 Purchasing an air purifier is an important investment in your
health, especially if you or anyone in your family suffers from
asthma and allergies. Though it is sometimes hard to believe, indoor
air is often significantly more polluted than outdoor air, largely
due to the chemical off-gassing of many common household items,
including carpets, upholstered furniture, paint, cleaning products,
and hobby supplies, to name a few. In addition, dust, pet dander,
mold spores and pollen collect within the home and circulate in
indoor air, thereby triggering allergy and asthma attacks.
Room air cleaners can both absorb contaminants and trap allergens,
creating clean air for you to breathe and easing allergy and asthma
symptoms.
Room Air Cleaners Purify Specific Areas of Your Home
 Although it's important to maintain a healthy indoor environment
throughout your home, frequently there are areas in the home where
clean indoor air is particularly important, such as a baby's room,
or your bedroom. In addition, you may have areas in your home where
concentrations of pollutants are higher than others, such as a newly
carpeted room or an artist's studio.
Room air cleaners are the ideal solution for both scenarios because
they provide concentrated purification. Many air purifiers are
specifically designed to meet particular needs. For instance, air
purifiers fitted with activated carbon filters, such as
AllerAir's
VOCARB series, are necessary in areas where chemical fumes are a
concern.
Austin Air's Baby's Breath
air purifiers not only remove 99.97% of particles as well as odors
and fumes, but they also come in baby blue or pink to fit your
nursery décor. And the
PureNight
Air Purifier System
is specifically designed for cleaning the air in your breathing zone
while you sleep.
These are just a few examples. Explore all our
air purifiers
to get an idea for all the possibilities that are available.
What You Need to Know About Room Air Cleaners
As with any major purchase, it's a good idea to do your research and
make sure that your final choice suits your specific needs as
closely as possible. In addition to assessing what particular needs
you have in terms of chemical, gas, and odor absorption and which
areas of the home are most important to purify, you will need to
make sure that the air purifier you choose has an effective Air
Changes per Hour (ACH) rating for the room where the unit will
operate.
In order to determine this, you first need to look at the unit's
Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) and measure the dimensions of the
room where you will place the unit. The ACH rating is calculated by
dividing a room's volume by the unit's CADR, and dividing 60 by the
resulting number. We recommend a minimum of four ACH for allergy and
asthma sufferers. (For a more detailed explanation, see
How to Recognize Marketing Ploys & Choose the Right Air Purifier.)
If all of these calculations are overwhelming — don't worry! We've
done all the calculations for you: all of AchooAllergy.com's room size
recommendations are based on an ACH of four. To make matters even
easier, use the
Air Purifier Buying Guide, the
Air
Purifier Comparison Chart, and the
Air Purifier Calculator
provided on our site.
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