Popular air purifiers on the market

1.Honeywell 50250 air purifier

   Honeywell 50250 is one of the hottest air purifier on the market. Since it was released in 2005, this air cleaner has been be one of the market star all along.It is a True HEPA air purifier, and works great, with a relatively inexpensive price. It is a regarded as one of the best integration with function performance and price strategy. NOTED: this video is from site healthyarea.org , so we give it credit here.

2. Winix 5500 air purifier

Winix is not a famous brand of air purifier, but maybe just because this reason, the air machines form Winix often have a relatively cheaper price, compared with some big brand, such as Honeywell. Winix 5500 is one representative product from this company. It has a real HEPA filter and a reasonable price. I think it is a good option if you would like to buy a cheap HEPA air purifier.

3.Alen A375 air purifier

  Alen Corporation is a company from Korea.I never use the machines from this company, but this company claims to have a Limited life warranty which be described like it will be supported all its life cycle. Hope this video will give you a brief image of this air purifier.

 4. Whirlpool AP51030K

As a big company listed in the 100 fortune, most people believe the air purifiers under Whirlpool could not be wrong. This machine has a great effect in air cleaning, with its great energy-saving feature. While, the disadvantage is the terminal price is much higher than normal brands, such as Winix or Alen.

This is just a brief collection, But I am not sure whether or not they are really suitable air purifiers for you. So, just to research more before you buy your machine.

How to choose an air purifier?

How to choose an air purifier ?

    How to choose an air purifier? I believe It is not a small problem to the people who plan to buy one, as choosing an air purifier is a tough and huge project indeed. With the development of the new air cleaning technologies, countless air purifiers or other air cleaning machines are flooding to the market. Various technologies, covering different price range, different shapes and sizes, makes the choosing process is very complicated and difficult to make decision. Well, as a housewife who has used 3 air purifiers with 8 years history, I would like to share some tips that in my mind which is deserved to be called “tips”.

    1. “HEPA” air purifier is better. HEPA is short for High Efficiency Particulate Air, which is a standard made by Energy department of United States of America. To be labeled with HEPA, the air cleaning device need to be able to remove over 99.97 percent of indoor airborne contaminants at a size as small as 0.3 microns.

    2. Ozone kind is not recommended if you have other options. Ozone has a great effect as an oxidant, which is often used in air purifier to remove odors and chemical pollutants. Well, on the other way, the Ozone has some potential effect on human health, it is severer to some asthma suffers and allergy suffers.

     3. Read some air purifier reviews. Why we need to check some air purifier reviews? The reviews are from the previous buyers directly, so they are mostly much more detailed and practical. Well, of course, at the same time it is much too subjective to a certain degree. Try to read more reviews of air purifiers, good reviews, bad reviews, persona reviews, professional reviews from some reviews website.

     4. Warranty is a stuff you need to consider. We often overlook the warranty issue as we take it for granted that our air cleaning machines could be used for many years. To be sad, not matter how good the air purifier works at the beginning, no one could promise it will suddenly goes wrong without any notice. And different manufacturer of air cleaning machine have various warranty policy, some support as long as 5 years after-sale service, meanwhile, some brands support warranty of only 1 year. As to the detailed warranty items, there are also many limitations, Pay attention to it. Recently, I am gathering some air purifier guides websites, and some best air purifier models information, I have got some really useful marketing information. The best air purifier list in the views of warranty is recommended if you could like to know more.

    5. Ignore the air purifiers under 50$. Well, one thing is definite, no manufacturer will produce a produce with a too cheap devices with a unbelievable cheap price. I am not saying the more expensive the better, but, just try to choose one in a reasonable price range.

Honeywell 50250-Why Honeywell 50250?

    As one air purifier introduced to the market in the year of 2005, Honeywell 50250 has achieved a great success. According to Amazon.com, the 1st e-commerce website in the world, Honeywell 50250 has ranked in the top 100 list in over 2764 days, equally 7 and a half years.

That also means it has been one of the bestselling air purifiers since it launched. So, here is the question, why Honeywell 50250 could obtain such a great achievement? What is the secret behind this air purifier?

Recently, I have thought this question over and over again, and in this post, I will record some of what I got these days.

    The first reason, I think is the relatively cheap price and the relatively high configuration. Since the financial crisis happened in 2008,the economic recession has influenced our normal life largely.

As a result, a large quantity of customers have been much more sensitive to the price. We buy air purifiers, naturally, for a better air cleaning effect in our living environment.

But there is no possibility that the manufacturer produce an great air purifier at a price of no-profit.

So a balance between price and great air cleaning effect is the most important thing. Honeywell solved this problem neatly.

Come to the air purifier configuration, HEPA filter is an pricy part, so there are few air purifiers with HEPA filter inside under 200$.

While, among the few air purifiers, Honeywell 50250 is one. By a strong advantages in supply chain management, Honeywell company has successfully pushed 50250 to a price range of under 200$, which is the fatal step of this great marketing success.

    After this air purifier launched into the market, the company has adjusted the price and configuration keeping pace with the market change, this continued the booming performance.

From a Honeywell 50250N to Honeywell 50250-s, some parts are changed and prices are adjusted, the places of production are changed. They are all continued a better profitability, while reducing the price.

    Another factor of Honeywell 50250 phenomenon, in my opinion, is the great reputation of the brand of Honeywell.

As one of the fortune 100, Honeywell has a massive business field, covering aerospace systems, engineering services, and a variety of commercial and consumer products. The strong playground guaranteed the success of Honeywell 50250 air purifier.

Indoor pollutants and air purifier choosing

Main Indoor pollutants

Indoor pollutants and air purifier choosing 1

    Nowadays, more and more people begin to know that air pollution is a main issue related with allergies and some respiratory diseases.

Beyond your thinking, the household environment much more contaminants. Dusts and hairs are the among the common pollutants, if you have pets, then you have danders and mold inside without a doubt.

Through the window or your clothes, pollens enter your room.

    In todays’ life, we often use some sealing materials, for example weather stripping, which could help us, but on the other hand, is easily to get stuck for the indoor pollutants.

In your HVAC ducts there is some fungus growing when you have long time in wet environment. Without the smelly feeling of the odors, maybe you even could not conceive the numerous kinds of pollutants.

The dust, mold, pollen, smoke, dander, and the bacteria, virus, fungus, are often overlooked by us. But in fact, they are all around us anywhere. Fortunately, we now have air purifiers to help us alleviate the polluting problems.

 Air purifier choosing

Indoor pollutants and air purifier choosing 2

    As the indoor pollutants are in varied forms, the room air purifiers have different technologies to target the pollutants. But they are effective to some kinds air pollutants, to others, may not.

On todays’ market, there exists 5 main technologies to clean air, namely, Activated Carbon Filter, HEPA Filter, Ionic technology, Ultraviolet technology and Ozone technology.

    Activated Carbon Filter has effect in removing Odors, kitchen smoke, gases and fumes, it has good performance to help you filtering the unpleasant smells.

But then, coming to dust, micro-organisms and allergens, Activated Carbon Filter does not work well. And you need to replace or wash the filter when it is full.

    HEPA filter works very well in capturing pollen, spores, mold, dust, hair and some bacteria. The real HEPA filter could remove 99.97% of all pollutants as tiny as 0.3 microns in size.

The disadvantages are this technology not effective to odors, gases and viruses. In addition, HEPA filter is a little expensive and you need to replace it after around 12 to 18 months. Some HEPA filters could be vacuumed and be used again and some are not.

    The ionic technology air purifiers are good at removing viruses, bacteria and smoke, causing them clump together and fall to the collecting plate or the ground. The weak side is that they do not work to odors, chemicals, and they could not kill germs, and common viruses.

    The Ultraviolet is the most effect method in killing micro-organisms, such as viruses, Bacteria, pathogens. While on the other hand, it does not work on gases or odors, and allergens. And the bulb need to be replaced annually.

    Ozone air purifier has strong function in filtering odors, cigarette smoke, and destroying some kinds of chemicals and bacteria. But, on the opposite side, Ozone is smelly to some people. And according to some experts, Ozone has bad influence in peoples’ throat and respiratory diseases patients.

    So, as you can see, we have so many air cleaning technologies, but none of them solve all the air polluting problems in one stop.

When we choosing air purifiers we need to do some research and get clear which air pollutants rank the first place that we need to handle with.

And always try to buy an air purifiers have a relative complete function in most of the aspects. And read some home air purifier reviews before you make your order.

HEPA-type Filters in Air Purifiers

There are many air purifiers claim have a HEPA-type or HEPA-alike filter inside. Such as alen a350 air purifier,but in fact this kind of air purifier is different with the true HEPA air purifier.

Recently, I came across an tower air cleaner which is Honeywell HFD-120-Q,let me introduce the the detail about this purifier and let you know better what are the differences between HEPA-type filter and HEPA filter.

HEPA filter for air purifiers

Although the filter that comes with the Honeywell HFD-120-Q Tower is advertised as HEPA on Amazon, the truth is that this is not a true HEPA filter.

Nevertheless, the performance of this filter is as close as it gets to true HEPA; it captures up to 99% percent of allergens from the air.

In addition to this filter, the Honeywell HFD-120-Q uses an ionizer neutralize the remaining particles that somehow found their way through the filter.

The filters themselves can be washed, making this unit very cost-efficient since you don’t have to spend your hard earned money on replacement filters.

This air purifier is equipped with intuitive and easy to use controls, and features and elegant design which will fit like a charm into most if not all existing decors.

Honeywell HFD-120-Q Tower Air Purifier Features

• Efficient HEPA-Like Filter – captures up to 99% of airborne allergens and microorganisms;
• In-Built Ionizer – takes care of the remaining air pollutants;
• Washable Filter – saving you money you would otherwise spend on replacement filters;
• Filter Maintenance Indicator – for optimal air quality at all times;
• Beautiful & Compact Design – takes up little space and fits in nicely.

Honeywell HFD-120-Q Tower Air Purifier Customer Feedback

Rated at just below four stars out of possible five, and at over 200 reviews, the feedback from customers who bought this air purifier is good.

Most of the negative reviews revolve around the ionizer and strange smells coming out of the unit. The concern about ionizers is that they generally release ozone into the air. While this is true, this particular air filter is designed in such a way that the amount of ozone released is really minimal.

When the unit is new, for a couple of days it may release a peculiar smell resembling burnt plastic. Some people even returned the units, thinking they were faulty.

However, the manufacturer said that there’s no need for concern and the smell will subside after a couple of days. Apparently, the smell is coming from an antimicrobial coating. Indeed, a number of customers reported that the smells went away after a couple of days.

On the other hand, a majority of customer reviews is positive. They said they liked the fact that there is no need for replacement filters. They said this filter does a great job in alleviating allergy symptoms almost immediately.

Others said it is reasonably priced and does the job as advertised. So, I think from this post, you should already know that HEPA air purifier, such as winix wac9500, is much better than HEPA-alike or HEPA-style purifier,as this is a strict technical standard which certificated by the third party. Than