Indoor Air Quality- Portable Vs. Whole Home

Why treat just one room when you could improve the air in your entire home?

You've probably seen the TV commercials and heard the claims – you may have one, two, three or more in your home right now – in your basement, family room or bedrooms. But whether it's a portable air purifier, humidifier or dehumidifier, the truth is these units just don't work for anything other than temporary one-room relief.

To treat the problem in multiple areas or throughout your entire home, you need to purchase a number of expensive, energy-wasting portable or room units. A better solution to multiple units – an Aprilaire whole-home indoor air quality product. Attached to your central heating and cooling system, they provide superior relief in every room of your home.

Portable Disadvantages:

• Portables, otherwise known as tabletop or room units, only treat the air in the immediate vicinity of the unit.
• You need a separate unit for every room, area or level of your home.
• Portable units often require frequent cleaning and maintenance. Some units, if not properly maintained, may pose a hazard to you and your family's health. This is often the case with portable humidifiers and dehumidifiers where standing water can pose a health hazard due to biological contaminant growth.
• Portable units are oftentimes noisy and can be unattractive and obtrusive to your living space.
• Multiple portable units consume more energy than a single, whole-house solution.

Aprilaire Advantages:

• Aprilaire whole-home products can treat every room of your home.
• Aprilaire whole-home solutions require infrequent cleaning and maintenance. Air cleaner filters require changing every 6 months to 2 years depending on the model and how often the unit is run. Humidifiers and dehumidifiers have no standing water and no buckets to clean or empty.
• Installed directly to your heating and cooling system, whole-home products are installed out-of-sight and away from living spaces working silently and automatically.
• Every Aprilaire central indoor air quality solution is designed with maximum energy efficiency in mind.

Aprilaire Model 700A Whole-House Humidifier

Big humidification performance to match the biggest homes: the Model 700A.

The Aprilaire Model 700 Whole-House Humidifier features truly automatic control, so there's never a need to manually control the humidifier—though it can be installed in manual mode, if desired.

Complementing any central heating and cooling system, the Aprilaire Model 700 Whole-House Humidifier:

• Utilizes an outdoor temperature sensor for monitoring even the slightest changes in outdoor temperature
  

• Delivers up to 50% more moisture in comparison to competitive units
  
• Has an evaporation capacity of 0.75 gallons per hour—among the highest capacity humidifiers sold
  
• Humidifies tightly-constructed homes up to 4,200 square feet in size

If you own a larger home and want the best, then the Aprilaire Model 700A Whole-House Humidifier with automatic digital control is the right choice for you.

For some homes, a Model 700M manual control may be recommended. Most Aprilaire humidifiers are available with a convenient, economical manual control option.

Choosing the right Humidifer is an important decision and investment. Click below to learn more about Aprilaire Whole-House Humidifiers: