So you are thinking about getting a HEPA air filter? If you have allergies – a HEPA air filter can make a tremendous difference in how you feel on a daily basis. The HEPA air filter gently and quickly cleans the air in the room or floor plan so you have completely clean air to breathe. Especially with Spring (aka ragweed season) around the corner, a lot of folks are thinking about getting a HEPA air filter!

Read the label and see what the HEPA air filter removes from the air. Not every air filter does “everything.” Did you know that some HEPA air filters will remove viruses, others just dust and mold and some will remove tobacco smoke? Others still have the ability to do many things. It is important to read the label and box to fully understand what your HEPA air filter is capable of doing. If cigarette smoke or perfume bothers your asthma, you want to get the HEPA filter that will help you with these challenges. While a HEPA air filter can’t get rid of specifically perfume – as it can’t get rid of every thing – some high powered ones you will notice DO get rid of smells such as perfume or cooking smells quite successfully.

You also want to be sure to get the HEPA filter that “fits” your room properly. Why is this so important? You might ask. Well HEPA filters actually come in different sizes. You’ll want to choose the HEPA filter size that can successfully clean your room size quickly and easily over and over. Your HEPA air filter works by cleaning your air in the environment repeatedly. If you buy a too small HEPA air filter then it wont be able to clean all of the air to the best of its ability. A too large HEPA air filter will certainly get the job done – but you could have bought a smaller one and then gotten another smaller air filter for another room in the house! Measuring a room is an easy thing to do and very useful when it comes to providing you with clean air every day.

Do your best to help your HEPA air filter along. You can’t rely on your HEPA air filter to do the work that other cleaning or proper allergy protection should be doing. If you have allergies or asthma then you probably know to keep the windows closed during allergy season, especially during the sunny hours when the pollen count is at its highest. Keeping your windows open “knowing” your HEPA air filter is working just isn’t fair to you or even to your HEPA air filter. First, your HEPA air filter isn’t qualified to clean all of the outdoors! Second, you’ll go through disposable air filters very quickly this way. Third, you are likely to suffer from allergies with open windows as the HEPA air filter can’t clean every pollen spec out of the outdoors you are now letting in. Remember to vacuum and dust regularly and do everything you learned as proper allergy maintenance. It truly goes a long way – then adding your HEPA air filter you’ll see a real jump in how you feel!