Post 9m951JOpHJTsp5Cfia by dwardoric@chaos.social
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(DIR) Post #9m94DgHJwOB5Il1jKC by fribbledom@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T13:12:59Z
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Air purifiers... do they actually work? Against dust? Smoke?Opinions & experiences, please! 😊
(DIR) Post #9m94HeGnLlvUEMfmeu by nymph@radical.town
2019-08-22T13:13:41Z
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@fribbledom yes but only if you actively replace the filters (if its filter based)!!! i used to have one in my room and there was a distinctly different smell from my room and the hallway outside!
(DIR) Post #9m94RBYGyi4K3iOaS8 by OTheB@mastodon.technology
2019-08-22T13:15:24Z
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@fribbledom If you're looking at the ones that "ionise" the air with electricity too, then don't. They generate deadly amounts of ozone. Smells sort of sweet and then you slowly suffocate.
(DIR) Post #9m94Rfiaou9JcPSFhg by noiob@awoo.space
2019-08-22T13:15:32Z
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@fribbledom you mean a HEPA filter with a fan attached? That will definitely remove dust and stuff like pollen from the air, yeah
(DIR) Post #9m94cruzniQudqaxO4 by FiXato@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T13:17:33Z
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@fribbledom well, judging by the amount of dust that gets trapped in the filters of my PC, I could imagine that a decent #airPurifier could at least make some difference in the #dust department.(Still thinking of making a #companionCube out of big PC fans and dust filters, powering it from a power bank, and putting them in random spots throughout the house.)
(DIR) Post #9m94gaBFgw6AmryBeq by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T13:18:13Z
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@fribbledom Judging by what builds up on my HEPA filter, yes. But over time, not instantly.
(DIR) Post #9m94ntLAqyCSEp60W0 by fribbledom@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T13:19:34Z
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@OTheBI see a bunch of those that claim to be "ozone-free". I'm not sure how scientific "ionizing" the air is anyway, but I guess I'll have to read up on that.
(DIR) Post #9m94raK1VQLaPZJp0y by tyr@pettingzoo.co
2019-08-22T13:19:14Z
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@fribbledom i had one of those ionizing ones that didn't need a filter during the California fires. i had to replace it with a conventional one with a replaceable HEPA filter because the little metal panels of the ionizing one did nothing. also there are air filters that produce o-zone which sounds like a positive but it's actually kinda bad for our human bodies down here so avoid that. I got one from https://www.guardiantechnologies.com/ that i really like.
(DIR) Post #9m951JOpHJTsp5Cfia by dwardoric@chaos.social
2019-08-22T13:21:53Z
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@fribbledom Purifier? ;-)
(DIR) Post #9m95ZMpl12LJJv2UHA by AskChip@mastodon.technology
2019-08-22T13:28:07Z
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@fribbledom Three basic types:charcoal, which needs replacing,Electrostatic, needs cleaning regularly.Charcoal reduces odors.Electrostatic removes particulates which includes most odors.There is a static electrostatic panel which needs cleaning also but it depends on plastic beads in a frame which trap much fewer than the electrostatic precipitator. Often the charcoal and precipitator are combined.Generally the best combinations are expensive
(DIR) Post #9m95avQxrJ98v7BYbA by Ayior@mastodon.art
2019-08-22T13:28:20Z
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@fribbledom I've hear some are good, others can make you sick because they spread micro dust instead, so I'd do some research on specific models, and depending on the purpose you want one for~
(DIR) Post #9m95dOrVPuHqljmPi4 by OTheB@mastodon.technology
2019-08-22T13:28:50Z
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@fribbledom This is a pretty interesting video on it (ions in general, not just air purifiers). https://invidio.us/watch?v=ZQ--scjcAZ4
(DIR) Post #9m97IuSExfXYZvJrN2 by tsturm@mastodon.cloud
2019-08-22T13:47:30Z
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@fribbledom We got this one here https://www.amazon.com/Coway-AP-1216L-Mighty-Purifier-Sq-Ft/dp/B01KGR2EUU and it is definitely doing its job. We never use the built in Ionizer, since that could actually make asthma worse, but the fan is quiet and big and moves a lot of air through the filters. What I found is that big = quiet. It has an air sensor to rev up the fan if the air is bad, and this works pretty well.
(DIR) Post #9m97sJAP4cVFMEr6oK by requiem@hackers.town
2019-08-22T13:53:55Z
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@fribbledom anything with a fan that pulls air through a HEPA filter will help, the bigger the better (bigger fan = more air and less noise).As others have said stay away from ionizers / electrostatic devices. They have applications, but not regular household use.
(DIR) Post #9m97vvLpYsjyeXvOim by requiem@hackers.town
2019-08-22T13:54:36Z
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@fribbledom a cheap DIY option is to simply zip-tie a large HEPA filter element to a box fan :)
(DIR) Post #9m97xqZmHnbYQGMiTw by silverfox@toot.cat
2019-08-22T13:54:56Z
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@fribbledom Yes, they do. If you buy a good product that is properly sized for the space. And change/clean the filters regularly. The brand I’ve had good luck with is Oransi.
(DIR) Post #9m995dr5Z7TnEyk8hc by borko@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T14:07:34Z
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@fribbledom they do. Mine is Phillips, would recommend.
(DIR) Post #9m99cwH06obDv2jye8 by nate@frogmob.life
2019-08-22T14:13:28Z
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@fribbledom They work, but they're not magic. I've had good luck keeping one bedroom free of contaminants, but only by washing all my bedding frequently, vacuuming VERY frequently, and keeping the door shut as much as possible. It depends on how much dust/smoke/whatever is being introduced to your environment, and how much air pressure the filter can generate.
(DIR) Post #9m99mssXaIe0Hr2egK by gamehawk@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T14:15:24Z
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@fribbledom Seems to. At least, our Wirecutter-pick Coway is very good at *detecting* stuff and bumping its fan up a notch or two whenever I open the window, or cook on the stovetop without turning the vent fan on, or pet a cat. And certainly the prefilter gets coated with cat hair fairly quickly, so it's circulating a lot of air. I assume the HEPA filter is doing its job too although, you know, not particularly visible at that point.
(DIR) Post #9m9CBXbtzqunTL90t6 by ericadams@mastodon.technology
2019-08-22T14:42:05Z
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@fribbledom to an extent. We had a portable unit for many years that I'm sure did something but it's impossible to actually purify the air in a non-sealed space. We now have a very thick HEPA filter as part of our HVAC system. We also added a UV light to kill mold and others. This setup is much better because a large portion of the air in our house gets recirculated on a daily basis.
(DIR) Post #9m9CKbzP5Je1eySiXo by bekopharm@social.tchncs.de
2019-08-22T14:43:52Z
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@fribbledom Huge fan of Venta LW. Can be cleaned really good. The filter is… water. And boy… it does remove dust. The water shows. Nice benefit: humidity. I use this one expecially in the wintertime. Lowest setting at day (quiet noise) and a huger one at night when nobody cares.
(DIR) Post #9m9HNHnf6X4fgQ44h6 by ZoltorTheGreat@natter.wtf
2019-08-22T15:39:34Z
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@fribbledom Just wear a ww1 style gas mask. No dust, no smoke, no air, ALL mustard gass
(DIR) Post #9m9I5WWphmSI6YHrmq by ischade@mastodon.technology
2019-08-22T15:48:22Z
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@fribbledom yup, they work. we've got two purple air sensors, one for outside & one for inside. so I know our filters improve our AQI by 80-150. we would have way more trouble getting through wildfire season without them. fwiw, these are alen corp filters.
(DIR) Post #9m9Kl5h24Ktgwl0SK8 by Makdaam@mastodon.social
2019-08-22T16:18:18Z
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@fribbledom I had very good experiences with Xiaomi air purifier v2. It was pulling air well. You can use it without wifi/internet connectivity which was very important to me. Look at the internal construction when buying, some other manufacturers had a fan blowing air at a filter with most of it escaping to the sides.
(DIR) Post #9m9Q2LnHxVrfZnyx28 by weldon@social.librem.one
2019-08-22T17:17:26Z
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@fribbledom I had an ionic purifier when I lived in India and it worked wonders, but that was really coarse particulates (smoke from fires mostly).
(DIR) Post #9m9cj1j6uqcRSQj9tI by nm@linuxrocks.online
2019-08-22T19:39:27Z
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@fribbledomWorks for us.. spikes are arnd when traffic spikes.. used to be pretty worse for us
(DIR) Post #9mA9YZLKt3oH1GECLA by cjewel@romancelandia.club
2019-08-23T01:40:36Z
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@fribbledom Yes. I bought a HEPA filter during the fires in NorCall (we were < 10 miles from some parts) and it made a HUGE difference to indoor air quality.
(DIR) Post #9mAGbzlFoyltV8vpwG by The_Whore_of_Blahbylon@mastodon.social
2019-08-23T03:06:30Z
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@fribbledom Check the Consumer Reports website and see if you can get some info w/o a subscription.
(DIR) Post #9mCJCtK9J1JCTYtX96 by Calcifer@social.bau-ha.us
2019-08-24T02:22:37Z
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@fribbledom filters are good; "purifiers" that don't have a filter tend to not work well and produce too much ozone (which is not good for you in enclosed spaces… which are where you want an air filter in the first place)Filters work great with dust. They work *ok* with smoke, but any kind of sticky smoke (solder, tobacco) will gum up filters not designed for that rather quickly: smoke eaters are a thing, use those instead.
(DIR) Post #9mCjgdqA2HYzwwiMl6 by sjur@favela.world
2019-08-24T07:41:13Z
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@fribbledom Good question! It is probably a scam.