Cheap Honeywell HRF-14 Pure HEPA Permanent Replacement Filter

This replacement filter smells putrid. I mean really bad. It is the soft black rubber material that houses the pleated filter, which is different from the hard plastic material in the original 17000 filter. It stunk so bad in two minutes that I had to shut the filter off and return the replacement filter. It took an hour for the smell to go away. I am going to buy the envirocare original replacement instead; there is no use getting a "permanent" replacement filter if it smells so bad I can't even stand to run the unt. I'm not kidding - it smelled like burning rubber.Get more detail about Honeywell HRF-14 Pure HEPA Permanent Replacement Filter.