hillbill
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My Active Air has one perforated stainless tube inside another with steel endcaps as with most quality filters. eBay filter, my first, was made of hardware cloth and much lighter.
Carbon Filter quality improving??
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Renfro
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Perhaps the Phat filter uses more carbon.
I ran phat filters for well over 10 years and they are the best I ever had. Now I'm in a legal State and it's just about being neighborly and use the cheaper filters which do an ok job. I can smell weed within 10 feet of the exhaust but not a lot. If I needed to be 100% safe I would get a phat.
Bobby Long Buds
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I got a phresh filter from amazon because of recommendations here. I’m scared to use it because it seems like just an accordion shaped filter paper in there. It weighs almost nothing. (6”x 12”) The can filter I have is 10 times heavier. Is this how all phresh filters are made?
Gemtree
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What cfm fan/filter size do you have and do you vent to outside? I've tried every brand and still end up with that green smell after 6mos or so
sandman83
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well with comments like that I do believe I'll get a backup just in case.
DonnyTinyHands
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As a cheap ass I've never tried a expensive brand name carbon filter to compare. But the cheapest straight from China shit I can find have worked awesome. I see no reason to pay more.
nurrgle
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What the heck is everyone growing? I run the big can filter on a 12” fan to exhaust and the medium one with 8” wide open and still get hassled all the time for smelling like herb at work.
Maybe it just because I have been at this since long before legalization but Oder control is right at the top of my list when I am setting up a new spot. Higher then lights even.
Secrecy is key and everyone who knows what your up to is going to 10 people then those 10 will tell 10 each and so on.
Maybe it just because I have been at this since long before legalization but Oder control is right at the top of my list when I am setting up a new spot. Higher then lights even.
Secrecy is key and everyone who knows what your up to is going to 10 people then those 10 will tell 10 each and so on.
Nutty sKunK
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Stop rolling around in your garden then
hillbill
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Could a fan pulling less air keeping the exhaust air in contact with the carbon surfaces inside the filter longer possibly remove more odors?
nurrgle
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I am not sure about that. I do know the cubic feet per minute changes between scrub or exhaust by about half.
I base everything on how much I want the air in the space to be scrubbed all filters and fans have a cubic foot per minute rating. I like to scrub the air twice a minute
DonnyTinyHands
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Yes. You need the air passing through the filter slowly for the carbon to do it's work. More time the smelly air has in contact with the carbon the more effective it'll be.
hellmutt bones
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You sure its not just the canister? They are usually heavy and you can actually see the charcoal residue on inside and outside.
hellmutt bones
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Did you ever get a phresh filter because thats expensive but very effective.
Airwalker16
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You got an intake filter I think. They work, but aren't for exhausting tent. They can, but won't last long. They're more for purifying incoming inlet air.
OneHitDone
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I am currently running one of these for the past few months and it seems good so far - came with 2 pre filters too!
Have ran Phresh, Phat, and Can in the past so have a good baseline to get longevity
Have ran Phresh, Phat, and Can in the past so have a good baseline to get longevity