Car Ioniser - any good?

[Wiredchaos]

Ambi _ pure has always been my fav... but dun quite like their sports series .. and sos they lasts pretty long and look ok....

[Turbobrick]

Well, firstly those ionizers are too darn small to be effective and secondly ionization is to negatively charge the air particles so that they stick to the surfaces around the ionizer for better filtration rather than fighting odor.

 

Your best bet is to use a carbon a/c filter instead. Volvo have carbon filters for the a/c system, costly though

[Saaber]

Tried it before, no use...too darn small to have much effect...

[Soya]

heard another 'good n cheap' trick is to literally put crushed charcoal pieces in the car. any truth in that?

[Hitman]

maybe muz point at the face or something to 'feel' the ions??

 

yeah if you stick your nose up close to the nozzle ... u may juz be able to smell the "ions" ... or get an electric shock and ionize your nose

man u tickle me pink

[Hitman]

heard another 'good n cheap' trick is to literally put crushed charcoal pieces in the car. any truth in that?

I thought the charcoal trick is absorb moisture

[Arkaneslayer]

hmmm....i can see u found a new way to zap away those nostril hairs.

 

why are you considering an air ionizer for the car? is your car smelly?

[Phochem]

yes, i do that for my car. crushed liao and contain it in a few SAF socks. place ard car. My friend uses teabags

Edited May 3, 2004 by Phochem

[Hitman]

yes, i do that for my car. crushed liao and contain it in a few SAF socks. place ard car. My friend uses teabags

Is the charcoal used to absord moisture or does it have a different function ?? Please advice ... Thanks

[Soya]

no smell lah. juz saw this ioniser thingy on sale at shell while pumping gas. looked quite good but kinda small so was wondering if such things work. i've a habit of winding down windows each time i drive off to get some fresh air in first but isn't practical sometimes. feels stuffy if i dun get this 'fix'.

[Soya]

tink charcoal is to absorb smell. silica is to absord moisture.

[Arkaneslayer]

no smell lah. juz saw this ioniser thingy on sale at shell while pumping gas. looked quite good but kinda small so was wondering if such things work. i've a habit of winding down windows each time i drive off to get some fresh air in first but isn't practical sometimes. feels stuffy if i dun get this 'fix'.

 

you shouldn't wind down - juz turn off the recycling button, then you'll get fresh air in. if you wind down, the air doesn't get filtered as you have so pointed out in your cabin filter post....

 

[Hitman]

tink charcoal is to absorb smell. silica is to absord moisture.

thanks , I gotta try this out

[Phochem]

hehe bro, i found this. but mine not bamboo charcoal... wood charcoal does not have adsorption strength that of bamboo charcoal but still usable lah.

 

http://www.bamboovinegar.com/bamboocharcoalintroduction.htm

[Soya]

if u off recirculation button, can smell outside exhaust air. lagi worse. my other post reveals that wowo has a/c cabin filter for recirculation mode. so better to draw 'fresh' air in and let the cabin filter do it's job.

[Arkaneslayer]

if u off recirculation button, can smell outside exhaust air. lagi worse. my other post reveals that wowo has a/c cabin filter for recirculation mode. so better to draw 'fresh' air in and let the cabin filter do it's job.

 

oh realli? ... anywayz opening windows oso smell exhaust what!

[Soya]

that's why i say sometimes not practical mah and hence, this thread on ioniser lor.

[Hitman]

hehe bro, i found this. but mine not bamboo charcoal... wood charcoal does not have adsorption strength that of bamboo charcoal but still usable lah.

 

http://www.bamboovinegar.com/bamboocharcoalintroduction.htm

 

Wah lau eh .... I just realised that not all charcoal are alike.

 

Got bamboo charcoal also .... I wonder those we use for BBQ is wat type one ... bamboo or wood ??