How you know if a hepa vacuum cleaner is the right choice for you
Keeping dangerous particles out of the air is one of the advantages to a Hepa vacuum. This is important for all people but it?s especially helpful for people with allergies and asthma.
Hepa stands for High-Efficiency Particulate Air. As long as a particle is at least .3 microns big, a Hepa vacuum cleaner will remove 99.7 of them from the air in a home or business. Most of the particles that would bother people will be removed by a Hepa vacuum.
ULPA filters go even farther than Hepa filters. These vacuums filter nearly 100% of particles that are .12 microns or larger. There is little that would need cleaned with a standard vacuum that will not fall into that category.
Of course Hepa vacuums are more expensive than other vacuums and ULPA vacuums are the most expensive of all. Normal home cleaning jobs don?t require an ULPA filter. Hepa vacuums, however, are very popular in homes today, and are worth the money.
It is important to choose a vacuum that is actually Hepa, and not just a similar type of system. Only true Hepa vacuums will take the particles out of the air. Some of the better Hepa vacuums on the market today are Miele Red Velvet HEPA Vacuum Cleaners (canister vacuum), the Sebo Vacuums ? X4, X5 Upright Automatic (upright vacuum), and Dirt Tamer Deluxe HEPA (cordless, handheld vacuum). For people with allergies and other breathing problems, Hepa vacuums are great. These Hepa vacuums cannot take all of the troublesome particles out of the air, but they do remove most of them. While these vacuums are more expensive, they are definitely worth it.