Air Cleaner

[Facex2]

I have noticed my Beemer has a stuffy nose and its real dusty in our house due to her moltingshould I get a air cleaner? What is the best one to get

 

[Spiritbird]

There is a great many different opinions. Personally I think the cheaper ones are ineffective by experience. I love my RabbitAir one. It ha 6 filters and gets changed once per year only. http://www.rabbitair.com/ They will give you custom filters for birds and they work!!

 

[Chaos_1.0]

I agree with spiritbird. I thought that a cheaper one would do but they don't really work well. I spent the money on an Rabbitair and love it. It does a really good job at filtering the air and is well worth the price.

 

[Auggie's Dad]

With respect to those above - and acknowledging that I seemed quite outnumbered on this view - I do find the cheap simple ones to work wonders for me. My allergies used to be dreadful, but I have no problem at all now with a simple unit that is basically just a fan to pull air through a replaceable HEPA filter. I have never tried the rabbitair - I have no reason to doubt it's quality - but at least for me the far cheaper solution worked quite well.

 

[Facex2]

What kind of cheap air cleaner did you get I am going to Wal Mart today after work

 

[Auggie's Dad]

Mine is something like this:
Hamilton Beach TrueAir 04381 Allergen Reducer Air Cleaner

There are many similar units on the market. The filter itself is worth investing in good quality - I'm a fan of Filtrete brand, but any HEPA filter should work - beyond that it's just a housing/casing and a fan.

 

[Chaos_1.0]

Well my main problem with the cheap filters are that they pick up smells. They make a room smell really bad. I regularly clean cages but the filter still smelled something fierce. It did drastically reduce dust but investing in the rabbitair made the room smell soooo much better.

 

[Echo]

Which model of RabbitAir did you guys get??? There are a few.....

 

[Shade]

I had a "cheap" one and it didn't last too long, a few months to a year maybe? It started making weird noises and being somewhat unreliable.

I have a Rabbit Air for my living room and LOVE how quiet it is. I also have a Austin Air Allergy Machine in my bird room and it's also quite effective. But both were on the expensive side.

 

[Echo]

Still doesn't tell us which model of RabbitAir...come on guys! Which one to get?

 

[Chaos_1.0]

I have the minusA2.

 

[Spiritbird]

RA model says minusA2 SPA 700A. Hope you appreciate this cause I had to get down on the floor with a flashlight to see the number. Just joking. It really is a waste of money for the cheap ones. I have had two and one was a honeywell with the hepa filter and they just did not do a good job of filtering.

 

[Echo]

Thanks you so much for the info! I have learned that if i get the best product right off the bat, I don't have to buy multiple product so in the long run I save money....

 

[Chaos_1.0]

Yep I learned that a long time ago. Especially when it comes to cages.

 

[kerry]

How much is the RabbitAir that you recommend?
I am trying to decide if I should adopt a cockatoo & I would really need an air cleaner then.
It all figures into the equation.
Thanks.

 

[Spiritbird]

If you are asking me the model I purchased was five hundred or so. I just sold my condo at the time and had it to spend. They advertise in Bird talk Magazine.

 

[Chaos_1.0]

Same except I saved up for a long time for mine cause I was still in high school at the time.

 

[Soarer]

Is the air purifier used for the health of the bird or the owner? I don't have any allergies or breathing problems to warrant the purchase of a purifier, but if it is for the health of the bird I will purchase one.

 

[apangburn]

I have a Rainbow airfilter. It uses water only or scents but have to be careful with that. Change the water and thats it. worth the money.

 

[Echo]

Well I just bought my Rabbit Air! I bought it at airpurifiersdirect2u.com and they have free shipping and a 10% off coupon for October (SPOOKY) and it came to $413.95. I am pretty happy with that price as I thought it would be $500.00 or so. YAY!