Considering the Many Types of Air Purifiers

If you are like the majority of the population, youas small as 0.3 micrometers in size. Another
spend most of your time indoors. Many people workadvantage to HEPA filters is that they produce no
indoors, most eat indoors, and everyone sleepsozone byproduct. It is important that when
indoors. If you are one of the few people that spendconsidering a HEPA air purifier it is called a "true
all of their time outdoors, you have little to worryHEPA" filter, because there are many filters which
about when it comes to air quality, but for the restclaim to be HEPA filters (usually called "HEPA-type" or
of the population, in door air quality should be a"HEPA-like"), but are not true HEPA filters. It is also
concern. Because air indoors is not constantly movingimportant to know that HEPA air purifiers can be
and being circulated, many pollutants such asvery expensive so you may want to consider an air
dust-mites, pollen, mold spores, and many others canpurifier that has a "pre-filter" to lengthen the life of
drastically reduce the quality of the air in your homethe HEPA filter.
or office. Moreover, if you, like most people, sufferAn "active carbon" air filter is made of oxygen
from any allergies, those pollutants can make lifetreated charcoal with thousands of tiny pores which
miserable. You might want to consider an air purifierare able to catch gases and odors. Active carbon
to clean the air that your family breathes. But with soair-filters work like a sponge and are effective at
many types of air purifiers on the market, it may betrapping odors caused by automobile exhaust,
a little overwhelming to decide what kind will be bestcigarette smoke, pet odors, and many other
for you and your family.unpleasant odors, gases, and chemicals in the air.
Air purifiers have come a long way in the past fewBecause active carbon air filters have such small
years and there are many options available to cleanpores and are only effective as long as they are not
the air in your home. Many air purifiers focus on oneclogged, they need to be replaced more often than
type of air purification while others apply multiplemany other filters.
stages of air purification to clean the air as much asUltra-violet Germicidal air-purifiers use powerful UV-C
possible. As a general rule, air purifiers should have anrays to eliminate bacteria, viruses, yeasts, and molds
electric fan that blows the air through the filters,that exist in the air. UV air-purifiers are normally used
because air purifiers without fans have proven to bein cooperation with other filters inside an air-purifier to
less effective in general.kill any additional pollutants that may have made it
Ionizer air purifiers are actually not very effectivethrough the other filters. UV Germicidal air-purifiers
alone. Ionizer air filters simply charge the particles thatalso can reduce the spread of tuberculosis, measles,
pass through it so that they either fall out of the airinfluenza, smallpox, and other viruses.
sooner or attach themselves to whatever it touches.Obviously, the best air purifiers actually incorporate
Therefore, it is a good idea to get an air purifier thateach of these types of filters and stages to make
has at least one filter after the ionizer in order tothe air as clean as possible. If you are looking for a
catch all of the ionized pollutants. If used in this way,less expensive model, be sure to shop around for the
an ionizer air purifier can help a lot to clean the air.features you feel are best for your home or office.
High Efficiency Particle Arresting (HEPA) filters haveWith a quality air purifier, you and your family will
shown to be extremely effective in reducing theenjoy cleaner, fresher air and relief from allergies
amount of airborne pollutants. HEPA air purifiers havecaused by the various air pollutants that exist in your
the ability to filter out 99.97% of pollutants in the airhome.