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Brand Name	Editor's Ratings	Comments
		Best performance for all types of particle removal rates including smoke and chemicals.  Filters replacements are fairly expensive.
		High performance and affordably priced with new Lifetime Warranty. Low filter replacement costs. Does not remove chemicals and high concentration of smoke odors.
		High performance with 10 year warranty.  Filter replacement costs are higher.  Does not remove chemicals and high concentration of smoke odors.
		Above average in performance with 5 year filter (expensive) life.  Simple design and simple features
		Above average performance used in many commercial applications.
		Average performance and should be used for mild allergy sufferers.
		Popular air cleaner sold in many stores but performed below average in many of our tests.
		Below average in performance because the filter is not HEPA grade and did not perform well in our testing.
Friedrich		Ranked well in Consumer Reports but emits a musty odor which is associated with harmful ozone.  We do not carry Friedrich C-90 air cleaners because of our stand against ozone producing units.
		Inadequate performance.  The unit does not remove very many particles.
Oreck XL Professional		Poor performance in removing air borne particles.  Despite the commercials on TV, this unit only removed approximately 35% of the particles.
Sharper Image Ionic Breeze		The worst performer in all of our tests.  The lack of air flow prevented the unit from