Oreck Air Response Air Purifier Powerful HEPA and Carbon Filtration For Large Rooms Captures 99 of Particles Dust

Wow! I've been afraid to write a review because I keep thinking I'm missing something. Let me start by saying I bought 2 Oreck air purifiers about 20 yrs ago and they literally transformed our smaller home. I was having major sinus problems, nose bleeds, swelling of my sinuses and eyes, etc, and doctoring with 3 different doctors . Getting the purifiers was part of what I did to try to deal with my extreme issues. We heated with a wood burner so I put one of the purifiers in that room. The other, I placed in our bedroom and kept the door closed when I could, unless I had to open it for the heat. When you walked into the bedroom, the air quality was noticibly different. The room with the woodstove, was noticibly less dusty. I could always tell when the filters needed changed because of the amount of dust on the furniture. As a side note, all my sinus issues also greatly improved. We replaced the bearings on those machines several times over the years. Because of my husband's line of work, he had access to them. We moved 3 yrs ago but I've been without those machines for 5-6 years total. Our new home is all cedar, has a big "great room" with a loft. (About 2000-2500 sf in that space alone) I purchased the large unit a week ago after we noticed a LOT of dust particles in the air. It was very bad and my furniture always had a lot of dust pileup, daily. (We also changed the filter on the AC.) Since doing both of those things, we have very little floating particles visible in the sunlight now and after 5 days, I have no dust on my furniture. And, the air just feels so much cleaner to breathe. After seeing the difference with just the one, I have now ordered a second large unit that I will place in the loft, and a medium one that I will place in our bedroom. Going into allergy season for me, I'm trying to do what I can to be ready. It is a huge investment, financially, to purchase 3 of these, but it will most likely keep us healthier and probably prevent sinus infections and other sicknesses. I have thought long and hard before spending this money, because it does not come easy. But my air filter/vacuum quit working 2 weeks ago and this investment was a whole lot cheaper than having to replace that vacuum. We also have 2 Lab dogs in the house all the time, and a 3rd one (over 100#) 3-4 days /week. They are confined to the great room, where I have 2 dog beds next to the air purifier. I'm fanatic about preventing dog odors and this will help with that also. I do highly recommend this product. On the "Auto" setting and Speed 1, it is so quiet you can't hear it. Speed 2 is also quiet but you can hear it a bit. Speed 3 is like a quieter fan. I'm very pleased with this purchase and felt confident in making it because of my 20 years of experience with Oreck air purifiers. *No one has contacted me about writing a positive review. No one has offered me any free gifts in exchange for a review. Read more

Excellent product ordered by demention based on the one I already have received the smaller version??? Read more

So far this has been the quietest HEPA air purifier I've ever owned. I am moderately asthmatic, severely allergic to envronmental allergens, mildly VOC sensitive, and Autistic, so I'm very picky concerning my HEPA cleaners in terms of cleaning and noise. For those concerned about Styrofoam gassing (VOC), I can attest that there is a moderate chemical smell from the packaging (open cell polystyrene and cardboard) which dissipates after 6 hours of operation. Inside the Oreck WK16000 there is minimal, if any, closed cell Styrofoam in the baffling-- mostly hard plastics and a few neoprene seals. The HEPA appears to be approximately MERV-13, given the density of the material's weave and airflow output. The carbon prefilter is thin (1/8-inch thick), which is easily replaced with the standard 1/4-inch stuff that is readily available in big rolls. I took an average of my own HEPA air cleaners' decibel ratings at different distances and heights for comparison: Oreck WK1600 (Small Room) CEDR= 100; Low= 10 dB; Mid= 28 dB; High= 49dB. Hunter 30090 (Small Room) CEDR= unlisted; Low= 36 dB; Mid= 42 dB; High= 48dB. Whirlpool Whispure AP51000K (L.R.) CEDR=315; Low= 41 dB; Mid= 47 dB; High= 51dB. ***CONCLUSION:*** So far the Oreck WK16000 meets all my stringent demands for air purification, and is by far the quietest small room HEPA I've ever owned. It has become my HEPA of choice for my bedroom. Filters and pre-filters are priced economically, compared to other HEPA's of similar size. Simply put, I'm amazed and pleased. I intend to eventually replace my other household HEPAS with Oreck WK16xxx Air Cleaners. Read more

I heat my little house with wood all winter I and bought this per my concern about indoor air quality. For that purpose it works great, not that I have the expertise to actually measure air quality, but I run it continually in auto mode and once in a while it kicks into high when I'm cooking or when I'm removing the ash from my wood stove. I've seen it switch automatically between all three modes, although it doesn't seem to spend much time on medium. Anyway, that sensor is not a gimmick, it really does work. On the low (blue) speed, it makes almost no sound. UPDATE: I've had it for about a year now and it's working well. One curious thing: If my wood stove overheats the house anywhere above 68 degrees, the Oreck always seems to shift into medium speed and stay there. This seems to be a function purely of temperature, not particulates in the air. The Oreck is about 6 feet from my stove. UPDATE: Lately I've started to do a small amount of concrete work in my space --casting custom concrete blocks. If you've ever worked with concrete you know the dust gets everywhere. I think the problem with my use is that the sensor has become contaminated with the dust and continually signals for high speed. It endured about a week of concrete work --switching from low to medium to high and back down as needed, but after that it has pegged to high and stays there. I tried cracking the case (7 screws) and dusting off the sensor and around it really well with Q-tips but it still prefers high speed. Of course the manual speed settings still work, but I'll miss the sensor control. Read more

The air purifier works very well in my living room by clearing the air of dust, and other microbes. Read more