Living in a big city means being exposed to pollution from cars, machines, factories and businesses. Even inside your own house or apartment, the air can be of poor quality for several reasons. For example, previous tenants who smoked inside, pets, cooking odours, and fumes often leave harmful air particles. Those little molecules can trigger allergies and worsen asthma symptoms, as well as make breathing more difficult.

Ventilation is essential to keep the air in your house fresh, so opening windows when cooking or cleaning will help the air circulate more efficiently around your home. But this might not be enough to get rid of all the irritants that are floating everywhere, so you may consider using an air purifier that can help to create healthier air in your home.

How To Choose An Air Purifier

There are several characteristics to consider to buy the best air purifier depending on your specific needs. For example, if you have allergies, you will need an allergy relief purifier, or if you or someone in your household has asthma, you can get asthma or odour and chemical air purifier, but there are also all-purpose air purifiers widely available in the market.

Air purifiers come in all sizes and shapes. As a starting point, you will need to know the square footage in the room you need to clean. Usually, the manufacturer indicates the recommended size for each of their appliances. If you need an air purifier to help manage allergy symptoms, you must check the air change per hour (ACH). This is the number of times the air purifier can filter the air in your entire room in one hour. The recommended number of changes for an average room is four per hour. However, you will need to match this number with the size of your room to get the best results.

You will be able to choose from a range of special features for your air purifier too. Most appliances come with wheels and handle for easy mobility, digital and remote controls, sensors to indicate the levels of air quality or when the filter needs to change, and multiple fan speeds and programmable timers. All these options will help you to improve the performance of your machine.

Something else to consider when buying an air purifier is the level of maintenance that it will need, as you should change the filters regularly according to the manufacturer’s indications. You will need to change the filter at different times, depending on the specifications of your appliance. For example, some filters last up to a year but the carbon ones last six months, and if your machine has a pre-filter, you will be looking at changing it every three months. You can also find air purifiers that do not need filter maintenance because they use heat and ultraviolet light to clean the air from allergens and germs. 

Pros And Cons Of Having An Air Purifier

These appliances can eliminate contaminants and harmful particles from the air, making life easier for those with allergies and respiratory conditions like asthma; they can even eliminate dust particles from the air. However, some of them produce an excess of ions and ozone gas that go into the air. And they might have a high maintenance cost. However, the most advanced appliances can now eliminate odours, gases and smoke while reducing the amount of pollution they release. So having an air purifier in your room will help you and your family breathe better air.