Home Air Purification: More Important Than Water Purification?

Most of us are pretty clear on the fact that our drinking water needs to be filtered, even city water to keep from drinking the chemicals used to purify the water. And on average, Americans currently drink about 3 glasses of water per day (about 58 gallons a year), in addition to sodas, coffee and other liquids. What might sound amazing is that humans inhale about 3000 gallons of air per day—3000 gallons! And drinking water is a voluntary thing—breathing happens 24/7, whether we want to or not.

 

The alarming fact about breathing that much air per day is that since we’re spending about 90% of our time indoors at home or the office, and since recent research shows that most indoor air is polluted, that means we’re all breathing about 2700 gallons of polluted air per day. And that’s air that is polluted with dust, dust mites, mold spores, bacteria, viruses and more. Comparing 2700 gallons to 3 glasses per day, it looks like air filtration might be very important, if not more important than filtering your tap water.

 

Poor indoor air quality has created enough problems to make the Federal EPA take notice, and put out a statement in 2009 placing our indoor air quality in the top 5 major health hazards. This clearly confirms that it’s a real hazard, and obviously a big part of that problem is all the indoor air we breathe each day. The way to avoid this hazard is to use quality portable HEPA air cleaners in your home, office, or other rooms where you spend time. Most top-rated electronic home air purifiers available now, such as Aller Air, Austin Air, Blueair, etc come with highly-efficient HEPA filters and good amounts of carbon in the carbon filters that remove well over 99% of all dust, mold, allergens, chemicals, even household odors.

 

The most effective of these air purifiers, with the longest lasting filters are Aller Air and Austin Air. Both of these have high output and can handle up to 1500 square feet with one unit. The Blueair air scrubbers are also excellent, and do a very good job of cleaning the air, plus they are typically much quieter than the other two—which makes them better for bedroom or other sleeping areas. Don’t be fooled by cheap home air purifier claims.

 

There are inexpensive home air purifiers on the market that do have good HEPA filters and some carbon, but in most cases, to get the cleanest air possible and long lasting filters, you generally have to stick with one of those three brands above.  Blueair filters, however, usually need replacing about every 8 months so if you’re looking for lower maintenance and maximum air cleaning for any room or office, the Aller Air and Austin Air units are best.

 

Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com is your #1 source for top-rated air cleaner systems and that are high performance and do a great job of cleaning the air, reducing allergies and asthma in any room or office. And since we’re an online store with low overhead, that allows us to sell all of our products at cheap discount prices with free shipping every day. If you have any questions, please give our indoor air quality experts a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513 and we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

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Remodeling? Need Paint to Dry? A Dehumidifier Can Really Help

If you’re remodeling, painting, patching walls, etc and it seems like it’s taking forever for paint, spackling, wood fillers to dry, it could be the humidity. And sometimes the additional humidity not only increases drying time, it can actually mess up the finish, causing ripples, bubbles, and other finish deformities—especially if there are oil-based finishes being applied. The last thing you want as a contractor is to deliver a substandard product to your customer. And no one wants to have to start over and refinish or repaint–again.

 

A smart appliance to have on hand for any remodeling or home improvement situations where paint or finishes are being applied, is a quality portable dehumidifier. Top rated dehumidifiers quickly remove moisture from any room in a home, allowing the moisture in finishes to naturally evaporate better and faster. Your best dehumidifiers also come with built in hygrometers or humidity meters to measure and keep the humidity exactly where you need it—even keep it a little lower to further shorten drying times. It’s also advisable to keep humidity under control, too, to prevent any mold from forming and ruining a finish, and becoming a health hazard. In general, keeping humidity at 35% or lower keeps mold (and bacteria) from having the moisture they need to grow. Keeping the humidity under control can also make a big difference for allergy and asthma sufferers, as well, especially if mold or bacteria have been aggravating their conditions.

 

It’s important to choose a top-rated room dehumidifier and not a cheap one, however. Cheap dehumidifiers usually don’t include a built in humidity meter, which makes it difficult to know how much to run the dehumidifier—like trying to properly cook a dish without a thermometer. Cheap or discount brands of dehumidifiers often don’t have a drain hose option either, which is important unless you enjoy emptying the collecting bucket every 2-3 hours.

 

One of the best portable dehumidifier brands is Stadler Form USA, with their amazing Albert dehumidifier. This unit has large room capacity, a built in hygrometer, a drain hose option, great looks, and many other great features—and it’s a perfect basement dehumidifier, bedroom, closet, and running continuously can remove moisture and control humidity in the whole house.   And since Albert is very well made with quality Swiss construction, you probably won’t need to buy another dehumidifier for many, many years. Danby is another great dehumidifier brand, with many of the same features and lower cost.

 

Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com offers only the best top rated room dehumidifier brands such as Danby and Stadler Form USA that quietly removing excess moisture, prevent mold and bacteria growth, and can make a big difference in drying times for any remodeling or home improvement project where refinishing or repainting is involved. And since we’re an online store with low overhead, that means the cheapest discount prices possible, with free shipping for you–every day. If you have any questions, just give our experts a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513. We’re here to help!

 

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The Effects of Air Quality on Longevity, Aging, & Overall Health--And How You Can Beat The Odds

Air quality has long been linked to health, with better air quality generally meaning better health. It’s also been proven recently that poor air quality (especially poor indoor air quality) can cause various health issues, weakens our immune systems, and with enough exposure can shorten our lives.  The problem is that most of us are spending upwards of 90% or more of our time indoors every day, where pollutants build up, from pollutants inside the home and coming in from the outside through the A/C system.  

 

When we breathe this ‘toxic soup’ of dust, dust mites, fibers, mold spores, bacteria, viruses, chemicals from cleaning products & solvents,, etc., on a regular basis, this causes our immune systems to be on ‘high alert’ much of the time, resulting in various types of inflammation. This chronic inflammation eventually weakens the body and the immune system to the point where bacteria, viruses, and other germs can get a foothold, resulting in disease, system malfunctions, sensitivities like allergies and asthma, as well as premature or accelerated aging.  This is one reason why we often feel like we don’t have the energy that we used to. The toxins that build in our indoor air end up building up in the body and can and do interfere with the reactions that product ATP or our main energy molecule.  

 

The body’s repair mechanisms can be damaged, as well, by toxins found in indoor air—which directly affects the aging process.  Aflatoxins, a compound produced by mold, is especially toxic and one of the most carcinogenic substances known to man.  Aflatoxins damage nerve and other types of cells (especially liver cells), which leads to liver and nervous system malfunctions, ‘dirty blood’ loaded with toxins the liver can’t remove adequately, and sometimes cancerous growth. Even if you only have a little mold in your home, that little amount likely produces aflatoxins and once they build up in our bodies, they can cause increased or accelerated aging simply because our body’s repair and waste removal systems (i.e. liver) aren’t working properly.  Dirty blood = poor cell health & decreased ability to repair = aging.

 

The obvious solution to this problem is to protect yourself and your family by using quality indoor air purification systems—simply remove the pollutants from the air instead of breathing them. Your air conditioner filters aren’t much help, by the way, as they 1) can’t stop chemical or gas pollutants, 2) aren’t able to trap the sub-micron size particles because the pore size is too large, and 3) all the pollutants stuck to interior walls of the ducts after the A/C filter are free to blow out into your home or office.  This is why you have to use a secondary electronic HEPA air filtration system to get clean air. 

 

Now, whether you choose an electronic whole house air cleaner or portable air purifiers, you do want to make sure that the unit(s) has a true HEPA filter and lots of high quality carbon in the carbon filter. You need the true HEPA filter to remove those dangerous, tiny sub-micron particles like dust, dust mites, mold spores, bacteria, viruses, etc.   High quality activated carbon filters are needed, as well, to remove any chemical residues that are in the air, especially the aflatoxins, which can exist in gas or vapor form. Without a few pounds of good carbon, you’ll be breathing all that stuff. With a good home air filtration systems, however, you’ll not only reduce or stop allergies & asthma, you’ll most likely live longer, age more slowly, and may avoid a lot of diseases entirely.

 

Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com is your number one online store for the best deals on the very best air purifiers, filtration systems and HEPA air cleaners for home, office, and industrial use--all at cheap discount prices with free shipping, due to our low overhead.  Our air purification systems are all proven to provide the clean air you desire, with the best quality HEPA and carbon filters, high quality construction and great warranties. We also have a team of electronic air purification experts on hand to answer any questions you have regarding indoor air quality or air filtration systems--just give us a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513. We're here for you!

 

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Got Chronic Illness? Whole House UV Air Purification May Be a Big Help

So many people deal with various chronic illnesses and often don’t see any hope for improvement or being healthy and normal again. In most natural medicine circles, many chronic illnesses are attributed to internal pollution or a build-up of toxins and germs over time.

 

And while many of the toxins come from poor dietary and exercise habits, the environment or the air we take in is being looked at as one of the main causes of many bacterial or viral-related chronic illness—mainly because over 90% of house and office air has been shown in research to contain various amounts of bacteria, mold, viruses and other germs. That means whenever you’re indoors (which is almost all the time for someone that is bedridden or home bound because of illness), you’re constantly being re-infected with these germs, which could explain why the infection or illness is chronic or continuously happening. 

 

One solution that is showing results is the use of air conditioner duct-mounted whole house UV air purifier systems. Why? These air cleaners use ultraviolet light to kill the bacteria, mold, and viruses that float through the air in the duct, before they can get out into your house. And if you use one of the best rated UV systems, such as those from APC, you can get a continuous 95-99% kill, which gives you truly disinfected air for your whole house. These APC units and other top-rated UV air purifiers work so well mainly because the bulbs are true laboratory grade 36 watt strength, and they mostly use a 2 bulb system. One bulb at this wattage gives you 24k UV-C light units; two bulbs gives you 48k, which is enough to kill even the toughest germs as soon as they float by.

 

Are we saying that whole house UV light air cleaners can solve every illness? Certainly not. But since many chronic illnesses are bacteria and virus related, and reinfection from poor indoor air quality is a real thing, it makes sense to check out a UV air cleaner for the HVAC system. Even the best, top rated germicidal ultraviolet air purifier system, like APC are less than $500 for a laboratory strength 2 bulb unit and they install in about 15 minutes.

 

At very least, you’ll know that your symptoms are definitely not coming from new live bacteria, mold spores or other germs floating in the air in your house. And your body will have a chance to begin getting rid of the pollutants and other intruders instead of always fighting new ones coming in through the air. Just make sure that whatever ultraviolet light air purifier system you buy, it comes with true 36 watt bulbs and that they are placed at least 30 inches apart from each other in the output section of the air conditioner duct for best results.

 

Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com is your best online source for top-rated uv air cleaner systems that mount directly in the air conditioner ducts of any house or office building. We currently offer the highly-rated APC brand of UV light air cleaners because of consistently great performance and value, with true laboratory grade 36 watt bulbs. And since we are an online store with low overhead, that means cheap discount prices with free shipping for you, everyday. We also have a team of UV light and indoor air quality experts on hand to answer any questions you may have, before and after the sale. Just give us a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513. We’re here to help!

 

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Extending The Life of HEPA & Carbon Filters—with Pre-Filters!

If you have a quality portable air cleaner with HEPA and carbon filters, you know it's a pain when it comes time to replace them--mainly because of the cost. And if you have a good air purifier but have to replace filters every 6 months, that’s no fun, for sure.  Well, we have some good news--there is a way to extend the life of those main filters--by properly using and replacing pre-filters.

 

Several good brands of air cleaners such as Aller Air and Austin Air come with pre-filters, and for good reason. HEPA and carbon pre-filters do one main, important thing—they stop larger particles so that these particles don’t’ prematurely clog the more expensive HEPA and carbon filters. They do wear out, however, and need to be replaced because the electrostatic charge is lost over time and they begin to allow those larger particles to get through and shorten the life of your main filters. AllerAir air purifier pre-filters are especially sensitive to vacuuming and you can only do it once or twice before they lose their charge.

 

Now, if your air cleaner doesn’t have a HEPA and carbon pre-filter, that could be a large part of the reason you have to replace your main filters every six months or so.  A quick, easy fix to this is to buy some quality cut-to-fit pre-filter material and cut a piece of it the same size as your first filter and place in front of it. Then, just vacuum it once or twice and replace as needed. You’ll likely notice that you get another 3-4 months or more out of your HEPA and carbon filters! In any case, pre-filters do need to be replaced so vacuum them once or twice but then replace as a rule of thumb. And always use the pre-filters made by the same manufacturer as your air cleaner; they fit better and they’re designed to work with that air purifier, perform better in that filtration system, etc.

Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com offers the best replacement air cleaner prefilters made by top air purifier manufacturers such as Aller Air, Austin Air, Electrocorp, as well as quality cut to fit pre-filter material you can buy and install in your air purifier that doesn’t have a pre-filter. And since we’re an online store with low overhead, we offer all of our pre-filters and other products at cheap discount prices with free shipping every day.  If you have any questions about which pre-filter to buy, or anything else air quality related, give our experts a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513. We’re here to help!

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Got Sinus & Respiratory Irritation? Think Room Humidifiers for Relief

Dry air in homes routinely causes unnecessary sinus and respiratory irritation for many people. And often, we don’t realize that dry air is really the problem until we actually understand humidity and can measure it accurately. Dry indoor air also causes frequent nosebleeds, skin irritation, cracked furniture finishes, makes it tough on indoor plants, and lots of other problems. In fact, dry air can even make chronic dehydration worse (a condition that over 50% of the population unknowingly deals with), since most people don’t drink enough water and dry air simply causes the skin to release what precious water it has.

 

The good news is that room humidifiers are often a relatively cheap way to solve a whole list of problems caused by dry indoor air. Many top-rated electric humidifiers are even filterless, which means clean water and moisture with no filters to change. Modern humidifiers often come with built in hygrometers or humidity meters so you can quickly measure and set the humidity to the exact level that gives you relief. The humidifier will then maintain that level of humidity in the room, turning on and off as necessary.

 

If you want extra protection from any mold or bacteria, you might choose a steam humidifier that boils the water before releasing moisture, or an ultrasonic unit with silver ion technology, which also kills any mold or bacteria in the water beforehand. This is important for anyone that has chronic sinus or respiratory infections—the last thing you want is to be releasing more bacteria or mold into the air.

 

And unlike the humidifiers of the past, many of the newer top-rated humidifiers are rather quiet, as well as light, portable, and, well, a lot more attractive. Portable humidifier brands like Stadler Form USA and NewAir are among some of the best values for the money, with the most features and best looking, and there are a variety of sizes, from small personal humidifiers to large room units. In most cases, we do recommend that you buy a large room humidifier as opposed to a smaller unit mainly because you can get more humidification in larger spaces, with one unit instead of a several, and you can get a good output on a lower setting, which keeps the unit quieter.

 

 And unless it’s a steam humidifier, make sure the unit has a good silver ion cartridge (i.e. Stadler Form William-a very good electric humidifier) so that any bacteria or mold that always begin to grow in any standing water are killed before any moisture is released—again, very important for anyone with sinus or respiratory infections. Using a quiet electric humidifier can help you sleep, and even save you money on medications, and these savings can often pay for the humidifier in just a few months!

 

Air Purifiers and Cleaners.com is your best online source for the best deals on top-rated home and office humidifiers at cheap discount prices, with free shipping every day. We specialize in offering the best quality filtered and filterless home humidifiers at the best prices, with a full range of sizes from small personal units to large room humidifiers. And we have a team of indoor air quality experts on hand to answer any questions you may have—just give us a call toll-free at 1-800-701-2513. We’re here to help!

 

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Bulk Air Purifier Charcoal: Save BIG on Carbon Filters and Get Higher Performance?

It’s no secret that quality activated carbon filters can really clean up the air fast, removing harmful chemicals, odors, and more.  Many top-rated air purifier filters, however, aren’t cheap. And while it’s advisable most of the time to buy replacement carbon filters made by your air purifier’s manufacturer, don’t let the cost of the filters keep you from having clean air. There’s another option: bulk air purifier charcoal.

 If you’ve ever heard of a company called Aller Air, you probably know that their air cleaners are top-rated around the world for maximum chemical, odor, and particle removal. The ability to consistently remove such a high percentage (over 99%) of tough chemicals, odors, VOC’s, etc for a long time comes from two main things—the quality of the carbon and the amount of carbon in the filter.

Aller Air replacement bulk carbon is top quality and super effective because of a special activation process, using certain chemicals and other methods to cause the charcoal to become extra absorbent and attracted to harmful chemicals and odors, such as benzene, TCE, hydrogen sulfide and many others found in commercial and industrial settings. 

 

Having this super-strong bulk activated charcoal in the air purifier you have in your home or office provides you with unmatched protection from chemical airborne pollutants, often improving the air cleaning power of other air purifiers. Best of all, you can save 30-40% on the cost of replacement carbon filters by just replacing the carbon itself—that’s smart.

So if you need to save on carbon filters, or want to improve the performance of your air purifier’s carbon filter, consider replacing the carbon with Allerair bulk filter charcoal, ideally choosing their Vocarb industrial strength carbon for maximum air cleaning power. Don't forget--you can even upgrade your Aller Air Exec air purifier to a powerful Vocarb unit by just replacing the carbon with Vocarb carbon, which is usually much cheaper than buying a whole new Vocarb filter.

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