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Monday, December 12, 2022

Should I Buy an Air Purifier?

The change of seasons brings a slew of allergies with it. While you can't do much about outdoor allergens, you can do a lot to keep indoor allergies at bay. Many individuals are unaware that their houses are hotspots for indoor air pollution, which can aggravate asthma and allergies. It is recommended to make your house allergy-proof to ensure that it is safe from harmful bacteria and allergies rather than becoming a breeding ground. This will protect you and your family from allergies.

Should I Buy an Air Purifier?
Purchasing an air purifier may be a good option for you if you suffer from allergies, are sensitive to air pollutants, or live in a space that doesn’t allow for fresh air to be brought inside all the time.

Air purifiers help to remove many pathogens from the air. The goal is to clean the air so that if you have allergies, asthma, or other conditions, you can breathe easier in the room where the purifier is operating.

How Does an Air Purifier Work?
An air purifier works by pulling in air and passing it through different filters to catch particulates. The unit will push the clean air back out into the room, allowing it to circulate.

The best air purifiers all feature HEPA filtrations which can capture particles like dust, pollen, and some mold spores down to 0.3 microns. Depending on the air purifier you choose, there are different types of technology used to clean the air. Some use a UV light while others use activated carbon filters that help eliminate odors. Filters can be washable, which can save money, while other filters are disposable and need to be replaced every three, six, or 12 months.

How Much Does an Air Purifier Cost?
The air purifiers range from $120 to $650. All the air purifiers use a HEPA filter but vary in size, features, and cost, so the one that’s best for you will depend on what you are looking for and your budget. Some come with washable filters, which saves money on the filter life, while others use multiple filters like an activated carbon filter and nylon pre-filters.

Types of Air Purifiers
The different types of air purifiers use different technology to clean the air.

HEPA: HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air filter. A HEPA filter is a multi-layered filter that captures particles down to 0.3 microns in size. The filter is pleated and held together with a metal frame.

Activated Carbon Technology: Air purifiers that use activated carbon technology in their filters have special properties that remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odors, and gas pollutants. Carbon filters trap the molecules on charcoal.

UV Technology: Air purifiers that use UV light use short-wave ultraviolet light (UV-C light) to deactivate pathogens like mold, bacteria, and viruses.

Negative Ion: Also known as an ionizer air purifier, these types of air purifiers use a high voltage electrical charge to attract particles to each other and clean the air. Depending on the air purifier, some use a fan, while others don’t and the charged particles end up on the floor or curtains.

Ozone: Ozone can be harmful and according to the EPA, ozone being sold as an air purifier isn’t truthful. Small doses of ozone that are inhaled can cause chest pains, coughing, shortness of breath, and throat irritation.

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Monday, July 18, 2022

Air Purifier – A Home/Office Gadget You Must Have

As the name suggests, air purifiers’ main “job” is to provide us with clean, purified air at home or office. Keeping areas, you spend a lot of time in, clean and fresh is quite important for your health.

The air you breathe in is as clean as the space you are in! Today, air pollution is at its highest and there is a slim chance this condition will change in recent future (globally especial, but locally as well). Although our collective air pollution awareness is elevated, these processes take time…so at the moment what can you do? Clean your own air, get yourself Air Purifier!

What are the Benefits of Air Purifier?

As the name openly suggests, the primary responsibility of air purifiers is to provide us with clean air.

You might wonder is the air in your home/office really “dirty” (?)

OK, so the air inside may not be really “dirty”, that is too strong choice of words. But you can be sure that inside air is not pristine either. Of course, inside air depends on many different circumstances…it depends on area where the home/office is, how often it’s cleaned and sanitized, ventilated/winded… A typical room is full of airborne particles released when cooking, cleaning, as well as dust coming from furniture, wires and other sources. You might think that the solution is to just “open a window” and allow fresh air in, and that might be true in some areas where there is none or little traffic, otherwise opening the window will just let more (different) polluted air in.

And as harmless as this may seem, some of these particles are the instigators of a number of respiratory diseases, allergies, irritations and colds.

What and How the Air Purifiers work?

Air purifiers circle the air from the room and thus take in “dirty” air and expel the clean air. They do this by directing the air through a built-in filter that can catch the harmful airborne particles mentioned earlier and thus remove them from your indoor environment. When passed through the filter several times, most air purifiers are able to catch both small and large particles and free your air of up to 95-97% of harmful substances.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR PURIFIER

All air purifiers have the same role and that is to clean/purify the air. However, they can do it in different ways, and some of them can even add some more benefits beside purification.

HEPA Filter Air Purifiers - are the most popular and known to be one of the best in terms of purification efficiency. They work in a way that HEPA Filter(s) physically catch and stop particles (up to 0.3 microns). The filters are easily replaceable and easy to maintain.

Air Ionizer Air Purifiers - are second most popular type of air purifiers. They work in quite a different fashion. Unlike HEPA Filter Air Purifiers that sanitize the air by physically holding the particles pushed through it, Air Ionizer purifiers work on chemical/physics level. Instead of making the air go through a filter, an air ionizer releases negative ions that change the polarity or airborne particles, resulting in them pulling together and falling to the floor – thus, getting out of the air you are breathing. One of the major strengths of air ionizers is that they can remove particles from the air that are as small as 0.01 microns. One of the major weaknesses, on the other hand, is that the particles, though removed from the air, still remain present in the room.

UV Lamp Air Purifiers – similar to Air Ionizer, Ultra Violet Lamp purifiers work on chemical/physics level. Using the UV light (that has germicide effect) they destroy micro-organisms that approach the light source. UV Lamp purifiers are quite efficient in this processes, especially efficient in removing bacteria from environment. So, in terms they are not really Air Purifiers per se (as they don’t “clean” the air from the room), they do sanitize the environment they are put in.

Activated Carbon Air Purifiers - these air purifiers are in effect the same as HEPA filter ones, but also have that chemical/physics level of purifying since activated carbon is comprised of a large number of pores, which are highly absorbent and are able to form chemical bonds with gaseous and odorous elements. This type of Air Purifiers is most effective when it comes to removing odors, cigarette smoke, chemical gasses and fumes.

Ozone Generator Air Purifiers – Similar to UV Lamp Air Purifiers, Ozone air purifiers can help destroy certain types of germs and bacteria, and chemical agents. They work by ozonizing the air (activated oxygen) and since Ozone has germicidal properties, that air gets sanitized. Negative side is that ozone has specific smell and can be dangerous in high concentrations.

Air Purifiers can also be smaller, portable, for car or small office; and they can be larger, industrial for large areas.

Acekool Portable Air Purifier D01 True H13 Filter Air Cleaner

ADVANCED VERSATILE DESIGN

Acekool Update Smart Air Purifier is perfectly combined with the temperature and humidity meter. Help monitor your surroundings in real-time with multiple sensors, which refresh humidity and temperature every 10 seconds.

TRUE HEPA TECHNOLOGY

Pre-Filter, True HEPA Filter, and High-Efficiency Activated Carbon Filter work seamlessly together to eliminate 99.97% of PM2.5, Safety certifications: ETL CA PROP 65 FCC in the United States.

ULTRA-SILENT & SENSITIVE TOUCH

Adopt advanced noise reduction fan blade design, Acekool air purifier runs quietly at 10-25 dB when it's running at speed I and speed II. All settings can be easily set via a sensitive touch switch, enjoy easier breathing, and undisturbed sleep.

COMPACT BUT POWERFUL

Its small size and modern design make it easy to fit in any small areas or rooms, and powerful enough to deliver clean air 30-65m3/h, which covers the area of about 10 square meters. No ozone and UV-C light.

FILTER CHANGE REMINDER

A built-in LED Indicator reminds you when it's time for a fresh filter. Filters should be replaced every 6 months depending on use and air quality in your area.

ACEKOOL Air Purifiers for Large Room up to 1615 ft²

UPGRADED PURIFICATION

The powerful air purifier can change the air 2x per hour in a room up to 1615 ft² and 5x per hour in a room of 646 ft²! Its ultra-fine Nylon Pre-Filter, Activated Carbon Filter and H13 True HEPA Filter can trap 99.97% of air pollutants as small as 0.3 um.

DC MOTOR & ENERGY-SAVING

Equipped with DC silent motor, the air purifier is engineered for quiet operation (as low as 23 dB) that is way much less loud than most standard purifiers. The DC motor also offers greater energy efficiency and save up to 35% of the energy cost than its AC counterpart.

AIR QUALITY INDICATION

Built with smart sensors continuously detecting air pollutants, the air quality indicator reflects the real-time air quality in your room; also, the air purifier will automatically adjust the fan speed when it's in Auto Mode to best clean air with least cost.

4 SPEEDS & 1-12 HOURS TIMER

Apart from its auto and sleep mode, this air purifier can run at 4 different speeds and the timer can be set from 1 to 12 hours, catering to your varied needs. The LED display will be turned off when it's on Sleep Mode.

SAFE OPERATION

The air purifier will shut off itself when it's toppled over or when the cover is removed to avoid any potential danger; also, the child lock will prevent your children or pets from accidentally operating the machine.

----This blog is sourced from: https://www.gaomon.com/blogs/news/air-purifier-now-a-gadget-you-must-have

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Can Air Purifier Help with Seasonal or Pollen Allergies?

Even if you don’t have allergies yourself, you probably know someone who does... It’s really nuance knowing that every spring and/or summer, during the pollination period you will have to spend time indoors, and even then won’t stay protected from the stuffed or running nose, sneezing, eyes watering and other pollen allergy reactions. Can Air Purifier help you avoid the reactions while being at home? Let’s see what studies say…

What are allergies?

Many definitions can be found on what are allergies, and it’s mostly matter of interpreting the same thing – allergies are body’s immune system “overreacting” a substance. We will offer Cleveland Clinic’s definition: Allergies are your body’s reaction to a normally harmless substance such as pollen, molds, animal dander, latex, certain foods and insect stings. They are your body’s reaction to a substance it views as a harmful “invader.”

Can Air Purifier help? - Yes.

It’s a straight up short and correct answer. Yes, any decent Air Purifier should help improve the conditions of your home at least a little bit so that you can feel better. This is confirmed by multiple studies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose 2018. study found that using a HEPA air purifier in the bedroom improved people’s allergic rhinitis symptoms by reducing the concentration of particulate matter and house dust mites in the air.

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How do Air Purifiers work? How they deal with the allergens? The mechanism is fairly simple…or at least it is simple to explain it. Air purifiers circle the air from the room and in that process take in “dirty” air in which allergens float and expel the allergens-free clean air. But how they clean the air? They do this by directing the air through a built-in filter (in most cases, Air Purifiers use High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters) that can catch the harmful airborne particles mentioned earlier and thus remove them from your indoor environment (HEPA filter removes 99.97 percent of particulate matter smaller than 0.3 microns). In general, when passed through the filter several times, most Air Purifiers are able to catch both small and large particles and free your air of up to 95-97% of all harmful substances (allergens, dust, and even odors…).

Can you afford one? – Yes.

You can find great deals online that will clean the air inside your home and thus solve your allergy issue (at least while you’re at home) for a acceptable money investment. Although there are many good brands, we can suggest one of our own (as we are 100% certain it is high quality product):

acekool air purifier

AF2 - 400 CADR Smart HEPA Air Purifier

4 Distinct colors show the air quality in real-time;
400 CADR helps clean 1615 ft² in 30 minutes;
HEPA 13 High-Efficiency filter captures 99.97% of air pollutants as small as 0.3µm
Alexa voice control and Wi-Fi connectivity with App;
Automatically adjust the wind speed according to the air quality;
Ultra silent, as low as 29 dB when working in sleep mode.

Buying Air Purifier is not a shopping, it’s an investment in your health and clean home.

----This blog is sourced from: https://www.gaomon.com/blogs/news/can-air-purifier-help-with-seasonal-pollen-allergies

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What is HEPA Filter in Air Purifier?

By now you’ve probably heard about HEPA filters in Air Purifiers, Vacuum cleaners, and basically any appliance that is used to clear the air. But what is HEPA filter and why is it so efficient? Let’s see what’s the science behind it…

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What is HEPA filter?

Let’s start from the name “HEPA” filter – what does “HEPA” stands for? “HEPA” is an acronym for "High Efficiency Particulate Air" (as defined by the U.S. Department of Energy). The HEPA filter does what its name stands for, it filters air (particles) with high efficiency. According to theory, it can filter out 99.97% of all particles size 0.3µm (microns); in our homes those particles are usually dust, pollen, mold, some bacteria, and basically any airborne particles that come in that size. But why 0.3µm particularly? That is because that specific micron size particle is referred to by scientists as the most penetrating particle size (MPPS); this size particles evade air filters more than larger or smaller ones (there is some serious, but in essence simple, physics behind it…and that is actually the key how HEPA filters work; we’ll mention that later). Although often mentioned in recent years, HEPA filters are really a new technology; they date back to World War II, when HEPA filters were first created and used by American scientists with the Manhattan Project for the needs to capture radioactive particles released during the creation of the atomic bomb.

How does HEPA filter has such high efficiency? HEPA filters are basically a mash of tangled fibers that are typically composed of polypropylene or fiberglass with diameters between 0.5µm and 2.0µm. HEPA filters stop the particles using 3 different methods depending on the particle size; the methods used are:

Diffusion - Particles below 0.3μm are captured by diffusion in a HEPA filter. This mechanism is a result of the collision with gas molecules by the smallest particles, especially those below 0.1μm in diameter. The small particles are effectively blown or bounced around and collide with the filter media fibers. This behavior is similar to Brownian motion and raises the probability that a particle will be stopped by either interception or impaction; this mechanism becomes dominant at lower airflow.
Interception - Particles following a line of flow in the air stream come within one radius of a fiber and adhere to it. Mid-size particles are being captured by this process.
Impaction - Larger particles are unable to avoid fibers by following the curving contours of the air stream and are forced to embed in one of them directly; this effect increases with diminishing fiber separation and higher air flow velocity.

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Where is HEPA Filter used?

As we already mentioned, HEPA filters have wide spread use. But where we hear about them most often is in home appliances, such as Air Purifiers, Vacuum Cleaners, Air Conditioners (some version), and basically any appliance that filters air; but also in car air filters, airplanes, hospitals…

A thing to pay attention to, when looking for products with filters, is filter’s efficiency. This efficiency is presented in MERV Rating. MERVs, or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Values, basically report a filter's ability to capture particles that are 0.3µm to 10µm (microns).

merv rating

With technology advancement and production prices getting lower HEPA filter become a basic standard in air filtration. Nowadays we usually have combination of several filters so that even particles under 0.3μm can be filtered out. Also, don’t be confused with all the marks that come with HEPA mark (H13, True HEPA…); US Government recognize only “HEPA filter” but doesn’t recognize “True HEPA”! However, since it’s been used as marketing tool or selling point do check what does it actually mean:

EPA “Efficient Particulate Air”, with classification levels: E10, E11 and E12.
HEPA “High Efficiency Particulate Air”, which include two levels of classification: H13 with an efficiency of 99.95% and H14 with 99.995%. The True HEPA Filter (99,97%) performance is in between the H13 and H14.
ULPA “Ultra Low Penetration Air”, with three levels of classification U15, U16 and U17.

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Hope this article helps you to decide what Air Purifier you want to buy, and in the first place that you should buy.

----This blog is sourced from: https://www.gaomon.com/blogs/news/what-is-hepa-filter-in-air-purifier-and-how-does-it-work

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What is Expected Life Expectancy of Home Appliances?

Wondering how long will your home appliances last? Of course, we all know that this heavily depends on the price of the appliance, but this is not a rule that you should follow, more of a guide line, as you can really find high quality, lesser known brand products that will outlast big brand names! Also, simple cheat is just to look at the manufacturer’s warranty period and be sure it’s at least than many years/months. But let’s see what we found out in our research…

home appliances repair

Usually, it’s easy to predict life expectancy of the house exteriors, but it’s not all that simple with home appliances. All major home appliances have different configurations, functions, and features. While you can always ask your seller about this but it doesn’t always turn out to be the exact time. Also, when we say “life expectancy” we don’t actually mean that the product will stop working and be for trash, we mean that at that point it might start braking (usually, repairable brakes). We have done some research and got the answers to this question. So, let’s take a look at the four commonly used home appliances and their life span.

Air Fryers

Air Fryer

Today people are looking for means to induce wellness products in their day-to-day life. Healthy ingredients aren’t enough. Cooking is also a great factor that defines people’s health and well-being. On that note, home appliances like air fryers come in handy. Using innovative technology, air fryers turn your fried food into a healthy food.

If you have air fryer at home or thinking of buying one, you would like to know it’s life span. The simple answer would be - depending on how you use it. Air fryers, typically, last for an average of 2-5 years. Usually, it’s 2-3 years if you’re using it quite frequently, like every day. But it can go for a few more years if used occasionally. Besides, a high-quality one would last much longer than budget ones…but do keep in mind that price doesn’t always equals quality! You can often find small brand names (such as ACEKOOL) are much cheaper while offering high quality product (big brands invest a lot of money in marketing and design, and that is something smaller brands save money on, so the product can have better price).

Vacuum Cleaner

Design of regular vacuum cleaner is so simple that there are no many parts that can brake…there is a motor, buttons and that’s about it. For cordless and robotic vacuum cleaners there are more electronics involved, so more things can go wrong...but luckily, they are usually built with more quality materials and in general they will last at least as regular vacuum cleaner. As for any other appliance, the life expectancy of vacuum cleaners depends on their quality and frequency of usage, as noted by many users. According to some consumer reports, a vacuum cleaner can last up to 8 years with average weekly use. Obviously, not all will last that long but on average, it can go on a median of 8 years. With vacuum cleaner, you can consider buying a cheaper one as the technology behind it is simple and it will probably last long enough for you to say it was worth the money.

Washer & Dryer

Another common home appliance that probably has become the most needful one is a washing machine and/or washer-dryer. Today, washer machine is an essential home appliance and every home has one. While this home appliance has become a boon for most of us, it also ensures that even lower-income groups can afford it. Besides, washer-dryers today are available at different price ranges. And with such price variants, the quality and durability of the appliance vary as well. So, the life expectancy of the washer-dryer also depends on its quality, and in their case, maybe more than other appliances.

Nevertheless, any washer-dryer you take, should last at least 8-10 years. It can go on longer than that but there are high chances of machine starting to make “weird” sounds. Besides, the life span of the washer-dryer varies according to its type. While the top load washer lasts a little longer than the front load one, the semi-automatic washer’s life span is ambiguous. Some users have reported that the washer-dryer can also run up to 11 years as well. So, whatever model or type you have, just make sure you leave no stone unturned to maintain it. And if you are buying a new one, then opting for a quality top-load one would save a lot from your wallet in the longer run.

Air Purifiers

Air Purifier

Off late one home appliance that is stealing a lot of attention, is Air Purifier. With increasing pollution, even inside the house, air purifiers come as a quick and safe resort to clean the air inside your home. The current market has a lot of options on air purifiers with variance in HEPA filters, size, and more. But how long these air purifiers will last is the question we want to ask here.

On average, air purifiers will last around 5 years if maintained properly. And in case, your home has a lot of pollutants and particulate matter, then it’s safe to say around years. Of course, this doesn’t mean it will break and stop working, but you will have to change some parts or take it to the service. The carbon filters in the air purifiers have a life span of 3-5 years. So, whichever be the model, just make sure that you read its manual to maintain it and manage its life span.

Home appliances’ life expectancy depends on a lot of factors but the best we can suggest is that you maintain it properly and handle it with care. Also, if budget isn’t a roadblock for you, you can opt for quality home appliances! But we can always suggest to do a research and find small brands that offer best value for money home appliances.

----This blog is sourced from: https://www.gaomon.com/blogs/news/what-is-expected-life-expectancy-of-home-appliances

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