Lawrence "The Dreamer" Chen's Blog

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Well, first spring in Manhattan....allergy season must be coming soon.

Decided to go blow my tax refund and finally buy the new air purifier that I've been talking about getting.

Went for a reconditioned Oreck Air Purifier. Combination of cost and size.

It was still kind of heavy lugging home from the UPS. But, after I cleared some space in my bedroom and set it up....and then ran it on max for a while, later I could smell an improvement. But, near bed time I dropped it down to low....and then later saw the red cleaning required light was on. But, it couldn't have gotten that bad. And it didn't look dirty at all.

I cleaned it anyways....so I couldn't leave it running overnight, as the cell wasn't dry yet.

Next day, almost immediately....it was red again. Guess this is why its a remanufactured unit?

After some fiddling around, it seems to have an issue if the cell is pushed in all the way.

Wonder if I'll still get another one or two....

Follow up:

Wonder if I spoke too soon....noticed the red light was on during the night. But, after cranking it back to medium in the morning it is green again. Maybe it has issues with being on low and doing the silence thing. Though medium isn't really that loud compared to other air cleaners/purifiers that I have had in the past...so maybe I'll try leaving it on medium some night and see how that goes.

But, now that I've adjusted to sleeping in 'too quiet'....don't know if that matters.