Are Oreck air purifiers as good as their vacuum cleaners?

Oreck Corporation began as a company manufacturing upright vacuum cleaners for the hotel industry in the U.S. The concept was to design a lightweight yet powerful and durable vacuum that hotel housekeepers would prefer to the very heavy models available to them. The idea proved so successful that now over 50,000 hotels throughout the world use Oreck vacuums.

The company has expanded their product range to include Oreck air purifiers, and the question now of course is: have they managed to transfer that same concept to the Oreck air purifier?

The short answer to this is yes.

Ideally an air purifier such as the Oreck air purifier should be able to remove all sorts of impurities from the air. Many air purifiers rely only on one technology, and inevitably they fall short in some aspect. For instance, a HEPA air purifier is great at removing particles greater than 0.3 micron, but this also means it can not effectively remove viruses, some bacteria and germs, some house dust mite allergens, cat allergens, smoke, soot, fumes, and smog.

Many air purifiers rely only on one or two cleaning technologies, and therefore are unable to remove pollutants and allergens of all sizes.

Because the Oreck air purifier uses multiple cleaning technologies, it covers the whole spectrum of particle sizes from 0.1 micron upwards:

• Pre-filter removes hair, lint etc
• Electrostatic precipitator removes small particle such as bacteria, fungi, dust, tobacco smoke, and pollen
• Activated carbon filter absorbs odors, viruses
• Negative ion generator freshens the air

The Oreck air purifier’s ability to clean a 30’ by 30’ area every hour, guarantees that even the largest living room can be kept properly allergen and pollution free.

As it requires only a small wattage to power, an Oreck air purifier is quite economical to run. This is good news, because to keep an area as clean as possible, it is best to let an air purifier run continuously. An added bonus with low power consumption is that the machine runs very quietly

There are two Oreck air cleaner models available, the Super Air 7 and the Oreck XL Professional.
The Oreck XL Professional costs about a $150 dollars more, but:

• has a longer warranty, 3 years versus 1 year,
• is guaranteed to destroy 96% of bacteria, viruses, molds, and fungi,
• does have Silence Technology, so is quieter
• has free shipping

Finally, with the Oreck XL, a special offer allows you to buy the second Oreck air purifier for half price, which is a really good deal if you have a second area in the house that is used a lot at the same time.

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