Air purifier

[Emily-G]

Hi, after weeks (and months) of indecision I bought a hepa air purifier. It's a homedics one that will do large rooms. My plan is I ll try it in my bedroom for a while to see if it helps me any then possibly get a second machine for my living room.

I'm looking for advice on how to run it. I've just done 2 hours on highest setting. Not sure if I should just switch it off now til an hour or so before I go to bed or leave it on on lowest setting... What does anyone recommend? And should I leave it running all night on low? Or timer it to switch off after a bit..?

I really really want to make it work and give my family a break from my non stop asthma.

Hope everyone is managing as well as they can in the polleny air xxx

[PMRPete]

"generally you want to keep it on for between five and eight hours at a time"

doityourself.com/stry/air-p...

Do I Leave the Air Purifiers on All Day?

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[Emily-G in reply to PMRPete]

Thank you 😊 xxx

[Yatzy]

Pete's links are very useful, thanks! From my own experience, when my purifier was new, in January, I ran it on the timer for two hours, whatever room I was sitting in. Didn't run if moving about frequently. I checked the filter frequently to see any obvious contaminants collected. Soon found out coal fire was big pollutant, so stopped using coal fire. Doh! Then dust collection in that room hugely less. As time has gone by and my asthma has significantly improved, I have dropped to the habit of putting it on in my bedroom for two hours as I go to bed....bit sooner if I've been changing the bed. This seems to work for me. Took a few months but really feeling the benefit now. If forget to switch on, the asthma twinges soon build up. I'm afraid I have to lug it about with me if I'm staying the night elsewhere, to keep up the good work. I don't have hay fever, fortunately, but perfumes from flowers, and anything else, upset my asthma. If I had hay fever, maybe I'd have to use it longer in high pollen season. Just in case that helps....

[Emily-G in reply to Yatzy]

Hi, thank you for your reply I am already so happy with how it is working, I ran it most of the day yesterday and today the sun is shining through the window and I can't see dust in the sunbeam...

I'm going to try moving it round the house with me next , fingers crossed. It would be such a great solution for me. Xxx

[Dionne0208]

Hi we have the Dyson, mainly for my sons asthma and I leave it on all the time lowest setting during night but he often turns it of, it has really helped, really hope you notice the difference with it xx

[Emily-G in reply to Dionne0208]

I really liked the look of the dyson, might get the hot/cold one in the winter . Great that it is working well for your son 😊 xxx

[Hidden]

Hi all,

Our in-house GP Dr Andy has just written a blog about air purifiers that you can read here bit.ly/2uzxCfr

Dita