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As much as we love our cats, they can be stinky little creatures. I have an arsenal of powders, sprays, liquids, and filters to help combat cat odors in my home, but there is one secret weapon that I cannot live without. The CritterZone Air Naturalizer is a compact device that immediately eliminates odors. I keep one near the litter box running on the low setting and if there is a particularly bad odor after one of the cats uses the box, I turn up the CritterZone for a few minutes and the odor is gone within minutes.
CritterZone technology is described as an “air naturalizer”. The device emits large amounts of both positive and negative ions. These “energized” particles have the ability to naturally clean the air, similar to what happens in nature with the power of the sun and wind. It’s basically like creating fresh air inside your home.
It’s important to understand what the CritterZone is not. It isn’t and air filter, so it has no filters to change. It isn’t an ionizer, although it uses positive and negative ions to clean the air, the technology is different and much more powerful. It isn’t an ozone generator, although you may occassionally detect a faint ozone smell, this comes from the oxygen being converted to a very small amount of ozone, but it is far less than what occurs naturally outdoors.
This is not just another gadget coming from a nameless, faceless factory. CritterZone is a family-owned company based in Minneapolis, MN. CritterZone inventor Bill Converse is an expert in the air purification industry with three decades of experience developing products and consulting in the industry. I have worked with this company for over a decade now and I have only good things to say about them and their products.
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Any product that improves life for cats and those who care about and for them is welcome! Thank you for sharing.
Some reviewers on Amazon complain of the product emitting ozone. What does that mean?
I’ve asked that same question to the manufacturer and they explained that it is emitting a very tiny amount of ozone, far below the amount that would make it an actual ozone generator and even less than occurs in nature. Apparently the ionization process converts a small amount of oxygen to ozone. Let me see if they can comment on your question, too.
The CritterZone is not an ozone generator of any kind. This is a brand new technology that energizes ALL elements of the air equally – that’s what gets them to react with each other and break down to their natural state. That’s really the beauty of the technology is that it DOESN’T rely on ozone. It’s a much more natural process that get’s to the core of how our earth keeps itself in balance outdoors.
Great question and thanks for giving us a chance to answer
“The CritterZone isn’t an ozone generator OR an ionizer…. Some of those reactions will include oxygen being converted to a faint amount of ozone. However, this is waaaaaaay less than the amount that naturally occurs outside!”
Even with the company’s (?) reply (in a response in a earlier comment), it and the above statement from the ad seem contradictory. I do not see how it makes positive and negative ions without an ozone generator or an ionizer, from speaking to an inorganic chemist. Since they say lots of positive things without giving any explanation about how it works, I am not convinced of its legitimacy.
Good afternoon Michele – firstly thanks for your response and interest in the product. Here is a short version of a more technical answer written by the inventor that will appear on our blog tomorrow:
“For five decades of researching and designing ion generators, ozone generators, air cleaning devices of all types one of the major problems is the difficulty of describing functions in such a way as to help people understand the concept in term and product already known o them when describing something new.
Is CritterZone an ozone and ion generator? In common terms no it is not. The goal of CritterZone is to produce enough electrons duplicate the densities occurring in sun light drenched outdoor areas. To accomplish this CritterZone produces and distributes electrons in the trillions per hour as compared to ion generators producing millions per hour. In addition, CritterZone produces trillions of electron sinks sometime referred to as “positive charges” to balance the free electron and maintain the total electron count to outdoor levels. A totally different process from ion generators. ”
If you would like to chat in more detail please email me at eric@critterzoneusa.com. We can even arrange a phone call to explain any further questions. Thanks again!
Good afternoon Michele,
Here is the link to the longer version of the answer above. Thanks again and have a great day!
https://www.critterzoneusa.com/2020/12/02/is-critterzone-an-ion-generator-or-ozone-generator/