Pet Odor Air Purifier---5 Biggest Mistakes To Avoid

     An air purifier for pet odor can make a huge difference if it contains the right stuff. Here are the 5 biggest mistakes to avoid and the best features to choose instead.

Carbonless Unit---Carbon is well known for its ability to remove gaseous pollutants such as odors.
So choosing a cleaner that does not contain this type of filter is not a good idea. Carbon doesn't really care how or why the odors are there; it's just very effective at removing them.

Choosing a filter with activated carbon zeolite helps insure that your cleaner will be effective at removing odors from your pets as well as other more normal household pollutants.

No Additive For Urine---Let's face it, sometimes pets make mistakes. And there is nothing more breath-taking (and not in a good way) than urine smell. As effective as carbon is, even it needs an additive to help with the component that gives urine such a stench-ammonia.

Choose a unit that has an additive that increases the carbon's ability to absorb ammonia. This is crucial for effective removal of urine odor. The combination of carbon and the additive make it a winning combination for eliminating urine smell.

High Maintenance Filter---Always having to change, recharge, wash, or go inside the unit to do anything stops the filtration. Depending on how involved the cleaning process is, it can cause the urine odor to make the air smell bad again.

A filter that requires very little maintenance is a better choice because it gives you more time to spend with your pet. And being able to let the cleaner filter the air 24 hours a day means cleaner smelling air all the time.

Risky Technology---Both ozone and ionizers remain controversial about the risks that they pose to animals and humans. There is also debate about how effective they are at producing cleaner air.

Why risk the well-being of you, your family, or your pet? The healthiest choice is a purifier whose only by-product is fresh air.

Restrictive Placement---There are some air cleaners that can only function well if they are placed in a very central part of the room or area that needs to be cleaned. This can be a real problem.

Having to place a unit in the middle of the floor exposes the cord to your pet more than if it could be placed nearer to a wall and more towards the sidelines of the area.

Selecting a unit that has 360 degree intake of air can allow you to place the unit as close as 6 inches to any surface and still work effectively.