Is a HEPA Filter Vacuum Good for Allergies?

Imagine this; you are gazing over your home proud that you have just vacuumed. You feel safe, secure, and protected from allergens, dirt and particles. You think your asthmatic child is sitting in a clean room with both the flooring and the atmosphere purified because you just vacuumed with a vacuum containing a HEPA filter.

After all, the best vacuum is a vacuum containing a HEPA filter correct? Sadly this is not the truth in all cases.

Although many people are led to believe that vacuums with HEPA filters are all the same, this is not accurate. HEPA filtration is incredibly desirable to consumers, so the term HEPA is used everywhere in the market, often in conspicuous and misleading ways.

A HEPA filter is a specially constructed filter membrane that stops small particles from passing through, but not all HEPA vacuum cleaners are built in the same manner and method. Many vacuum cleaners boast having a HEPA filter but they fail to mention the engineering that surrounds the HEPA filter.

Although a vacuum cleaner might contain a HEPA filter, it does not mean it is automatically a beneficial product for asthma, allergies, and other health concerns. A tremendous amount of vacuum cleaners do not have the engineering surrounding the HEPA filter to guarantee that the polluted air is forced solely through the HEPA filter.

An unsealed vacuum cleaner will diffuse polluted air from the vacuum cleaner into the air, leaving you with air more unhygienic then when you began vacuuming, in spite of your vacuum cleaner having a HEPA filter. For many consumers that purchased a "HEPA vacuum cleaner" due to health concerns such as asthma and allergies, this means the vacuum you believed you bought is actually insufficient in removing pollutants from the air due to atrocious construction.

The vacuum is not as effective, clean, or beneficial as one would hope for it to be. Many vacuums that have a HEPA filter in it, are not constructed in a way that the dirty air from vacuum is forced through the HEPA filter, causing the vacuum to be ineffective. In order for a vacuum cleaner to truly clean the house the vacuum needs to have a sealed filtration system.

One of the best vacuums for HEPA clean air is the Miele Vacuum Cleaner. The Miele vacuum cleaner is completely sealed creating truly HEPA certified vacuum cleaner. The Miele vacuum has been engineered so that all the air must pass through the HEPA filter before being expelled into the air. Miele vacuum cleaners have rubber sealing to seal the vacuum and make sure that no dirty air escapes into the air. For an allergy or asthmatic this is very important. So before choosing a HEPA vacuum cleaner make sure that the vacuum is completely sealed so you are truly getting a vacuum for your needs.