Honeywell Environcare Hepa air filter

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I need an air filter for the basement and thought I would look at

something less expensive than the Austin I bought and bought the

Honeywell Environcare at Home Depot but it has an odor. Does anyone

have any experience with this? On Amazon.com most of the reviews were

good but looking at the negative reviews, someone else remarked that it

smelled. Anyone else have one, or bought a hepa filter that you are

happy with and is reasonable price?

There is a portion of house foundation that can't be repaired properly

and is damp and cracked and some mold, not fuzzy on the wall, but

indoor air person noticed and there is some odor, so I thought putting

a hepa air filter there and changing filters every few months would

keep the 'spores' from getting up into house. (I know other particles

are important too but that's all I can do right now. I may drap off

that part of basement with heavy plastic also, not putting plastic up

against wall, because that would increase moisture level of wall but

drap off the corner and put air filter inside of drapped off area.

Any ideas? Thanks