by Elaine
(Sunnyvale, CA)

I love your website. Excellent resource. I’m interested in the Alive Air but I’ve had an electro-static Honeywell that sounded like it was zapping things constantly. I don’t like the sound. Does that happen with the Alive Air? If not, why would the Honeywell make a zap and this one would not?

Thank you,
Elaine

Hi Elaine,

The air purifier zapping noise comes from the electrical charge caused by electrostatic “plates”. Think of the zapping noise as a very small electrical short. The electrostatic plates are why the Oreck Air Purifier and the Honeywell have this zapping noise problem on occasion.

I’ve had instances where cleaning them off, and removing any hair or dust can reduce any zapping noise in these models.

The Alive Air Machine was purposely designed to use a grid (which has holes) rather than plates, and hence does not create a zapping noise.

Hope that helped…

Breathe Well,

Mark