<h1>Top Rated Air Purifier Brands: Sometimes You Get What You Pay For—Sometimes You Don’t!</h1>

When it comes to portable air purifiers, sometimes ratings can help and sometimes they don’t. Truth is, many times an air cleaner that is ‘top-rated’ sounds like quality, but there’s no information as to ‘who’ gave it top ratings. And unfortunately, often the ratings are given by people paid to give ratings, which doesn’t help much. Then you have some air purifiers with outright unsubstantiated air purification claims plastered all over the TV and in printed media.

 

With all that 'stuff' mixed in, it’s tough to figure which of the top-rated air purifier brands offer real quality and value and which air cleaner units are more hype than help. And you’ll know for sure whether you got a good deal or not when you see what effect the air purifier has, if any, on your allergies, asthma, etc.

 

In fact, a lot of air purifier and other product ‘branding’ or creating mass recognition, more than anything else, is simply a product of heavy advertising on TV, radio, flyers, and has little or nothing to do with quality.. Here’s an example: if you ask most people what name comes to mind when you say ‘air purifier’, most will say ‘Oreck’, which has been heavily advertised for years on late night infomercials and is now sold in 4500 stores by Walmart. And since most people feel more comfortable buying something that seems ‘familiar’, they somehow are more inclined to believe the statements

Oreck makes a lot of claims about air cleaning power. Truth is, however, Oreck air purifiers are ok, but they actually rank much lower in performance, consumer satisfaction, and value than many other brands of air purifiers, according to Consumer Reports and other air purifier review companies. So much for the ‘big name’ being the safest, best air purifier buy. Even inexpensive air purifiers have been advertised heavily and achieved a ‘big name’—but that doesn’t mean they are a good value or will help you adequately control the indoor air quality in your home, room or office.

 

So how do you know what you’re getting if you can’t depend on the advertising? Well, many times, what helps more when choosing between one quality air purifier and another for your home, room or office is looking at several key factors about the air purifier company and the air cleaner itself so that you can get a good sense of actual quality level and value. Here are a few tips:

 

First, take a look at how long the portable air purifier manufacturer or company has been in business, and check out the Better Business Bureau and see how many claims they’ve had, what their overall ranking is. Next, compare how long the warranty is, and ask yourself ‘does it exclude a lot of things or does it seem like you’re really covered pretty well? Read the fine print—that’s where you find the important information. And, check out air purifier reviews from independent third-party reviewers and Consumer Reports only—any other ‘ratings’ or ‘reviews’ tend to be from people that are paid to give ratings, including the little individual ‘reviews’ shown under many products online. Sad but true.

Next, take a look at the air cleaner’s construction—what is the air purifier made of? The best portable electronic air purifiers usually have a chassis or frame that is made either completely or mostly from steel, not plastic. Check the fan components—are they plastic or made of metal? Obviously, an air cleaner with metal components is better. And oddly, the units that have steel construction and components tend to have longer warranties…hmmm, imagine that! 

 

Next we need to take a look at the air purifier’s filters or air filtration system and see if 1) is it a true HEPA filter (not HEPA–style), 2) does it have a pre-filter (very important for getting normal life out of HEPA and carbon filters), and 3) does it have a carbon filter ? Check to see how much actual activated carbon is in it, i.e. in pounds? When it comes to carbon, here is the truth—if the filter does not have at least a pound or two of activated carbon (and preferably granular carbon , though crushed carbon will work), it isn’t going to remove many odors, smoke or other gas or chemical based pollutants–and not for very long. Activated carbon filters get ‘used up’ or become saturated and how long that takes depends on the level of indoor pollutants and how much carbon there is in the filter. General rule of thumb for carbon air filtration: more is better.

 

At Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com, we take pride in providing the very best air cleaners brands, replacement filters, and quality information to help you reduce or eliminate allergies & asthma, and have the best indoor air quality possible in your homes, rooms, and offices. And since we’re an online store, we don’t have the overhead of traditional stores so we pass those savings on to you with cheap discount prices and free shipping every day. If you have any questions about air quality or if you’re not sure which air purification system is best for your situation, give us a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513. Our air cleaner experts are standing by to help!

 

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