am ozone generator is an ionizer just so you know NoDrama.
No its not.
Air ionizers rely on the properties of particles. An ion is just a particle that is charged, either negatively or positively. A Ionizer device, a tabletop or stand alone unit, creates negative ions using electricity. The ions flood the room and seek out positively charged particles, such as dust, bacteria, pollen, smoke, and many other allergens. Once bonded (remember, opposites attract), the particles are too heavy to float around where they can easily be inhaled. As a result, the harmful airborne particles become larger pieces of dirt on the ground where they can be cleaned by normal means.
Ozone Generators do not charge or ionize air particles. Ozone Generators produce Ozone. What is ozone? Ozone is a molecule composed of three atoms of oxygen. Two atoms of oxygen form the basic oxygen molecule--the oxygen we breathe that is essential to life. The third oxygen atom can detach from the ozone molecule, and re-attach to molecules of other substances, thereby altering their chemical composition.
So you see one cleans pollutants by charging the particles while the other chemically alters pollutants by attaching an oxygen atom to it. You definitely can tell when an ozone generator is in use, you can smell the disinfected air, kind of like fresh bed sheets out of the dryer. An ozone generator is MUCH more effective at getting rid of odors because oxygen has a disinfecting ability, but the pollutants are still in the air, that is why I would not recommend a generator to someone who has allergies. An ionizer cleans the air of pollutants much more effectively.
Now you know the difference.
That way the air can be treated before it seeps out out of a vent that is coverd in ONA.