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Vacuum Cleaner Information

How Does a Vacuum Work?
How to Make Your Vacuum Cleaner Smell Good
Why do Vacuum Cleaners Smell?
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Scent Tabs?
How to Keep Your Vacuum Cleaner Running Like New
How to Vacuum Heat Ducts
How is Vacuum Measured?
Who Invented the Vacuum Cleaner?
Where Are Electrolux Vacuums Made?
How to Choose a Central Vac
Vacuum Cleaner Service
How to Repair a Broken Vacuum Belt
How to Change the Belt on a Dyson
Changing a Kirby Vacuum Belt
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Bags?
What Are Vacuum Bag Types?
How to Change Bags in Bissell Powerforce
What are Allergen Filters?
How to Put an S Type Filter on a Hoover Vacuum
Cleaning Your Dyson HEPA Filter
What Does HEPA Stand For?
Where Can I Find HEPA Air Purifiers?
What are HEPA Filters?
What Are Micron Filters?
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Filters?
Emptying a Dyson Vacuum Cleaner
Cleaning Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
How to Clean My Dyson Vacuum
How to Clean a Dyson Vacuum Brush
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Brush Rollers?
How to Stop Hose Collapse in a Vacuum
How to Stop Hose Collapse on a Shop Vac
Canister Vacuum Motor Access
What Are Canister Vacuum Cleaners?
What Are Lightweight Vacuum Cleaners?
What Are Upright Vacuum Cleaners?
Replacing Hoover Valve Seal
How to Replace a Vacuum Electrical Plug
How to Change the Battery in Dirt Devil Kone
How to Use a Shop Vac
How to Shampoo a Carpet
How to Use a Hoover Steam Vac
How Do You Use a Hoover SteamVac Deluxe?
How to Use Bissell Little Green Machine
How to Use Kirby Vacuum Carpet Shampooer
Where Can I Donate a Vacuum Cleaner?

Buying a Vacuum Cleaner

How to Buy a Vacuum Cleaner
The Best Vacuum Cleaner for Pet Lovers
What is the Best Cordless Vacuum?
What is the Best Upright Bagless Vacuum?
What is the Best Vacuum for Wood Floors?
What is the Best Carpet Cleaner?
What is the Best Central Vacuum System?
What is the Best Shop Vac?
The Best Vacuum Cleaner for Allergy Sufferers
Should You Get a Bagless Vacuum Cleaner?
Should You Get a Canister or Upright Vacuum Cleaner?

Where Can I Find HEPA Air Purifiers?

HEPA is a technology used in air filtration and air purifying: it is not the name of a company or brand. High Efficiency Particulate Arrestor (HEPA) cleans particles and allergens from the air down to .3 microns. These devices can remove: smoke, dust, pollen, animal dander and any other particles that are suspended in the air. The HEPA filter is used on appliances, air cleaners, air purifiers and vacuums and is recommended by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation. HEPA filters are combined with the power of an intake fan to move air in a specific area through the filter; good filters and purifiers will exchange the air multiple times an hour, providing better air quality.

All HEPA air cleaners can only clean the air in the area in which they are placed and cannot move air through walls or doorways. If the filter or cleaner is placed in a bedroom, it will only clean that bedroom, and if it is placed in a hallway outside the bedrooms, with the doors open, it will clean the air in the hallway and only a small percentage of the air in the bedrooms. The internal fans cannot pull all of the air in a house or divided area as they are not designed to do so. An exchange rate of five to seven times an hour is a decent rate for cleaning the air; much higher exchange rates do exist on more expensive machines and can exchange the air in the neighborhood of eight to ten times an hour.

A HEPA air purifier uses a combination of a filtration system and ultra-violet light; the addition of the ultra-violet light enables the purifier to kill viruses, bacteria and mold that may be lurking in the air of a home or building. Look for air purifiers that have activated carbon and Zeolite in their design. The activated carbon, and a substance called Zeolite, allow for the quick and thorough cleaning of odors and out-gassing chemicals from cleaning and outdoor air pollution.  Other manufacturers use a carbon spray on the filter, which does little more than act as a sales tactic and will not effectively clean the air of viruses and gaseous chemicals. Finding a HEPA air purifier is quite simple as many online and other retail department and hardware retailers carry them.

To start looking for an air filter, it is important to know how many rooms need to have the air purified. A single HEPA purifier in each room is recommended as HEPA filters only clean the area they are placed in. Larger great rooms may need two purifiers if they are of lower quality, such as department store brands of HEPA air purifiers. The best place to find HEPA air purifiers is through specialty stores online: they offer far better service should something break or wear out. They also have more extensive knowledge of the HEPA filter and air purification systems than most department stores.


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Filter Queen 99A Majestic Canister
Hoover S3341 Constellation Canister
Miele S5280 Callisto Canister
Panasonic MC-V9644 Canister
Rainbow SE Series D4C Canister
Royal Lightweight RY6400 / MRY640 Upright
Sanitaire Precision SP7025 / SP7025A Canister

Product Information

Airway Vacuum Cleaners
Bissell Vacuum Cleaners
Compact Vacuum Cleaners
Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaners
Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
Euro-Pro Vacuum Cleaners
Filter Queen Vacuum Cleaners
GE Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover Vacuum Cleaners
Insterstate Vacuum Cleaners
Kenmore Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby Vacuum Cleaners
Miele Vacuum Cleaners
Nutone Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Vacuum Cleaners
Panasonic Vacuum Cleaners
Pro-Vac Vacuum Cleaners
Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
Regina Vacuum Cleaners
Rexair Vacuum Cleaners
Riccar Vacuum Cleaners
Royal Vacuum Cleaners
Samsung Vacuum Cleaners
Sanitaire Vacuum Cleaners
Sanyo Vacuum Cleaners
Sears Vacuum Cleaners
Sharp Vacuum Cleaners
Shop-Vac Vacuum Cleaners
Simplicity Vacuum Cleaners
Singer Vacuum Cleaners
Tristar Vacuum Cleaners
Windsor Vacuum Cleaners

Vacuum Cleaner Accessories

Bissell Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Panasonic Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Shop-Vac Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories

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