What Is the Best Air Purifier for Bird Owners?

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As a bird owner, you know the joys of a sweet, feathered companion. But you are also aware of the risks of spending a prolonged amount of time around them.

One thing many people don’t realize is that if they suffer from airborne allergens, they can be allergic to a bird’s dander. Some birds produce something known as “bird dust” to keep their feathers shining.

Additionally, birds are very sensitive to perfumes, some candles and aerosols. If they inhale any of these substances it can cause fluid to accumulate in their lungs and eventually death. Using an air purifier is the safest way to keep the air in your home fresh if you own a bird.

Powder Down Birds and Allergies

Birds that make bird dust are known as powder down birds. The small feathers closest to their skin produce a white dust. According to Pet Assure this dust can clog your pet bird’s airways.

The chances of getting sick from a healthy bird are very rare if it’s been examined by an avian veterinarian, especially if you are bathing your bird and cleaning out its cage regularly.

Still, experts say you can take steps to reduce and prevent respiratory complications in both you and your bird.

What to Know About Air Purifiers

Before purchasing an air purifier or looking at some of the air purifiers on the market, you should first know the best types and what they can do the air around you.

Things to consider are whether you’re purchasing for a one bird home, a multi-bird home, or a multi-pet home where you need to purify the air of more than one type of pet dander.

For example, if you also have cats a purifier with a pre-filter is a must. Pre-filters catch the biggest airborne particles, namely cat hair, before they can clog up the HEPA filter.

HEPA (High-Efficiency Particle Arrestance) filters are filters that are manufactured to filter particulate air pollutants as small as 0.3 microns across.

These are the ideal types of purifiers. They’re good not only for bird dander but also for other allergens that could aggravate your bird’s sensitive respiratory system.

Finding the Best Air Purifier for Your Home

Before we continue, it’s important to point out that finding the best air purifier for your home is not always going to mean the cheapest.

For your health, and the health of your bird, sometimes spending more is going to mean a healthier life in the long run.

To keep things simple we made the name of each air purifier we recommend into a clickable link. This link takes you to the product listing on Amazon.

The next section has useful information about the following air purifiers:

• Levoit LV-PUR131
• Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0
• Austin Air A205E1
• Oransi Max HEPA

Levoit LV-PUR131 Air Purifier

Our first air purifier is the Levoit LV-PUR131 Air Purifier. This model is on the lower end of the price scale but still has everything you need to filter bird dander from the air in your home. It works best in spaces up to 322 square feet. It has a three-stage filtration system, is ozone free, ion and UV free.

The first stage is a pre-filter for the largest airborne particles. The next step is a HEPA filter that removes smaller particulate air pollution the pre-filter didn’t catch. The last filter is an activated carbon filter that deals with odors.

The activated carbon filter is important since it is generally not safe to use scented candles or scented aerosol sprays around birds because of their sensitive respiratory systems. The carbon filter will help remove things like cooking smells without needing to mask them.

The Levoit LV-PUR131 Air Purifier also has a smart mode that cleans by what it detects in the air. With sleep mode the fan continues to run but does so at a lower speed. Alternatively, you can leave the fan turned up to generate white noise to drown out any other sounds.

Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0 purifier

The Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0 purifier is at the higher end of the price scale and has four stages of deodorizing and purifying. The filter is charcoal activated and will last up to three years based on 12 hours of use each day.

That is an incredible length of time. The LV-PUR131 mentioned in the previous section needs a new filter about every six months. Replacement filters are an important consideration when thinking about the overall cost of running an air purifier.

The Rabbit is energy efficient and perfect for a multi-bird household. It can easily filter the air in spaces up to 550 square feet. It is also very quite even when it is running on the highest fan speed.

The operating noise levels are between about 23 and 49 decibels. This means it is literally whisper quite.

Austin Air A205E1 Junior Allergy/HEGA

The Austin Air A205E1 Junior Allergy/HEGA Unit may be the highest priced item, but it has a good reputation among bird owners.

The description of this filter says that it was specifically designed to aid in the relief of allergies and asthma. Additionally, it rids the air of bacteria and viruses that could harm both you and your pets.

It is also ideal for large spaces and would be good for multi-bird houses. It has the one of the highest cleaning capacity of the air purifiers on the market today. The Austin Air Junior can filter the air in spaces up to 700 square feet.

While that may seem a little excessive you can feel confident that you will not need a second air purifier!

Oransi Max HEPA

The Oransi Max HEPA has the standard setup of pre-filter, HEPA filter and activated carbon filter. It delivers the same kind of air quality improvements you can expect for the other air purifiers in our line up.

However, there are two areas that make this air purifier stand out. The noise levels are very low and the control panel is incredibly simplified.

The operating noise levels are between 34 and 53 decibels. This makes it a little louder than the Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0 mentioned above but not by much.

This noise tradeoff does give the Oransi and advantage in the amount of air it can purify though. It can easily cover areas up to 600 square feet, and increase of 50 square feet when compared to the Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0.

The control panel is great. There’s an on/off button and four different setting toggles. That’s it! Very simple, very easy to use.

Wrapping it all up

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