AirPura is a company out of Lavac, Quebec known for its quality heavy-duty economical passive filtration systems. AirPura filtration systems rely primarily on HEPA caliber filtration and heavy-duty granulated carbon filtration. Some systems will also include UV light or photo-catalytic oxidation (PCO). These air purifiers are great filtration systems for covering medium-sized houses around 2000 square feet. They will effectively remove a sufficient amount of particles in the air and they will provide solid odor and gas adsorption for a good price.
These filtration systems are some of the best priced filtration systems in the industry when you compare the cost to the value. These systems cost between 15 and 36 cents per square foot of air cleaned per year. The hybridized versions that include UV light or PCO technology and those that include higher amounts of granulated carbon account for the 21 cent range in cost. These air purifiers range in cost from $3000.89 to $7140.82 over 10 years of use to clean 2000 square feet. Costs are a little higher when compared to a 3000 square foot standard.
One of the value benefits of these air purifiers that keeps the cost down is that filters need changing less often. These are well designed, quality filters. Therefore, they can be changed every 2 or 3 years depending on the type of filter. Many companies offer low quality filters that have to be changed every few months and can range in cost from 50 cents to more than a dollar per square foot of air filtered. This company also provides a 10 year warranty on labor and 5 year warranty on parts. Few companies will back up their quality with this kind of standard for such a good price.
The initial purchase cost is a little higher. The purchase cost ranges from $589.98 to $1099.98. The higher front end costs are in this case an indication of AirPura's quality standards. Consumers make up for the higher costs over time as seen in the cost estimates provided in this article. AirPura provides some options in models for different needs so the best model for you may be determined by your particular needs. However, the cost estimates and performance comparison data show that the AirPura V600 is the best generic system. It costs about 17.6 cents per square foot per year and about $3511.12 over 10 years.
Although AirPura offers models that include UV light and PCO technology, we do not consider this to be their strength. The value in these systems is the cheap cost of the filtration system compared to other companies. Our recommendation is that you use AirPura for what they have done well at; providing quality filtration systems and look elsewhere for quality PCO and UV light systems.
John Paul Kane, the author of this article, is also a writer and researcher for http://www.asthmaresistance.com. John Paul has spent 5 years in the Air Purification Industry and has researched over 700 air purifiers. Over 450 air purifier comparison charts are made freely available at http://www.asthmaresistance.com