Not every room needs a standard sized ionic air purifier.  If you’re wanting to clear the air in a smallish room, either in your home or office, the Ionic Pro Compact Air Purifier might be a good choice for you.  Not only will it use less space, which is obviously already limited in small rooms and offices, but it’ll also use less power.  Since there’s no way for ionic air purifiers to sense when their job is done, they’re intended to be run 24/7.  If you’re running an ionic air purifier that’s larger than it needs to be, you’re wasting power all day every day.  One of the best things about ionic air purifiers is that they are cheap to run and maintain, so be sure you don’t negate that advantage by getting one that’s too big.

Checking prices at various retailers (WalMart, Amazon, etc), you’ll notice that the Ionic Pro Compact Air Purifier runs about half the price of standard Ionic Pro Air Purifiers, or the Ionic Breeze Quadra Air Purifier.  So, if you’re not sure if your room qualifies as “small”, which is typically anything less than 500 square feet, you could always get one Ionic Pro Compact Air Purifier and, if it doesn’t feel like it’s doing the job, get another, and put them on either side of the room.  Honestly I’m not sure that that wouldn’t be more effective that one Ionic Pro Air Purifier anyway.  It seems to me that filtering from two different places, with twice the air-flow, would be preferable.  However, you’d have to make space for two ionic air purifiers instead of one, so that might be a problem for some people.

With the exception of a missing “Med” setting (it has a Lo and Hi only), the Ionic Pro Compact Air Purifier lacks none of the features, or benefits, of the regular Ionic Pro Ionic Air Purifier.  Just be sure to clean the little bar off when it starts to buzz, and that’s the extent of any maintenance, just like with the Ionic Breeze Air Purifiers.  However, one huge difference between the Ionic Pro Compact Air Purifier and the Ionic Breeze Air Purifier is that you can actually find the Ionic Pro.

Remember, ionic air purifiers are not intended for use in situations where there’s a real health risk.  If a doctor has suggested that you use a true HEPA air purifier, this is not a direct replacement, and is not as effective.  For your everyday allergy sufferer, though, an ionic air purifier should do the trick at a much, much lower cost than a true HEPA air purifier.

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