[Air purifier/air filter recommendations?]

On 10/31/2020 at 9:59 AM, Surelynot said:

Looking out I can see the air quality rapidly deteriorating and, it might be my imagination,  feel I can smell the air and my chest getting tighter.

 

I am looking for recommendations for what to do/what to purchase to make the air in our studio as healthy as possible.

I have been living in Thailand for 11 years and I am not sure if its my age, (im 56 now), or the air quality that has been making me so short of breath, but in recent years i have been feeling it.

Last year, in fact November 2019 to about March of this, I felt like I had aged by 10+ years, poor sleep tight chest and bad throat were just some of my issues.

I live in Chonburi which is by no means the worst area for air pollution in Thailand. Bangkok is a no go area during pollution season for me now.

After seeing my pain last year a Swedish friend let me borrow a lightAir IonFlow air purifier for a week trial, (they are made in Sweden).

I did a lot of research and in the end decided to give it a go.

As they are bit more expensive than most standard HEPA air purifiers I didn't want to fork out 15K for something that wouldn't help. I think it was aboout 3 days later I payed for the one I had borrowed, and brought another. a few days and I felt so much better.

They don't work like normal filter type purifiers, they do something to the particles in the air and it just cleans it, simple to use just turn on or off, and no moving parts so no noise and no filters to replace. (50M coverage)

The IonFlow model has had 7 years of scientific reports to back their impressive claims and for me it works like a dream. Half a dozen of my friends also now have them.

Apparently they are the only ionizer purifiers that don't produce ozone, and they have been proven to stop virus, they keep the pollution under control, so when im at home Im fine.

Look up "Lightair ionflow" I think they are on Lazada now? They also have a website..

[How good is Lumpini park air quality?]

I couldn't live in Bkk. Just a visit when the pollution is moderate to high will mean a headache, wheezing and generally feeling like <deleted>. So runing in Lumpini is out for me, It seems im vulnerable to pollution and poor air quality.

On the subject of filters or air purifiers I have noticed a lot of talk about HEPA purifiers, which historically have done little for me when the pollution is up. They also seem to have the ink cartridge syndrome with the filters which are always over-priced

A couple of months ago I bought a lightAir Ionflow purifier from Lazada which does not have filters or produce ozone, it has made such a difference i bought a second a couple of weeks later.

My allergies have almost dissapeared, I can finally sleep like I only dreamed of months ago.

I am actually in a semi rural area of Chonburi but the air quality here is still bad enough to hit me on bad days, but indoors no problem now, we have trees everywhere.

I think with me its the really fine particles that my Hepa purifiers couldn't filter, my IonFlow units work to PM0.007 (so they say, although I havent tested). It was quite expensive, about 15k but there are no replacement filters to buy and it runs on 5w, it's also good for up to 50m of floorspace.

As far as my health goes there is no way i'd buy hepa again.