Clean Air Solutions

Do you ever feel like you’re not being quite as productive as you could be at the office?  The truth is, there are several physical factors which contribute to how focused you are in any environment.  For example, fresh air is an important factor, as increasing the flow of fresh oxygen to your brain will improve your focus and cause you to function better.  Consider a portable air purifier for your desk, office, or cubicle, you might also think about a green plant to oxidize the air.  Another important factor is light; studies have shown that people feel less productive in dimmer areas, so ensure that you have plenty of light to keep you on track. 

You can also help your focus by improving your lifestyle outside the office.  Eat a healthy breakfast, get at least seven hours of sleep, and exercise regularly. 

Gaming is the hottest, coolest, and most time consuming trend these days, with game sales each year having overtaken other media like CDs and DVDs.  However, with the amount of time that gamers invest in their games, it’s not always easy to keep up with cleaning the home.  To remove those musty smells that permeate from a gamer room, consider an indoor air purifier; it will remove the smell and ensure it doesn’t come back.  If the room has dishes in it especially, ensure those make it to the kitchen sink daily.  Other than water, all other substances will begin to give off odor, or attract unwanted pests like ants and earwigs.  Adding a growing plant to will help to oxidize the room and provide fresh air.

Through these changes, your gamer room won’t be quite so musty, and you won’t be ashamed to invite guests over for LAN parties and other events! 

When you’re constantly sneezing indoors, waking up with itchy eyes, or finding yourself congested often, it’s time to make some changes.  The sources of your woes are indoor allergens from pets, dust, and plants.  In rare cases allergens can come from other sources indoors, but these are by far the most common.  To relieve your allergies begin by addressing the source of allergens, especially around the bed.  Don’t allow pets in the area you sleep.  You will also want to vacuum and dust around your bed and your whole house regularly.  A home air purifier will ensure you have a much more restful sleep, and will remove allergens and pollutants from the rest of the house as well. 

Taking these simple steps should dramatically reduce allergy symptoms, and allow for a more peaceful and relaxing home life.

It’s a big event when your son, daughter, or just a close friend buys a new house.  Here are a few ideas of gifts to bring to housewarming parties that are sure to surprise and delight your new host.

~Barbeque grill; an American standard in all backyard and patio areas, your new host will get endless use out of this during the warm months of the year. 

~Air purifiers; great for cleaning out harmful allergens and even bad smells from new houses while providing fresh, clean air. 

~Speakers and sound systems; one of the best parts of owning a new home is not having to keep the volume down for people living above and below you.

Having an air purifier in your home can improve the quality of your sleep, and remove pollutants that can cause congestion and even illness.  But when purchasing an air purifier, is it better to buy an ionic air purifier, or a traditional air purifier?  The difference between the two is in how they remove pollutants from the air.  A traditional air purifier uses fans to absorb pollutants, and filters to weed out pollutants, which works great, but you have to replace the filters, and if you don’t, you put yourself at risk.  The ionic air purifier uses an amazing technology that relies on electrostatic plates applying a charge to the pollutants in the atmosphere.  When the charged particles pass through the unit, they are statically attracted to the collector blades inside the air purifier, and can later be wiped off and disposed. 

In terms of cost, the ionic air purifier is more than a traditional air purifier, but because it doesn’t require filters, it can be more cost effective over a long period of time.

When I left the house for a couple days to visit some friends, I came back and upon entering, immediately noticed an obnoxious smell.  Apparently my cat was unhappy that I had left, and had chosen to barf on the carpet right in front of the door.  The smell was overpowering, and after cleaning up the mess, it just lingered and wouldn’t go away.  The next day another friend of mine came over and commented on the smell, I told him I couldn’t make it go away, but then he offered to let me borrow his ozone blaster.  I didn’t know what that was, but he said it would get out the smell.  I got it to the house, turned it on, and a few hours later, the smell was gone.  I had no idea something like an air purifier could remove powerful odors. 

After a few weeks I had used his ozone blaster on the musty smell in the garage, and even got the smoky smell out of my camping tent.  I didn’t want to give it back.

Instead of relying on fans to move air through filters, ionic air purifiers release a stream of ions that electrify dust, dander, smoke, and pollen.  Airborne pollutant particles respond by picking up the negative charge and become attracted to the positively charged collection plates inside the machine.  Most ionic air purifiers run silently, unless they are designed to suck in the charged particles (which can stick to TV screens, tables, and other charged surfaces)—usually, there are no motors, moving parts or fans involved, and no filters to replace.

Ionic air purifiers do release ozone—about as much as a busy photocopy machine in an office.  This in itself is a source of controversy for some, though ozone is thought by many to be one of the most powerful oxidants and germicides in existence.

Ecoquest air purifiers are about the size of a small computer monitor.  The screen on the back catches dust, and there is an ultraviolet (UV) light that is designed to burn off bacteria and allergens.  The purification plate is the final piece of the puzzle in the air cleaning method for this machine, and it has become a bit controversial, as Ecoquest purifier products do emit ozone, which some say smell like bleach in the air on a high setting.  The machine also includes a 5-speed fan to assist in the process of moving the air.  The UV light on the unit glows visibly when in use.  The amount of purification desired can be set based on the square footage of the area, and the user also has the option of setting a cycle of 2, 4, or 6 hours of continuous air purification.

Ecoquest air purifiers receive favorable consumer reviews in terms of its cleaning abilities.  The filter needs to be cleaned monthly, because daily air purification uses the filter as a first line of defense.

Do you know about the dirty dozen in your home?  Well the dirty dozen are  12 air pollutants found in most home that destroys your home air quality.  Air pollution is the cause of many allergies that we suffer with, but there is a solution with Fresh Air Purifiers.  It combats many of the allergen’s found in homes. 

With just one you can clean 3000 square feet home with a push of a button.  You can protect your family with the Fresh Air from mold, mildew, dust mites, 99.9% bacterial on surfaces, Avian Flu virus and many allergens. 

Stay tune for the 12 air pollutants in the the next post.

If you’re one of those people that has a lot of allergies—dust, smoke, perfume—a personal air purifier could be just the thing to help.  There is dust everywhere and people will continue to smoke and wear perfume, so fight fire with fire with a Fresh Air Buddy.

The Fresh Air Buddy creates an ionic wind that repels floating particles away from the space where the wearer breathes.  The result is an “exclusion zone” for toxic allergens, smoke, dust, virus and bacteria in the general area.   The effect of perfumes and other odors can be reduced substantially by this device as well.