Clean Air For Birds---5 Features To Avoid In Your An Air Cleaner

Keeping the air clean with an air purifier keeps
both you and your bird healthy by removing
bird-related as well as household allergens.
The most effective cleaner avoids the following
5 features.

Motor That Needs A Time Out---By definition,
keeping the air clean has to mean that you are
removing more pollutants than the situation is
creating. That cannot possibly true if the air
cleaner has to be shut off periodically for
safety reasons.

Even when the cleaner is turned on again,
purification is not instant so there is a lag
time between the time that the air is healthy
again. To avoid having to remember to turn it on
and off, and having your birds breathe air that
is unclean, choose a purifier that has a split
capacitor motor.

This type of motor is designed for continuous
high revolutions per minute, and will allow
uninterrupted filtration 24 hours a day every
day.

Controversial By-Products---Fresh air is always
the main goal for birds in captivity---humans
too! HEPA (high efficiency particle arresting)
filtration is one of the safest technologies
around. In fact, this is the filtering process
hospitals use to keep the air clean.

Ozone and ionization are still controversial in
many circles. Numerous studies have been done
with numerous conclusions. Why take a chance if
something else works just as well or even
better?

One Filter---Even if one filter could remove all
the pollutants, it will fill up faster and need
replacing more frequently. The more filters you
have in a cleaner the better.

Multiple filters for particles of varying sizes
will insure that the big particles that can be
seen are trapped before they can fill up the
finer HEPA. This filter can be left to trap
particulates that are measured in microns.

A filter for gaseous pollutants is also a good
idea. Including this type of filter in the
purifier means that one cleaner can multi-task
and will remove both gaseous and particulate
pollutants. This ultimately saves you space,
money, and time.

High Maintenance---You want a cleaner that can
take care of your bird and you, not one that
requires constant upkeep. A cleaner that
requires you to stop filtration and go inside
the unit for maintenance is not a good idea.

Opening the unit sends the very irritants that
you are trying to trap up your nose, possibly
into your bird's lungs, and back into the air
again. It also takes your time.

The best scenario is maintenance that can be
done on the outside of the unit and only
occasionally. Vacuuming the outside and
occasionally wiping it down with a damp cloth
should be the most you should have to do.

Fussy Placement Requirements---Some cleaners
have very strict requirements in terms of where
they can and cannot be placed. This is an
important issue to get clear on before you make
a final decision.

Believe it or not, some units must be placed in
the center of the room. Not only is this
inconvenient, aesthetically unattractive, but
the chord can become a tripping hazard for
people and sometimes a chewing hazard for your
bird.


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