inside the home this ozone builds up and can be very harmful to the lungs. I did NOT like the sound of that so I turned away from the "ionizer" models.
It is very sturdy, a little bulky, but not too heavy to put in other rooms from time to time when I feel the need to relocate it. It blows cold air, not like a fan and not too direct, at a 360 degree radius(it also pulls from every direction). The cold air will be nice in the summer but it's not so nice right now in the winter. I like to put it next to the bed and it can get a little chilly when my covers come off. It has a very comforting and relaxing white noise hum to it. The motor runs very soft and consistant. No rattling or buzzing of any kind. It seems very well built.
MY ONLY CONCERN is that the return/exhaust does NOT blow straight up. It blows outword on the top/sides and it pulls from the bottom. This may be a brilliant design or a serious flaw? I question...is it just filtering the same air over and over again or is it like a vortex that pulls the dust into it with the pushing air(kind of like a tornado)? In my studies I found that was a tough call for me to make. But it really does help with my allergies so I must conclude that it's working properly.
I ordered it directly from Amazon and it arrived in 4 days(that includes the weekend) and that was with the FREE SUPERSAVER SHIPPING. Amazon is always fantastic about that, so no complaints there.
OVERALL... I am very pleased, though it may be a little early to give a longevity review right now, the HoneyWell SilentComfort 18155 really seems to work great and I have no complaints. If anything faulty or negative develops I will amend it into this review accordingly.
2 THUMBS UP...and I breathe much easier now.
113 of 114 found the following review helpful:
Perfect for people with allergies May 06, 2007
By Jen
I bought this air purifier because my infant was showing signs of allergies - sneezing, rubbing her eyes, etc. Within an hour of turning on this filter, everyone in the household stopped having sneezing fits and our baby doesn't have red, itchy eyes anymore. I'm amazed by how well it works. The unit is really quiet.
The only thing I don't like about it is the size. It's huge! At a foot and a half wide it takes up a lot of space. You can't easily hide this thing next to the sofa. I'm still trying to figure out where to put it so that it isn't in the way but can still filter the air. Very satified with this product overall.
103 of 105 found the following review helpful:
Good Air Cleaner Sep 29, 2007
By R. Speizer
"thebooktiger"
Nice and Quiet.
The only negatives are the instructions which do not seem to match the machine.
the diagrams (on Amazon too) show a large prefilter wrapped around the main filter.
In fact that is not how it is set up. The small prefilter goes on the bottom of the machine. The main filter is in the top and they are accessed via different "hatches".
The directions also show cleaning the outside of the HEPA filter. the reality is that the way the machine works you would need to clean the INSIDE surface of the HEPA.
Otherwise works fine. My Asthma is much better.
77 of 82 found the following review helpful:
 Why does this air purifier smell like wet dog? Jul 31, 2008
By Blue Mags
I got this because of the overwhelming positive feedback it inspired. Shipping time was light-speed fast and the unit worked mostly ok but, like other reviewers, I HATE the instruction booklet.
OK, the unit comes already put together but you need to put the pre-filter in before you start the unit up. This is actually a very easy thing to do but it becomes very confusing very fast when you try to follow the crappy instructions in the booklet. You don't need to take the top off (contrary to instructions). You actually need to put the black velcro-looking strip along the inside of the bottom of the unit, (This will become clear once you are looking at the thing.)
The other problem is that after a couple of weeks, we all started noticing a 'wet-dog' smell in the air. Not horribly offensive, but not aromatic either. We had just had the house professionally cleaned so I knew that all potential stinkies had been taken care of. On a sniff 'n' search, I discovered that the Honeywell was the culprit - stinking up my clean house! I took the thing apart, looking for the problem. Found nothing, it was completely clean. The filter itself did not smell but the air being expelled was awful. I found that if I turned it down to the lowest setting, it went away (or became unnoticeable) but after a couple of hours of medium or high, the phantom smell returns.
Any ideas??
Other than that, this is a pretty good unit and not loud at all. On high you notice it more but my kids successfully cover it with yelling, screaming, laughing, arguing etc.
As for cleaning the air, I do notice cooking smells leave the downstairs area faster and our asthmatic sleeps easier at night. So I still recommend it but if I were to buy another one, I might try a different model.
41 of 42 found the following review helpful:
Not too shabby! Jul 09, 2008
By Megan Melanson
I like this air purifier, although I've never bought one before. Shipping was pretty slow, and the delivery guy didn't even knock, he just left it in the rain, but it didn't seem much worse for the wear. I've had it for about a month now, and I keep it on 24/7, usually on high (I can't hear it over my AC, anyway), but I've tried all 3 settings. Here's what I think:
Pros:
Yes, it is QUIET, the high setting is maybe 40-50dB, like the humming of an old fridge.
It works great on SMOKE and SMELLS - I smoke "herbal" cigarettes in my 300sqft apartment and they smell a lot! Not only does this suck the smoke out of the air (pretty cool!), but it really helps with the smell that usually lingers for hours after smoking.
It works on PET DANDER - yah! my apartment no longer smells like an 80 lb greyhound who rolled in god-knows-what!
Cons:
DUST? One of the other reviewers said that this helped reduce the amount of dust in their apartment, and I was so excited, because my apartment gets ridiculously dusty every 3 days or so. So I set up the purifier, let it run for a day, then I dusted, and waited. No dice, I had serious dust again in like 3.5 days, too bad :(
Although you just vacuum the HEPA filter, YOU STILL HAVE TO BUY A REPLACEMENT PRE-FILTER.
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