DesignGuy, or anyone:

The red Filtrete (3M) filter (MERV=11; $9.xx at Lowe's) was what was in
place when we moved into this house six months ago, and we have bought a
couple more. A local store had the purple Filtrete on sale (MERV=12;
sale price approx. $10 instead of the usual $15+) a while back. and we
bought a couple of those but haven't used one yet.

Other family members have severe allergy problems, so we've continued
buying comparatively expensive filters.

Are we wasting our money?

MB


On 05/15/04 10:26 am DesignGuy put fingers to keyboard and launched the
following message into cyberspace:

my only thought is that if you do this, dont get some super hepa filter

for

the thing. those things add a lot of work to the motor. if you want a

true

filtration system get one. but just for your stated purpose, i dont see a
problem.

I generally buy the better quality filters that run $3-5 each, not the $0.50
blue fiberglass ones. Since we have a dog, better filtration is required.
I'd considered electrostatic, but won't go Hepa due to cost and it's
probably not necessary either. I hadn't figured on the motor working harder
trying to pull air through the Hepa filter, but good point there.