Room Air Filter for Allergies
Allergist suggests a hepa air filter for kid’s room, but I am dubious. Are in-room air filters worthless if the window is open? If the door of the room is open to the rest of the house (it’s a little kid’s room – we never close it)? We already have cental a/c with its own…
Allergist suggests a hepa air filter for kid’s room, but I am dubious. Are in-room air filters worthless if the window is open? If the door of the room is open to the rest of the house (it’s a little kid’s room – we never close it)? We already have cental a/c with its own filter, does a separate room air filter add anything when the a/c is on?
Thanks.
I have had a Honeywell (round) Hepa Filter for many years that my husband bought at Sears. It is at least 10 years old. As long as I change the filters regularly it works great, even with doors open or AC on. There is an online comapny called Filter Solutions that sells the replacement filters at half of what Honeywell charges.
One trick you can use is to run the Hepa filter on high for an hour in the room with doors and windows closed before going to sleep at night.
Another thing to do is to buy good anti-allergen mattress and pillow covers. I use ones from Allergy Control Products.
a room unit with a hepa filter is a whole other ballgame than your a/c filter. it will remove & trap dust, pollen, mites, etc. i use a rabbit air – i wish i could say it helps me as much as some of the testimonials for it claim. but when i turn it off, my allergies get markedly worse and i wake up congested, so it’s clearly helping.
air filters do not work very well. if they did, everyone would use them. I find they tend to be pleasant noise machines. But that is all. however the psychological or placebo effect shold not be discounted if it makes you feel better.
I use a 5 stage HEPA filter and it works great not only for people with allergies, but at keeping the dust level down.
I’m happy to send over some information on the filter I use (Nikken Power 5 Pro).
Shoot me an e-mail at michael at sageenvironments.com
I bought the Progressive 295 online from Sears over a year ago and it seems to work well.
The price was right and Consumer Reports rated it highly. It does seem to work during Allergy season, even with the windows cracked open. . .
the central air filter may or may not allow allergens to get thru. Check the filter for info.
My girlfriend has allergies and we got a room unit down at HD for the bedroom and it has significantly decreased her symptoms… Depending on what your kid’s allergies are, you might consider closing the window as well, at least during high pollen/allergen time periods. Leaving the door open will decrease the effectiveness of the unit, but the air in the room will still be cleaner… One spends 1/3 of their life in the bedroom, having non-allergy inducing air at night not only makes one sleep better, but will help one’s allergies during the day.
Not worthless but the systems are designed to clean a specific volume of air, so leaving a window or door open will limit the effectiveness of the device.
You can also look at adding plants to regulate the humidity and air quality.