Portable Bird Air Purifier - 5 Features That It Needs To Have

Birds don't stay still so an air purifier designed with them in mind should be just as portable when the need arises. Here are 5 features a cleaner needs to have that will make it the ultimate in portability.

Self-Contained - A cleaner that can be easily moved across the room, through the house or across the country needs to contain everything inside that it needs rather having to be accompanied by various filters, sprays, chargers, cleaners and other paraphernalia.

Frequent filter changes and other maintenance requirements will dictate that a lot of other stuff will need to follow you and the cleaner wherever you go. It's no fun to have a high maintenance cleaner when all you want to do is spend time with your bird.

Opt for a cleaner that has a long filter life and needs very little in terms of maintenance other than occasional vacuuming of the outside. This means your cleaner is easily moved and literally doesn't have a lot of baggage that needs to come with it.

Sturdy Casters - Whoever invented wheels did us all a huge favor, and putting them on an air cleaner is nothing short of genius. Rather than lifting or having to have someone to lift it for you, casters that are sturdy can roll across all types of flooring with the push of a finger. Pushing beats lifting every time.

Common Plug Type - How often have you bought an appliance only to find that the plug type is not compatible with the outlets where you want to use it? A sturdy yet convention to prong plug assures you that you will be able to plug your unit in anywhere. And isn't it a relief to know that your birds will always be able to enjoy clean air because filtration is always as close as the nearest outlet.

Flexible Placement - Where your unit needs to be placed in order to function effectively is a feature that should be considered very carefully. A purifier should be able to be placed out of the way and not call attention to it by having to be placed in the middle of a room.

A unit that can pull air from all sides is the feature that indicates flexibility in placement. Units that have 360 degree intake need only about 6 inches of clearance to allow the air to be pulled in, slowly filtered and returned to the room. This allows you to place your unit high or low, or even in a corner and still work effectively without causing a draft for you or your birds.

Sturdy Construction - A well built unit is more likely to survive moves that one that is daintily constructed. A cleaner made of steel with a powder - coat finish in a variety of designer colors is similar to an iron hand in a velvet glove - pretty on the outside but tough inside.

These 5 features are the best indicators of how portable a bird air cleaner really is. And the more portable a unit is, the more control you can provide for you and your birds.

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Bird Dust Air Cleaner - 5 Features To Have In An Air Purifier For Birds

Bird dust for some types of birds is a normal part of their growth and development. African Greys, Cockatoos, and Cockatiels are all known as powder down parrots. And if you love and own one, you are all too familiar with the white powder that can cover everything in sight.

Using an air purifier is one of the most effective ways to keep these fine particulates under control, and here are 5 features the cleaner should have.

24 Hour Cleaning Capability - White wing dust is what helps keep powder parrots' wings healthy and beautiful. And so these particles will be a fact of life for as long as you have your pet. Bird dust is produce continually and so to be effective a cleaner must be able to take it out as continually as it is produced.

This keeps your pet's notoriously tiny air passages clearer. And clear airways can increase their quality of life and their life span. As for humans, constantly breathing this dust can cause nodes in the lungs, bring on and/or exacerbate allergies, asthma, and other chronic respiratory conditions.

Low, Medium, And High Speeds - Some days there are going to be more particles in the air than other days. When there are more particles in the air, an air purifier should be able to take out more at a faster rate. This means particles spends less time in the air and that drastically reduces the amount you and your bird are forced to inhale.

Fresh Air As The Only Result - An effective cleaner should be able to send 250 cubic feet of fresh clean air into your room every 60 seconds. This should be without any amount of ozone or ionized particles.

The debate continues about if and how much ozone is harmful; and whether ionized particles do more harm than good. But all are in agreement that there is no down side to fresh, clean air. So selecting a unit that only produces clean air is the healthiest solution.

HEPA Filter - HEPA is a shortened version of high efficiency particle arresting. This type of filter by definition must be able to remove 99.97 of airborne particles that are.3 microns or larger.

That includes not only bird dust but more normal household pollutants such as dust, dust mites, mold and mildew spores, bacteria, and viruses. The benefit to you and your bird is that for every 100,00 airborne particulates this type of technology will remove all but 3 particles down to.3 microns in size with a micron being defined as one millionth of a meter. This type of filter is so effective that hospitals use it to insure clean air.

Numerous Other Particle Filters - As efficient as a HEPA is, having it as the only filter would mean that it would fill unnecessarily quickly with big particles that could be trapped by other types of filters.

Your cleaner should have at least 2 pre-filters that eliminate the big particles before they clog the HEPA. This will eliminate large and medium size particles that can be seen without magnification.

Carbon cloth is another filter that the unit should have particularly with birds. Since every animal has a unique smell, being able to eliminate odors and other gaseous pollutants is a huge advantage towards keeping your bird safe. And because the nature of this filter is a cloth, it gives you a 4th filter for particle removal.

A cleaner with these features will go a long way towards keeping you and your bird happy and healthy for many years to come.

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