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See larger image Hunter 30090 11-Feet by 13-Feet True Hepa Room Air Purifier for Small Rooms (Kitchen) List Price: $131.00 USD New From: $59.99 In Stock Used from: $50.00 In Stock

• Why is model this their #1 seller?

• Are you confused about Hunter Quietflo specs?

• Why the ultra-low $60 price tag?

If you're looking into the Hunter quietflo lineup or any Hunter air purifier for that matter there is a nice handful of issues that you need to be aware of before you get started. Issue number one is the general confusion regarding what they even produce now.

Getting to the Bottom Of Hunter Quietflo Facts

Not all that long ago (2009) the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers listed some sixty-five Hunter air purifiers on their home site. Now that's a heck of a lot of units to sort through. wouldn't you say? So would you believe that Hunter now only produces five models?

They Only Produce Five Quietflos Now

Well it's true and they all of them make up their Quietflo line. Got that? That's five. Not sixty-five. No more Hunter Hepatech line and no more Permalife line. Of course Permalifes and Hepatechs are all still available used and some discount sites still offer some new, which can add to the confusion.

They Now Produce a Total of Just Five Models

The Hunter Quietflo line itself has also been extensively scaled back. Rather then list the models that are no longer in production, for the sake of simplicity I'll just list the models that they still make. Those would be the Quietflo 30085, the Quietflo 30090-(their #1 seller), the Quietflo 30245, the Quietflo 30401 and the Quietflo 30402.

Models With the Wrong Specifications Listed Online

With so many models, most discontinued and five still in production it's easy to understand how some models can be listed online with the wrong performance specs and this particularly holds true with their #1 selling 30090 model. It's a $60 dollar machine, so you just can't expect a whole lot out of it.

Specs for the Hunter Quietflo 30090 Model

Can you just imagine the looks in peoples eyes when the see the low price then read the mistaken specs that have it blowing a CADR of a hunter machine costing three times as much? Well it happens all the time, so to save you from that same fate here are the CADR specs for the 30090. They are 100 pollen, 100 dust and 100 smoke. It's rated for 155 sq feet.

That $60 Price Can Seem Very Attractive

Now granted, these aren't the highest numbers you'll run across when your out grading air purifieres but you have to admit that the $60 price tag can appear at first glance to be a real game changer. You can find palm sized mini wall plug units that cost more than the Hunter Quietflo 30090! Plus it comes with a five year guarantee.

It's the Cost of the Filters that Will Get You

Here's the catch though and can very easily slip right by you. The hepa filter is cleanable but the carbon charged pre-filter has to be changed ou every three months. At around $30 each that comes out to be two times the initial cost of the machine every year! Then there's the $80 annual hepa filter change.

Or You Can Buy a Whole New Machine for Less!!

Now here's where the insanity of this whole Hunter Quietflo lifetime filter replacement plan hits home. You're probably sitting there right now thinking that perhaps you can find some online discount deal on that $80 hepa filter. The fact is that you can! You can buy a whole new Hunter 30090 “complete with filters” for only $60!! Is that crazy or what!!??

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