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- From: asj4j@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (JONAX)
- Subject: Re: NSA Air Purifiers
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.033732.16245@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
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- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 03:37:32 GMT
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- In misc.consumers, cosc176t@menudo.uh.edu (Jason Asbahr) writes:
- >My grandmother is considering the purchase of a "NSA Environmental
- >Air System", a small air purifier.
- >I've seen the thing, and it seems to work nicely. It's a small
- >plastic box, fairly light, obviously consisting of a fan and various
- >air filters. It's about 3/4 the size of my NeXT cube. :)
- >The problem? The NSA purifier costs ** $175 ** ! Grandmother
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- >>Jason,
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- >>Try looking at Sears or Wards, the one's I've seen there are 1/3
- >>of the cost.
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- Yes, they are 1/3 of the cost but also AT LEAST 1/3 of the quality...
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- >>Also, I don't know if you have any Price or Pace clubs in Texas,
- >>but I have a large unit (floor model) environcare that cost
- >>less than $176, I believe the sale price was $135.
- >>(I'm not sure since it was a Christmas present). However, my
- >>mother is currently in the market for a larger one (she has one as you
- >>described and she only paid $60 for it, it uses charcoal filters and
- >>is more on the line of an ionizer than a purifier.
- The NSA purifier utilize 3 or 4 different filters, depending on the
- model you purchase, included in that is a carbon filter, a 3M brand
- Filtrete Electrostatic material, a Tri-Media filter and a HEPA (High
- Efficiency Particulate Filter). The NSA air purifiers filter removes
- 95% of particulate matter from the air at 0.3 microns. (This of course
- is an upper end estimate...the figures go as low as 0.1 microns...this
- removes just about everything). The HEPA filter was orignially designed
- to remove radioactive dust from the air, and is used today in hospital
- operating rooms, etc. I know this sounds like a lot of technical mumbo-
- jumbo but to make things short this is the BEST affordable air filter
- system you're going to find....in addition to that the NSA service is
- outstanding and over 3 years (since you can get replacement filters
- from them at wholesale price etc.) their air filter adds up to be less
- expensive in the long run that those less than adequate filters for
- 'originally' 1/3 the price...
- I hope this helps....before I bought an air filter I did my research...
- I ended up with the NSA 7100A air-filtration system....
- JonaX
- >>Good luck
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- >>Mona
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