Air Odor Cleaners Are Not Air Purifiers

When purchasing air odor cleaners, you should look for those that contain Hepa filters. Hepa is not a brand name, but rather it is one of the types of air cleaners. Most Hepa air cleaners will filter the air with almost 100% efficiency and the more times the air in a room is filtered through these cleaners, the more purified it will be. The higher quality Hepa air cleaners will also take the odor out of the air in addition to all the pollutants.

An ozone air purifier uses two steps to help clean the odor out of the air in a room.

• Step 1 = Oxidation
• Step 2 = Ionization

Ozone is a naturally occurring gas in the air and a purifier will split the oxygen molecules through oxidation. The second step is ionization to charge the dust and dirt particles with negative charges. The negative charges attach themselves to any pollutants in the air and force them to drop to the floor. In the newer models of air purifiers the ionization process uses safe radio waves to negatively charge particles in the air through walls and into other rooms. One unit can serve the whole house. They are effective in removing the smells and pollutants from smoke, cooking and any other odors present in the home.

Not all room air purifiers are created equal!

Many people seem to have the idea that the Aerosol spray cans are air purifiers and clean the odor from the air. These products do not filter the air, but rather they mask the original odor with a different scent. These products often put more pollutants into the air that are already present and often cause allergic reactions.