Are the Dyson air purifiers worth it? I've been looking at the one that is a fan, air purifier and can be used as a humidifier instead of having three different machines.
Dyson air purifier or other air purifier suggestions?
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Serious question, do air purifiers work/really help at all? I've thought about getting one cuz I have constant nasal drainage and inflammation problems practically year-round.
My wife has pretty terrible allergies, and we've tried a couple different ones (fairly high end, room sized), and she really didn't notice the difference. We also have an ultraviolet thing attached to our furnace that is supposed to help. Didn't notice much there either. We do have three (non-shedding) dogs, so that probably doesn't help lol
I'm a Consumer Reports geek. My general feeling on Dyson products is that they are average-to-good performers at premium prices. We have a Honeywell purifier. Not sure how much it actually accomplishes but the ratings were good, as was the price.
I'm not sure if I'd normally be vacuuming up all the dust but when I change the purifier filter a lot of **** is trapped.
Our son has a medical grade air purifier and swears by it.
We also have allergies and want it for that, but also like the fan noise for sleeping and - during the winter - use a humidifier.
I picked up a Blueair purifier last year since my son developed allergies. The knock on Dysons are that their air cycling rate is lower than many other models. I was most concerned with filter quality then the cfm rate when I was making my decision.
I was ready to spend on the Dyson before looking into it, ultimately I decided that they weren't worth the couple of hundred $ more than the other units that would service a room of a similar size. I wasn't looking for a humidifier or cooling fan like the OP though.
https://www.consumeranalysis.com/guides/air-purifiers/dyson-air-purifiers/
I was ready to spend on the Dyson before looking into it, ultimately I decided that they weren't worth the couple of hundred $ more than the other units that would service a room of a similar size. I wasn't looking for a humidifier or cooling fan like the OP though.
https://www.consumeranalysis.com/guides/air-purifiers/dyson-air-purifiers/
For my allergies they help but easily not in top five.
1. Neti pot (#1 by miles)
2. Frequent showers/washing face
3. Cleaning (wear a mask cleaning)
4. Frequent/obsessive oral care
5. Certain foods I’ve discovered that help, sure it’s different for everybody
Air purifier might be next on the list but I can live without it more than those. Those top 5 got me from 500-600 allergy pills a year to about 20 pills a year. I tried a few other things that had no effect so at least the air purifier did something, I’m guessing it helps make cleaning easier.
I thought all my year-round nasal drainage, etc was due to allergies. After seeing an ENT, I found out it's mainly due to silent reflux. I have some seasonal allergies and can usually tell when they're affecting me.
Silent reflux? I should check into this. What did you do to help it?
I've gone thru a full allergy test suite with an ENT once before... Zero positives. I regularly feel like I have drainage going down the back of my throat and some days one of my airways will feel like it inflamed itself nearly shut and I have to use Afrin to open it back up usually.
The one thing we've noticed with our Bluair purifiers is how less frequently we have to dust.
Honeywell has the best unit for their size here. I have one and like it alot. It is likely not going to help a ton but I have noticed a difference. The biggest things that have improved my quality of life is 3ply medical mask when doing lawn care, mowing, gardening, and nasal flushes with salt water at night.
I take Omeprozole every day. Sometimes sleep with my head elevated and try not to eat spicy foods at dinner. Now that I’m aware of it, I’ve noticed other things that trigger the reflux and do what I can to reduce those.
I think they call it silent reflux because I wasn’t showing symptoms like most people with reflux. My main complaint was constant nasal drainage, especially down the back of my throat. To confirm, they did a test where a small scope was put down my throat. You could clearly see how the reflux was causing the tissues in the throat to swell. They had asked if I had issues with occasionally being hoarse or the need to cough when talking. I didn’t experience hoarseness, but I did notice things like having to cough when I sing.
I've noticed before that I have to clear my throat a lot when talking, or after a phase of talking a lot or yelling... Hmmm...
Oh good lord the dust in my apartment now is unbearable...HVAC here sucks. Part of the reason I'm moving to a new place soon.
Taking this completely off-track here but since moving to Colorado and having septoplasty with turbinate reduction I literally do not have allergies anymore. I still do nasal flushes though cuz it just feels damn good.
I read once, but don't remember where, that a very cheap alternative to air purifier is a cheap box fan with a high end disposable furnace filter taped to one side. I've not tried it but seems like it will work if you don't mind the Pluggers asthetics.
