Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Fall Allergies

Fall seems to be MY worst time to deal with my allergies. I made a very big mistake the other night. I woke up at 3 AM sneezing like crazy! I realized that, because it was nice and cool, I had left the windows open in my bedroom, and the breeze closed my door to the hallway, where my Ecoquest Fresh Air air purifier sits. It could not combat the allergens that were coming in my windows because my door was closed!
Of course, now I prop my door open so that will not close so my Fresh air can do it's job!
About every month or 2 I actually take the Fresh Air and put in on sanitize mode right in the middle of my open bed to kill the dust mites that come to live in it. I found that I was allergic to them too, and when I sanitize my bed, I know longer sneeze from the dust mites and their excrement!
Do you wake up stuffed up in the morning? You would be amazed how sanitizing your bed/bedclothes/pillows etc. will make that stuffiness go away. It works wonders for me!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Did you ever think that there are a few important things to consider when shopping for an air purifier?
First, did you know there is a difference between air filters and air purifiers? First, I want you to think about how your house smells after popping popcorn in your microwave. In fact, think about how BAD your house smells after BURNING popcorn in your microwave! The smell goes to EVERY corner of your house! AND if you put the burnt popcorn in your trash, you cannot even get the smell out of there, even after you remove it the next day to another location!
Just think for a minute about if you could SEE what you can smell! Those little things may not be seen with the naked eye, but they DO exist! They travel and land on any surface there is.
Well, that is how a GOOD air purifier works! It travels to EVERY nook and cranny, and lands on every surface. If you have an air filter, the particulates(the one you cannot see) have to PASS THROUGH the filter to be taken care of...right?
But an air PURIFIER sends out activated oxygen molecules everywhere, and changes the molecular structure of the particulates. It eliminates dust from the air, but also neutralizes the particulates that have already landed on the surfaces. Those are the ones that could NEVER pass through a filter as they are sitting still where they land.
So just as the popcorn smell travels everywhere, so does the purifier technology, eliminating the allergens.
Ecoquest Air Purifiers also kill bacteria on surfaces, so remember, PURIFIER instead of filter is the way to go!