Allergy Air Filters for Homes with Pets

I have severe allergies. Like, really, really bad. So, we have several allergy air filters throughout the house. I’ve found they’ve made a dramatic difference in reducing my allergy symptoms and I’d love to share my three favorites here with you.

Basically, there are two main considerations you’ll need to know about when choosing your allergy air filter: the size of the room and the noise level you can tolerate. Everything else is pretty much just bells and whistles. If you have a small room (8×10 or smaller), there’s no reason not to just get something quiet, but if you have a larger room, the noisier allergy air filters are a little less expensive, so you can save some money if  you can tolerate more noise.

So, here are my three favorites:

For larger rooms, this allergy air filter is fantastic. It’s highly reviewed, a great price, and is easy to take care of. Alas, it’s also really noisy, so it’s probably not the right choice for bedrooms.

For larger rooms where silence is golden, this model is a really wonderful choice. It’s low maintenance and is practically inaudible so it’s great for bedrooms of any size (up to 225 square feet).

For a room up to 80 square feet, this one is quiet and tiny so that you aren’t giving up a lot of space for your allergy air filter.

What do you do about rooms that are bigger than the recommended size for an allergy air filter? It depends how serious your allergies are and how much time your pet spends in that room. In our house, we have a giant den/sunroom space (almost 600 square feet), and that’s where we hang out most of the time with the dog. So, we have two allergy air filters (one on each end of the room) in there for maximum filtering abilities. If it were a room we didn’t use much, I’d probably put one in the middle of the space (where there’s a sofa table and outlet).

So, what do you think? Would an allergy air filter be helpful at your place to pull all that animal dander out of the air?