| Everybody wants the most bang for their buck | | | | add pollutants to your environment. You surely do |
| these days, and so we are often asked about the | | | | not need to pay money for that. |
| cheapest air purifier. It can only be considered | | | | 4. Check to see that the manufacturer or retailer |
| cheap if it does what you want it to, and you | | | | has a reasonable return policy. Trying the cleaner |
| purchase it for a good price. If, however, you | | | | in your space is one of the best ways to see if |
| purchase a purifier for any price, and it does not | | | | you have the one that is best for the pollutants |
| solve your problem, or solve it in a reasonable | | | | you need to remove, and the space you want to |
| amount of time, then it is, in fact not cheap, but | | | | clean. A 30-day return policy is generally the |
| an expensive mistake. Here are 5 ways to avoid | | | | standard policy, and will give you time to decide. If |
| making a "cheap" air purifier an expensive mistake. | | | | a company really believes in their product the |
| 1. Decide how much square footage you need to | | | | return policy will be something they are proud of! |
| clean by measuring your space. If your space is | | | | 5. Make sure that the purifier you purchase has a |
| 15 feet by 15 feet, you need to clean 300 square | | | | really good warranty. Cheap air purifiers might |
| feet. Be sure to look for a purifier that will | | | | offer a 30 day warranty. But if something goes |
| effectively clean that amount of space or even | | | | wrong with the purifier after 30 days and you |
| slightly more. | | | | have no recourse, the air purifier was not |
| 2. Decide on what pollutants to want to remove. | | | | cheaper, as you will need to buy another one if |
| A purifier that is designed to remove pet odor | | | | you want to clean your air. Cleaners that will |
| might not be as effective in removing airborne | | | | stand the test of time are often warranted for |
| chemicals. So check very carefully to see what | | | | as much as 5 years! If you do the math--divide |
| pollutants its filter is best at removing, and that it | | | | the price of the purifier by 1825 days (the |
| matches the pollutants you need to remove. | | | | number of days in 5 years), you will see that the |
| 3. Check to make sure the unit you decide to | | | | cost per day really makes it a cheap. |
| purchase is made of steel rather than plastic. | | | | Once you decide how much space you need to |
| Those made of plastic generally cost less, but in | | | | clean, the pollutants you need to remove, check |
| return some give off fumes that are generated | | | | for steel construction, the return policy, and the |
| once the motor gets warm. This is called | | | | warranty, you can make the best decision about |
| off-gassing. If off-gassing occurs, not only will you | | | | your purifier, and ultimately get the cheapest air |
| have the pollutants that you were trying to get | | | | purifier because it will do what you need it to do. |
| rid of initially, but your "cheap" purifier will actually | | | | |