Office and Home Air Purifiers
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ClearFlite Air Purifiers offers the best Ozone-free air cleaners to address allergy and asthma symptoms, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and air quality issues such as pollution, cigarette smoke and construction dust. We make it easy for you to obtain the right office or home air purifier by providing you with an easy-to-navigate and secure site, the lowest legal prices, free shipping, and no sales tax.
Whether you are in the market for allergy relief or simply looking for a cleaner home or office, you can comfortably buy an air purifier from ClearFlite because we have tested the air cleaners that we sell and listen carefully to our customers for feedback and provide targeted solutions.
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There are several basic technologies that are known to be effective in providing real improvement to office and home indoor quality. These are HEPA air purifiers and electrostatic air cleaners that typically also use activated carbon and sometimes UV purification. We sell the best air cleaners that employ these technologies at manufacture's minimum prices from IQAir, Austin Air Purifier, Allerair, Blueair, and Alen Air. We also offer a special version of the site for the visually impaired.
The brand of air cleaners and technology that is best for you must be researched because each solves different problems. HEPA filters effectively remove 99.97% of all particulates such as pollen and dust that pass through the filter, returning purified to your home or office. HEPA filter technology is among the best technology available for air cleaners. It is a very effective system but the filters must be changed to remain effective. Electrostatic or electronic systems by Friedrich clean with charged plates and save the cost of replacement filters but requires that the plates be washed. Both of these main technologies remove particles but not chemicals or odors. To address this need, room air purifiers must also have some form of activated carbon from as little as a thin mat to as much as 15 pounds. UV is also sometimes employed with a HEPA filter to eliminate microorganisms.
Whether your needs are for allergy air purifiers or air cleaners to address cigarette smoke, we can help you find the right one. Buy air cleaners from us and we will make sure that they ship to you on time and at no cost to you. We take your needs very seriously and work hard to make you a repeat customer.
Each of our office or home air purifiers is intended to serve a slightly different requirement from allergy arresting to addressing MCS, as well as serving different size rooms. We have tried to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each air purifier on this site. However, please call us toll-free at 800.497.8263 to get great service and so that we can personally address your needs.
Offering the best products in the market, ClearFlite Air Purifiers, Inc. has been working with office and home air purifiers since 1990 and began marketing a HEPA air purifier on the web in 1996. Whether you are searching for silent air purifiers or the allergy relief provided by one of our allergy air purifiers, we are here to serve you now and will continue to be of assistance in the future.
Important Information:
Returns: (Rare but just in case) If the air purifier does not meet your expectation, it may be returned within 30 days (60 Days for IQAir). Shipping charges are not refundable.
Shipping Charges (2-day for IQAir and 3-day for Austin Air and UPS Ground for other air cleaners): No charge for shipping in the continental US. We charge the actual, un-inflated shipping cost to other regions. SALES TAX: We pay applicable sales tax so you do not have to, you pay only the price shown.
Air Purifier Technology
Air purifiers employ what seems to be simple technology on the surface. Effective air purifiers draw from the room with a fan, clean the air, and send it back out into the room. There are a number of ways cleaning is performed while in the actual system. First there is adsorption. Adsorption uses a media like activated carbon or zeolite. These medias are porous so that the airflow is exposed to relatively large surface area. As the chemical contaminates come in contact with the media the chemicals combine the media and are thus removed from the room. Adsorption will remove chemicals and some parts of tobacco smoke and odors but has little impact on particles. The second approach is mechanical filtering much like your furnace filter. In this case the room air is screened of particles however, the screen is very fine.
An example of a very fine screen is a HEPA filter that removes particles as small as 0.3 microns. While air purifiers that use HEPA will remove particles like pollen and mold spores they has little effect on chemicals so this technology is typically used in combination with some form of adsorption filter. The third effective technology for air purifiers is electrostatic or now also known as electronic. These air cleaners use charged plates to give particles a charge of one polarity, positive for example, and a set of collecting grids or plates that have the opposite electronic charge, negative for example. As the charged particle nears the collecting grid it is drawn there by opposite charge on the collecting plate. As the particles build on the collecting plates the charging voltage will start to arc causing a popping sound. This is when you know it is time to clean the air cleaners plates in the dishwasher. Another effective albeit unique technology is a hybrid between HEPA and electronic. Blueair Air Purifiers uniquely use electrostatic brushes to charge the particles prior to being mechanically filtered. This allows the Blueair air purifiers to use HEPA with larger holes and thus get higher throughput. While not strictly a cleaning technology, in the strictest sense, we will address Ultra violet or UV light here. UV is a light that kills microorganisms such as bacteria and mold spores. This is always used in conjunction with other technologies employed in an air purifier.
Most all of the high-end air purifiers use some type of pre filter in addition to the filter elements mentioned above. The purpose of pre filters in air cleaners is to extend the life of the fine filter such as a HEPA element by removing large particles before they can get to the HEPA filter. You will typically find visible dust, hair, and lint in the pre filter. By keeping the pre filter clean you can dramatically extend the life of your HEPA filter and improve the overall efficiency of your air purifier. We will cover more on maintenance later.
We have focused the above discussion on effective systems and specifically ignored air purifier technologies that use or produce detectable levels of Ozone or other non-fan based technologies. These are generally bad for you. Please click on the Information button to see detailed articles addressing these non-effective air purifier technologies and detailed information about the effective air purifier technologies.
Office and Home Air Purifiers — Efficiency:
Efficiency refers to the amount of air that is actually passed though the filter system of an air purifier. While a high grade air purifier HEPA filter will filter out 99.97% of the particles that are 0.03 micron and smaller this only takes place in the flow that actually passes though the HEPA filter. In typical home improvement store brand air purifiers a good percentage of the flow slips by the filter system and is propelled back into the room without being cleaned. Unfortunately the manufacturers are not required to state their air purifier efficiency. IQAir Air Purifiers is the only company that states that better then 95% of the flow that enters their air purifiers is cleaned and returned to the room. We believe, based on reports from our customers, that the high end metal frame air purifiers from Blueair and Austin Air purifiers are also very efficient but we have seen no tests to indicate that this is the case. As we learn more we will post the information here.
Applications of Air Purifiers:
The real key to addressing any Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) issue is the removal of the source of the pollutant or irritant if possible. We understand that if you love your cat to which you are allergic you have to deal with the dander but, if you are allergic to mold spores your first step is to either remove the source yourself or have it addressed professionally. Secondly, if you have a whole house forced air system you need to make sure that your system is well maintained and that the filter is a high quality one that is changed regularly. Now that you understand the basic types of air purifiers and the ground rules for IAQ we can address air purifier applications.
Asthma Air Purifiers
This is a tough medical condition with which to deal and we can only address the asthma that is induced by poor air quality not that induced by exercise or stress. The asthma triggering irritant may be either a particle such as pollen or a chemical or smell. Therefore, we must utilize both mechanical and adsorption air purifier technology. This translates to HEPA and activated carbon air purifier media. The top of the line air purifiers that include both is the IQAir HealthPro Plus. Other good choices are the Austin Air Purifier HealthMate Plus or HealthMate Plus Junior, the Blueair family, or the Allerair VoCarb air purifiers. If there is no concern about chemicals or odor then the electronic Friedrich C90B can also be considered. It is excellent at removing particulates such as pollen and dust.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Chemical Allergies
For these issues we cannot emphasize enough the elimination of the source of your sensitivity. While air purifiers will help, the constant irritant will increase your sensitivity. After you have addressed the source, the air purifier technology that will be of primary importance is adsorption. There are a number of models that specifically address MCS. The IQAir air purifiers; GC VOC, GC Multigas, and GC Chemisorber are designed to address specific chemical adsorption. Other manufacturers of air purifiers that address these issues include the Austin Air Healthmate Plus series includes highly absorptive potassium iodide to address MCS and Allerair VoCarb air purifiers.
Pollen, Dust, and Mold Allergies
This is one of the most common applications for home air purifiers. All of these pollutants can be classed as particle pollution and can be handled by two of the air purifier technologies we discussed above; HEPA and electronic filters. The Friedrich C90B is excellent in addressing these irritants and has scored very high in third party tests. The IQAir HealthPro air purifiers, Austin Air HealthMate and Austin Air HealthMate Junior, Blueair Air Cleaners models, Allerair Exec, and Air-O-Swiss HEPA air cleaners are also effective at removing particles. If smells or odors also tend to trigger your allergy then you should consider using the air cleaners recommended for addressing the symptoms of asthma.
Pet Allergies
Since we are assuming you will not get rid of your pets we will emphasize the cleaning of their bedding and other items such as toys and play gyms to reduce the source of the pet material as much as possible prior to installing any air purifiers. Pets, particularly cats, tend to clean themselves by licking their fur. This leaves a very fine film of saliva on their fur that dries and then goes airborne as a very fine dust. This is the primary cause of most pet allergic reactions. While this represents a mechanical pollutant and would indicate that HEPA or electronic air purifiers were used we have found that our customers are happiest if chemicals or odors are also addressed, particularly if the pet is a large dog, like a Lab, that will exude that wet dog smell on rainy days.
Tobacco Smoke
The smoke from cigarettes and, even worse, cigars is a stew of gasses and particles. It is particularly hard to address with room air purifiers because the source is so active putting out so many pollutants in such a short time. Even if all of the room air went though the air purifier 6 times per hour a Cigar will still overwhelm the air purifiers until it is extinguished. If you are unable to make your smoker go outside there are luckily several home air purifiers that manufacturers have specifically designed to address tobacco smoke and the multitude of pollutants it contains. The IQAir GC Multigas, Blueair air purifiers with SmokeStop filters, and The Austin Air Plus air cleaners are all designed by the makers to address this problem. When tobacco smoke is involved another type to reducing the odor is general cleaning. At least you should wipe down the light bulbs in the room. These attract the smoke when they are hot and the chemicals settle on the bulbs. Each time they are turned on and get hot they then put the chemicals back into the air. Please understand that even with the best air purifiers you should not expect to smoke a cigar next to a room air purifier and not have your wife notice in the next room.
Bacteria or Virus
Generally air purifiers used to address this application are for cases where there is an ill person in the home and we are trying to protect others from infection or as a preventative for people like the elderly that are susceptible to infection. UV light is needed for an air purifier to be effective in addressing these issues. The Allerair Exec UV air cleaners all contain a 10 watt UV bulb designed to destroy bacteria and viruses and HEPA and adsorption media.
Maintenance — Office and Home Air Purifiers:
As with any high quality mechanism maintenance is a key concern to both the overall life of the air purifier and the efficiency and as well as effectiveness. At a first look the filter elements need to be changed or in the case of the electronic systems cleaned on the schedule provided by the manufacturer. However, to really maintain your air purifier at top efficiency the pre filter should be cleaned on a more regular basis. Regular cleaning will allow your air purifier to breathe more easily and this will translate into many benefits for you. First, cleaning will lower the noise level because the airflow will not be constrained. Second, the main filters will last longer because the pre filter will be more efficiently protecting it. If you do not want to clean the pre filter (they are usually dusty at best) the replacements are very inexpensive and the best investment you can make to maintain your air purifier. While you are changing or cleaning the pre filter wipe down the rest of the air cleaner with a slightly damp rag. Your high quality air purifiers from ClearFlite will last for years and keep your Indoor Quality high for you and your family.
All of the manufacturers that we represent produce quality air purifiers and deliver in a timely manner. They are a step above those offered a home improvement, drug and discount stores. In addition, none of these air cleaners represent a danger to your family. All of these air purifiers use proven technology that works. With that said: The top air cleaners are made by IQAir. These are technically superior in terms of filtering efficiency and electronic capability. However, these are also the highest priced air cleaners we carry. The number two position is a toss up between Blueair and Austin Air Purifier. Both of these products have simple controls. The edge probably goes to the Austin air purifiers because of the very long filter life while Blueair air cleaners are better looking. Next are the Friedrich C90B air cleaners due to their high ratings for removing particles like dust and pollen. The Allerair air purifiers offer all-metal construction and UV purification with very economical prices but are a bit louder than the higher end air cleaners. Air-O-Swiss products are both lighter weight air cleaners that are designed as general air purifiers but are probably not recommended for people with allergy and asthma. There are exceptions to every rule so please call us to discuss your specific needs. We offer great prices and free shipping and we love to help and our repeat customers get a loyalty discount every day of the year.
