Smokeless Ashtray, 2 Pcs Carbon Filters Included

This really cuts down on smoke odor in my home. It doesn't help with my exhale but eliminating the "idle smoke" really adds up. Make sure you get rechargeable batteries since it's really easy to forget it. However, these things really only last about a year... either the fan gets too noisy, or they die, or they just get too stinky and gross no matter how much I clean them. That's fine by me since they're really worth the money.

I realize I did not buy the top of the line in smokeless ashtrays, however, it should last longer than two weeks. Actually, it's not even been two full weeks. It eats the batteries (which i purchased from Amazon at the same time}. Two C batteries at a time. I'm on # 7 and 8 in less than two weeks. Fan goes in and out. Gets very loud at times, then calm downs for a few seconds and loud again. Fan is causing some vibration that makes it even louder. It blows little ashes all over the place. Needless to say, I'm not happy with this purchase.

The air design is spot on and works perfectly. Reduced clouds of idling smoke to zero.Easy to clean since top ashtray part lifts off - dump out - rinse with water and you are good to go. Now for the noise. The fan runs off of two C batteries but I use AA (just stuffed some pieces of foam to hold the smaller batteries in place) and it works perfectly and runs with no problem for a couple of weeks of reg use. The fan drives a squirrelcage fan - not a normal fanblade - and fits pretty tightly into it's design to efficiently pull smoke and push it thru the little charcoal filters. The fan is noisy because of the shape of construction and forcing the fan to work hard to pull the smoke to evacuate. The fan is superglued into it's position so I worked the fan loose with an knife blade. I reseated the fan (clearance is tight) and taped it down with ducktape. I covered all internal airleaks and the fan now runs much smoother and MUCH quieter. No matter what, the fan is not noiseless, but works great. So, just do some minor tweaking if any sound is annoying. This is a worthwhile purchase to vastly reduce idling smoke.The filters ARE required since that's what sucks up the smoke. They are plastic somewhat sturdy rectangular units with some fiber on both sides and activated charcoal in the center. Easy to open and refill with new activated charcoal (available at any pet supply store that sells fish). Two are mounted on opposite sides to get max air outflow.

I am, frankly, surprised at negative reviews, especially those claiming its junk! I am further perplexed at number of folk complaining it does nothing for 'exhaled' smoke! It's an ashtray people. What effect are you expecting an ashtray to have on your exhaled smoke? It would truly be a miracle if an ashtray, of any type, could perform the feat of filtering smoke 'in the air'.As for the complaints of noise, yea, a small inexpensive (cheap) product with a fan will generate some sound. We all know we pay more for 'quiet' room fans. To expect an item this small to have some fancy quiet fan would price it out of range for us smokers. I did not expect my 19.00 was going to buy a super quiet system.Same with the 'ash' and 'dirty' complaints. Smoking is a dirty expensive habit. Ask the non smokers around you. Ash is generated. Noxious odors are generated. And an unwatched cigarette, resting in any type of ash tray can fall to floor or table creating burn or fire hazard.I love this product...have bought them over last 5 years. I use mine in tandem with a Smoke Buddy. A product you exhale your smoke into. The ashtray sucks in the smoke from my resting cigarette (extremely well)..Smoke Buddy takes care of exhaled smoke. Voila! My house, my clothes, my hair, etc no longer smells like a stale ash tray! My walls and furnishings have no 'smokers film'...and I (sadly) smoke pack a day.My daughter in law now allows my grand children to stay overnight, as she's less concerned about second hand smoke. My partner & children are thrilled with no more "stinky',smoke smells. I've had a couple duds that broke or stopped working rather quickly, but typically last around 6 months with regular care & cleaning. And yea, they will stink after some usage (again, no surprise really, it's a stinky habit).But until I give it up for good, this product is a lifesaver for me. Please ignore the unrealistic expectations and complaints from reviewers who obviously thought that for a few dollars, evidence of their filthy smoking habit would be 100% eradicated. You can accomplish that simply, in another way....stop smoking! In the meantime, this baby, for a few bucks, a little noise, regular, annoying, conscientious cleaning & maintenanvr, makes the life of a smoker less undesirable to freinds and relatives. Save your clothes, save your home furnishings, save your relationships with this purchase. I did.

Why do people keep saying, "It only sucks in the smoke if the cigarette is sitting in the ashtray"? Is that not self-evident? It's a $15, poorly-made, Ronco-quality product that gets nastier than a litterbox, not a magic, home-purification system that wafts the smoke straight from your mouth to never-neverland. You don't need to tell us that it also doesn't clean the drapes and run a sponge over the walls.The ashtray is ugly, unpleasant to use compared to something nice, and probably cost 29 cents to make in Guangzhou. How'd you like to work in that factory? Those people must dream of assembling iPods. It's actually got a hint of art-deco to it, but it's hard to tell if it was intentional, or just the byproduct of making the thing as absolutely cheap as possible.It should reduce your smoke output, unless you're the kind of smoker who never lays the thing down, but it's not very good, and if it doesn't break, it's gonna stink like a goat farm after awhile. If you know of a better one, please shout out. There doesn't seem to be very many options in smokeless ashtrays.