Whirlpool Whispure Tower Air Purifier- HEPA Air Cleaner, APT40010R

Well-designed, great value in a HEPA floor unit
It's been about a week since this arrived, so I've had time to evaluate it properly. The first thing to understand is this is not an 800 dollar air cleaner. I am rating and reviewing this against other units in its price range. Actually, this is the third unit in this class that I have reviewed. The other two were from Honeywell and Hoover.

I can't say any one of them is "better" than the other. I like all of them.

The Whirlpool Whispure Tower Air Purifier- HEPA Air Cleaner, APT40010R is a "room air purifier," not a whole house air purifier. However, it is a "medium room" unit. On the box, it says it will filter a 197 sq ft room up to 4.8 times per hour. I turned it on its max setting, and find that claim completely believable.

Be careful when comparing these numbers among units. Filtering 197 sq ft 4.8 times per hour isn't inferior to filtering 230 sq ft 2.2 times per hour. You'll need to look at total CFM per hour if max filtering is your concern (it...

Absolute Lifesaver - VOC + Hepa
I'd been suffering from sinus infection, itchy skin, dry eyes. So, I bought a basic air purifier. Seemed to improve my issues a bit, but not much.

Then I got the Whispure & thanks to the VOC-sensor, I knew exactly when my air was 'going bad'. Every time I'd get ready for bed, some 'volatile compound' was detected. After some trial & error, I found that the VOC-sensor would tick-up every time I made my bed. So, I changed both my detergent and my sheets every other day. Still, shortly after getting in bed, some volatile compound sent this machine into 3rd gear. Difficult to sleep knowing you're in a toxic room. Without the sensor, I'd have no way of knowing.

Frustrated, I finally ripped the sheets off of and brushed my (3-month old) mattress. ...Click-click - Whispure started working over time.

My new memory foam mattress was the problem. I had an allergic reaction to it. Turns out, the chemicals used in many new mattresses (particularly memory foam) can...

A Great Air Purifier
I'm using the Whirlpool Whispure Tower Air Purifier - HEPA Air Cleaner in my bedroom, and I find it to be an excellent product. Having it on the automatic setting is ideal as it's on the low (and quiet) speed most of the time, only occasionally sensing there needs to be the higher speed. It is also convenient to have the "sleep mode" at night so that the sound doesn't disturb one's rest. Well designed!

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