All Hunter purifiers are designed for allergy relief and filters out airborne particles such as smoke, dust, pollen and mold. These are particles that usually cause allergy amongst asthma patients as well as people with breathing problems. With the use of a Hunter air purifier in a room, they will be able to sleep well through the night. This is possible as each Hunter air purifier is equipped with HEPA filters that helps filter out 99.97% of all particles in the air, up to a size of 0.3 micron.
Hunter Air Purifier Models
Hunter air purifiers come in two ranges, the QuietFlo True HEPA units and the HEPAtech ranges. Different units come in varying sizes and capacities to fit room sizes, individual requirements as well as budgets. For example, the Hunter Hepatech 67 Air Purifier comes with a 3-speed quiet motor, air ionizer for air that smells fresh and a mechanical filter with a 126 Clean Air Delivery Rate. It also comes in 2 sizes. Alternatively, the Hunter Hepatech 57 also comes with similar specifications but with only a 95 Clean Air Delivery Rate. In general, the Hepatech range offers value for money.
On the other hand, the air purifiers of the QuietFlo True range all include Clean Air Delivery Rate levels as well as clean air protection for a specified room size area. They are also fitted with carbon pre-filters and LED screens to show reminders for change of air filters. Basically, the QuietFlo True range of Hunter air cleaners provide extended filter lives as well as a more effective cleaning system.
This is why more and more people are considering buying an air purifier for improving their indoor air quality. A very effective type of air purifier, which helps to kill germs and bacteria present in the air, is a UV air purifier.
UV or ultraviolet air purifiers contain a germicidal ultraviolet lamp, which effectively kills and destroys all harmful bacteria, viruses, and germs in the air. When polluted air passes through the UV air cleaners, the highly concentrated light and heat of the ultraviolet lamps helps to destroy disease causing germs and bacteria, by changing their genetic make-up and leaving the organisms harmless.
Features Of Ultraviolet Air Purifiers
- UV air purifiers feature a very powerful and strong ultraviolet lamp, which helps to kill harmful organisms.
- Ultraviolet air purifiers use the principles of UV radiation to purify air.
- UV light radiation, the technology used in UV purifiers, is recommended by the Center of Disease Control for destroying harmful microorganisms, and controlling the spread of diseases and illnesses.
- The ultraviolet light causes changes in the DNA of molecules, but does not represent any danger to people as the radiation is completely contained within the purifier.
Benefits Of An Ultraviolet Air Purifier
- It can effectively destroy and kill dangerous germs and viruses, which is not something that all air purifiers can do.
- An ultraviolet purifier uses light radiation for purification, which helps to make it noiseless and silent.
- They give out such strong light and heat that any kind of germs or bacteria cannot withstand the radiation and are destroyed immediately on contact with the UV lamps.
- The high radiation alters the DNA of the germs, and they cannot reproduce further. As these germs have a very short life, and because they cannot reproduce further, their numbers reduce very swiftly. Due to this, the quality of air remains cleaner and purer for much longer.
Clean air purifiers are designed to filter out 99.97% of particles found in the air, up to 0.3 micron in size. Usually, they use HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate) filters, which have been tested by the Department of Environment for its quality. Additionally, international standards are applied to these filters in order to ensure that consumers get clean air from their purifiers.
Apart from that, other elements also come into place within clean air purifiers. Amongst this is the inclusion of electrostatic charged plates into the clean air purifier to charge the filter and therefore clean the air even more effectively. Also, most air purifiers are also equipped with charcoal filters to get rid of the odors from tobacco smoke and other smells in the air, in order to release fresh-smelling air blown into the indoor environment.
Finally, additional features which are used to kill bacteria and viruses include the use of Ultra Violet rays (UVA and UVB) which are emitted within the clean air purifier unit to kill bacteria which cannot be filtered out by the HEPA filter. Furthermore, most clean air filters run on low energy and therefore can be turned on 24 hours a day without causing an increase in electricity consumption.
People use various kinds of filtration systems in their homes, to get rid of all such disease causing particulates. But do you know what is actually working inside these purification systems to clean your indoor air? It is a device known as an air filter.
Air Filters Explained
An air filter is a device that is used for getting rid of particulates from the air. The air is filled with different kinds of particulate, which are often invisible to the eye. But have you ever looked at a ray of sunshine coming in through the window, and seen various particles floating in the beam. Well, these are known as particulates, and these are what an air filter removes from the air.
Air filters are not stand alone devices, but are used inside other types of air devices in homes. There are many different types of air filters available for different uses, and also have varying efficiencies and qualities.
The efficiency of an air filter determines how clean it can make the air. For instance, air filters can have efficiency rates ranging from 80% filtration of particulates and going up to 99% efficiency in cleaning the air. The quality of an air filter will determine what size of particulates it can effectively remove from the air.
Types Of Air Filters
- Electrostatic air filters: Such air filters have charged layers of filtration material, which could be made from polypropylene, fiber, etc. These negatively charged filters attract the positively charged air particles and trap the particles in the air filter, thus removing them from the air. They can typically clean the air of particles as small as 1 micron, which is equal 1/25,000 of an inch. Such air filters are very efficient in removing particulates from the air.
- Permanent air filters: A permanent air filter is installed inside the air cleaning device and is used for filtration of the air that passes into the air cleaning system for purification. These filters can be cleaned and reused. If maintained properly, they can last you for many years.
- Disposable air filters: As the name implies, this is a use-and-throw kind of air filter. These air filters usually have a pre-determined life span, ranging from one to three months, after which they have to be discarded and a new filter is used in place of the old one.
An air filter is an essential device that helps to keep the air free from particulates, and you free from bad air health induced problems.