Air Purifier question

[sunshine28]

We need an air purifier for a dusty apt. (My child is sensitive to dust.)What are good purifiers that don’t leave a layer of dust on all surfaces? That defeats the purpose if I have to mop, and wash around several times a day.
Also, how many rooms is one purifier good for?

If window are open, does the purifier have to be on all day, since new air keeps on coming in? (That’s a lot of electricity.)

One more thing – I heard from someone who deals with air quality as his jot, that it isn’t good for the purifier to be on be on when people are sleeping, so what’s with that? (It was a while ago, so I don’t remember why. But there was a clear reason.)


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[mamafish9]

I'd get an air filter, rather than an air purifier. The air filter will have a hepa filter as part of the air cleaning process, so dust will be trapped, rather than blown around your house! Do you have forced air heat? That can really help the cleaner air circulate faster. Most air filters will tell you how large a space they can handle, and how often the air will be exchanged, but even a very good one needs something to help push air from other rooms (fans, forced air, etc).

[sunshine28]

What air filter would you recommend?
Thanks again

[mamafish9]

Depends - what are you trying to clean out of your air? For example, we got one that dealt with VOCs when we moved into a new construction home (I was pregnant and immediately got headaches from all the offgassing).

[sunshine28]

We actually will hopefully be moving soon to a home that has some new costruction going on, but some of my kids are majorly sensitive to dust. So I guess we need a combination here.

Thanks.

[mama1803]

This website has some great info and products for allergy sufferers--


http://www.missionallergy.com/websto...category_id=52

[emilysmama]

Originally Posted by sunshine28

We need an air purifier for a dusty apt. (My child is sensitive to dust.)What are good purifiers that don’t leave a layer of dust on all surfaces? That defeats the purpose if I have to mop, and wash around several times a day.
Also, how many rooms is one purifier good for?

If window are open, does the purifier have to be on all day, since new air keeps on coming in? (That’s a lot of electricity.)

One more thing – I heard from someone who deals with air quality as his jot, that it isn’t good for the purifier to be on be on when people are sleeping, so what’s with that? (It was a while ago, so I don’t remember why. But there was a clear reason.)


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We found the reviews here
URL for Allergy Buyers Club
to be helpful.

We purchased the IQAir, but our concern was pollen, rather than dust. I have heard good things about Austin, but that family's concern was mold, I think. We have an electrostatic filter in our furnace, but it couldn't deal with pollen, so we bought the air purifier and that transformed our breathing. Our purifier works for our whole house, but other purifiers probably don't have the capacity for that. We keep our windows closed at all times, and the air purifier on at all times. It is really loud at full blast, so we have it at full blast when we are not home, and just half-power when we are at home. Other families I know do the same. I think the noise is the only issue that I can guess about why you wouldn't want the air purifier on while sleeping.