HEGA And HEPA Filters---What’s the Difference?

If you are trying to improve indoor air quality HEGA and HEPA are terms you will encounter again and again.

Knowing what these terms mean will help. And matching them with your needs will put you on the right track towards effectively cleaning your air.

HEGA is an acronym for high efficiency gas adsorption. The first letter of each word is used as a shortened knick name. This type of filter is able to eliminate gaseous pollutants such as gases, odors, and airborne chemicals. This is great for removing noxious chemicals, smoke, and cooking odors to mention a few.

HEPA is an acronym for high efficiency particle arresting. To be designated as such, it must be able to remove 99.97% of airborne particles that are .3 microns or greater in size. A micron is defined as one millionth of a meter which is a lot smaller that the period at the end of this sentence.

The benefit of this type of filter is that for every 10,000 airborne particles, it will remove 99,997 of them. This is a good filter for removing airborne dust, dust mites, mold and mildew spores, pet dander, bacteria and viruses. These are all pretty typical indoor pollutants and so this filter can substantially improve indoor air.

Some purifiers come with one or the other type of filter. This means that the cleaner can remove gases but not particles, or particles not gases. The best type of cleaner is one that can multi-task by removing both solid and gaseous pollutants.

PurerAir.com offers such a cleaner. And because of its ability to remove a wide variety of pollutants it’s a great way to manage allergies. See it now at http://purerair.com/allergy_machine.html

Take good care,

Debbie Davis, President
PurerAir.com
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