Air Cleaners for Smells: What Works, What Doesn't

When trying to control odors, just grabbing any air purifier generally doesn’t work. To effectively contorl an odor, you have to determine what the odor is composed of, where it is coming from, get an idea of how much there is (such as chemical concentrations) if possible, and other factors. In general, if you buy an air cleaner for smells, make sure it has several pounds of really good quality activated carbon to start with. Adding a HEPA filter also helps, especially if part of the odor is coming from particles. Ions also help, such as negative hydroxyl ions as they tend to disintegrate odor-causing VOC’s in the air.

The other main factor to keep in mind when buying an odor control air filter is how many square feet you have and what the rating or coverage is for the air purifier. For effective odor control, make sure you will get at least 4 clean air changes per hour for your room–ask whoever you’re buying from to calculate and make sure about this. Otherwise, you may have good filters, but if it’s not moving enough air, the air cleaner won’t be able to grab the odors before you can breathe them.  

Also keep in mind that thin carbon foam pre-filters don't remove odors very well. Also, air purifiers with only a HEPA filter only helps with odors maybe 10-15%, which isn't enough to really notice. For the toughest odors in homes or offices, it's best to have a lot of carbon and HEPA, or better, carbon, HEPA, and ions, such as with Blueair air cleaners. AllerAir air cleaners with their famous Vocarb carbon are best rated for cooking odors. 

At our online store we offer a great selection of quality odor eliminator air purifiers with activated carbon filters, true HEPA filters, ions for effective odor control no matter what situation you have–all at the best discount prices with free shipping. We also have a team of air filtration experts on hand to help you make the perfect buying decision without overspending. 

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