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[ebacon]

Tonight I came across an example of how much energy people can waste trying to get back to nature. The example came in the form of a Hunter brand air filter. It is, for lack of better words, a vacuum cleaner that blows air into the room that it sucked from. The selling point is that the air is somehow better.

From my perspective it is a machine that wastes electricity to sound like a fan and make the air smell like nothing at all. Who wants air that smells like nothing? Is there a song about that kind of sterility? I wager not.

As best I can tell this air filtration piece of junk is trying to be a proxy for whatever goes through Luke Bryan's head as he sings about a box fan sucking in swamp air. The difference is that Luke Bryan is a musician. This air filter is plastic.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by ebacon

Tonight I came across an example of how much energy people can waste trying to get back to nature. The example came in the form of a Hunter brand air filter. It is, for lack of better words, a vacuum cleaner that blows air into the room that it sucked from. The selling point is that the air is somehow better.

From my perspective it is a machine that wastes electricity to sound like a fan and make the air smell like nothing at all. Who wants air that smells like nothing? Is there a song about that kind of sterility? I wager not.

As best I can tell this air filtration piece of junk is trying to be a proxy for whatever goes through Luke Bryan's head as he sings about a box fan sucking in swamp air. The difference is that Luke Bryan is a musician. This air filter is plastic.

They distributed those hereabouts when the chemical weapons disposal facility went up, mainly for the possibility of toxic particulate pollution. I had one for a while. Had something like a giant Diesel engine intake air filter with a forced air circulation fan.

[ebacon]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

They distributed those hereabouts when the chemical weapons disposal facility went up, mainly for the possibility of toxic particulate pollution. I had one for a while. Had something like a giant Diesel engine intake air filter with a forced air circulation fan.

Exactly a device like that. What is funny is how they market the servicability of the paper filters. With engine air filters and vacuum cleaners they tell us that the paper filters are not serviceable, i.e. they cannot be cleaned and need to be replaced.

With this Hunter brand contraption the paper filter is suddenly serviceable, but a coarse mesh element upstream of it needs to be replaced.

WTF? The mesh element looks like a K&N engine filter which is designed to be serviceable.

Goddamit. The Hunter filter, although it looks and feels like a K&N filter is not serviceable because it contains charcoal particles that take out stink and are not serviceable.

What the hell? Is that where we are seeking innovation and profit?

I'm still digesting the profit that was made with record players and George Carlin talking about farting in elevators.