Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm dubbing this the smell destroyer. Think of it as an air bleacher. I have owned 20+ rental units over the last 10 years, and I am at a never ending battle of destroying the lingering smells of previous tenants. After all, nobody wants to rent a unit out if the first thing they notice walking in the door is a funky smell. After owing this bad boy for about a month, it saved me three times now. Paying for its self three times over. I wish I had found this unit years ago. It's almost like a contractors secret. Epic uses: - I've used this for a living room that had a nasty cigarette smoke smell caused by tenants smoking on the patio, but apparently never closing the sliding glass door (what they've promised me) I used to have to pay my carpet cleaner $75 extra for Deodorizers out of the carpet for all these years that didn't always work. Only to battle painting the unit since the tobacco tar sticks to the walls. After two maxed timer treatments, the smell is gone.I have been in units cleaning the walls/carpeting would be required, but this is such a cheap option I am including an 'ozone treatment cycle' with every issue. - This will treat minor animal smells in an avg sized bedroom. Professional carpet cleaning will still leave a room smelling like wet dog. This won't 100% eliminate the smell, but a good 75% for the stuff that is deep in carpet pads. A VERY cheap option before spending $300-400 per bedroom on carpet and pad replacement. - I have yet to test it on, but can't wait to try it out on a unit that has had a cockroach infestation. I believe this will eliminate it. They leave a smell that you will never forget once experiencing, that has lingered around after painting, cleaning, and carpeting a unit. - Eliminating the old person/moth balls, or baby smell. I had purchased new rentals that had these smells. Both eliminated. Food for thought: -I tried this on a bathroom that had a bad mold smell from under the sink. After two 2hr treatments, the smell remained. We discovered we needed to replace the bottom of the cabinet board and bleach spray/scrub out quite a bit of nasty mold. - A contractor I use has an industrial unit he charges $400 a treatment. If I ever have a minor kitchen fire or closed flue fireplace fire start that smoke (smells) out a unit, I might consider buying a stronger unit. I've read that a 7k unit will eliminate twice as much as a 3.5k unit, regardless of how many times 3.5k treatments are used. - - The contractor also said ozone 'eats up' rubber. Meaning you must remove all speakers from the room, cover up refrigerator rubber seals, and some window seals. I intend to test this theory in due time with old rubber things. - I can smell the 'bleached air' ozone even 3hours after use in a small bedroom. I'll air out the room from the window before going back in. If you hold your breath and flash a flashlight in the room you can see the flashlight light beam while ozone is present. - I found a version that has a UV light that also 'kills mold', if anything happens to this unit, or if I expand my smell killing arsenal, I will definitely spend the extra money on a unit with that feature. Maybe 1of 10 uses this has would theoretically benefit from this, so its not something most general users should be hung up on. - I had to tape up a painters cheap plastic tarp to separate a 900sqft apartment up into two parts to eliminate the smoke smell. a $5 materials cost is a very minimal in my opinion. Things it won't be very effective on: - eliminating a pet odor with couches and mattresses still in the room, it wont penetrate that deep. It may not clear pet smells after they sleep on the carpet for prolonged periods. - Eliminating heavy cigarette smell off walls (test by wetting a paper towel and scrubbing a wall, if its brown...cleaning comes first) - A nasty bathroom. Clean it first. This is a final aid type product that will thrive after the source of the odor is eliminated. - After my grandma bakes in my kitchen. You would be a cruel person to attempt such a task. 6 months later update: - The two hour timer has to go. Anybody ever swap it out for a 12hour setup? I put this unit in a 20ftx20ft bedroom that had a dog sleeping on the carpet for probably a year. Carpet cleaning evolved the smell into wet dog smell. 3 trips later after every 2hours is progressing smell elimination, but its sure is annoying needing to go back all the time. (update....ended up replacing carpet) - The house also had a nasty roach infestation. I found a few adults still running around in the bedroom after 6hours of treatment. shucks. those things really can live through anything. One year after purchase: Still using it on odd odors that are hit/miss.(maybe 50 2hr cycles) I purchased a similar unit that promised a higher output. It had 3 slide in ozone plates, a bigger fan, and the unit that is 2x the size and weight. I am not convinced that the 3 plates put more energy out as this single 'mini' plate. The new unit puts out the same noise, but you cant see the plasma looking electricity (like in those storm balls toys that attract lightening to you finger upon touching) flowing through the plate. I couldn't find much on the web about it, but this unit sure as heck has a stronger ozone smell than the other unit i purchased.