Will an ionic or HEPA air purifier prevent the buildup of dust on furniture and reduce the need for vacuuming? My understanding is ionic purifiers will cause airborne particles to be drawn to walls and the floor, so that may make the issue worse. What about HEPA filters? Has anyone who has used air purifiers noticed a difference on the level of dust buildup in their houses?
We’ve used HEPA purifiers for over a year now mainly to reduce allergens that affect my husband, such as cedar pollen and cat dander. Overall, I haven’t noticed a huge reduction in dust buildup, though there is some. We do, however, live in a very dusty area (quite near a lime quarry), and the cats still kick up enough dander, hair, and litter dust.
We don’t usually have the purifier on the highest setting, though, mainly because it’s so loud (running those things also jacks up the electricity bill). Now, if we bought a more powerful one, and ran it 24 hours a day, I suspect the difference in visible dust would be greater.
In the end, I do think our model of purifier does serve its purpose. My husband’s allergies have subsided quite a bit since we started using it. Also, I’ve noticed that if the purifier is accidentally left off all night (sometimes we turn it off in the evening to watch TV or listen to music without all the white noise in the background), the place much more obviously smells like cat the next morning.
Well, that was almost a novella. Hope it helped a bit.
That was only eight sentences. Closer to a poem than a novella. But as a fellow Austinite, I’m intrigued about the cedar-reducing possibilities of an air purifier. I will have to look into that.
We’ve been using Holmes brand purifiers. No problems with them thus far. We also use a vacuum with a HEPA filter.
Hope you find some relief. Cedar Fever is brutal.