Wide Open Spaces: Never Worry About Breathing Toxic Air in Rooms of All Sizes With Blueair

When Beijing gets crazily hazy, many of us scurry indoors, but that's often not nearly enough to get out of harm's way.

That's right: we're not necessarily breathing better air inside. In fact, Green Gard Certification says indoor air quality can be at least twice, if not up to five times, worse than the air quality outside, because of mold, particulates, poor ventilation, and other factors.

Of course, those issues can be whisked away with the help of a quality air purifier. Blueair, for instance, endeavors to design devices that not only make the room you spend so much of your day in safe from harmful particulate matter (PM2.5) outside but also the overlooked indoor toxins assailing our lungs.

These purifiers helped make the Beijing International School Expo a breath of fresh air in every sense of the word – be it the ideas explored by experts at seminars, to the school reps at booths answering parents' questions, to the activity areas where children played while moms and dads sought out the perfect school for their future. All the while, the official sponsor, Blueair supplied air purifiers to keep attendees safe from the smog at the February 18-19 event.

Its purifiers can provide clean air to rooms ranging from 14 to 110 square meters. For BISE, their purifiers kept the air at both the huge lecture and booth areas properly filtered, which was no small feat given the sprawling size of the space.

Mike Wester, founder and CEO of True Run Media which hosted the event, said, “Having Blueair at our event was a real difference maker,” adding: "There's nothing more important to a parent than the health of their child, and therefore we would not think of holding an event of this size without considering the air quality.”

That sentiment is also shared by those who use Blueair purifiers on a more everyday basis. Rana Sbaity, a French expat and loyal customer, says it’s clear that the machines are designed to “purify the air from big and small particles. And the machines are doing it the right way.” These factors have provided her satisfaction with her purifier, although she’s quick to add: “This does not mean that we should not open the windows and bring fresh air indoors regularly, even when it’s polluted outside.” 

“In my house, one of the bedrooms windows is not well sealed. It is a fact that is not related to Blueair efficiency, rather related to window sealing. Since I can not do the sealing of the window, I put a bigger machine – a 503 instead of a 403 – in the room and keep the curtains closed and this seems to work.”

Based on these details, it’s clear that using air purifiers like the ones that Blueair has designed – along with other practices like opening windows occasionally to reduce the buildup of drowsiness-inducing carbon dioxide – will keep you safe indoors and leave the air in your home fresher, cleaner, and less toxic. 

This post is sponsored by Blueair. 

Photos: Uni You