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How often do you clean your home? Are there any techniques you use to reduce dust accumulation? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Or ways to remove that accumulation fast?

Non-vacuum cleaner tips would be more actionable for me currently, but please do share your ways.

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[–] sentient_loom 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I should clean more often.

But my humidifier is also an air purifier and it pulls a LOT of dirt from the air. I change the water every week and it's filthy. Surprising how much dirt is in the air to "purify."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Could you explain how this humidifier/air purifier works? I've wondered about the possibility of an air purifier that uses water rather than a "screen" but haven't seen anything. My wife and I both have allergies, and our house gets really dry in the winter so one small appliance to deal with both issues sounds like a nice solution.

[–] sentient_loom 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Oh it makes a huge difference. Without humidifiers I get awful dry skin and nosebleeds from the dry heat of the heaters in winter.

This humidifier is different from the vaporizers I used before. Those ones would get mouldy and would only last a year.

It's a Venta Air washer. It has a turbine inside the water reservoir that slowly turns the water like a mill, so the water evaporates more slowly than with a vaporizer. And on top there's a fan sucking air down into the wet churning turbine, so the air is being pushed through all the wet pieces of the turbine. Somehow that takes impurities out of the air, they stick to the water. And the impurities don't evaporate, so as the water slowly evaporates you can see it getting dirtier over a few days.

EDIT: I have a two-bedroom apartment and the one humidifier makes the whole place comfortable. It's a really good purchase. You have to buy a liquid to add to the water though.

I found this video that sort of explains it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvsXL0pk8Y

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, I will definitely spend some time looking into those! I saw some information about an additive for the water, and a special cleaning solution you are supposed to use. Do you have to order those regularly to keep it clean and running well?

[–] sentient_loom 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Actually I just get one bottle (of each) every 2 years. Even so, it's slightly expensive, and I bet that there's a cheaper alternative if I could find out what the ingredients are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

That's not as bad as I was expecting, but yeah extra cost is annoying. Thanks for the info about this!