These work awesome. Have 2 in my machine shop. Replacement filters are reasonable. You can also get charcoal filters for these to reduce odors. I paid $159ea for these a few years back.
Not noisy for shop or garage use. For a basement, noise is like a window air conditioner. Not super loud but you will know it's running.
These units are not for whole house air filtration, they are for workshops.
I have a 900 square foot shop, and when I was rehabbing it, and specifically requested an HVAC permit, the city wouldn't allow me to connect to my heat pump, as the shop is not permitted to be a habitable space. Of course, later I did it anyway. But I still have one of these shop filter units. The amount of particulate matter created by workshops and even hobbyists can be massive. And it is unhealthy.
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Original price is $159, so you probably paid that.
Amazon and Walmart were having a pricing war a few years ago on Wen products. I picked this up as well as several other items. These were under $100 at the time.
Amazon has the Wen original ones, as well as knockoffs. The outer filter is good for 6-12 months depending on dust level in your area. Inner filter can be blown out and reused, but if you change the outer filter regularly you will probably never touch the inner one.
If you have a central air system just put it in fan mode and it will filter out your house
These units are not for whole house air filtration, they are for workshops.
I have a 900 square foot shop, and when I was rehabbing it, and specifically requested an HVAC permit, the city wouldn't allow me to connect to my heat pump, as the shop is not permitted to be a habitable space. Of course, later I did it anyway. But I still have one of these shop filter units. The amount of particulate matter created by workshops and even hobbyists can be massive. And it is unhealthy.
Thought this was another power supply deal for a minute, so are these any good fr growing ..uh tomatoes?
Lol I don't really think so ... Unless you put a charcoal filter in like one guy said you can do, then it may help with the smell, but that's not really what this is for... And you could get a 4" charcoal carbon filter and duct fan together for way cheaper on Amazon than a 100 and it moves around 425ish CFM compared to this max of 400... Or a 6" combo for probably around 100 and that will move 600ish CFM... And those are meant to actually get rid of the smell from your tomatoes šš
I wanted something like this for my garage, but didn't realize how big it was until it came (was a powertec version, came dented since the box had 0 protection). I was afraid to hang this off my rafters since my garage doesn't have a floor above it and I couldn't really place this close to a wall.
Ended up doing a box fan filter setup x2, but something like this would be awesome in the garage since it's up and out of the way.
Thanks for the deal! I've been waiting on a 3-speed air filter like this.
I was able to get the online chat rep at home depot to price-match this for me - they were happy to do it, but it literally took 37 minutes (and home depot's payment form they email you is sketchy and light on any specifics - like the product, the price, etc). Without any prompting, the CS-rep dropped it to $100 ($110 OTD with tax).
Thought this was another power supply deal for a minute, so are these any good fr growing ..uh tomatoes?
Out of the box, good for growing bookshelves, tables, chairs, etc. I believe they do sell carbon filters for it though, which would theoretically make it good for growing varnished/stained/painted surfaces, and uhh.... tomatoes.
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Not noisy for shop or garage use. For a basement, noise is like a window air conditioner. Not super loud but you will know it's running.
I have a 900 square foot shop, and when I was rehabbing it, and specifically requested an HVAC permit, the city wouldn't allow me to connect to my heat pump, as the shop is not permitted to be a habitable space. Of course, later I did it anyway. But I still have one of these shop filter units. The amount of particulate matter created by workshops and even hobbyists can be massive. And it is unhealthy.
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EDIT: Just looked it up, they were $91.93
Answer is no. I believe stated filter is 0.5 micron. Smoke is 0.2 micron.
Smoke filters are crazy expensive.
Amazon has the Wen original ones, as well as knockoffs. The outer filter is good for 6-12 months depending on dust level in your area. Inner filter can be blown out and reused, but if you change the outer filter regularly you will probably never touch the inner one.
These units are not for whole house air filtration, they are for workshops.
I have a 900 square foot shop, and when I was rehabbing it, and specifically requested an HVAC permit, the city wouldn't allow me to connect to my heat pump, as the shop is not permitted to be a habitable space. Of course, later I did it anyway. But I still have one of these shop filter units. The amount of particulate matter created by workshops and even hobbyists can be massive. And it is unhealthy.
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That was a pricing error. Amazon accidentally had the higher spec model price flipped with the lower spec model that competes with this product.
Lol I don't really think so ... Unless you put a charcoal filter in like one guy said you can do, then it may help with the smell, but that's not really what this is for... And you could get a 4" charcoal carbon filter and duct fan together for way cheaper on Amazon than a 100 and it moves around 425ish CFM compared to this max of 400... Or a 6" combo for probably around 100 and that will move 600ish CFM... And those are meant to actually get rid of the smell from your tomatoes šš
Smoke filters are crazy expensive.
Ended up doing a box fan filter setup x2, but something like this would be awesome in the garage since it's up and out of the way.
I was able to get the online chat rep at home depot to price-match this for me - they were happy to do it, but it literally took 37 minutes (and home depot's payment form they email you is sketchy and light on any specifics - like the product, the price, etc). Without any prompting, the CS-rep dropped it to $100 ($110 OTD with tax).
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Still kicking myself I didn't pull the trigger on this when I had the chance.