The list of accolades and data I collected ran over 4,000 words before editing. Everybody was overwhelmingly positive, with the exception of Consumer Reports (CR), which ranked the IQAir HealthPro Plus 19th after an unfair 20 minute particle filtering test.

While CR has done an outstanding job in raising the ozone issue and cutting Ionic Breeze and Oreck air purifier down to size, they are way wrong on this one.

CR's controversial ranking and testing procedures are the subject of a detailed article under the "Buyer Beware" navbar, where consumers are cautioned about placing so much trust in one source.

Consumers Digest, in the December 2004 issue, chose the IQAir cleaner as a best buy. Consumers Digest said the Health Pro Plus is "ideal for allergy sufferers" and praised its ability to purify air in large spaces.

Air Purifiers America and Allergy Buyers Club rate the Health Pro the best.

Reviewboard Award

Reviewboard Magazine awarded the IQAir its 2004 Editor’s Choice Award for Best Air Filtration System. In 2005 the editors had this to say:

“We have had a first here at Reviewboard. In the 8 years that we have been doing this no product in any category has ever won an Editor’s Choice Award two years in a row.”

Reviewboard took a Health Pro Plus and a top of the line laser particle counter to a dusty farm house where a barn had been converted into a bedroom. They took a reading and found 1.8 MILLION airborne particles per cubic foot. The IQAir HEPA Air purifier reduced the reading from 1.4 million to 150,000 in 3.5 hours.

After leaving the air cleaner running overnight, the next day the reading was 67,000. They brought an Ionic Breeze for comparison, only because the farm’s owner had been tottering dangerously near the edge after being exposed to TV ads.

Of course Ionic Breeze provided no contest, to the amazement of the farm’s owner.

A Blueair 601 or Friedrich C-90a might have been a better competitor over the 24 hour cleaning test. Neither of those powerful air purification machines offers the degree of critical toxic VOC gas removal that the Health Pro Plus does.

From aircaresystems.com: “Using our Met One Laser Particle Counter, the IQ Air tested at zero particle exhaust at .3 micron. That's 100% efficiency!”

IQAir air purifiers were selected by the Hong Kong Hospital Authority during the SARS outbreak. Test Magazine, a prominent German consumer journal, also rates HealthPro highest.

The other air purifiers in the company's line, Swiss made since 1963, are mostly higher priced than the HealthPro Plus. These HEPA air purifiers are the last step before commercial level air purification systems, and are suitable for serious MCS and severe allergy at the household level.

New readers of Air-Purifier-Power may think this is a commercial "review", like many others pumping a product. Not the case. This is the only air purification product to receive the unqualified endorsement of this site. Read my reviews; I am very picky and critical of most products, companies, and institutions in this business.

In the consumer reviews department, I have found only glowing testimonials, which I don’t usually accept. Because multilevel marketing groups often pad air purifier “consumer reviews” with rosy dealer testimonials, I consider these a source for negative info only. Bad airpurifiers will generate lots of legitimate gripes. I am still hunting for my first dirt on IQAir; no complaints, no lawsuits, almost no returns, nothing.

Be sure to read “My IQAir Saves the Day”, linked below, which is an account of my recent purchase and installation of a new IQAir air purifying toy! After six months two years I love my IQ Air! See below for list of minor faults.

Iq Air Purifier is a global corporation with a 45 year air purifying history in hospitals and industrial clean-rooms, reaching down from above to market consumer level pure air products.

Iq Air Purifier

I strongly identify with the IQ Air company holding the high ground in this moral minefield (internet marketing of health devices). With the uninformed lining up like sheep to pay up to $700 for useless and dangerous frauds, their product is an obvious choice. IQ Air products are sold and serviced through a network of Authorized purifier Dealers at retail locations nationwide.

A dozen authorized internet dealers lead a pack of hundreds. You can also buy direct from the company. See link below.

Many internet orders are drop-shipped from the factory. Support for this product is both deep and broad. IQAir is not going away, and uses a standard filtering architecture throughout the product line. You will not be searching for filters or parts in the internet closeout bin.

Is Iq Air Perfect?

After 2 years continuous operation I have few complaints. But no product is perfect. Here is what I have found not to like.

1. The machine is very large and difficult to move.

2. The plastic wheels are inconsistent with the quality image, and should be upgraded.

3. Filters are expensive.

4. There are no air quality sensors, this is a manually controlled air cleaner.

5. High speed operation is not quiet, I use lower speeds at night.

Standard pricing;

IQAir HealthPro Plus with V-5 Gas and Odor Filter: $795

Replacement Pre-Filter: $59.00

Replacement V-5 Gas & Odor Filter: $89.00

Replacement HEPA filter: $189.00