Honeywell 17000N Permanent Pure HEPA Quietcaire Air Purifier

Amazon.com Review

This portable air cleaner is recommended for filtering the air in a closed room as large as 168 square feet (12 by 14 feet). As it continuously circulates a room's air--about six times per hour--it employs two filters to remove smoke, pollen, dust, animal dander, dust mites, molds, bacteria, viruses, and odors. Especially useful for asthmatics and allergy sufferers, the cleaner contains a true HEPA filter that is at least 99.97 percent effective at trapping extremely tiny particles (as small as 0.3 microns) while a prefilter reduces odors. Honeywell's IntelliCheck system permits monitoring the filters' lives. Each filter has a button. Pressing a button activates a light, which blinks or shines steadily. One blink indicates that the filter has lots of life remaining, two blinks means less life, three blinks means even less, and a steady light indicates the filter needs changing. The HEPA filter lasts one to three years; the prefilter, three months. Filter replacement is simple, and replacement filters can be ordered separately. The air cleaner has three speeds, and all are exceptionally quiet for an air cleaner this large and powerful. It carries a five-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 71 reviews

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So far so good........for just a month - B. Yee, May 09, 2008

What more can you ask of a air filter....loud as expected but very functional. It's NOT a Rabbit, but for the price, it's well worth it..so far.


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Yes, it is noisy - E. Lee, Apr 28, 2008

Just received Honeywell 17000N today. This is my 3rd air purifier in my house, the others are: Panasonic FP15HU, and Whirlpool Whispure AP250.

I will only talk about noise in this review, since I think most HEPA-type air purifier should almost equivalent to each other, in terms of cleaning the air.

At its lowest setting, the Honeywell 17000N is quite loud, although it does have higher air flow than my other two air purifiers at their lowest settings. The other review mentioned the noise level resemble hair dryer. I agree with this assessment, although more likely it sounds like hair dryer on its lowest setting.

Here is how noisy it is (at the lowest setting): I put it at about 4' from the door in a 11x11 size room. With the door closed, at 6' away I can still hear the whoosh sound of the air purifier.

I am still not sure whether to put this in my son's room, or just put it in a general area like the living room. Will see if he's able to tolerate the noise through the night.

UPDATE: I just used a power meter to check the power usage of my air purifiers. At the lowest setting, here's the power usage:
Honeywell 17000N - 58 watt
Panasonic FP15HU - 40 watt
Whirlpool AP250 - 26 watt

No wonder Honeywell is the loudest of the bunch, and it uses twice as much power as the Whirlpool AP250.

Here's the power usage at the highest setting:
Honeywell 17000N - 80 watt
Panasonic FP15HU - 96 watt
Whirlpool AP250 - 45 watt




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Neat trick - C. M. Bolinger, Apr 23, 2008

We have had this model of air purifeier for about 9 months. I could go on about its benefits and how it has helped my family with our allergy problems, but I won't. I thought I would share a neat trick that my six year old son discovered. We use this purifier in his room as it is the smaller of the honeywell units we have. It has made a world of difference in his congestion when he wakes up in the morning. However, he recently gained possession of a package of balloons. He figured out that he could blow up a balloon and place it in the exhaust air stream of the air purifier and the balloon would stay suspended in mid air about three feet above the unit. It makes it worth the price just to watch my son learn some basic laws of science and physics. If you have small kids with allergies, this is an added feature you probably won't read in any other review.


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Some things are subjective... - R. McDowall, Apr 18, 2008

I'm not going to address issues of whether this works or not because I'm not qualified to do so and I don't put a lot of value on other reviews claiming that an air cleaner can eliminate symptoms of asthma, allergies, etc etc. in one night. There are studies out there that dispute whether an air cleaner like this produce a measurable effect on air quality at all.

What I can speak to is the noise issue since that seems to be the hot topic here. Yes, it makes noise. No, it does not sound like a hair dryer on high.

To me, things that make noise are only irritating if the quality of noise that they produce is irritating. I don't know how better to describe it but this 17000N does not sound *cheap*, and so therefore the noise it makes isn't offensive.

Even on low, you're never going to forget it's there, but hey people - you've got a small fan moving a large volume of air through a restrictive filter. If you want one that's truly quiet, either buy a bigger one that's designed for silent operation, or spend the money on a high end product.


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The honeywell 1700n is worth every cent!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - N. Persaud, Mar 26, 2008

I brought the honeywell 1700N and I will tell you, I came back to Amazon to write this review in support of Honeywelland espeacially the 1700N. They only been great in all they provide. Being I have a heater from honeywell and it is also worth every cent! I will tell you don't spend your money thinking your going get anything better just because of money. But if you have the money and will like to spend it go ahead.
The honeywell 1700N is unreal, it's crisp cleaner air that I never experinced before is remakable. It's like a micheal jackson sleeper!!!!! I read every review on every air cleaner their is, at 3-5 times each. over and over. NOISE! People can be shallow! The Noise shouldn't even be consider or even talked about unless in terms of perfecting a incredible awesome unreal machine that will be apart of the future once people are turned on to it!
Thank you Thank you Thank you Amazon and Honeywell for this great deal that's a life saver! Buy this machine or any other machine from honeywell! But for $105 bucks and free shipping this is a super deal! If you don't buy this machine I would say BUY a HEPA carbon filter. It really works! I bought it for my Pets and now am thanking them!
Everyone should have one don't matter what!

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