Why does an air cleaner help with hay fever?

Between 10 to 20% of the Dutch and Belgian population has hay fever. Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen from grass, plants, or trees. They trigger a inflammatory response of the immune system, so you get hay fever symptoms. To reduce hay fever symptoms, it's important to have as few pollen as possible in the air. An air purifier with ionizer and HEPA filter can help you with that.

An air purifier with HEPA filter and ionizer is very effective when it comes to filtering pollen and pollen that cause hay fever. The machine filters dust, pollen, allergens, and odors from the air and keeps it in the filter. The ionizer provides the smallest pollutants in the air with an eletric charge. This renders them harmless. As such, our advice to relieve hay fever symptoms is an air purifier with ionizer function and night mode.

To guarantee clean air at home, it's important to keep your windows and doors closed as much as possible. When you open windows or doors, there is a good chance that new 'polluted' air will enter the house and that your hay fever symptoms won't go away. Some air purifiers can be connected to your smartphone via an app that allows you to check the air quality at home. In addition, you can use the app to easily switch the air purifier on or off.

You also use an air purifier to get a better night's sleep. The air purifier makes sure the air quality improves. As you sleep in a room where the air is clean, you'll sleep better. Because you don't want to be disturbed either, it's important that the air purifier doesn't produce over 30 decibels of noise or has a special night mode. We've tested the noise level of all the air purifiers in a laboratory under the same conditions. This way, you can compare the noise levels objectively.