What air filter do you use?

[Mayden]

I know I know, another air filter thread. But I've looked into things like rabbitair and apparently it's US only - or google is only showing me 'air rifle + rabbit' results, no thanks!

So everyone, can you please tell me what air filter you have, what you think of it (and if you know if it's available here in the UK or not!) & price you paid, was it worth it?
Also, which room do you have it in?

Thanks all

 

[Sulphiria]

We have 2 purifiers. We have this one in the living room near the cags cage. Walmart Mobile

And this one in the bedroom. Walmart Mobile

I love them both. Both are very quiet on low speed, and decent on medium but can be a bit loud on high (which we never use). I dont know if they are available in the uk.

 

[HalfInsane]

I just have a little cheap (cheap here meaning $60) SunBeam brand one. It's only good for use in a small room, but it works in my case.

 

[roxynoodle]

We have 2 purifiers. We have this one in the living room near the cags cage. Walmart Mobile

And this one in the bedroom. Walmart Mobile

I love them both. Both are very quiet on low speed, and decent on medium but can be a bit loud on high (which we never use). I dont know if they are available in the uk.

That's a lot more affordable than the Rabbit Air ones I'm looking at. Do you find it works well with the Grey?

I don't know what shipping would be like, Mayden, but if you really want Rabbit Air, I would have it shipped to you. It might be horrible though.

 

[Rio Mom]

I don't have an air filter yet, but when I do I want to get a Rabbit Air

 

[Mayden]

It'd be great if someone could ship it out, but when I was looking at shipping from the UK to USA, my bank card cried.

I'll have a look at the walmart ones and see if Asda do them here. Since Asda is owned by walmart, so can't hurt to try.

Will look into the Sunbeam one too and see if I can find that brand here. I mean I don't have heavily dusty birds or anything but I do have Annie with the sawdust and hay, so things can get pretty... messy and I think an air filter will do me+the fids wonders.

So I kinda need a biggish one, but not an industrial mammoth.
Was looking into this as a few pet stores in the uk seem to stock it, but I'm not sure how good it actually is. I'm not exactly loaded so when I get one I want one that I don't want rid of within the first few months ^^

http://www.heavenfresh.co.uk/NaturoPure-HF-380-Intelligent-Air-Purifier

 

[MollyGreenCheeks]

Please be aware, everything I have read says not to use an air purifier with an ionizer anywhere around birds. Please research prior to purchase or as the link states, contact your avian vet.

All About Air Filters For Pet Birds

 

[Mayden]

Gosh I wish we had an actual walmart here, just browsing the website and everythings sooo cheap! >: |

 

[Mayden]

Please be aware, everything I have read says not to use an air purifier with an ionizer anywhere around birds. Please research prior to purchase or as the link states, contact your avian vet.

All About Air Filters For Pet Birds

Will look into it, do you know why the ionizer shouldn't be used?

All the info I've found is that people are mistaking the ionizer for the ozone problems, so the ionizer (since it just creates negative ions) is actually okay, it just usually comes hand in hand with ozone emission, which many filters don't have (next to none ozone emission).

Could you check that for me since you've probably read a ton more articles than me on this. xD

 

[Sulphiria]

We've had them both for about a month now. I loooove them. The big one sits right to the side of the greys cage and while the manual says to vacuum the filter once a week or so, i vacuum it daily (we also have a hepa vacuum, otherwise i would clean it outside) and i cant believe the amount of feathers and dust it picks up. Not to mention, the house smells better and its helped with my allergies. I just vacuumed it yesterday and pulled out the filter for a pic, shows you how much it catches and thats just what you can see!

Id recommend finding someone you trust and have them purchase it and ship it to the uk, if the cost is reasonable compared to what youve been looking at.

 

[Mayden]

We've had them both for about a month now. I loooove them. The big one sits right to the side of the greys cage and while the manual says to vacuum the filter once a week or so, i vacuum it daily (we also have a hepa vacuum, otherwise i would clean it outside) and i cant believe the amount of feathers and dust it picks up. Not to mention, the house smells better and its helped with my allergies. I just vacuumed it yesterday and pulled out the filter for a pic, shows you how much it catches and thats just what you can see!

Id recommend finding someone you trust and have them purchase it and ship it to the uk, if the cost is reasonable compared to what youve been looking at.

Which model do you have?

 

[Mayden]

+Jeeze, Rabbitair online support are slow. xD

I'm asking them about shipping to the uk and I've been in the conversation for 20 mins and they've asked me which model I'd want and how many. >.<

 

[Sulphiria]

We've had them both for about a month now. I loooove them. The big one sits right to the side of the greys cage and while the manual says to vacuum the filter once a week or so, i vacuum it daily (we also have a hepa vacuum, otherwise i would clean it outside) and i cant believe the amount of feathers and dust it picks up. Not to mention, the house smells better and its helped with my allergies. I just vacuumed it yesterday and pulled out the filter for a pic, shows you how much it catches and thats just what you can see!

Id recommend finding someone you trust and have them purchase it and ship it to the uk, if the cost is reasonable compared to what youve been looking at.

Which model do you have?

Model TPP201M