Urban living and a Canadian climate that significantly changes season to season makes maintaining the temperature and air quality in our homes all the more important. Smartmi’s Rainforest humidifier and P1 air purifier will not only help you feel comfortable in your living space, they will look good doing it. Enter this contest for a chance to win one of these elegant appliances and find out what you can do to ensure the air your breathe at home is up to snuff (or sniff).

The importance of healthy home air quality

I first learned about the dangers of air particulates in the home when publishing a review here on the blog on the Airthings Radon monitor. Dust, pollen, pet dander, chemicals, smoke from forest fires, and city smog can all infiltrate your home and reduce the quality of the air you breathe. If you are susceptible to seasonal allergies or have sensitive sinuses and skin, it can become very uncomfortable to constantly be sniffling or have a partially blocked nose and itchy eyes. To make matters worse, often it’s the pollutants we cannot see or identify that make us feel the most discomfort in our own homes.

Long term exposure to lower quality air reduces sleep quality and can make the body’s resistance to seasonal flu and colds weaker. Dry air also dehydrates the skin and worsens conditions like eczema and asthma. So, placing humidifiers and air purifiers in the home can make a huge difference to optimizing your indoor air quality, especially for homes with children and pets. Read the blog reviews of the Smartmi P1 air purifier and Rainforest humidifier to learn how they perform in action.

7 tips to improve your home air quality

If you’d like to see a positive change in the air quality of your living space, here are some practical tips that will help:

  1. Cross ventilate: Though this is harder in the winter months, opening multiple windows or doors (even just a crack) for a few hours in the day will allow fresh outdoor air to circulate through rooms. This helps remove indoor pollutants and replenishes oxygen levels.
  2. Use HEPA air purifiers: True High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) purifiers filter out 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns, including dust, pollen, pet dander, and even some bacteria. These air purifiers reduce allergens and respiratory irritants, providing cleaner air for you to breathe.
  3. Optimize humidity with humidifiers: Humidifiers help to add water to the air, which is very helpful during long winter months when heaters are always on. Optimal indoor humidity levels, between 30 – 50%, can mitigate water loss through the skin and prevent respiratory discomfort.
  4. Vacuum regularly: Vacuuming floors, carpets, and upholstery regularly with a HEPA filter-equipped vacuum will reduce the presence of dust and other allergens in the air, thus improving the quality of the air you breathe in.
  5. Reduce VOC products: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are emitted by various household products, such as cleaning liquids or paint, and contribute to indoor air pollution. Whenever possible, choose VOC-free or low VOC products to prevent those particulates from entering your home’s air system.
  6. Invest in houseplants: If you have a green thumb, maintaining houseplants like the spider plant, snake plant, or philodendron can help naturally purify indoor air by absorbing pollutants and releasing oxygen. They may not be as effective as an electric air purifier but they will add a pleasing green to your home.
  7. Maintain HVAC systems: Ensure your home’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is well-maintained. Replace filters regularly and clean ducts or dusty areas behind walls and under floors to improve system efficiency.

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in three different ways:

  1. In a comment below tell us which of the seven tips listed you find the most useful for your home, or feel free to share your own practical air quality improvement tip.
  2. In a comment below the review of the Smartmi P1 air purifier tell us which of its features is your favourite and why.
  3. In a comment below the review of the Rainforest humidifier tell us which room in your home you would place the humidifier in and why.

What you can win

At the end of the contest, we will randomly select two (2) winners from all eligible entries. One winner will receive the Smartmi Rainforest humidifier and the other will receive the Smartmi P1 air purifier.

This contest runs from Aug 14th to Aug 28th.

Remember you can enter up to three times to have the best chance of winning. Home air quality is not often talked about even though we spend a majority of our time eating, sleeping, and relaxing in our living spaces. Share this contest with anyone you think would benefit from better home air quality and encourage them to enter to have a chance to win.

Contest Rules: Smartmi Air Quality

Good luck!

Mahima Bhagwat
Mahima Bhagwat
Mahima is an editor at Best Buy Canada. She likes to watch sci-fi, supernatural, horror, and comedy TV shows and movies, and plays video games in her free time. When not avidly consuming content, she pursues her passion for storytelling by editing books and short stories, specializing in speculative fiction.

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  2. I love having houseplants and now that I know they help with air purification, I think I’ll go out and get more.

  4. 7. Maintain HVAC systems: Ensure your home’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is well-maintained. Change filters regularly.

  6. 2. Not only does the P1 offer effective (and powerful) air filtration, it also looks really, really sleek – it will blend in with modern design..

  10. Cross ventilate Is my go to and best tip out there tho with all the wildfires and air quality issues this year I’ve been relying on my Hvac system a lot more.

  13. I would place the Rainforest humidifier in my family room as that seems to be the room that is the driest in our home and the room we spend the most time in!

  19. Hint Optimize humidity with humidifiers is great! I always find the winter months so dry and stuffy…I would love to have a large “professional” humidifier.

  24. I would love to win the Smartmi PI Air Purifier – I have 2 long haired cats – I try to vacuum a few times a week and I would put this lovely unit into our bedroom. These are two great prizes for any household – Thank you.

  26. vacuum regularly is for sure the most important task, especially with lots of carpet. The problem is that vacuuming can kick up so much dust and dirt too.

  28. I try to vacuum on a daily basis wanting so much to get myself a Dyson full of promises.
    Vacuum regularly.

  30. Humidifier Comment: like it’s cool mist and can add a natural product like mint for freshness, I would use this in the room I’m in and move it around with me.
    Air Purifier Comment: due to diseases, allergens and chemicals, the filtration system is excellent. I would have one in my basement for sure as it is newer but has musty/wood smell.

  39. The most important tip is vacuuming regularly. People underestimate how much it can do but it really does drastically improve your air quality, especially if you suffer from allergies or asthma.

  42. Most useful tip is to optimize humidity with humidifiers. Learned that optimal humidity levels range from 30 – 50%, which can mitigate water loss through the skin, prevent respiratory discomfort.

  44. I vacuum regularly to remove dust and particles as having a nice clean home is needed for our health . I live the smartmi dehumidifier as it has the rainforest ambience. As far as the the smartmi purifier , I love that it removes 99.98 % of dust and particles. I would place it in my bedroom for better sleep

  45. I vacuum regularly to remove dust and particles as having a nice clean home is needed for our health . I live the smartmi dehumidifier as it has the rainforest ambience. As far as the the smartmi purifier , I love that it removes 99.98 % of dust and particles.

  46. With cats and a high traffic area, the Use HEPA air purifiers would be ideal but generally, I vacuum frequently and have some low maintenance house plants.

  49. Cross ventilate is the top tip for our house. With allergies rampant its hard in hayfever season but its important anyhow. I love fresh air in my home even when its hot or cold.

  50. I would put the Smartmi Rainforest Humidifier in a bedroom in the winter because that is when it is driest in our house.

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