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| This Dyson Air Purifier Is $125 Off on Amazon Right Now - HouseBeautiful.com Posted: 23 Nov 2020 01:11 PM PST Cleaning the air we breathe is just as important as cleaning our home's surfaces. And this year especially, air purifiers have become more appealing than ever. Dyson sells one that doubles as a space heater and fan for anyone who adores a multi-use gadget, and it's $125 off on Amazon right now.  The Dyson Pure Hot+Cool Air Purifier has a sealed HEPA filter that captures 99.97 percent of super small allergens, according to the product description. It can collect particles from dust, pollen, and mold spores. It's just over 2 feet high and 6 inches deep and wide. It's easily portable at 8.6 pounds and covers rooms up to 500 square feet. It has an oscillation feature that moves up to 350 degrees to direct airflow, and it delivers more than 77 gallons per second of air. You can choose from 10 air speed settings, and there's a timer you can set. Oh and if tipped over, the purifier will automatically shut off. Reviewers praise the purifier for its multifunctional use. "The heat setting is significantly quieter than traditional space heaters," one person wrote. "It is smaller than a traditional house fan but is more powerful and less of an eyesore." Others appreciate that the purifier works well in a busy home with dust and pets. "We've also had air quality issues lately due to wildfires, and this has helped tremendously," one reviewer wrote. An air purifier, space heater, and fan all in one and on sale? This is a hard find to pass up! Plus, even Queen Elizabeth herself is a fan. Follow House Beautiful on Instagram. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io  |
| How to Make a DIY Air Purifier with a Box Fan - Greatist Posted: 24 Nov 2020 01:32 PM PST  As San Francisco set a record of 28 straight days of unhealthy air quality in September, I got used to feeling a little unwell all the time. My house doesn't have an air filtration system and it seemed like the whole internet had sold out of any remotely affordable portable units. So when the smoke from nearby wildfires blanketed the city, all I could do was shut my windows and hunker down until my groceries ran out. Then one night my roommate mentioned how easy it was to DIY your own air purifier. I was intrigued. Not only was smoke season likely wreaking long-term havoc on my body, I also have chronic allergies from dander and pollen that leave me stuffed up a lot of the year. Could a DIY air purifier help with this too, I wondered. Having nothing to lose, I went for it — and learned quite a bit along the way. Below, you'll find step-by-step instructions, a supply list, and what to be prepared for as you embark on this easier-said-than-done DIY project. The overall concept of this project is super simple: air filters taped to a box fan. Here's what you need and how to do it. Supply list*It's imperative your filters are large enough to cover the whole box fan. For this reason, I ended up using a HEPA 12 filter because I couldn't find a HEPA filter and box fan at compatible sizes. If you're going to buy the HEPA filter linked above, you'll need to shop around for a smaller box fan.
MERV vs. HEPA filtersHEPA filters are the gold standard of air filters. They're able to remove 99.97 percent of particles as small as 0.03 microns, such as mold, pollen, dust, and bacteria. In comparison, MERV filters rated between 8 and 13 (MERV is a rating system from 1 to 10 that measures the effectiveness of an air filter), like the one I used, get rid of around 90 precent of particles that small. Instructions
*It's super important the tape job is sufficient enough that there are no gaps between the filters and the fan. Multiple layers of tape is recommended. If you're a visual learner, try watching the tutorial below from the Wirecutter. The effectiveness depends on the kind of pollutant you're trying to remove. For smoke, a MERV 13 filter taped to a box fan has been found to be around 80 percent effective. Which is honestly way better than I would have assumed. And if it's that effective at catching smoke particles, which are relatively small at 0.4 to 0.7 microns, it stands to reason it would be even more effective at catching household allergens like dust mites and cat dander, which are between 2 and 20 microns in diameter. The Wirecutter also performed their own test using a Honeywell FPR 9 filter (which is comparable to a MERV 12 filter). They found when the box fan was turned on medium for 30 minutes, it removed around 87 percent or particulates in the 200 square foot room. Although, they don't specify the size or type of particles they were referring to.
Could DIY air purifiers be used to combat the spread of COVID-19?It's possible — but don't count on it. Some researchers believe air purification is a measure worth implementing to slow the spread. And at 0.1 microns, the COVID-19 molecule is technically large enough to be trapped by a DIY air purifier with a HEPA or comparable filter. Unfortunately, since there's no solid research that addresses this question, you can't confirm it as a viable measure. OK, I'm going to level with you. My DIY air purifier was a disappointment. Like every step of the process, including the finished product. Here's what you should be prepared for if you're going to do it yourself. It's not as affordable as they sayI read multiple places that HEPA filters should cost between $15 and $20 but the cheapest I found was $40 and the MERV 12 filters I bought cost $55. I'm assuming this is because of increased demand from all these damn fires. It's hard to find a HEPA filter and a box fan with compatible sizesThis was a very frustrating part of my journey and why I ended up going with the MERV 12 filter. It's critical to the design of the project that your filter covers the entire fan, so make sure to read the dimensions before you buy. Make sure the filters are 1-inch thickIn classic me-fashion, I accidentally bought filters that were 5 inches thick. So my finished product was a massive cube: 20 x 20 x 15 inches. And since 90 percent of my life is conducted in the same room, I wasn't thrilled on the addition of a big, ugly cube. It's a two-person jobMaybe because I was wrestling with these massive filters or maybe because I just don't have the temperament for DIY projects, but the taping step turned out to be way easier said than done. It was difficult to line the filters up to the fan and tape by myself. It would have been a big help if someone had been there to hold everything together while I taped. The fan is super loudThis was the real deal-breaker. When I ran the thing it sounded like someone was leaf blowing my room. I'm sensitive to noise when I work and when I sleep so, to be completely honest, I ended up posting this puppy to free Craiglist. There are plenty of air purifiers you can find for the same amount — even cheaper — than what I paid to make my own. In fact, someone recently gifted me a tabletop air purifier by the brand Hisense. For my 250-square foot room, it works great. It's quiet, unobtrusive, uses a HEPA filter, and costs under a hundred bucks on Amazon. If you have more specifications — or need a unit that works in a larger area — throw your trust into our guide for best home air purifiers. Ginger Wojcik is an assistant editor at Greatist. Follow more of her work on Medium or on Twitter.  |
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