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Post by SweetieBugs on Aug 4, 2019 16:14:13 GMT
I'm so tired of my house being dusty. We use a whole-house fan at night for about 6 months out of the year and between that and not keeping up well enough on household cleaning like vacuuming the upholstery furniture and dusting all the knick-knack shelves, the house is full of dust all the time.
Just yesterday I ran across an add for a purifier and it mentioned removing dust. This has me deeply interested. I don't remember what the brand was so I'm not specifically researching just one brand.
Would like to get actual opinions on them. Are they noisy, do you notice a decrease in dust, do your nose and eyes feel less itchy?
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iowgirl
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Post by iowgirl on Aug 4, 2019 16:16:45 GMT
Have you had your duct work cleaned?
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Post by MichyM on Aug 4, 2019 16:22:21 GMT
I had two good quality air purifiers (one in my bedroom and the second in my office) at my last place (due to environmental allergens). I did not find that they cut down on dust in my place. They were very costly to run and to maintain. I too would have the ductwork cleaned before doing anything else.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 4, 2019 16:34:34 GMT
We got a couple of them after our DD was diagnosed with allergies to dust mites. We have hot water heat in our house (vs. forced air) so in theory our house shouldn’t be as dusty, but it still is. I bought a Germ Guardian purifier for her room first, and noticed a difference in air quality within the first day we ran it in there. We could actually smell that the air was cleaner. I leave it running continuously on low in her room with the door closed, and bump it up to high when I’m vacuuming and changing the sheets, etc. Then I leave it running on high with the door closed for several hours to pull as much junk out of the air as possible that has been kicked up.
I liked the results so much that I bought one for my own bedroom and might get a third one for the family room on the main floor of the house. The ones we bought are fairly quiet when you run them on low. If you are running them at a higher speed they are about as loud as a regular fan, not loud but not silent either.
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Post by likescarrots on Aug 4, 2019 17:01:56 GMT
Yes, it will help. Make sure you buy one with a HEPA filter. Mine is very loud so we run it while we're at work in the day and turn it off at night. We also run it when we're vacuuming so the dust that's kicked up by the vacuum is pulled into the filter.
Also, if you have an hvac system, make sure you're changing your filter monthly and buying the allergen filters. They are expensive but it's worth it.
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Post by littlemama on Aug 4, 2019 17:31:37 GMT
Changing the furnace filters every 3 months and getting rid of half of our 26 year old carpet helped
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Post by belgravia on Aug 4, 2019 18:00:24 GMT
I feel like our house is super dusty, and we don’t have forced air, we have radiant heat, so really no ductwork. We got a Dyson fan/space heater/air purifier and it doesn’t cut down on the dust at all.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 4, 2019 19:08:16 GMT
I feel like our house is super dusty, and we don’t have forced air, we have radiant heat, so really no ductwork. We got a Dyson fan/space heater/air purifier and it doesn’t cut down on the dust at all. Does it have a HEPA filter? That makes a difference IMO. The Germ Guardians I bought do. |
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Post by joblackford on Aug 4, 2019 22:00:59 GMT
I was looking at this one that was recommended for capturing wildfire smoke particles and based on the reviews it sounded like the 3 filters would catch a lot of stuff besides. It wears a washable "sock" filter that captures the big stuff, which sounds like it would help with dust. And it seems fairly cost effective to run, based on reviews and prices for filters. But I don't have first hand experience yet. Can't quite bring myself to spend the money (even for a cheaper returned warehouse item). Our house seems very dusty. I think it's a combination of things - crappy housekeeping, 100 yo house that's slowly disintegrating (lol), having crappy carpet and quite a few soft furnishings, having windows and doors open a lot. I think it depends on how many people/pets you have in your house too since a lot of "dust" comes from our skin. |
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