How well does this work for seeping second hand cigarette smoke?
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Hi Marcia, We have no smokers at our house, so I can't rightly write what it could do with cigarette smoke. I can write that when I put our oven on 'clean' w/my cast iron skillets inside to clean them up simultaneously, the Austin Air took care of the residue in the oven as well as on my skillets. I also had an incident when I mistakenly used soybean oil to cook -- I react to soy -- the smoke was bad and a migraine started to come on. The Austin Air took care of that too within 15 minutes of having it on. I avoided a full blown migraine. I hope that helps you.
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I'm pretty sure it would, it takes out the smell off gas and tobacco for the price it's worth a try it works for me daiky with the tobacco smell
1145394
Honestly, I don't think this will work if you leave the window open with smoke entering. I believe it would smell like Febreeze cigarettes. This works best in a small area or a very open area like a living room. I do not recommend this for what you're looking for. Hope this helps
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This is a handheld filter that eliminates 99% of odor that passes through it. So if you wanted to smoke something and did not want anybody to notice smoke or even scent of smoke you would exhale through this. I use it when staying in hotel rooms so I can smoke pot without upsetting the smoke detector or others.
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I cannot answer definitively for your situation because I use it in quite a large workshop which has a smoke detector about ten feet away. However having said that I have been impressed at the way it gets rid of smoke and fumes from soldering. It seems to absorb all visible smoke. I do find it a bit noisy but I may notice that more than others because I often have music or the radio on while I work so it becomes a distraction. My feeling is that it would probably work quite well in your situation. If space is at a premium I would definitely consider getting the version on the sprung arm that can be swung over work and then swung away again like a desk lamp. I find it uses up a bit too much bench space but then again I have a messy workbench. I hope this helps.
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I don't have a basement, but it totally got rid of lingering smoke smell after a backdraft filled our house with smoke. It works great! Any time I want to freshen the air in the house, I just run it for 10 minutes.
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I have had mine for two years. For the first,I smoked and it was in the room. For the second, it has been in my new house's basement near the cat litter. I check the filters every month, and so far I've only had to blow them clean with compressed air. I think it depends on what you are asking the machine to clean, but I would not let it discourage me from buying this. really works great.
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Should not be an issue. As long as the heat is coming from the bottom of the smoker, it should work great.
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I'm an x smoker and this question is a great one. Unfortunately this won't work for deleting the cigarette smoke or smell. You would have to have it up to your face and carry it around with you when you smoked. For it to work it has to be almost directly infront of the sorce. Its not made for what you're looking for, not a lot of things are. Trust me, I've been through what you're going through and know. Good luck.
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I have only used on cigarette smoke. It did the trick but after a period of a couple months the smoky smell is back although not as strong.
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This would suck the smoke off of your mouth and filter it to clean enough quality to be safe to breathe. Its only about 16" tall in total high however and might be difficult to attach to your window.
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It would certainly help, I use this in a musty basement and it helps quit a bit. I smoked for many years and used Ozium spray to help with the odor in the car. The spray might actually work better in the car. Nothing ever completely gets rid of smoke odor but this can help.
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No experience with such things, but seriously doubt that anything but a 'clean room' at medical or manufacturing facility could clean the sorry fumes of burning tobacco. Ask your smoking neighbors to move, or consider the same for yourself.
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It has helped me with second hand smoke. It was the only reason I purchased it, to try it out. I'm impressed and will be buying more. Hope I answered your question.
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No. It just works. And it does. I bought a car where the previous owner was a smoker and it worked great clearing out the lingering odor.
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We used ours last summer driving through areas of smoke from fires in our crew cab pickup. My husband has asthma and is very sensitive to smoke and it worked great. It also works for pet odors or fumes from traffic. We were very pleased with it and the price was good.
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I bought this specifically because there was a smoker in the apt. Below us who smoked so much you would think the smoker lived with us. It helped a lot but there were still moments you could smell traces. And it only covered the area the box specified. I donit know if it would be as effective in a smoker's home. I also cleaned mine more often, by choice, to keep tar from building up.