Air Purifiers Buying Guide

Are you in the market for an air purifier? Air purifiers are electric machines that are used to eliminate harmful particles or contaminants from the air. If used inside your home, air purifiers will help to make the air that you and your family breathes cleaner. For that reason, there is a good chance that you would be in the market for a new air purifier, if not now then in the future.

When it comes to buying air purifiers, there are many consumers who think they know what to look for. Many of those consumers end up purchasing the lowest costing machine or the one that looks the best. Of course, you will not want to pay more than you have to and a good looking machine would be nice, but you are advised against basing your decisions solely on that. Instead, you will want to take the time to understand the product you are interested, namely the price of the purifier, as a whole, and the performance quality.

Perhaps, the first step in buying a purifier is to familiarize yourself with all of your available options. You can do this two different ways. The first way involves visiting one of your local retail stores. You will want to thoroughly examine each product that they have available. This should be done by reading the information which can be found on air purifier boxes. In addition to comparing prices and products at the store, you can also use the internet. In fact, the internet may be the easiest way. Online, you can not only familiarise yourself with different air cleaning machines, but you can also read product reviews.

If you have the opportunity, you are advised to read online reviews of multiple air purifiers. These reviews should give you inside information on the operation and maintenance of multiple air purifiers. Although product reviews are nice, you are also advised to do your own research, as well as use your common sense. This is important, especially when determining the final cost of purchasing an air purifier.

With air purifiers, you will find a number of different make and models. Some of these makes and models use filers. With certain types of filters, many just need to be cleaned, but others need to be replaced. If you need to replace the filter in an air purifier, you need to determine when that filter needs to be changed and exactly how much it will cost. This is extremely important, especially if you are shopping on a budget. In some cases, you will find that some air purifiers need to have their filters replaced in as little as a couple of months. You may also find that the filter ends up costing more than you originally paid for the air purifier. You are urged to stay away from these types of cleaning machines; many times they are not just considered air cleaners, but financial traps.

When looking for an air purifier, you are advised to look for air purifiers with HEPA filters. HEPA filters, although they are considered expensive, are often the most well performing. This is because HEPA air filters must meet specific regulations. These regulations, which are imposed by the Department of Energy, are the reason why air purifiers with HEPA filters are considered the most successful at eliminating unwanted or harmful air particles.

Once you have researched and examined a number of different air purifiers and you have made a final decision, you will find that you have a number of different purchase options. A large number of retail stores carry these purifiers, including home improvement stores, home stores, and most traditional department stores. In addition to storefront retail locations, air purifiers can also be purchased online from a number of different retailers. For the largest selection of air purifiers, as well the ability to quickly compare prices, you may want to think about shopping online.

Honestly, where you shop doesn't matter as much as which type of air purifier you are purchasing. If you are looking for an affordable, but well performing air purifier, you should be prepared to spend a little bit of time researching all of your available options. While this research may seem time consuming, it will almost always be worth it in the long run.

Using an Air Purifier that employs both HEPA Filtration and UV Lamp or Water based filtration, will reduce the likelihood of contracting various bacteria which are often 0.2-5.0 microns in diameter.

It is also true that most airborne germs are easily transmitted in closed spaces especially when trapped in our homes or offices.

Since there are literally hundreds of different Air Purifiers out there and the market especially in Asia completely unregulated, it is absolutely key that you do your research and choose a proven and respected brand. One which DOES what it claims it will do. 

The best choice for Air Purification is to trust not only an AP which has HEPA but one which offers TRUE HEPA which are typically the PREMIUM AP's you will find which were used in Clean Rooms and Hospitals but now available to consumers for home use and office environments.

True HEPA removes 99.97% of airborne particles 0.3 microns and larger which captures dust, mold and other microscopic particles and therefore is you key first line of defence in improved air quality directly relating to improved respiratory health.

Matched with a High Performance UV Lamp, you can kill 99% of all bacteria.

You may then choose to these other key features and benefits:

An Negative Ionizer - Ability to add in 1,000,000 ions per cubic cm to your enviroment when you need extra respiratory allegy relief or reduction in headaches. This is not a full time solution but can help in the event of these symptoms.

Energy Star - Save money, requires less energy making it a GREEN product!

Ozone Safe - Better for health and environment

Warranty - Find the best warranty possible!

Look carefully and purchase the best AP that you can afford with the above features to best protect you and your families health. Also look carefully at the ongoing costs of maintenance as there will be some cost here.

Again, do your homework. Don't rush in and be disappointed as clean air is as important as healthy food & clean water.

CONSUMER ALERT - There are many air purifiers on ebay that use OZONE or O3 or ACTIVATED OXYGEN as their primary cleaning function. BEFORE BUYING ONE OF THOSE PLEASE GOOGLE "HEALTH RISKS OF OZONE GENERATORS". Tests have proven that high levels of activated Oxygen (O3) and Ozone actually can be harmful to your health. Many of these air purifier manufactures actually call this the "away" mode as you are supposed to leave your home to run the Air Purifier with Ozone or O3.