Vornado AQS 500 Air Purifier
The Vornado Air Quality System 500 Air Purifier is a simply designed yet efficient air purifier that cleans dust and allergens from the air.
Ease of Use/Performance: 25/25
Convenience/Storage 22/25
Appearance/Design 24/25
How much I enjoy 23/25
Total: 94/100
Simplicity of design has to be the benchmark behind the Vornado Air Quality System 500 or AQS 500 with its simple motor and controls in a drop in unit and the base with its two filters. The drop in unit that has the fan and controls simply sets down in the base that stands about two feet tall with its two air filters.
The Vornado brand has been used back in the 1940's and 50's for quality manufactured fans in Wichita Kansas and in 1989 Michael C. Coup founded the new Vornado Company. "The Vornado brand quickly became known as the leading designer, manufacturer, and supplier of air comfort products. Since 1989, the Vornado line has expanded to encompass more than 25 models across five distinct comfort categories including air circulators, Air Purifiers, whole room heaters, whole room humidifiers and oscillating fans – all bearing the Vornado brand, the most trusted brand in air comfort for more than 50 years." From the Vornado website
Vornado has some excellent air handling and circulating products and they continue the traditional quality with the Vornado AQS 500. This simple yet very efficient air purifier works on the volume of air to clean air from a single room or area.
In the military I worked on air circulating and cooling equipment for small missiles and had to learn about air pressure, volume and worst of all leaks in air plumbing. Using air volume you can filter a larger amount of air using a larger filter and simply having a decent fan pulling or pushing the air.