Looking to buy an air purifier

[freakit]

I am looking to buy an air purifier for my basement. The finished side of my basement is 38 x 13. I have my big screen, computer, PS2, and Xbox down here. This is where my family spends most of our time. What is a good brand and model to use? I've done some reading up and see they can be expensive. This is why I am asking here. I would hate to spend a boat load of money to find out I bought something that doesn't really work.

Thanks for any help and suggestions.

[Virgin San]

The finished side of my basement is 38 x 13.
Inches? You must be real small town folks :laugh:

[smokafatty]

:rimshot:

[freakit]

HAHA. Nice one. I'm asking for opinions not smart a$$ comments.

[smokafatty]

Make sure you check out the brands replacement filters cause in the long run the cheaper ones will save you alot of money.

[dcmanryan]

Your best bet to keep your air pure is expensive. You need to have a variable speed furnace and keep the blower running continuosly and also have a 90% filter like an Aprilaire or a Lennox Pureair. Also, you need a UV light installed in the duct work (both Aprilaire and Lennox offer this built in to some of there filters) These room purifiers are BS for the most part. I work for a national heating and air conditioning company and they have done test in our company www.serviceexperts.com (http://www.serviceexperts.com) this link will explain a little about air quality http://www.serviceexperts.com/iaq/default.htm which is becoming a major concern to people. Most homes are close to 5 times as polluted as the outside air, assuming the home is sealed fairly well.....crazy! Also, having your ducts cleaned will also improve the quality a great deal. I don't meen to come off as a sellsman, but I have seen alot of room purifiers in homes and they do next to nothing IMHO.

[freakit]

Thanks dcmanryan.

My wife called a company and they are coming out to clean the ducts. They are using a whipple or something like that and then they are going to sanitize everything. I noticed a big difference in the amount of dust in our house after I replaced the furnace. I had the A/C serviced last week and the guy said the new furnace is most likely blowing out old built up dust that wasn't pushed out by the weak blower in the old furnace.

[dcmanryan]

NP. Very well could be your old blower wasn't up to par so your seeing more dust now. After a duct cleaning you will actually notice more dust for some time also as it loosens everything and companies try to get evrything, but there will always be a litttle left over. Did you get a variable speed blower motor with your new furnace out of curiosity?? The nice thing about the variablr speed is it slows way down when the thermostat is not calling for heat or cooling. The 2 good things about them are 1) you have constant air filtration 2) it cost on average $3-$5 a month to keep it running all the time 24/7. You can still leave a non variable speed blower running 24/7 also but it will be quite costly @ $20-$30 in most cases, plus it is noisier as it only has one speed setting it goes to, which when the thermostat is set to "fan on" is usually high speed (noiser). Another advantage about leaving the blower running continuously is you'll have more even heating. I don't know if you have basements underground where you live but here in Utah 90% of the homes do. By leaving the blower running all the time it helps keep the temp. even on all levels of the home assuming there is a return air on each level. Keeps the cooler air from the basement and the warmer air from the up stairs flowing together in the duct work to give a more even temp. through out the home.