I began by searching on Google, which did not get me very far.
So I went straight to the source.
I emailed the company to ask a few questions not expecting an answer in return but...
To my surprise, I ended up talking to the founder herself, a 49-year-old woman named Mathilda.
Who has a PhD in Electrical Engineering.
Not only that, before creating AirPax, she spent years engineering contamination-control systems for hospitals.
Mathilda told me she has 7 cats herself, and went through the same litter problem which was driving her nuts.
So she used her engineering experience to create AirPax.
We exchanged a few emails.
In one of them, she explained the technology behind AirPax and why it works.
Here’s what she told me:
"AirPax is based on a technology that is used in Hospitals. (IonDrop Technology)
But in the most serious use cases, such as ICUs (Intensive Care Units) and Burn units.
Where it's crucial that any air odor, air bacteria and airborne particles be at a minimum – meaning, almost non-existent.
The technology in AirPax is the exact same, but adapted for cat use and shrunk down to the size of a human hand (as the hospital technology is quite big).
That's also what made AirPax affordable, the hospital-grade equipment runs $800 to $1,000 a unit.
Shrinking it down is what let me bring the price way below that, so anyone can afford it.
And to put it simply...
"AirPax Is Overkill For The Stubborn Litter Stench"
Pretty crazy finding out I was using hospital technology for the litter odor.
But I also had one more concern...
Was AirPax safe to use around my cats and grandkids?
So I asked Mathilda, and she said:
"AirPax carries FCC certification, CE marking, and RoHS compliance, which means it's been independently tested and meets safety and environmental standards in the US and internationally."
That put my mind at ease.
Then she walked me through how it actually works:
"You start by simply plugging AirPax into an outlet, and turning on the switch. Once AirPax is turned on, it starts to release something called "Negative Ions" into the air.
To fully grasp how negative ions work, we need to take a brief physics lesson.
As you learned in physics back in school, opposite charges (positive & negative) attract towards each other.
Like magnets.
The litter odor particles in the air are "positively charged".
And as I said before, AirPax releases negative ions, which of course... you guessed right... are "negatively charged".
So the odor particles (positively charged) and the negative ions (negatively charged) attract towards each other and come together like magnets.
More and more negative ions get attached to the odor particles.
When enough negative ions are attached to the odor particles, they simply become too heavy to stay airborne.
And then... the odor particles (because they become so heavy) fall out of the air you're breathing, and settle onto the floor.
If they fall out of the air, the air becomes free of the odor particles.
If the air becomes free of the odor particles, your home becomes free of the litter stench, simple as that.
Therefore, your home stops smelling of cat litter, you can end the endless cleaning and enjoy a fresh-smelling home for once."
I must have read that email four times over, just letting it sink in.
And I was so happy with AirPax that a few weeks later, I went back to buy two more.
Except...
They were sold out.
I ended up waiting nearly two months before they came back in stock.
When they finally did, I ordered them right away.
So now I keep AirPax plugged in throughout my home.
And here's the thing... if it can make four cats basically invisible in a house this size, I don't see why it wouldn't do the same for you.
Anyway, that's not even the best part.
There was yet another thing which surprised me quite a bit...