Hi this is Mark and this is the HEPA air purifier reviews brought to you by aliveair.com HEPA
stands for high efficiency particulate air.
This was built in the 1940s to filter out radiation dust.
Even though it's only one of 10 air purifiers true HEPA purifiers are really considered
the best and as you can see these hepa filters come both round and square.
Here's a before & after picture from a hepa filter air purifier that came out of a small
room air purifier in my bedroom.
For about a year.
The new hepa filter on the left as you can see HEPA filter is a cloth filter that kind
of accordions in and out.
It gathers and holds pollen, dust and dirt.
There are thousands of HEPA air purifiers on the market.
The 3 top I like are the eye-q air the Austin air and the alive air hepa machine.
Then you also have your Hunter, Honeywell true hepa Holmes hepa type air purifier as
cheap ones but I don’t recommend them as they tend to be loud and I find they don’t
work as well.
Then the Oreck air purifier and some of the iconic air purifier models and these brands
do not include HEPA - so they're not a factor for dust, pollen.
HEPA is really the kind you want to choose.
So what are some other pros with HEPA?
Well first of all it captures hair pollen and dust and that's why hepa is considered
best for allergies by doctors.
Then it's up to 99.9% effective at removing particles down to .03 microns.To give you
an idea the human hair is about 50 microns so it's very small particles will get picked
up.
The thing to really be aware of is hepa purifier replacement filter costs - it's a lot like
when you buy inkjet printer - let’s say you spend a hundred dollars on that - and
then you go to replace the little inkjet cartridge - three or four months and charge you forty-five
dollars.
HEPA air purifiers are a lot like that - you buy that hepa filter purifier and then you
go to buy the replacement hepa filter.
I’ve seen HEPA filters that run a couple hundred dollars - so you just want to be aware
of that.
So besides checking the hepa replacement filter costs - you want to change those filters every
nine to 12 months.
And by checking you periodically look for brown or black its time to replace them . The
other CON of HEPA is that it doesn't really help with odors, gases, viruses, germs, or
bacteria.
It'll help a little bit with mold spores but won’t get rid of or kill the mold so that's
kinda the downside.
My suggestions are number one - shop for affordable hepa replacement filters before you buy any
air purifier with hepa filter - and by affordable the filter should be 30-40 dollars.
Under forty dollars at most - and that would be for the high end air purifier.
Then the second thing besides HEPA I'd look for a machine that also includes UV light
and that way it's going to kill viruses, germs, mold, bacteria, etc.
There are some other technologies I like as well.
Some of these you can see on my other video reviews.
More HEPA air purifier reviews you can find at aliveair.com . Also you’ll find my reviews
on the top 10 air purifiers.
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