It has never been simpler or easier to purchase an IQAir air purifier from AchooAllergy.com. We offer free same day shipping and 1-2 business day delivery to most locations. 93% of all shipments arrive within 3 business days from the ship date. For your convenience, orders for IQ air purifiers received before 12:00 p.m. EST ship the same day.

Orders placed after 12 pm Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, will ship the next business day. All IQAir air purifiers orders placed on Saturday or Sunday will ship the next business day. If you provided us with an email address when you placed your order, we will send you tracking information by 5 pm EST on the same business day.

The vast majority of IQAir air purifiers ship directly from the manufacturer. We work diligently to ensure that you get your IQAir air purifier as quickly as possible.

Are you looking for an air purifier that redefines the meaning of style and function? The engineers at Alen have created the ultimate model of air purifier perfection that redefines the meaning of cool! Lightweight and compact, the Paralda is aesthetically pleasing and will fit almost anywhere in your home. The translucent and bamboo-colored housing gives the Paralda an unobtrusive and sleek appearance. Because it weighs only 15 pounds, moving it from room to room is a breeze.

With the Paralda, Alen has taken the “green” trend to the next level. It consumes very little electricity. The Paralda is Energy Star rated and uses less electricity than most of the light bulbs in your home. You can operate this unit for pennies a day. Also, none of the harmful substances found in many modern electronics are used in the Paralda. It could very well be the most eco-friendly air purifier on the market.

What really sets this unit apart is that the Paralda is the only air purifier sold in the U.S. that is RoHS compliant. The Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) initiative was passed by the European Union in 2006 to eliminate the use of certain hazardous chemicals in electronics. This initiative tries to curb the use lead, mercury, cadmium, PBB’s and PBDE’s (both used as flame retardants in plastics). These substances are not found in the housing or electronics of this air purifier.

The Paralda is an excellent unit for consumers concerned about their impact on the environment. For medium to small rooms the Paralda is a great fit. Allergy and asthma sufferers, who do not have MCS, smoke, or odor control issues should consider this air purifier.

Cleaner air over the past two decades has added nearly five months to average life expectancy in the United States, according to a federally funded study. Researchers said it is the first study to show that reducing air pollution translates into longer lives. Here is the entire article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution web site.

Between 1978 and 2001, Americans' average life span increased almost three years to 77, and as much as 4.8 months of that can be attributed to cleaner air, researchers from Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.

Here at Achoo!Allergy.com, we are devoted to helping our customers breathe better and live longer. If you are intersted in improving the air quality in your home or office, check out our air purifier offering.

The current issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Research examines the results of a study conducted to determine whether taking one grass pollen tablet every day can alleviate hay fever and asthma in children. The results appear to be promising. Using this treatment, asthma symptoms declined by 64% and hay fever symptoms declined by 24%.

The study was conducted by a team of medical experts in Germany. The study featured over 250 children. The positive results are important because experts estimate that up to 25% of the population in western industrial countries has hay fever. Untreated hay fever in children also can cause children to develop asthma later in life.

To read more about this particular study and its methodology, please check out this article from the Medical News Today web site.

Our marketing manager recently took the new Miele S7 Tango home to check out the many new features and to do another review of the product. She has a smaller car with a car seat in the back seat and some other odds and ends in her car. We wanted to remove the Tango's ergonomic handle assembly to put the vacuum in her hatchback. Our problem was that we did not know how to remove the handle!

The whole AchooAllergy.com team seemed to be stumped, but after input from customer service, sales, and shipping, we finally figured out a simple way to remove the handle:

First, remove the upholstery cleaning attachment from the back of the vacuum. Next, move the cord to the side. In the recessed slot where the upholstery brush fits, you will see a small hole. Push a small, regular screwdriver in to the hole. At the same time, pull up on the Miele handle to disengage and to remove the handle from the body of the vacuum cleaner.

Now, you easily can take apart your Miele and transport it to show off to your friends and family!

Many of our loyal readers and Achoo! Allergy shoppers love their pets. We receive calls every day from allergy sufferers who need pet allergy solutions to maintain a close relationship with their beloved cat or dog. I could not help but think about all of these people when I saw a very special report about pets this morning on CNN.

Intrepid reporter Jeanne Moos had a great segment on a blog called Cute Things Falling Asleep. Pet owners and parents can post videos of their cute loved ones falling asleep. It is hilarious, fun and very addicting—you can get distracted and watch video after video. I was in danger of missing my lunch break. The only problem with this web site is that people could start posting footage of co-workers falling asleep in meetings!

If you are an allergy sufferer, you already know that stressful situations can cause an allergy flare up. A 2008 study conducted by researchers at Ohio State University describes recent experiments that tried to gauge just how psychological stress affects allergy sufferers. Studying allergies, allergen avoidance, and asthma is becoming more and more important. According to the OSU press release, allergic reactions are the fifth most common chronic disease in America, and the medical costs to treat allergies approaches $3.4 billion dollars yearly.

The most interesting aspect of this study for me is that the researchers found that many allergy sufferers had a delayed reaction to the increased stress level. In some cases, allergy symptoms did not show up until the next day. We often take medications for immediate allergy relief, but the medication might be ineffective if symptoms do not appear immediately. This next day symptom change often is called a “late phase reaction.” For more information on the research methods and the findings, check out this OSU press release.