The next heat wave!

[Socks' Mum]

Yes, I think the amount of moist air that passed through an accident means that it needs to be dismantled and cleaned alot. You can get dehumidifiers which helps. The air purifiers help me to sleep better as I have allergic rhinitis and a blocked nose. They are very quiet and low energy. The filters can be expensive (£20 - £40) but they are worth the money and don't need to be changed for a few months.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Sorry, that should be moist air that passes through an ac

 

[Maz]

Yes, I think the amount of moist air that passed through an accident means that it needs to be dismantled and cleaned alot. You can get dehumidifiers which helps. The air purifiers help me to sleep better as I have allergic rhinitis and a blocked nose. They are very quiet and low energy. The filters can be expensive (£20 - £40) but they are worth the money and don't need to be changed for a few months.

The one I'm looking at, after a bit of research, is quite expensive - it's £220 but - the filter lasts for 3 years. It's about 50cm tall and 28cm diameter and filters down to 0.003 microns so also catches the smallest of mould spores. Whether it'll help improve air quality during a heat wave I don't know but there may be more allergens in the air during a heat wave - or it could be just triggered by the heat. And can be put on "turbo" to create a fan as well. Light enough to move to a different room though.

 

[Socks' Mum]

The one I'm looking at, after a bit of research, is quite expensive - it's £220 but - the filter lasts for 3 years. It's about 50cm tall and 28cm diameter and filters down to 0.003 microns so also catches the smallest of mould spores. Whether it'll help improve air quality during a heat wave I don't know but there may be more allergens in the air during a heat wave - or it could be just triggered by the heat. And can be put on "turbo" to create a fan as well. Light enough to move to a different room though.

Very nice What is it called? It sounds great

 

[Maz]

It's a Phillips one. They have a few models and some are less expensive. I suppose it depends what it's needed for. They will all filter down to 0.3 microns which catches most fine particles. I thought if the filter lasts 3 years then the cost effectively includes the cost of 3 years worth of filters from any other type! There was also a Bosch one I was looking at.

 

[Maz]

Just noticed it's £50 cheaper elsewhere! But out of stock.

 

[Maz]

It's this one - trying to find it in stock.

Philips PureProtect Quiet 2200 Series AC2220/10 Smart Air Purifier, White

Buy Philips PureProtect Quiet 2200 Series AC2220/10 Smart Air Purifier, White from our Air Purifiers range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £50.

www.johnlewis.com

 

[Socks' Mum]

It's this one - trying to find it in stock.

Philips PureProtect Quiet 2200 Series AC2220/10 Smart Air Purifier, White

Buy Philips PureProtect Quiet 2200 Series AC2220/10 Smart Air Purifier, White from our Air Purifiers range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £50.

www.johnlewis.com

It's good. I hope they get more in stock soon

 

[Maz]

I ended up buying it somewhere else and paying full price. Ouch.

 

[Socks' Mum]

It's an investment though, a good model that will last

 

[Maz]

Hope so - I don’t check how long the guarantee was.

 

[Lovelyness]

I have the Hoover 300 air purifier which is good It works well as a fan on max, but is noisy, and works really well at night in sleep mode which is quite quiet and blows out a gentle stream of cool air. It’s definitely much better than a fan with allergies. I have had a surveyor round today to quote for professionally fitted air con. It is expensive, but I have tried absolutely everything else to try to keep the temperature in the house down. Hopefully it will be fitted in the next 3 weeks or so.

 

[Lovelyness]

I have the Hoover 300 air purifier which is good It works well as a fan on max, but is noisy, and works really well at night in sleep mode which is quite quiet and blows out a gentle stream of cool air. It’s definitely much better than a fan with allergies. I have had a surveyor round today to quote for professionally fitted air con. It is expensive, but I have tried absolutely everything else to try to keep the temperature in the house down. Hopefully it will be fitted in the next 3 weeks or so.

 

[Socks' Mum]

I hope it goes well and the air con makes things comfortable and allows you to enjoy summer.

 

[Maz]

I hope it helps Must be awful suffering with asthma in this heat we had

I don't normally suffer, it's well managed. But clearly the heat and airlessness after a few days was a big trigger.

 

[Maz]

I have the Hoover 300 air purifier which is good It works well as a fan on max, but is noisy, and works really well at night in sleep mode which is quite quiet and blows out a gentle stream of cool air. It’s definitely much better than a fan with allergies. I have had a surveyor round today to quote for professionally fitted air con. It is expensive, but I have tried absolutely everything else to try to keep the temperature in the house down. Hopefully it will be fitted in the next 3 weeks or so.

Thank you. Glad to hear they help!

 

[Maz]

I think the Met office were predicting another one in July and one in August as well.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Hopefully with the days shortening in August we could get a more gradual climb to 30C and more time to cool off and refreeze water bottles

 

[Socks' Mum]

For mid July the next heatwave is forecasted, I pray they get it wrong (as so many times before). My nanna used to say: if you want to know what the weather will be like, just look out the window
But still better to be prepared, I buy ice packs when they are on offer and have the fridge stocked up with mugs

Urgh

 

[Socks' Mum]

My new fan It is quite nice and can run for nine hours on a timer without the plug getting hot. It can oscillate and tilt right up at the ceiling and down again on the oscillate function. The only thing is I can't remove the grill to clean the blades when they get dusty. But the instructions say it can be cleaned with compressed air. It's a backup fan in case my other fan stops working