Ionic Breeze Air Purifier

Though it’s true that controversy has lately surrounded the Ionic Breeze Air Purifier, more than two million of the units have been sold by the Sharper Image to happy customers. So what exactly is the Ionic Breeze Air Purifier? How does it work? This article is intended to convey some of the basics of the technology, to help you decide whether or not you’d like to buy one.

An air ionizer uses a high voltage charge to create electrically charged molecules. A particle that is ionized has one or more extra electrons, which confers a net negative charge. Commercial air purifiers have long employed this technology. The idea is that electrostatically charged surfaces within the air purifier attract particulate matter. In this way, the surrounding air is cleaned of smoke, animal dander and offensive odor. The inonization process is similar, but not identical to, the creation of ozone—which has caused the Sharper Image a lot of problems. Ozone, which is like oxygen but more so, can be toxic in sufficient amounts and density. This however is remote enough of a risk that ionic air purifiers today are used in hospitals to prevent the spreading of infectious airborne diseases. SARS outbreaks in Asia prompted the Japanese to install ionic air purifiers everywhere—in their toothbrushes and in their computers, to name a couple examples.

In fact, ionic air purifiers have even been used to combat the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center determined that a sufficient density of negative air ionization had the same effect as a simulated “false dawn” on sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

The Ionic Breeze Air Purifier remains a popular device today. It works 24-hours a day, without pause, silently and hygienically. It cleans itself and requires very little maintenance. There is no motor and no moving parts to worry about. Many people who suffer from asthma or heightened sensitivity to allergies use ionic air purifiers to clean the air and snuff out pollen and other allergens.

Complaints about ionic air purifiers have typically centered on their effectiveness, not on the amount of ozone they produce—which is minimal and not at all a concern in a well-ventilated space. Some have claimed that the dust and particulate matter they negatively charge sticks to surfaces like TV or computer screens instead of the plates within the air purifier; or that those very plates lose a lot of their effectiveness when dust clings to them. The good news is you can see for yourself without breaking the bank.

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