Air Purifier Poll Results
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in May 2017. A total of 106 group members participated.
General Statements
“This is a poll on machines that purport to clean the air of problematic toxins. Please mark the statements that have been true for you.”
62% I have found an air purifier to be helpful for issues related to air pollution. (66 respondents)
34% I have found an air purifier to be helpful for dealing with mild outdoor mold issues. (36 respondents)
33% I have found an air purifier to be helpful for dealing with cross contamination issues. (35 respondents)
32% I have found an air purifier to be helpful for dealing with MCS issues. (34 respondents)
23% I have found an air purifier to be helpful for dealing with a building with a toxic mold growth problem. (24 respondents)
9% Air purifiers make the air seem cleaner but do not seem to have helped my health. (10 respondents)
8% I’ve found inexpensive air purifiers to be a little helpful but don’t feel the expensive ones are worth the money. (9 respondents)
8% I’ve found that air purifiers can make things worse for me. (9 respondents)
8% I’ve never found an air purifier to be all that helpful. (9 respondents)
7% I’ve found an air purifier to be helpful for dealing with outdoor mold issues involving Mystery Toxin or other supertoxins. (7 respondents)
4% I’ve never found an air purifier that was helpful at all. (4 respondents)
Brands
“This is a poll on machines that purport to clean the air of problematic toxins. Please mark which of the following machines you personally have found to be at least moderately helpful.”
20% Ozone machine (21 respondents)
16% Air Oasis (17 respondents)
15% Austin Air (16 respondents)
13% Honeywell (14 respondents)
13% IQ Air (14 respondents)
12% Hi Tech Air Solutions (13 respondents)
11% Germ Guardian (12 respondents)
9% Homemade air purifier, e.g. box fan and furnace filter (10 respondents)
8% Blue Air (8 respondents)
4% Thera Pure (4 respondents)
3% Winix (3 respondents)
2% Aprilaire (2 respondents)
2% Infrared brooder lights (2 respondents)
2% Whirlpool Whispure (2 respondents)
2% Lennox furance filters (2 respondents)
2% Aireox (2 respondents)
Additional Brand Mentions:
Air Fantastic
Airocide
Air Pura
Air Sterile Photocatalytic
Alen
Aller Air Exec
Almos Air
APCO UV
Dri-Eaz
Edgestar
Health Way Air
Lifesmart
Odorklenz
Oransi Eric Ultra
Reme Halo Guardian
Vollara
Walmart Ionic Pro
Wave Air Cleaner
The following Living Clean in a Dirty World blog articles summarize results of previous Mold Avoiders group polls.
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