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Costly Mistakes To Avoid While Buying Air Purifiers
- By Evangelin S
- Published Tuesday 30th 2008
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Buyers make a lot of mistakes when they buy air purifiers. This article would help air purifier buyers in their further purchase. Keep in mind that quality, durability, and effectiveness vary widely and price cannot be an indication of quality or suitability. Here are a few costly mistakes that are supposed to avoid by every buyer:
- The benefits of an air purifier is always have to do with our health. There are still many people who do expect a health benefit, however, never consider what is required actually. One should know that particles that range from 2.5 to 10 micron deposit in the nose and throat and cause sinus irritation and allergies. Thus, consider an air purifier, that would be effective at removing those particles. Again, particles that range smaller than 2.5 micron, particularly smaller than 0.1 micron, are considered as lung penetrating. Such particles are very dangerous that are likely to increase various heart diseases, heart attack and stroke. Remember, most of the best-rated air purifiers are good at removing larger particles, but fail to remove smaller and more dangerous particles.
- There are many people who don't take ozone seriously. Many consumers who buy air purifiers for real health benefits, but they end up having chronic breathing problems. In such a case, ozone left the only thing they need. Exposure to ozone can help them as it exacerbates asthma and as well as various other breathing difficulties. But, it can also increase sensitivity to allergens, thus, even a healthy person can suffer from more exposure to ozone. According to an EPA study, increased ozone concentrations were happened to be the main cause of premature deaths. It was being found that lowering outdoor concentrations of ozone by a 10 ppb (parts per billion) would result in some 4000 fewer premature deaths each year. But, ozone generators that are being sold as air purifiers can increase indoor ozone levels by 300 ppb. In this regard, ionic air purifiers would be the better caution, that don't emitting such high levels of ozone as ozone generators, and they don't produce ozone as a byproduct of normal operation.
- Many people also make a common mistake by choosing the low cost air purifiers who can't see the long-term cost or value. Always remember, cheap air purifiers likely to have higher maintenance costs. These air purifiers mostly have poor prefilters that allow rapid clogging of the main filter. This may force you to regularly replace the filters. Moreover, cheap air purifiers also have cheap motors prone to early failure. Cheap ionic air purifiers boasts cheap electronics, ionizing wires and pins that fail in a shorer period of time. Therefore, always consider long-term performance and cost.
- Many buyers only consider buying popular and prominent air purifiers that they have seen on TV. Always remember that the best air purifier's value is in those manufacturers that specialise exclusively in air purification, instead of high profile marketing companies, that specialise in cleaning out your wallet.
