How can we make a homemade DIY air purifier? Air purifiers can be extremely expensive, but they don’t need to be. After researching how different air filters work, I concluded that a HEPA filter is all that’s needed to make an effective air purifier that can capture viruses, wildfire smoke, …
A fan, furnace filters, and some duct tape–can air purifiers be that simple? Meet the Corsi-Rosenthal Box (CR Box) DIY air purifier. The Corsi-Rosenthal Box is a powerful, low-cost air purifier that you can put together on the cheap. At Smart Air, we’ve been building, testing, and teaching people how …
A lot has been going on with DIY air purifiers in the UK since we first created our DIY purifier. In this article, we share a few different DIY air purifier designs that can be made in the UK. Below are some of the DIY designs created by our UK …
DIY cloth masks to protect against viruses sounds like a crazy idea. Data shows masks work incredibly well, and they’re also really cheap. Surgical masks cost a few pennies, and they’re capable of filtering out 80% of particles down to 0.007 microns (14 times smaller than COVID-19). However, the COVID-19 …
New head-to-head test data from a citizen scientist finds that a simple, taped-together DIY air purifier effectiveness is higher than a market-leading Swiss air purifier, IQ Air. This data adds to an accumulation of data suggesting that effective air purifiers need not be expensive. The Setup The underlying science of …
In the rush to make homemade masks, many people are wondering whether reusable bags such as non-woven polypropylene plastic bags are effective at filtering viruses. These reusable bags are incredibly popular in places like Asia and Africa, where they are a common alternative to flimsy plastic shopping bags. Why Non-Woven …
In a recent study, researchers tested household materials that could be used to make DIY masks, but they left out one common material—paper towel masks (also called “kitchen paper”). Could paper towel be an effective material for making homemade masks in times of crisis and shortages? Smart Air Engineer Paddy …
With masks sold out during the coronavirus outbreak, many people will have to make do with what some scientists have called “the last resort”: the DIY mask. Data shows that DIY and homemade masks are effective at capturing viruses. But if forced to make our own mask, what material is …
When I was coughing through Beijing’s airpocalypse and thinking about buying an air purifier, I wanted to know something first–do air purifiers really remove PM2.5? I wondered because I saw lots of air purifier tests on pollen, but pollen is generally 10 microns or larger, whereas I was really concerned …
Should air purifiers have the filter on the front or the back–is it better to push or pull air? The Smart Air lab in Beijing ran tests of the same fan with the HEPA filter on either side, and the results contradict most people’s intuition. When I made my first …
