Air cleaner recommendations?

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Air cleaner recommendations?

Post by Nipper06 » Mon May 14, 2012 8:21 am

The air cleaner I have in my bird room is getting old and has a filter than I having trouble finding a replacement for. Does anyone have advice for an air cleaner for a small room?
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Re: Air cleaner recommendations?

Post by ac12 » Mon May 14, 2012 12:06 pm

I would just go to CostCo or similar discount place and pick up a HEPA filter. If you can get the one that uses a washable filter that is better as you don't have the cost of replacement filters every year.
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Re: Air cleaner recommendations?

Post by WeimerHeimer » Sun May 20, 2012 3:02 pm

I have two air purifiers in my house. I bought at Target; one is made by Holmes and the other by Honeywell. Both are "HEPA" type filters. They do a real nice job.

Whaterver you buy make sure it doesn't produce Ozone as some do to help make the air smell "fresh". This type can be harmfull to birds.

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Re: Air cleaner recommendations?

Post by bugaboo5 » Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:09 am

It's amazing the dust and dander birds produce. I run five air purifiers 24/7 and I still have to deal with quite a bit of dust.

I currently have the following five running simultaneously:

GE HEPA 106653 Air Purifier
3M Office Air Cleaner
Ionic Pro Turbo TA500 ‑ Air Purifier
Oreck XL Tower Professional Air Purifier
Holmes HAP424-U Air Purifier

I have a sixth air purifier, but I'm not currently running it.

Of these five, I would say the GE and the 3M do the best work. The Oreck is the most expensive, but I would rate it's performance as "just good" with GE an 3M doing "excellent" work.
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Re: Air cleaner recommendations?

Post by Finnie » Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:32 am

Does anybody have any experience with an Austin Air Pet Machine? A friend recommended that kind, and apparently it is expensive.
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