Tips to Purchase an Air Purifier for Bushfire Smoke Removal

With hundreds of bushfires engulfing Australia, Sydney is now witnessing more harmful air quality than New Delhi and Beijing. A vast majority of the Australian population is experiencing the detrimental impacts of smoke inhalation.

How Does Bushfire Smoke Affect Our Health?

According to a recent research study, bushfire smoke is several times more harmful than second-hand cigarette smoke. Large quantities of bushfire smoke can take a toll on your health both in the short or long-term. It is highly harmful to children and pregnant women with asthma-related problems. Bushfire smoke is considered highly dangerous because it contains high concentrations of particles – from ultra-fine through to large particles.

You need to understand that the ultra-fine particles are more dangerous and harmful for your health as they stay airborne for longer periods after travelling hundreds of kilometers. Longer periods of exposure to the smoke vapour which is made up of gases including nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds can lead to a series of health problems.

Are you looking to improve the indoor air quality of your office space or home in the wake of this tumultuous bushfire massacre in Australia? Looking to filter the bushfire smoke from the air inside your house or office? If yes, then it is very important for you to know the basic mechanisms or processes through which an air purifier can filter out smoke and minute particles.

Activated Carbon Filters

Most air purifiers available in the stores are not effective when it comes to bushfire smoke removal because they come with very less activated carbon. They only contain a thin pad of activated carbon which is mostly a few millimetres thick. Activated carbon can work wonders in filtering out bushfire smoke from the indoor air of your home or work environment. It is like a sponge and designed to adsorb smoke from the airstream. Therefore, it is incorporated in the gas masks of firefighters and in high-end grade gas respirators. Little amount of activated carbon can never remove the bushfire smoke from the air stream. Thus, you will end up breathing the extremely harmful air. You need to buy an air purifier that contains a high amount of activated carbon in the filter. The higher the amount of activated carbon, the more contact time with the smoke, and the more effectively it will be eliminated from the air.

HEPA Filters to Protect the Carbon Filters

At Kleen Air Australia, we provide our clients with air purifiers that contain the largest amount of activated carbon filters in the market. Our Airclean E20 Plus Air Purifier contains 6 kgs and the E8 series comes with 2.5kgs of activated carbon filters. This is why our home and office air purifiers are highly effective in bushfire smoke removal. We have a wide range of products but most importantly the carbon filters are protected with an H13 medical-grade HEPA filter. The presence of the HEPA filter makes sure that no harmful particles can clog the activated carbon filter and make it useless.

Don’t Select an Air Purifier that is Heavily Reliant on a HEPA Filter

When you are looking to purchase air purifiers to remove bushfire smoke, don’t opt for a device that only relies upon a HEPA filter. If a system is heavily dependent on the HEPA filter then the job is only half done. A system that is highly reliant on a HEPA filter cannot remove the smoke completely and your home or workspace will still be smelling of smoke. You can rest assured that our Airclean E20 Plus Air Purifier and the other variants of air purifiers are supremely configured and designed to filter out the harmful bushfire smoke.

Never Buy a Substandard or Cheaper Air Purifier

By purchasing a cheap or substandard air purifier without the desired amount of activated carbon in the filter, you will end up spending more in the long run – both due to the harmful impact the smoke will have on your health and when you will have to buy a better system to get the work done.

Follow the above-mentioned tips to buy an air purifier that is best suited for your office or house. By buying the right air purifier, you can protect your family by reducing the risk of exposure to harmful bushfire smoke.