Aprilaire air cleaner

Aprilaire are known for creating high quality whole house air purifiers. The first air cleaner to be released was the 5000 Aprilaire electronic air cleaner which hit the market in July 2000. Now the 5000 model is joined by the 2000 and 4000 range of media air cleaners. Whole House cleaners are purifiers that are attached to your house furnace system and require a HVAC technician to install them. Here are some quick plus points of the 5000 Aprilaire Air Cleaner The manufacture says that the house air cleaner can deal with at least 95% of air particles that are bigger than 0.35 microns.  In comparison, some house furnace air cleaners usually only have a…

Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaner

Honeywell Electronic air cleaners include the F50, F50F, F300, F300A, F300E range of furnace based whole house purifiers. These electronic whole house air cleaners work by connecting your homes central heating furnace/system. Download the Honeywell manual here: http://customer.honeywell.com/techlit/pdf/PackedLit/69-0756.pdf The Honeywell range of electronic air cleaners comes with a 2 stage filter system which cleans the air from your furnace outlet. 1. The first stage is a pre-filter that removes most of the big particles such as lint, dust and pet dander. If you don’t an choose a air cleaner that comes with a pre-filter then you will put too much strain on the main unit. The main filter system should only be used to remove…

Do Whole House Air Purifiers Work?

In short, not really! Whole house air purifiers work by filtering the air from your central heating system/furnace system. The idea is that the device cleans the air as it passes through your house heating/cooling system and allows this clean air to pass into your home. Many different types of filters are used in these systems such as: HEPA Electrostatic precipitators Self-Charging electrostatic air filters Ultra-violet light systems Portable ozone-ionizer air purifiers The problem however with these systems is that the whole concept is flawed. Here are some of the main reasons why house air purifiers are not recommended. 1. When Shared Across Your House The Power Is Low Whilst these whole house blower systems…

3 Air Purifiers That Will Actually Clean The Air

If you been on this site before you will know that I spend most of the time moaning about air purifiers that fail to live up the marketing hype. However its not all doom and gloom as I’m now going to tell you which air purifiers are the real deal! I don’t want you to just take my word for it, so I put in some links to other review sites – please feel free to check them out. I always recommend that people do their own research so search the names of these products on Google…etc IQAir HealthPro The IQAir Health Pro purifier is respected by nearly every review website we came across. We…

3 Reasons Why WalMart Air Purifiers Are A Waste Of Time

It might seem like a great idea to pick up a cheap air purifier whilst your doing your grocery shopping but in reality your going to waste your money. The vast majority of air purifiers that are stocked by Walmart are under $150 and the majority sold are created by Sharper Image. The two best selling purifiers are the ionic pro combo and ionic pro mini both by Sharper image. 1. Keep Well Away from Sharper Image Now Sharper Image has had some bad press with their ionic breeze air purifiers after they where found to release ozone which actually reduced air quality. Now the new ionic pro models do not release as much excessive…

Iqair Healthpro Plus

I am sure you have already heard of the Iqair Healthpro plus purifier as it has won numerous industry awards. The Iqair plus purifier is the Cadillac of the air purifier world. The reason that the Iqair purifier is so well respected is because of the sheer amount of particles that in can block using its four stage filter system. The average purifier will be able to stop most particles over 0.3 microns – which is small but in fact 90% of all airborne particles are actually smaller than 0.3 microns! When people complain about their air purifier not working its probably because most purifiers only remove 10% of all the particles in the air….

10 Allergies You’re Unlikely To Have Heard Of

The following 10 allergies are super rare and make life unbearable for the people who to live with them. 1. Allergic to Wi-Fi One DJ claimed that he suffers from an allergic reaction to Wi-Fi. He says that he finds it hard to travel now due to most airports now containing Wi-Fi areas everywhere.  Thankfully the DJ has some protection as he lives in a house with 18inch thick walls. Source 2. Allergic to Sex Sex for some women can lead to itchiness, redness, swelling and even infertility. The reason for this allergy is due to the victims white blood cells treating the semen as bacterial invaders. The good news is that there is a…

Andrea Plant Purifier

This purifier was first seen at the design awards when the technology won an invention award in 2008. Now its finally available to buy for $199 from Amazon.com. The purifier is very different to your average consumer purifier and actually uses plants to clean the air of toxins using the plants own filtration system. One of the benefits of such a system is that it can clean the basics such as dust and pollen but also problem chemicals such as benzene and formaldehyde that is often now found in new upholstery and carpets.  In laboratory tests it was shown that the amount of formaldehyde in the air was reduced by 80% in just 1 hour…

Ionizer Air Purifier

  Air Purifiers are created to clean the air off problem particles such as dust, pollen and dirt. One of the recent technological advancements are ionizer air purifiers that use ionization cleaning technique. To understand how ionizer air purifiers work you need to understand a little bit about the ionization process. The first thing that happens is that the ionization unit charges the air with a release of electrons that in turn charge the all the particles in the air. Now all the particles including the dust, pollen and bacteria are charged negatively so are heavier and are attracted to the positive plates of the ionization unit. Negative ions can also provide a feeling of…

11 Utterly Ridiculous Air Purifier Gadgets

Save Your Money And Keep Well Away From These 11 Bizarre Air Purifiers. 1. Pet Purifier Finally your dog can breath clean air it sniffs at another dogs ass. This bizarre air purifier even comes with an air freshener mode. Once activated the air freshener will spray your pet and those around it with a scent that is meant to induce relaxation in you and your dog. Thankfully this ridiculous pet gadget costs less than $20 so you will still have some money left for the inevitable veterinary fees. Source 2. Face Mask Purifier Be honest the Hannibal Lecter look is hot this year! This gadget is powered by USB and uses two fans to…