New-Aire - Help When You're Researching Air Purifiers

Here is a comparison of our features with some of the other air purifiers out there.

If you click on the brand name of each product a new browser window will open up in that company's website. We feel confident that the more you learn about how the New-Aire measure up to the competition, the more you'll be impressed with our product.

This information below was obtained from the company websites of the manufacturers or distributors of the products. We've tried our best to accurately reflect what we learned in our own research. We encourage you to check the information for yourself. If you find any inaccuracies here, or would like to suggest another purifier for listing, email us.

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Compare the New-Aire XJ-3000C with:

Oreck - Friedrich - IQ Air - Sharper Image - Austin - Bionaire - Holmes - Hunter

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Oreck

	New-Aire	Oreck
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	Yes
Carbon Filter	Yes	Yes
HEPA Filter	Yes	No
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	Yes
Fan	Yes	Yes
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year	See Maintenance Notes below
Price	$179	$349.95
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	30-day satisfaction 3 years workmnanship 12 years on Ionizer/Collector Cell

Maintenance Notes:

The Oreck manual is available on their website. Maintenance includes:

• Changing the filters (the useful life of the filters is unspecified)
• Cleaning the ionizer cell. This must be done every 4-8 weeks.
• A special cleaning fluid must be used. The manual says you must "thoroughly saturate the cell and prefilter. Be sure to spray between each cell plates and cover every surface. Allow product to soak for a few minutes, not allowing it to dry. Rinse thoroughly with water. For extremely heavy deposits, repeat the process."

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Friedrich

	New-Aire	Friedrich
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	Yes
Carbon Filter	Yes	Yes
HEPA Filter	Yes	No
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	Yes
Fan	Yes	Yes
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year Optionally, running a vacuum cleaner on the pre-filter for a few seconds every month or two can extend the life of the filter cartidge)	See Maintenance Notes below
Price	$179	$499
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	30-day satisfaction 1 year material and workmanship

Maintenance Notes:

You can download the Friedreich owners manual on their website. The maintenance regimen they describe in the owners' manual includes:

• Cleaning the pre-filter with a brush or a vacuum cleaner, though if that doesn't do the job, then cleaning it with an all-purpose alkaline detergent (and a subsequent thorough rinsing). The manual doesn't specify how often this needs to be done. The New-Aire pre-filter will benefit by cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner every month or two. Nothing more.
• The carbon filter in the Friedrich needs cleaning. The New-Aire's does not.
• The Friedrich contains what they call an 'electronic cell.' Two thirds of a page in the manual is devoted to the intricate job of cleaning this cell, which must be done with care, to prevent damage to the ionizer wires and the collection plates. You'll also need to use hot water that is between 150°F and 170°F and detergent. They also say you'll occasionally need to clean the ionizing wires. The do not say how often you will have to do this.
• Further, you'll have to use an ammonia based or butyl based detergent to clean tobacco tar and other smoke residue from the collector plates.
• When replacing the collector plates in the Friedrich, you'll have to make sure that they are not touching, because that will cause electrical arcing.
• Finally, you'll have to check for broken ionizer wires and a bent collection plate. You'll have to replace those items if they are broken or bent.
• By comparison, the New-Aire, which also uses an ionizer, requires no such maintenance. The sum total of maintenance required is to change out the filter cartridge every 1-2 years, change out the UV bulb every 12-15 months, and a moment of vacuuming on the pre-filter every month or two. None of these tasks should take more than a minute or two, tops.

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IQ Air

	New-Aire	IQ Air (Healthpro Series)
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	Yes
Carbon Filter	Yes	Yes
HEPA Filter	Yes	Yes
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	No
Fan	Yes	Yes
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year	The different filters have different life spans, from 6 months to four years.
Price	$179	$635 - 835 depending on the unit
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	Two to five year warranty depending on model and country of purchase.

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Sharper Image

	New-Aire	Sharper Image
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	No
Carbon Filter	Yes	No
HEPA Filter	Yes	No
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	Yes
Fan	Yes	No
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year, can start using again immediately	Maintenance gets so elaborate with the Sharper Image that we've devoted an entire page to the subject. Click here to learn more.
Price	$179	$499.95
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	5 years

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Austin

No UV, No Ozone, No Ions
from $249.00

	New-Aire	Austin
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	Yes
Carbon Filter	Yes	Yes (they also use a substance they call "zeolite" in their carbon filter
HEPA Filter	Yes	Yes
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	No
Fan	Yes	Yes
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year. The filters cost $35 and need tobe replaced every 1-2 years. The UV bulb costs $15 and needs to be replaced every 12-15 months.	Filter needs replacing once every five years (the filter has a 5 year warranty, so we presume that is its effective life). The filter costs between $104.99 and 249.99 depending on the size of the unit.
Price	$179	$249.99-499.99 depending on size
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	30-day satisfaction 5 year mechanical 5 year filter under normal residential use

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Bionaire

	New-Aire	Bionaire
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	Yes
Carbon Filter	Yes	No
HEPA Filter	Yes	Yes
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	No
Fan	Yes	Presumably (we saw no mention of a fan, but the filters would be useless without one)
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year. (Drop in a new filter cartridge every 1-2 years and easily replace UV bulb every 12-15 months.)	Carbon filter needs to be changed every 3 months HEPA filter needs to be changed once a year "at a minimum" (There are 2-4 HEPA filters to be replaced, one at a time.) Pre-filter must be washed (and dried) once a month
Price	$179	$179.99-199.99 depending on unit
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	2 year full warranty

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Holmes

	New-Aire	Holmes
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	No
Carbon Filter	Yes	Yes
HEPA Filter	Yes	Yes
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	No
Fan	Yes	Yes
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year Optionally, running a vacuum cleaner on the pre-filter for a few seconds every month or two can extend the life of the filter cartidge)	Carbon filter needs to be changed every 3-6 months HEPA filter needs to be changed every 12-18 months
Price	$179	$159.99
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	5 year limited

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Hunter

	New-Aire	Hunter
Anti-bacterial Pre-filter	Yes	Uses carbon prefilter
Carbon Filter	Yes	Uses carbon prefilter
HEPA Filter	Yes	Yes
Ultra-Violet light	Yes	No
Controllable Ozone	Yes	No
Ions	Yes	No
Fan	Yes	Yes
Maintenance Cycle	A few minutes about once a year	Filter change every 4 - 6 months
Price	$179 (covers 500 sq ft)	$299 (covers 400 sq ft)
Warranty	60-day satisfaction 90-day replacement 3 year material & workmanship	5 year limited