Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have had a similar model of the same type ozone purifier before. It was quite expensive to purchase, and cost more than this one just to have it repaired when it quit. After it quit on me a 2nd time, I purchased a few "single room" smaller type air filters, that cost more than this one in total, and did not produce ozone "fresh" air. They were a disappointment. They quit on me too, and I have been without an air purifier for about a year now. We live in Florida, where it is hot and humid most of the year. Since we have our AC running throughout the year almost nonstop, the air in the house is just recirculated. When we do get cooler weather, the outside air seems to have a lot of pollen, so opening windows sounds nice in theory but creates havoc with sinus and eye irritation. Add a couple of dogs and cats to the mix, and the result is sneezing, itchy eyes and lots of allergy medication for all (5) of us. When I saw this one, read the reviews, and did some comparisons, I decided to order because I knew I couldn't live without one of these purifiers any longer. As soon as I received it, I took it out of the box, pushed in the two ozone plates, and plugged it in. Very simple. Almost immediately, it changed the air in the room I put it in. It is like fresh, mountain air, and just has a different "feel" to it, as well as the fresh smell. I turned on my air intake (since it happened to be a rare day when I didn't need the AC on) and let it fill the air ducts with the ozonated and ionized air. I followed the instructions included, and turned the ozone on low, and the ionizer on high. Within about 2 hours, my whole house was refreshed. Even the closets were fresh. The difference in our home is really astonishing. I didn't tell anybody that I had purchased it. As soon as they walked in the house from school and work, they noticed immediately. The first thing that struck me was my sinus pressure had reduced. What a relief. I have been battling a constant sinus infection for a long time, and have been on antibiotics, take allergy and sinus medication daily (also prescription). I take these medications almost continuously, as does one of my sons, who also has a lot of allergy issues. These medications, since taking them for more than a year, are killing me from the inside out. I just can't do it anymore. I am hoping to now be able to stop the medications. Until now, I never paid attention to the correlation of taking the medications and when my last good purifier quit, but the timeline does coincide. I am hoping this Living Fresh purifier will last a while. I've done without it for way too long. I will take the advice included in my instructions and put it on a timer to cycle on and off, so as not to run continously. That will probably add to the life of the machine. Overall, I am very happy with this purchase. ***UPDATE*** March 20, 2013 I still love it and decided to give an update to give some specific ways I have used the machine. First, I did get a light timer and plugged it in to switch on a few times a day, rather than letting it run continously. That way, I don't have to conciously turn it off and on. Works well by doing that since I work from my home office and am here all the time. I don't want to breathe the ozone continuously thoughout my day, but I do like to freshen the air and remove cooking odors. In reading about the benefits of ozone, I decided to freshen a mattress. I removed the sheets, set the unit on the bed, turned it up on high output (both settings). Then, I took a sheet, covered the front fan output, leaving the back open for circulation. I put the pillows under the sheet (still on the bed) and draped the sheet over the mattress. My goal was to kill any dust mites while holding in the ozone being emitted. I closed the room, but checked on the machine to make sure it was running properly, and basically let it run for about an hour. My mattress and pillows were fresh, and my sheets and pillow cases smelled like they had been line dried outside. Needless to say, we slept well! Also, once the process was completed I opened the windows and aired out the room to get rid of residual ozone smell. Wow, what a way to freshen a bedroom. Another thing I did was clean my boy's bathroom. Anyone with teenage boys, knows what a challenge that can be. There was some mildew in the grout that was hard to remove. I placed the air purifier in the bathroom and closed the door. After about an hour I went in and opened the window to air it out. Then I wiped and scrubbed with bleach and cleanser. I couldn't believe how much easier the mildew stains came out with less scrubbing/elbow grease! Unbelievable. I think the ozone had started killing the mildew and made it easier for the bleach to work. I then put the air purifier back in the bathroom to remove the bleach smell. Then aired it out again. Nothing left but CLEAN! I also freshened my AC air intake. I opened up the vent and removed the filter. I placed the air purifier unit inside the large duct and turned it on (the AC was turned off). Partially closed the vent by propping it in place. Let it saturate the inside of the intake and ducts. Left it for about and hour before turning it off, then let it air out before turning on the AC. It seems to have removed the musty smell that had been coming out of my air vents. This is a wonderful product!