Does anyone have a recommendation for a good air purifier? I would like to put one in my bedroom and see if that helps?

Thanks.

I know Alpine has a great air purifer... if you want to pay that kind of price... they are very expensive... but very good... if you can find someone in your area that sells them they will let you try it in your home for 30 days free... look it up on the net under alpine air purifiers... a friend of mine sells them... if you can't find anything let me know and I will try to find out from her....

Oh, by the way... good luck!!!

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I bought a DEFENDER or Filter Queen, recirculating air cleaner a year ago. It has the reputation for being the top of the line. It is a medical recirculating air cleaner and clears out, dusts, pollen, smoke, cockroach allergens, bacteria, mold and pet allergens that may lead to allergic reactions....and tobacco smoke and other household allergens. There is a charcoal filter with the unit too. The company also makes a vacuum cleaner that is great and really gets rid or the dust mites and not just recirculates them into the air.
After a year of having the products, we are happy with them, and I feel there is a real benefit to having purchased them. I must warn you that they are costly....but we voted for health here. A person actually came to our home to demo all before we bought it all. I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck.

I have the air source 3000 it's very good. it's one for the whole houe and doesnt need filter washing
The alpine doesnt do all the jobs.And looks like a year 1800 radio

I have been thinking about getting an air filter. Does anyone have one of the new Sharper Image ionic filters? If so I would like to know what you think about it. Thanks
scott

It is important to get one that has a HEPA filter. The allergist recommended this several years ago. (This was for dust and mold allergies.) You can purchase one at your local discount store. We have one is my sons room that has literally ran night and day, non-stop (except for a few days after a storm when we lost power) for about 9 years now. It is a Holmes brand - I have seen them at Wal Mart. You need to replace the HEPA filters regularly. You will be amazed what they filter. The HEPA filter the key.

I have a sharper image(2 of them) I am still not sure if they are effective or not. I think you would probably need one for each room in the house as they don't seem to be whole house purifiers. I would like to know if anyone else has purchased this item and what they think of it. thanks

I have 2 of the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze air purifiers. I love them!!! The instructions say to clean them about once a week, but I find that I need to clean them every 2 or 3 days. They are so easy to clean and you don't have to buy new filters. Only problem is you need one in every room and they are expensive. I keep one by my husbands side of the bed, he has bad allergies, and the other is in my oldest sons room. I have noticed that when I burn scented candles, I have to clean the Ionic Breeze the next day as it sucks up all the black muck. It really is amazing, I just wish I had one in every room in my house.

It's being debated by allergists whether air filtration systems of any kind work in relieving allergy symptoms. Some reduce allergens in the air, but have no effect on the symptoms. Most studies done on air cleaning systems only study whether or not the filter takes out particles not whether they reduce symptoms.

One reason is because the major indoor aeroallergen, from dust mites, does not stay suspended in the air for very long. Rather, it is found in high concentrations on the surface of carpets, mattresses, stuffed toys, etc., being suspended only into the surrounding air when there is local disturbance of air currents by movement of us humans, animals, etc. Therefore, dust mite allergens are not persistently available in the air for effective air filtration by these devices. Thus, the relatively low levels which are persistently suspended in the air may be reduced by filtration, but this does not have a prominent effect on the majority of the allergen stores. Whether they even reduce pet allergens which are smaller is still debatable.

One new study done in March suggests the same thing about vacuum cleaners. Hepa or not, old or new, vacuuming stirs up particles into the air that would normally being laying dormant and actually causes more symptoms than if you didn't vacuum at all.



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Actually the same thing applies to ionizers. Although Shaklee might want you to believe their product has some special properties, ionizers are even less effective than hepa filters and have never been shown in any clinical trial to reduce symptoms.

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