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I have severe allergic rhinitis and when exposed to dust and allergens I would sneeze unstoppably for five minutes and had this watery nose and eyes. I live in NYC apartment where I struggle with dust and allergens. I finally decided to buy Whispure 51030 after making a lot of research and upon the recommendation of major consumer testing and reporting magazine, saying that Whispure was a top-rated air purifier for home use in 2010.

When I first saw the unit I thought it’s too big and will consume lots of space within my small apartment. Because it has a larger HEPA filter which means, according to Consumer Reports, the larger the HEPA filter, the better it works. Whirlpool’s Whispure 51030 entire front surface, where you see a grate, is a HEPA filter. However, to save some space, I was able to push the purifier up against the wall because the air is pulled in through the front grill and discharged from the top of the unit.

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There are options for fan speed or noise control and these controls are user-friendly. There’s also an indicator that tells you when it’s time to replace the filters. There’s also a sleep mode that you can set for the purifier to set itself to the lowest fan settings for that time period, allowing the unit to run continuously during sleeping hours. After this mode, sleep hours, it would flip itself back to the standard setting. But of course if you want the purifier to effectively clean the room it should run in Turbo mode which I always do whenever I’m not in the room and leave it that way most of the time.

There is a big difference in the quality of air inside my apartment after using this purifier for almost three months. The air smells cleaner and feels fresher. I can see no more dust floating in the air and my allergic rhinitis has not occurred since then.

Go to Amazon product listing here:  Whirlpool Whispure HEPA Air Cleaner AP51030K