What does HEPA mean exactly?
March 15th, 2010 | by admin |When shopping for a hepa air purifier one question that seems to come up very often is “Hey Brian, just what exactly does HEPA stand for?” The answer is actually very simple.
Hepa Stands for “High Efficient Particulate Air,” as in High Efficient Particulate Air FILTER. A true HEPA filter will filter down to .3 microns meaning that out of every 10,000 dust particles, roughly 3 will make it through the air filter. That’s pretty impressive filtering by any standard.
It’s also the reason that HEPA filters are currently the most popular filters with those of us whom suffer the affects of dust related allergies.