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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / October 2005Air purifier
My husband suffers from a reoccuring sinus condition as well as allergies and we are looking into getting an air purifier for the bedroom. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks Liz > My husband suffers from a reoccuring sinus condition as well as > allergies and we are looking into getting an air purifier for the > bedroom. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks Liz I did a lot of shopping and comparing before buying mine, and if I had it to do over again, I'd buy an Austin HealthMate. The size would depend on the area I was trying to clean. Replacement filters for the Austin are much cheaper than those for the BlueAir 601 I bought. It works great, it's quiet, but not worth the extra filter expense. There's a great comparison chart at allergybuyersclub.com, (no affiliation), but you may do better on price by froogling or ebaying. Susan > My husband suffers from a reoccuring sinus condition as well as > allergies and we are looking into getting an air purifier for the > bedroom. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks Liz I purchased one of these installed for around $600. That may be more than what you want to spend but it does do the whole house and that is the best way to do it. http://yourhome.honeywell.com/Consumer/Cultures/en-US/Products/Air+Cleaners/Elec tronic/Default.htm or http://tinyurl.com/a2dsp > My husband suffers from a reoccuring sinus condition as well as > allergies and we are looking into getting an air purifier for the > bedroom. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks Liz We have an Aprilaire (http://www.aprilaire.com) whole-house purifier. Our heat & A/C guy put it in for us. It cuts down on dust and other irritants. We feel it was well worth the cost of around $800. Lily There may be good units but beware. Make sure that the company will take it back should it prove to be useless. my mother -in-law purchased a FLAIR air purifier with an Ozone generator. we had it running for a week or two because my daughter was diagnosed incorrectlyt with asthma and because i have problems. after this long we noticed no difference except for a metallic smell in the air. i researched it and found that the EPA and many others do NOT recommend an Ozone generator in a residential area nor ever in a home with children ESPECIALLY those with asthma. it took me over a year to get a refund. these things are generally sold by distributers who are earning some extra money outside of their garage. I had to track down the distributers home phone. When you decide on a unit, be careful how you research it. the distributers "stack" the internet search engines so you'll probably see some bogus reviews. take a look on eBay to see the number of "Like New" or "never Used" units that are available. wonder why so many people are trying to unload them? >When you decide on a unit, be careful how you research it. the >distributers "stack" the internet search engines so you'll probably see >some bogus reviews. take a look on eBay to see the number of "Like New" >or "never Used" units that are available. wonder why so many people are >trying to unload them? Consumers Report has some evaluations on these. Based on their evaluations, I bought a Whirlpool "Whisper-pure" model a little over a year ago. Whisper? Well, no, but "pure" -- purer anyway. I'm fairly happy with it. I'd tried a few others over the years and the racket was hard to take, plus, some of them (e.g., the Honeywell) vent down at the bottom, which means that the clean air sweeps over whatever crud is on the floor. >> When you decide on a unit, be careful how you research it. the >> distributers "stack" the internet search engines so you'll probably see [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > which means that the clean air sweeps over whatever crud is on the > floor. Just to clarify... Not all Honeywells are built that way. Mine is a whole house unit that is attached to the furnace. >>> When you decide on a unit, be careful how you research it. the >>> distributers "stack" the internet search engines so you'll probably see [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Just to clarify... Not all Honeywells are built that way. Mine is a >whole house unit that is attached to the furnace. Yes, I was referring to the portable models, and, for all I know, they may have since changed the way the work. |
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