Do you use an air purifier at your bench?

[sunsanvil]

Just wondering if anybody uses something like a tabletop air-purifier at their workbench?

I was cleaning up some parts the other night with my trusty squadron sanding stick and the light and angle were just right for me to see plastic dust floating up to my face.

I've seen some workbench photos on the net which look like they have one. I'm just wondering if they'd be effective and/or if the noise would drive me up the wall....

 

[spud]

no but it ant a bad idea. and it would most like sound like a batroom fan just flcik it on when you think you will need it

 

[Grendels]

The only thing that has kept me from one of these is the cost of the filters. Almost as much as the unit itself.

 

[Dusky]

They don't work very well. I have really bad allergies and purchased a high end model years ago, but I didn't see any improvement.

 

[sunsanvil]

Grendels, FWIW, the Honeywells I've been considering (like the one I linked to) have a permanent main filter with washable pre-filter (supposedly you just shop-vac the main filter if it gets really full).

 

[Grendels]

Grendels, FWIW, the Honeywells I've been considering (like the one I linked to) have a permanent main filter with washable pre-filter (supposedly you just shop-vac the main filter if it gets really full).

I bought this filter for use next to the cat's litter box:

http://www.honeywellstore.com/store/products/honeywell-hht-081-hepaclean-tower-air-purifier-with-permanent-filter.htm

Not a tabletop, and it did have the Permanent filter. Collected the dust from the litter box very well. I purchased it four years ago, and it recently quit working. The filters were fairly easy to clean as well. I wouldn't count on it catching very fine particles, but it did work for what I wanted.