About Us

Real Spirit USA, Inc., Air Water Life’s parent company, is located at www.realspiritusa.com. The company was founded by long-time friends and business partners Richard Mayer and Dr. Malcolm Currie in July of 2005.  Headquartered in Reno, Nevada Real Spirit USA is an innovative consumer products development group dedicated to producing reliable, affordable, cutting-edge products. real spirit HQ Real Spirit HQ The company’s current focus, under the brand names Advanced PureLiving, Advanced PureAir, Air Water Life and Ultra-Pure, is the production and distribution of:

  • Innovative, environmentally friendly products including our Life Solar Decor solar powered wind chimes, lawn and garden lights and ornaments.
  • The finest and most affordable multi-stage portable air filtration and purification systems, including our best-selling Air Shield 9-Stage Purifier with air sensor and self diagnostics capability.
  • Advanced technology pet products including the Pet-Pro 3800 5-stage air purifier custom-designed and built specifically for pet owners.
  • State of the art, high performance, low-cost water ionization products from our Air Water Life division.
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Our brands are available online at:
In the U.S., our Advanced Pure-Air brand air purifiers are available in many Sam’s Club Warehouse Stores. Internationally, our Ultra-Pure models are available in Costco Asia stores.


We create products to make your life better.

water splash Real Spirit USA is committed to staying at the forefront of solar powered home and garden devices as well as advanced air purification and filtration technology. Please visit our websites often for information on new products and, if we’re not there already, look for us soon in your local retail stores as we continue to expand our sales nationally and internationally.

Who We Are




Why We Started The Company




What Differentiates Us


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Our Co-founders

Richard Mayer: product line
Prior to founding Real Spirit, Richard was President of Currie Technologies, Inc. (CTI), a transportation business selling electric bikes and scooters. As with Real-Spirit, Mr. Mayer started CTI with Dr. Malcolm Currie. In fact, Richard is the inventor of the electric scooter and bicycle drive systems used by CTI and holds numerous patents.

Prior to joining Currie, Mr. Mayer taught college at UCLA and CAL State – Northridge as well as secondary school classes at Van Nuys High School. The subjects he taught ranged from automotive technology to photography and aerospace technology. Richard taught for 17 years at the LA Unified School District.

During his teaching years, Mr. Mayer was also the owner of Electric Car Co. of America and built over 50 custom electric cars including several for Hollywood stars including Ed Begley Jr., Alan Alda, Alexandra Paul, Fran Tarkington and Jay Leno among others.

Mr. Mayer is a graduate of Cal State Los Angeles and holds California teaching credentials in automotive, aerospace technology and photography.


Dr. Malcolm R. Currie: product line
Dr. Currie has previously served as the CEO of Currie Technologies Inc., an electric transportation company since 1997.

Dr. Currie is perhaps best know however as the former Chairman and CEO of Hughes Aircraft Company from 1988 to 1992 and as a former United States, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 1972 to 1977. Upon his retirement from Hughes in 1992 the company, in honor of his years of dedicated service named him Chairman Emeritus.

Dr. Currie currently serves on Boards of Directors of several publicly traded companies and is also a member and past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Southern California. Dr. Currie has previously served as President and CEO of Delco Electronics Corp., Chairman and CEO of GM Hughes Electronics Corp.

Dr. Currie holds a BA in Physics and a PhD in Engineering Physics from the University of California at Berkeleey.

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