Breathing Freely: 7 Effective Ways to Clean the Air in Your Home

The condition of our health directly depends on the cleanliness and freshness of the air. If it contains dust, dirt, carbon dioxide, or unpleasant odors, the homeowner will inevitably experience headaches and weakness. But what about residents of megacities? Not everyone can move to the countryside and breathe fresh air.

To wake up refreshed and forget about discomfort, it is necessary to carefully monitor the air quality in your home. Together with expert Sergey Chernov, we talk about the most effective methods of air purification that you should take to arms.

Sergey Chernov — Product Development & Promotion Manager

Ventilator

The most basic method is ventilating the room. You just need to open all windows wide, at least twice a day. However, there are some difficulties: ventilating the apartment in cold winter is problematic, and achieving absolute air purity is not easy, especially if the windows face a road or construction site.

Then a ventilator comes to the rescue — it improves the microclimate in a room with closed windows. You can forget about dust, fluff, and noise: the device draws in outdoor air, passes it through a filter, and delivers it to the room.

Design: Anastasia Kiseleva

Air Purifier

Another popular solution is to buy an air purifier. The device passes the air through filters where all bacteria, dust, and other particles that negatively affect our health remain. Today, there are models on the market that combine several functions at once — for example, purification, humidification, and ionization. Special attention should be paid to ionization: thanks to it, the air is saturated with active ions. It feels like the air we breathe right after a thunderstorm.

Design: Alexander Safarov and Julia Musina

Plants

Indoor plants not only decorate the interior but also take care of our well-being. When choosing green helpers, you need to be attentive: buy plant species that are most effective at purifying the air. These include Schefflera, Dracaena, Chlorophytum, Scindapsus, and Ficus. However, do not forget that plants purify the air more slowly, and they require careful maintenance — if there is no dust on the leaves and surfaces, the air will become 35% cleaner.

Design: Eli Gordieva

Air Conditioner

An excellent option for those who want to get a universal device for improving the microclimate. An air conditioner replaces a fan, heater, purifier, and even an ionizer. Are you worried that dust and bacteria will accumulate on the evaporator? Fortunately, thanks to advanced technologies, the negative impact can be avoided: you can install an air conditioner with self-cleaning function, and all problems will remain in the past.

Design: Polina Marchenko

Expert Tip: when choosing an air conditioner, you should primarily pay attention to its power — it needs to be selected based on the room size. Then you need to decide whether the air conditioner will work in winter: an inverter air conditioner works for heating from -15°C and below, while non-inverter units — up to -7°C. Another important parameter to consider is the noise level. Not everyone feels comfortable sleeping in a room where something is noisy, so if the air conditioner will be working at night, it must be as quiet as possible.

To choose a good and high-quality air conditioner, do not forget about additional features that the unit has: health function, UV lamp, motion sensor, and others. One more important thing — the compressor, the heart of the air conditioner. It must be truly high-quality. Haier air conditioners use compressors from Japanese manufacturers — Hitachi, Panasonic, Daikin.

INMYROOM Tip: think that air conditioners are only useful in hot summer? This is a huge misconception. Modern climate technology can provide comfort at any time of the year and also take care of your health. If you want to find a model that will surprise with its features, pay attention to Haier air conditioners.

Thanks to the use of UV lamps, devices effectively fight microorganisms and purify the air. The FLEXIS model from Haier uses a unique next-generation UV technology: UV rays kill up to 99.9% of bacteria and viruses — this is confirmed by studies conducted by the international laboratory Texcell.*

An air conditioner with antibacterial and activated carbon filters becomes an indispensable helper in destroying dust, dust mites, unpleasant odors, and pollen. The Nano Aqua module disinfects and ionizes the air — fresh air in the room is guaranteed.

In summer, the room will always be cool, and the heating function will allow you to stay warm even when it's freezing outside. Technologies make your life much easier: creating a comfortable microclimate can be done right from your smartphone. Moreover, climate technology does not require manual cleaning. The Self Clean technology removes dirt and bacteria from the heat exchanger, and the Steri Clean 56C function additionally dries and sterilizes the evaporator.

Quartz Lamp

A quartz lamp discreetly disinfects the air in a room: doctors use it in operating rooms. Undoubtedly, the device works effectively, but it is not suitable for everyone. The lamp must be left on for a long time, and if it is turned on, you cannot stay in the room. Owners of pets, parents with children, and owners of single-room apartments will not find this method suitable, but others can note it down.

Design: Alena Shishkina

Salt Lamp

On the other hand, a salt lamp is considered a more affordable solution. It can boast not only an unusual appearance but also wonderful properties: salt absorbs toxins from the air and purifies it. Remember that a salt lamp only works when heated, and you must carefully plan its placement in the interior — sometimes a useful device disrupts the harmony of the space.

Design: Irina Bdaytsieva

Wet Cleaning and Powerful Vacuum Cleaner

Wet cleaning is a reliable ally in the fight against dust in an apartment. Do it no less than twice a week, and avoid using household chemicals: they neutralize the effect and pollute the air. For dry cleaning, choose vacuum cleaners with strong suction, always change the dust containers and filters. If you organize the process properly, clean thoroughly, and stick to a schedule, the amount of dust will noticeably decrease, and the air will become cleaner.

Design: Anna Nikitina

Expert Tip: owners of apartments, especially in large cities where the ecology leaves much to be desired or there are external pollutants in the environment, simply must get clean air at home. If a user finds a lot of dust on furniture and interior items, this indicates that the air is not entirely clean. If you live in a megacity, the air cannot be clean by default: exhaust fumes, industrial enterprises create a threat to the environment. Haier air conditioners have many filtering systems and elements that allow you to maximize air purification in the surrounding environment and make it comfortable for breathing.

*Based on the results of the global contract research organization Texcell’s study — “STUDY OF VALIDATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF UVC GENERATOR ON SARS-COV-2 BY NO GLP VIRAL CLEARANCE STUDY (FIO)” («ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ВАЛИДАЦИИ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ГЕНЕРАТОРА UVC НА SARS-COV-2 ПРИ ОТСУТСТВИИ ВИРУСНОЙ ОЧИСТКИ GLP ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ (FIO)») the UVC GENERATOR module has been certified as an effective method for suppressing the overwhelming majority of SARS-CoV-2 strains. The test report shows that an inactivation and recovery titer of 4.79 (99.998%) log Sars-Cov-2 was demonstrated within 1 hour.