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What is a personal air purifier?

A personal air purifier is an invaluable device that allows you to control the quality of the air for approximately 18 inches around your face. They are capable of killing mold and bacteria in your personal air space and help protect you from airborne allergens. It was invented by a man who was a severe asthmatic.

Do they work?

I use one of these quite regularly during inspections. You must understand that as an inspector, I get into some homes with pretty bad air quality. Whether it is choking on high levels of cat dander or having my voice stop altogether from mold in the air, it doesn’t happen anymore because of this little device.

Further, I have inspected homes where the owners could not even live in their own homes anymore due to mold contamination. On one home, the owner could not be in the house for more than five minutes without experiencing severe breathing problems. I let her use one of these personal air purifiers to see if it would allow her to follow me through the inspection. She was in the house for over four hours without a problem. We found out what her problems were at her home, but she also had a problem at the school where she was a teacher. She could not control the air quality in the school, so she took charge of her own personal air by purchasing one of these incredible little air purifiers.

Product Specifics

They sell for $149.00 each. The package is loaded with efficiency data, far too much to list here. They only weigh 1.5 ounces and will operate on just one camera battery for over 60 hours. The mini-purifier can be worn with the neck strap as pictured, hung on a shirt with a clip on the back, or my favorite way, which is to use the magneto clip. This is a very strong magnet. You simply place one half of the flat magnet inside your garment and the purifier sticks solidly to it without damaging clothing. Fast on / fast off.

I fell in love with this tiny air purifier and became friends with the inventor. I am now the distributor for the product in this area. If you would like one, you’ll need to call the office.
 

by Building Inspector and Indoor Air Specialist, Dan Schilling
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