Breathe better with Air Ionizers

Urban areas are filled with all sorts of pollutants; exhaust gas and smog, dust, the smell or garbage, cigarette smoke and sewer. Not to mention the more recent danger of COVID-19.

You can’t escape it, not even at home.

Considering a lot of us spend more time indoors now than before, making sure we live in a clean, healthy environment is more important than ever.

Your home is the place you should feel safest and most relaxed. This is where you sleep and feel at ease, where you spend most of your time living in.

Air Ionizers, and most other forms of air purification, are meant to clear the air inside your home or workspace of any particulates and pollutants.

How do they work?

To understand what air ionizers do, it helps to know what air ions are.

Air ions are molecules with an electrical charge. They’re too small for us to see, but they’re floating around everywhere. Negative ions are molecules that have gained an electron while Positive ions have lost one.

Air ionizers are devices that release negative ions into the air. Those negative ions attach to tiny particles – those found in tobacco smoke, even germs and viruses or pollen, dander and dust.

By giving these particles a negative electrical charge, it causes them to clump together and land on surfaces which are then easy to clean and disinfect.

It has been found that negative ions can stop the growth of viruses¹.

Benefits of Air Ionizers

The first change you can notice after turning on an air ionizer is that the air smells fresher since the purifier removes odors quickly.

It also inhibits the growth of viruses, bacteria and mold. In time, you will have a cleaner home.

Negative ions also help in reducing stress and improving your overall mood. This leads to better sleep and an increased immune function.

A lot of Air ionizers don’t need a fan to do their job so they are noiseless and don’t require a lot of power to run.

Types of Air Ionizers

Bipolar Ionization is a type of technology that produces positive and negative air ions.

It’s generally used with other devices, like HVAC systems. Bipolar ionization is relatively new, so the research is limited.

Ionizers with fans. A fan uses rotating blades to circulate air and increase the ventilation in a room.

Some ionizing devices have these fans to optimize negative ion dispersion. But they can be noisy and large.

Air purifier with ionizer also removes harmful particles from the air. They require filters and some maintenance to be effective.

Notes

The best Air Ionizer devices doesn’t use filters and have a very low power consumption. They have specialized optic needles that produce negative ions.

One of the drawbacks of Air ionizers used to be that they produced Ozone. But, as technology has advanced, newer devices that no longer produce O₃ have been made.

Our takeaway

Air ionizers are a great way to purify the air you breathe inside your office or bedroom, living or even inside your car.

Along with traditional air purifiers, they are widespread throughout the world – even NASA uses them².

We believe people should always make informed decisions when purchasing any device, so always pay attention to the specification like coverage area, noise level, ease of use and operational costs.

Learn more about air ionization.

References:

[1] Negative Air Ions and Their Effects on Human Health and Air Quality Improvement

[2] Air Purifier – NASA