HOW TO BUY AN OZONE GENERATOR, AND GET A GOOD DEAL

Click here to print the ozone generator worksheet.

WHEN SPENDING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON AN OZONE GENERATOR MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS MADE BY SOME COMPANIES:

1. Output ratings claims.

 Use our "Ozone worksheet" to create your own comparison sheet, don't trust the one's that you'll find on a variety of web sites, some give improper information or fail to include appropriate competitive equipment.

 

2. Output and coverage ratings

Make sure any ozone generator you consider purchasing has a "mg/hr" or a "g/hr" output rating. Any reputable ozone generator company will have had there ozone generators tested on a photometer. Here at Crystal Air we use a Dassibi 1008 PC ozone tester that costs about $8,000 - $12,000, the same brand and model used by most government agencies. Ratings in "ppm" are a simple concentration rating and do not tell anything about the overall production. Click here to watch YouTube video comparisons between our ozone generators and some of our competitors. Our PRO 4000 is 2.5 times the output of our competitors 4000, our 2800 is 2.16 times the output of our competitors 14,000.

 

3. New patented design claims,  No cleaning required claims

Be very careful about purchasing any ozone generator that claims:

A. "ABSOLUTELY NO CLEANING OR MAINTENANCE REQUIRED". We have tested several different brands and models as well as speaking with several of the sellers, they are either disposable or you MUST purchase costly replacement plates, or other parts instead of cleaning. These replicable, unclean able plates cause the ozone production to slowly reduce over time until they finally stop working. Crystal Air ozone generators are designed to last for years to come and carry a 6 year warranty to prove it. When maintained properly the plates will last up to 4 years maintaining a steady amount of ozone production, the unit itself will last much longer.

B. or "NEW PATENTED DESIGN", we have yet to truly see a "new" ozone generator plate design, they are simply a different ground electrode shape, mounting design, etc. A plate by any other name is still a plate. 

-Some companies even try to fool you into thinking that the patent covers nitrogen oxide and states that they are nitrogen oxide free. We have researched all such patents that we have been able to find. WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY NITROGEN OXIDE MENTION IN ANY OF THEM UNLESS THEY ARE USING OXYGEN. Click here to do a US patent search for yourself or insist that the supplier supplies a laboratory test sheet.

 

4. Low grade disposable plastic ozone generators

Be very careful of the " small all plastic ozone generators" that are for sale on various web sites. Most are a very low grade, very low output, disposable generator. We regularly receive orders from customers who complain that they bought a small plastic ozone generator only to find out that it is pretty much useless except for in the car. Crystal Air ozone generator chassis are built using high grade stainless steel, the outer cabinet on the PRO series is made from high impact extruded PVC that will withstand a lot of abuse.

 

5. Zero nitrogen oxide claims

Do not believe claims about corona discharge ozone generators that claim "zero" or "no nitrogen oxides". ALL CORONA DISCHARGE OZONE GENERATORS CREATE A SMALL AMOUNT OF NITROGEN OXIDES" unless they use pure oxygen for feed gas and have absolutely no steel of any kind in the generation chamber. The amount produced is negligible, approximately 1/100 of the amount of ozone being produced. In an ozonated area that is safe to occupy (>0.04 ppm) the nitrogen oxide level would be around 0.0004, well below the safe level.

 

Some companies have used a testing method that does not work, Draeger gas testing tubes and Matheson gas detector tubes for nitrogen are not usable in an ozone environment. Both companies state in their instructions that they will not giv