Ed Sherbenou articles
GermGuardian AC4100 Review
Ohio-based Guardian Technologies Inc., founded in 2005 by two former Dirt Devil employees, has grown steadily despite the decade long flat spot in the air purifier business. Guardian specializes in inexpensive UV-C germicidal air purifiers
GermGuardian AC5350B Elite 4-in-1 Review
AC5300 is the same air cleaner, but with fewer features, AC5300 has only 3 speeds. GermGuardian AC5350ba arrived on the air purifier market stage after the 2009 peak. Guardian provided good value and supported products
GermGuardian AC5000E Air Purifier Review
There was a rush in air purifier sales during 2004-2009, but GermGuardian arrived on the air purifier market scene after the peak. GermGuardian worked very hard and supported their products better than most, staying profitable
Fellowes AP-300PH and AP-230PH Air Purifiers Review
Office equipment maker Fellowes, Inc. brought their “new” air purifier products, AP-300PH and AP-230PH, to the market in the fall of 2011. Initial appearances of the Fellowes air cleaners were at Staples and Office Depot big box
IDYLIS 3 & 5 Speed Air Purifier Review
You’ve all heard of Lowe’s – the fortune 500 company serving more than 17 million customers a week in the US, our neighbors to the north, Canada, and to the south, Mexico. The first Lowe’s
BlueAir 650E Air Purifier Review
Blueair 650e Automated Air Purifier Since the HEPA standard was invented, air cleaner manufacturers have sought methods to circumvent the extra costs and/or performance impediments inherent in the high internal pressures required to drive a
Blueair 603 Air Purifier Review
While the Federal Reserve tells us there is no price inflation, everybody in the air cleaner business is scrambling to lower costs to hold price. Those old enough to remember the stagflation of the 1970’s will recall
Blueair Air Purifiers
Blueair air purifier was founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1996. Former Electrolux executive Bengt Rittri had high expectations for his $2 million company. He believed in the old build-a-better-mousetrap theory, thinking a top quality product
Airmega 300S & 400S “Smart” Air Purifier Review
Coway is the manufacturer of Airmega air purifiers. Established in 1989, Woongjin-Coway is a major industrial conglomerate based in South Korea that makes a range of air purifiers from entry level to state-of-the-art units. In
Shark Rotator NV501 Lift-Away 3-in-1 Vacuum Cleaner Review
Introduced in October 2012, Shark NV500-series “Rotators,” $249.99, superseded the Navigator Lift-Away NV356E. I can’t buy every air purifier or vacuum reviewed here, and especially avoid putting scarce resources into vacuums with excessive particulate emissions.