Hi everyone.
I'm hoping I can find the answer I'm looking for here as I've already called Dyson and they have only made it more confusing for me.
Long story short, in December I purchased a Dyson Hot + Cool Air Purifier for my birds room as our old heater was running it course, I thought having a air purifier would be in to have in a room that is closed up in the winter months and bonus I would get a fan for summer time. It has been great, I have noticed a air quality change and it definitely keeps the heat at a much more consistent temperature than my old one did. Fast forward, I noticed my one bird was scratching and sneezing a ton. There was no other signs of illness and when I checked it up, it kept coming back to just being dry. Now, the Dyson also told me the humidity level in the room and it was sitting anywhere between 15-25%, which would be way too low. I tried my first humidifier and it didn't go well. It ended up having a weird smell and the Dyson told me it was picking up some VOC, not good. I got it out of there right away and deiced I would just go with the Dyson Humidifier as well, thinking it would at least be a healthier choice. Fast forward to two days ago, I got the humidifier. I set it up, let it run in another room first (just to be safe), and then put it in my birds room. Everything seemed fine until I noticed the Dyson Air Purifier spiking in PM 2.5 / 10. I once again got worried, took it out and did some research. From my understanding (which if someone knows more about this please let me know) it was spiking because the Dyson couldn't tell the difference between the water molecules in the air versus if it was dust or smoke (something the PM's are supposed to be). I ask around some more and figured I would call the company in the morning just to be sure. They ended up telling me I should never run them in the same room, that the air purifier should never have a humidifier in the same room as it. I was very confused as I had search before hand and seen other people run the two in the same room and be fine. They tried to explain it as, it would ruin the filter faster, or something along those line and that a air purifier would just negate the purpose of the humidifier, and vice versa. I tried to be sure that it was not dangerous but from what I could understand (they were still explaining it in a confusing manner) it was not dangerous, the purifier is just picking up the water molecules and making it more sensitive to the things already trapped in the filter.
I really don't know what to think at this point as I would love to keep my heater with the air purifier but I also really need a humidifier. I was wondering if anyone here has dealt with this or something similar. If I knew 100% it wasn't dangerous, I would just run it but I'm also worried of running the chance of having to replace the filter way sooner than it should be or of ruining the machine. I could really use some help!
Thanks
I'm hoping I can find the answer I'm looking for here as I've already called Dyson and they have only made it more confusing for me.
Long story short, in December I purchased a Dyson Hot + Cool Air Purifier for my birds room as our old heater was running it course, I thought having a air purifier would be in to have in a room that is closed up in the winter months and bonus I would get a fan for summer time. It has been great, I have noticed a air quality change and it definitely keeps the heat at a much more consistent temperature than my old one did. Fast forward, I noticed my one bird was scratching and sneezing a ton. There was no other signs of illness and when I checked it up, it kept coming back to just being dry. Now, the Dyson also told me the humidity level in the room and it was sitting anywhere between 15-25%, which would be way too low. I tried my first humidifier and it didn't go well. It ended up having a weird smell and the Dyson told me it was picking up some VOC, not good. I got it out of there right away and deiced I would just go with the Dyson Humidifier as well, thinking it would at least be a healthier choice. Fast forward to two days ago, I got the humidifier. I set it up, let it run in another room first (just to be safe), and then put it in my birds room. Everything seemed fine until I noticed the Dyson Air Purifier spiking in PM 2.5 / 10. I once again got worried, took it out and did some research. From my understanding (which if someone knows more about this please let me know) it was spiking because the Dyson couldn't tell the difference between the water molecules in the air versus if it was dust or smoke (something the PM's are supposed to be). I ask around some more and figured I would call the company in the morning just to be sure. They ended up telling me I should never run them in the same room, that the air purifier should never have a humidifier in the same room as it. I was very confused as I had search before hand and seen other people run the two in the same room and be fine. They tried to explain it as, it would ruin the filter faster, or something along those line and that a air purifier would just negate the purpose of the humidifier, and vice versa. I tried to be sure that it was not dangerous but from what I could understand (they were still explaining it in a confusing manner) it was not dangerous, the purifier is just picking up the water molecules and making it more sensitive to the things already trapped in the filter.
I really don't know what to think at this point as I would love to keep my heater with the air purifier but I also really need a humidifier. I was wondering if anyone here has dealt with this or something similar. If I knew 100% it wasn't dangerous, I would just run it but I'm also worried of running the chance of having to replace the filter way sooner than it should be or of ruining the machine. I could really use some help!
Thanks