An air purifier in an important device to have around the home, they can make a significant difference to the quality of air you are breathing. A HEPA air purifier can help enormously if someone in your family has a respiratory condition or suffers from certain allergies. This article aims to discuss the benefits of installing a HEPA air purifier and how the air filter actually works.

The HEPA in the HEPA air purifier stands for high efficiency particulate arresting, which basically means that the HEPA filter is supremely good at stopping the unwanted critters floating around in your air. The holes in HEPA air purifiers filters are only 0.3 microns in size (that's 0.00001182 inches for the non-scientists among us), ensuring the capture of not only visible dust and other particles, but many of the nasty bacteria and viruses that have taken residence in the air in our home.

The HEPA air purifier filter is also very large, but folded many times, like a concertina, so that it fits nicely within a small container. The large size of the filter means that far larger amounts of air can be processed simultaneously, meaning that, for you, your air becomes cleaner at a very fast rate.

A HEPA air filter is capable of removing a minimum of 99.97% of all airborne particles down to the size of 0.3 microns. These specifications are part of what strictly defines a HEPA filter and separates HEPA from other types of air filtration systems.

Common allergens such as animal dander, dust mite feces, pollen and dust are trapped in the filter, removing these pollutants from the air. It keeps you from inhaling them with every breath you take in an air-tight, energy efficient home or office.