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Although your home may look perfectly clean, if it is thoroughly draught-proofed, warm and slightly humid it will be seething with house dustmites. They will be thriving in the carpets, beds and upholstery. Asthmatics and eczema sufferers are often advised to vacuum floors or beds and to dust daily. But if this is done with an ordinary vacuum cleaner and a dry duster it will only mean breathing in yet more allergen as it is churned out by the machine and made airborne by the dusting. Dust escaping from the body of the machine or through its exhaust filtration system means that airborne allergen particles are easily inhaled and explains the unexpected increase in patients' symptoms recorded after doctors have recommended frequent vacuum cleaning. Tackling allergens is now big business for vacuum cleaner manufacturers and our researchers found that the majority of the more expensive models on the market now offer an HEPA - High Efficiency Particulate Air filter - to pick up tiny allergen particles. But these filters are tested in isolation in the laboratory, not during actual use. For allergy sufferers, how much dust a vacuum cleaner can pick up is irrelevant if it can't retain it. Our recommendations
There are a number of vacuum cleaners available which can make health claims but only one, The Medivac, has been recognised as a genuine medical device and granted VAT-free status for residents of the UK and all countries in the EU who have a qualifying medical condition. Designed and created specifically for sufferers from asthma, eczema, rhinitis and dust allergy, it is the only vacuum cleaner individually certified to British Standards not to blow out mite allergen. Scientific trials conducted at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester show that there is no increase in the amount of mite allergen in the air after using this machine. To ensure it will not leak dust or allergens, every Medivac Microfilter, in its fully assembled form, is independently tested to conform to the British Standards High Filtration Test Standard. To receive certification it has to achieve 0.00% emissions. Every machine sold comes with its own Quality Assurance certificate, showing its serial number and the exact level of the machine's filtration efficiency. We have not found any comparable vacuum cleaner offering this superb level of protection. We give Medivac vacuum cleaners Click here to look at:
The current enthusiasm for bagless vacuum cleaners is not one shared by anyone with dust allergies because emptying the dust-collecting cylinders of these vacuums creates clouds of uncontained dust, pollen and pet allergens. For this reason we have been unable to recommend them. However, a new bagless model made by German manufacturers Thomas, gets round this problem with the Genius Aquafilter Vacuum for Allergies. The patented Aquafilter technology means that the dirt ends up in a tank of ordinary tap water that you simply pour away when the cleaning task is done. There are no bags to dispose of or dusty cylinders to empty. Because there is no bag filling up, there is no loss of suction with the Thomas Genius and we found its performance consistently impressive. The Thomas Genius holds the British Allergy Foundation’s coveted Seal of Approval and other international awards including a 5 Star Quality Certificate for 99.999% retention of house dust, pollen, bacteria and allergens as small as 0.3 microns. This is a first rate, well-engineered vacuum cleaner, offered at a competitive price. Click here to look at
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