Air Cleaner

[Tony]

We are at 349 AQI, HAZARDOUS air quality in Sacramento. I want to buy air cleaners for myself, mom, and daughter who all live in sacto. Any recommendations before I order today? Thinking of these units in the right size?
Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Tru...92063036&psc=1

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Tony

We are at 349 AQI, HAZARDOUS air quality in Sacramento. I want to buy air cleaners for myself, mom, and daughter who all live in sacto. Any recommendations before I order today? Thinking of these units in the right size?
Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Tru...92063036&psc=1

By the time it gets to them, the air quality will have improved.

There are better and more immediate ways to help indoor air quality.

- Good HVAC filters
- Turn off outside air intake
- Don't vacuum
- Increase humidity and swirl damp towels in the air
- Wear an N95 indoors

Once air quality improves, open the windows, vacuum, replace the air filters, dust, etc. and move that stuff along.

That's what I remember of what I read during the summer fires in Portland this year and last.

[Ozz]

Get a box fan (or several) and duct tape furnace filters (20x20x1) onto either side....

https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...fier/index.htm

The local news station was putting this out there last summer when Puget Sound area was blanketed with smoke....local Home Depot sold out of fans and filters in a day.

I am thinking of stocking up over the winter, expecting much of the same next summer.

[zennmotion]

I have this Honeywell $200 HEPA unit next to the bed, it's really helped with my indoor allergies (mold, dust) as well as seasonal pollen, as I prefer open windows to air conditioning whenever possible. It has 3 settings for fan speed/air flow, I keep it going on the middle setting all night, and it's quiet enough to sleep with, or you can set it to turn off with the timer function. Whatever you do, don't get an ozone unit, ozone is worse for your lungs than the pollution. Sacramento air quality is often bad even when there's no fires, so it's worth it for anyone with allergy or asthma issues as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Tru...92063036&psc=1

Edit: looks like I have the same unit as the OP's link. Get it, works well.

[Tony]

[QUOTE=zennmotion;2455918]I have this Honeywell $200 HEPA unit next to the bed, it's really helped with my indoor allergies (mold, dust) as well as seasonal pollen, as I prefer open windows to air conditioning whenever possible. It has 3 settings for fan speed/air flow, I keep it going on the middle setting all night, and it's quiet enough to sleep with, or you can set it to turn off with the timer function. Whatever you do, don't get an ozone unit, ozone is worse for your lungs than the pollution. Sacramento air quality is often bad even when there's no fires, so it's worth it for anyone with allergy or asthma issues as well.

Thanks Zenn, just ordered several for my family. I'm also changing out our furnace filters with MERV 11 filters. Wanted MERV 13 but was told that may be too restrictive for our AC units

[zennmotion]

[QUOTE=Tony;2455997]

Originally Posted by zennmotion

I have this Honeywell $200 HEPA unit next to the bed, it's really helped with my indoor allergies (mold, dust) as well as seasonal pollen, as I prefer open windows to air conditioning whenever possible. It has 3 settings for fan speed/air flow, I keep it going on the middle setting all night, and it's quiet enough to sleep with, or you can set it to turn off with the timer function. Whatever you do, don't get an ozone unit, ozone is worse for your lungs than the pollution. Sacramento air quality is often bad even when there's no fires, so it's worth it for anyone with allergy or asthma issues as well.

Thanks Zenn, just ordered several for my family. I'm also changing out our furnace filters with MERV 11 filters. Wanted MERV 13 but was told that may be too restrictive for our AC units

I just changed out our MERV 11 filters as well, they're not cheap. Maybe buy 2 sets because our HVAC guys told me recently that the price is going up soon once current stock gets depleted, China tariffs doncha know...

[gasman]

I know you have your rainbow vacuum .

We've got a couple of these Honeywell filters https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-502...l+air+purifier

We've had them for years initially when our son had problems with bad allergies. They work really well and will keep a good sized room pretty clean. We used them in our bedrooms last summer when the smoke was bad here. I fact we bought one for our daughter, our son already had his. The filters last forever.

Our furnace system had MERV 9 filters and last summer I switched to MERV 13 filters.We run just the fan when the smoke is really bad. Our system can't handle a true HEPA filter as the fan isn't powerful enough.

I think smoke from forest fires is going to become more of the new normal in the west

[zennmotion]

Originally Posted by gasman

I know you have your rainbow vacuum .

We've got a couple of these Honeywell filters https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-502...l+air+purifier

We've had them for years initially when our son had problems with bad allergies. They work really well and will keep a good sized room pretty clean. We used them in our bedrooms last summer when the smoke was bad here. I fact we bought one for our daughter, our son already had his. The filters last forever.

Our furnace system had MERV 9 filters and last summer I switched to MERV 13 filters.We run just the fan when the smoke is really bad. Our system can't handle a true HEPA filter as the fan isn't powerful enough.

I think smoke from forest fires is going to become more of the new normal in the west

You can just keep the furnace fan permanently on, they really don't use much power, otherwise you limit the utility of the MERV filters-- advice from the HVAC guys when they came out for our annual system checkup.

[Tony]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

By the time it gets to them, the air quality will have improved.

There are better and more immediate ways to help indoor air quality.

- Good HVAC filters
- Turn off outside air intake
- Don't vacuum
- Increase humidity and swirl damp towels in the air
- Wear an N95 indoors

Once air quality improves, open the windows, vacuum, replace the air filters, dust, etc. and move that stuff along.

That's what I remember of what I read during the summer fires in Portland this year and last.

Thanks, after you response I remembered my vacuum has a air cleaner! The vacuum is a Rainbow that uses water as its filter. It has a setting for air cleaning that can remove 99.99% of whatever.

[monkeybanana86]

I just went and to someone’s home with a Honeywell. That thing rocks.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Tony

Thanks, after you response I remembered my vacuum has a air cleaner! The vacuum is a Rainbow that uses water as its filter. It has a setting for air cleaning that can remove 99.99% of whatever.

Very cool. In general you want to let sleeping dust lie, but if you got something fancy..

[Tony]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Very cool. In general you want to let sleeping dust lie, but if you got something fancy..

This vacuum has a setting where it actually turns into a air purifiers. You disconnect hose and leave it running in a room. Depending on the room size it circulate air 2 x hour.

[MikeD]

They do make HEPA furnace filters.


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[Tony]

Originally Posted by MikeD

They do make HEPA furnace filters.


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I looked into HEPA filters for our AC, can't find filters in HEPA 20x25x1
Think a furnace must be designed specifically to use HEPA filters.

[monkeybanana86]

It's purple where I am too. Very depressing. I may go to the museum this weekend where the air is probably better than at home.