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After breathing shop dust for 25 years and being too cheap to do anything about it, other than use a mask occasionally, I finally added an air filter to my shop!
It's a WEN 3417 3-Speed Remote-Controlled Industrial-Strength Air Filtration System (556/702/1044 CFM).
I had dug in my heels forever because of the cost of operating one of these things going back some years. In some cases, the outer filters were special size and the inner filters were priced outta sight! When I started checking recently, I found a few things had changed and dug a bit deeper. This unit uses a standard 12x24x1 outer filter and the internal 1-micron filter is reasonably-priced.
I bought it on Amazon and thought the pricing was "interesting". This unit with an IR remote was priced at $420; with an RF remote, it's $267. Needless to say, I got the RF remote unit. The RF remote makes more sense anyway, since it works from anywhere in the shop, whereas the IR must be used facing the front of the unit.
It's a WEN 3417 3-Speed Remote-Controlled Industrial-Strength Air Filtration System (556/702/1044 CFM).
I had dug in my heels forever because of the cost of operating one of these things going back some years. In some cases, the outer filters were special size and the inner filters were priced outta sight! When I started checking recently, I found a few things had changed and dug a bit deeper. This unit uses a standard 12x24x1 outer filter and the internal 1-micron filter is reasonably-priced.
I bought it on Amazon and thought the pricing was "interesting". This unit with an IR remote was priced at $420; with an RF remote, it's $267. Needless to say, I got the RF remote unit. The RF remote makes more sense anyway, since it works from anywhere in the shop, whereas the IR must be used facing the front of the unit.
