Our exposure to "bad air" is higher in our vehicles than almost anywhere else but a badly ventilated casino or bar. Vehicle exhaust, urban dust (chemically-based "urban dust" common on busy roadways), and other toxins are easily pushed inside a vehicle while driving. Being able to use this air purifier while traveling is a great benefit to your comfort.

How Can This Air Cleaner Without A Fan?

Surround Air purification systems produce an "ionic breeze" (within the ion-producing electrodes) to help emit the negative ions and ozone into the room. Natural air currents help distribute this ionized air. Negative ions and ozone move in the air even without air flow, due to a reaction with electricity in the air.

Removes Smaller Particles than Filter Units:

Using ozone and negative ions, Surround Air Ionizers effectively remove particles as small as 0.01 microns from the air. HEPA air filters effectively remove particles .3 microns or larger. Since 80% of all floating particles are smaller than 0.1 microns, filters can be insufficient for cleaning the air making SurroundAir the cleaner choice.

Virtually all particles in the air have a positive charge, while negative ions have a negative charge. In which case, negative ions and particles magnetically attract to one another. When there is a high enough concentration of negative ions in the air, they will attract to floating particles in large numbers. This causes the particle to become too heavy to remain airborne. As a result, the particle will fall out of the air, preventing it from being inhaled into the respiratory tract where it can trigger breathing and health problems.

The ionized particle will then be collected by normal cleaning activities, such as vacuuming or dusting. If the particle happens to be kicked back up into the air again, it will be ionized, and quickly settled out of the air once again.

In nature, negative ions are generated by processes such as sunlight, lightening, waves from the ocean, and from waterfalls. "Concrete Jungles" minimize the natural production of negative ions by disrupting the delicate electrical balance between the atmosphere and the earth.

2003 Study:

99.2% reduction in airborne particles from 3 feet away  from the air ionizer. Most air purifiers only publish measurements from inches away from their units.

Test Summary

The XJ-2000 air ionizer was placed six feet high in a 161 sq. ft. room. Before the air ionizer was turned on, the particle count measured at 21,212 per cubic cm. At the end of the 10 hour test, the particle count was 180 per cubic cm, a reduction of over 99.2%. Measurements were taken 3 feet away from the Surround Air XJ-2000 air ionizer, showing its ability to remove airborne particulate levels away from the unit.

Important Note: Most air purifier manufacturers only publish data showing the reduction rate of just the particles that actually pass through their air purifier.  

Performed by independent testing lab.