Oreck XL® Professional Air Purifier Signature Series (Burl Walnut)
From Oreck

The Oreck XL Professional Air Purifier Signature Series purifies an average size room (10' x 12') in up to 30 minutes. The unit incorporates a powerful fan that moves the air to scrub it clean. The Oreck XL Professional Air Purifier will also capture and destroy bacteria, mold, viruses, and fungi, as well as remove pet hair, pet dander, dust mites, and common household dust and allergens. The Oreck XL Professional Air Purifier has a permanent filter system that quietly cleans the air in your home of allergens, dust and dirt. The permanent filter cleans in just minutes with detergent and water; simply rinse, let dry and re-insert. An indicator light tells you when the filter needs cleaning. No need to buy expensive replacement parts time and time again. And it's as economical to run continuously as an ordinary light bulb. The money you save means the Oreck unit virtually pays for itself.

Amazon Sales Rank: #236819 in Kitchen & Housewares
Brand: Oreck
Model: R-AIR8FD

breathing easy again
I own one of these and am getting ready to purchase a second. I have severe asthma, and this machine greatly reduces the amounts of contaminents in the air and makes my life a whole lot easier. My brother also has owned one for YEARS, and NEVER turns it off. The air is so much cleaner and purer when this is in use. I live in the panhandle of Texas where the wind and the dust NEVER stop blowing, and when you walk into a room, you can tell if the machine is on or not. It removes much of the dust, not all of it, it is not a miracle machine. As far as an ionizer, I don't really know what it does. All I know is I can breath with this machine on, and my medication intake is greatly reduced. I find cleaning it very easy. One screw under the front, remove the filter, dust it off, dust the inside of the machine, reach in and remove the metal screen thing, run it under water, pull out the back and dust it off. Re-assemble, and turn it back on and breath again. I would greatly recommend it for anyone with any type of COPD.

Three Words - Save Your Money
The only thing that Dave Oreck has succeeded in with these filters is a marketing gimmick. There is so much blow by in this thing that there seems to be more dust around it than in it. I love the demonstration where the unit cleans up the smoke in the little test chamber. Unless your room is this size, don't bother with this filter. Check out Consumer Reports review on the Orecks.. .dead last.

Doesn't it seem to be a dream that you can dip this thing into water and a little soap and it magically comes clean? Don't count on it. Next to industrial strength oven cleaner, NOTHING will get this clean if you smoke or cook within 30 feet of the thing. I went into my local store to ask about this issue and was given some simple steps to remedy this until I pointed out that the cell they had on DISPLAY showed the deposits in the center that I spoke of... oops!!!

The plus is that it does capture SOMETHING from the air but is a CADR of 30 REALLY worth the price? I think it would be more effective to put a fan in the window on the exhaust setting than to waste your money on this thing.

The ionizer? lol.. what an ionizer ACTUALLY does it dull your sense of smell.. So that fresh smell you THINK the machine is producing is actually in your imagination.

If you really feel the need to drop the cash for this, I have two that I would be willing to sell and include the Asail-a-Cell cleaner and replacement charcoal filters as a bonus. Never mind I wouldn't even do that to a stranger.

The certification this machine carries can be had for 500.00 I believe and the organization is not offering a seal of approval on ANYTHING. I guess maybe I should get one and stick it on my tailpipe.

Happy Oreck Customer Going On 10 Years
I've tried the Hepa filter brands and found them to be unable to totally "scrub" the air as fast or through as the Oreck. My husband was a chain smoker our first 3 years of marriage and I had purchased a $400 Austin Air Healthmate air purifier. It had an enormous filter and boasted of scrubbing the air down to .01 micron. Well, honestly all it did was push the air around. There was no way to thoroughly clean the filter, and the charcoal replacement cost was just not affordable like Oreck. I've used other brands as well, but I came back to Oreck, bought a vacuum cleaner and cordless iron and have been a very pleased customer ever since.