Merry Christmas everybody! It’s time for our big Ausclimate Christmas Air Purifier Competition Winner Announcement.
Please give our announcement video a watch to hear from our Ausclimate North Pole Regional Manager, ‘Russell Claus’, accompanied by the ‘furrier’ members of our team, Jelly & Ziggy. This ‘Russell Claus’ actually shares a little bit of a resemblance to myself; What a handsome fellow indeed! 😂
We’d like to give a big congratulations to our big winner, Michelle McKay! Again, it was just such a tough decision but Michelle’s story & wildlife rescue program really warmed our hearts. We’re delighted to be able to give this gift to Michelle & really hope that this WINIX Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier can make a difference in the lives of both Michelle, her family & all of the wonderful little animals that she helps so much with her great work.
Congrats Michelle, please get in touch with us so that we can get you your prize!
Once more, it really was just such a difficult decision, with so many deserving entrants & so many heart-wrenching stories. So as ‘Russell Claus’ mentioned in the video, we are very happy to be able to announce our Ausclimate Runner-Up Rewards. We were originally going to have 3 runner up rewards, but we were just gob-smacked by the sheer amount of great entries (with over 180 entrants in total)! Thank you so much for your excellent entries, it does mean a lot to us.
Therefore we have decided to increase our Runner Up Rewards to TEN lucky entrants, who will be receiving a $150 Reward-voucher to use on the purchase of any of our Ausclimate range of Winix Air Purifiers. In addition to this, we will also be giving all other entrants a special competition EXTRA 10% off our already reduced current special online prices for our WINIX Air Purifiers when you mention the competition during an over-the-phone purchase.
To our lucky 10 Runner Up Rewards winners, please get in touch, so that we can give you your unique coupon code. These can be used by either yourself, or a lucky loved one for an over-the-phone Ausclimate purchase. Both Runner Up Rewards & EXTRA 10% off offers are eligible through January 31st, 2018 for Ausclimate over-the-phone purchases of our WINIX Air Purifiers. (Not to be used together or combined with other offers).
Thank you again for all of your excellent entries! We hope that every one of you has a wonderful Christmas & a happy new year!
We’ve had just an amazing response to our Ausclimate Christmas Air-Purifier Competition so far & have been blown away with the amount of great entries! We’ve also been surprised & delighted by the amount of snaps of your adorable furry friends that have been sent in! It sure is going to be a tough choice in picking the winner, that’s for sure!
We just wanted to send out a final reminder that competition entries close at 11.59pm AEDT tonight (20/12/2017). So if you haven’t got your entry in yet, time to get to it! Jump on over to our Facebook competition post for your chance to WIN a WINIX Ultimate 5-stage air-purifier. We’ll be making our official ‘video’ Winner Announcement on Friday (22/12/2017). So stay tuned folks!
Please take a look at our website to find out all about our full Ausclimate WINIX air-purifier range & feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have. Always here to help!
We hope that all of our Ausclimate furry friends get spoiled rotten this Christmas. (We know that our Ziggy & Jelly will be!)
Winix Air Purifier VOC Efficacy Test Results Are In
Ausclimate are extremely proud to share our recent independent VOC Testing Results for our Winix Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier, but firstly, just what are VOCs?
So what are VOCs?
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are chemicals that can easily enter the air in our home from many commonly used household products. The list of VOCs in your home seems endless. And yes, they’re everywhere: the materials used to build our home, plywood & wood products, carpets, soft furnishings, upholstered furniture, oil & solvent based cleaners, nail polish & other personal care products, adhesives & paints, aerosol sprays, even the vehicle emissions entering our homes.
We are commonly exposed to these VOCs by breathing, touching & swallowing. Just how harmful these are to our health is determined directly by:
The toxicity of the VOCs
The amount of VOCs in the air
The duration of exposure
Reducing our exposure can be achieved in a number of ways. And, whilst it may not be possible to totally remove these hazardous chemicals from our home, we can certainly take some steps to limit our exposure:
Ensure indoor areas are well-ventilated
Reduce the sources of VOCs where practicable
Use high quality air purifiers.
Winix Air Purifiers for VOC Removal
It’s well known that HEPA filter within the Winix Air Purifiers are designed to remove airborne pollutants in our homes, including those tiny particles of dust, mould, smoke, pollens, viruses and bacteria.
But the HEPA filter alone are not designed for VOC removal. It’s really the Winix ACTIVATED CARBON filter, as well as Winix PlasmaWaveTM technology that are the most important features when it comes to removing VOCs (such as formaldehyde & other dangerous chemicals).
VOC Independent Testing
Winix proudly state that the Winix Ultimate 5 Stage Air Purifier is in a field of its own when it comes to removing VOCs from the air in our homes. And there’s little doubt that the Activated Carbon filter, as well as Winix PlasmaWaveTM technology are responsible for these high-efficiency rates.
But, here in Australia, we wanted to go one step further, to have our own testing performed too – just to be sure!
So, we enlisted Melbourne-based indoor environment industry expert, Nicole Bijlsma(pictured), CEO of the Australian College of Environmental Studies to carry out independent VOC efficacy testing of our Winix Ultimate 5 Stage Air Purifier.
Nicole completed the VOC air testing in Bayswater, Melbourne in 2017 & had the samples analysed by Prism Analytical Technologies (USA).
VOC Test Results
Quite simply, the results were very clear:
In the official test, “The results indicate a significant reduction in Total VOCs from 98,000ng/L to 20,000 ng/L which equates to an almost 80% reduction of total VOCs within one hour of the air purifier being in use.”*
This is a great result that leaves us wondering, ‘If this is so effective in only one hour, can you imagine how effective it is in cleaning the air in a room all day long?!’
What these VOC test results mean for you
We’ve already established that there are more potentially hazardous chemicals in our homes than we want to even think about! From everyday household cleaners, to furniture materials, to common glues, paints & plastics found in the home; even experts have little knowledge on their potentially long-term & dangerous effects on human health.
Nicole Bijlsma notes that “Outdoor air pollution kills more people in Australia than the road toll, and indoor air quality is up to five times more polluted than outdoor air” (BITRE, 2017; OECD, 2014; US EPA, 2017). …“The Ausclimate air purifier was shown to reduce the chemical load in indoor air by 80% within an hour of use.” (ACES, 2017)
Simply put, these results prove that Ausclimate’s Winix Ultimate 5 Stage Air Purifier will actively remove many of these airborne chemicals straight out of the air in our rooms, as effectively as 80% in one hour! In the big picture, these results are just great news for people with chemical sensitivities (or just wanting to reduce their chemical exposure) because this is real evidence that our Winix Ultimate 5 Stage Air Purifier can effectively protect you & your family from many of these everyday chemical nasties that are found in the common home.
* Testing results provided by the Australian College of Environmental Studies via Prism Analytical Technologies, Inc., the creator of IAQ Commercial Survey. Prism has been performing air quality assessments to industry and environmental consultants since 1995. IAQ Commercial SurveyTMis one of the most advanced, trusted air testing products on the market today for identifying chemical sources and active mould growth. Model tested: Winix Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier (AUS-9500). Detailed testing results available on request.
Thank you, we hope that this information & test results have been helpful & as always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Please take a look at our website to find out all about our full Ausclimate WINIX air-purifier range & feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have. Always happy to help!
Do you have pets in the home like dogs, cats, rodents or birds? Are you constantly finding dust, hairs or feathers all over the place? Do they drive your allergies crazy?
Well, if you have answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, a quality air purifier may be a great solution for both your pet & yourself!
There’s nothing worse than not being able to spend time with our best friends because of a potential sneezing-fit. Many of our pets will often shed hair, tiny flecks of skin (pet dander) and feathers. They can also do a marvellous job of whirling up the dusts in the home during ‘play time’. For those of us with allergies & hay fever, these can be big-time allergens (allergy triggers), which can be a BIG problem. A quality air purifier can do a great job of actively removing these allergens straight from the air. They also remove many other airborne household pollutants (dust, mould spores, pollens, smoke and VOCs) from the air in your home, making for a healthier indoor environment for yourself AND man’s best friend!
Many of our Ausclimate friends are already using our Asthma Council Australia Sensitive Choice approvedWinix air purifiers just for this purpose, so we thought that we’d put together a handy guide to help you get the most out of your Winix air purifier specifically for this purpose.
So here’s a few tips about how you can best use your Winix Air Purifier to help you and the pets that we all love so much.
Air Purifiers Pet User Guide & Tips
Which Room: – Make sure to use your Winix Air Purifier in the rooms of the home that are occupied by your pets the most frequently (i.e. bedrooms and communal areas such as the lounge/kitchen area).
Fan Speed: – Run your Winix Air Purifier on the highest fan speed that’s practicable. – Turning over as much air as possible helps your machine to capture as much of those pollutants as possible – and quicker!
Bedroom: – Make sure to use your Winix Air Purifier when you or the pets are in the room. Yes, we know how easy it can be to let our furry friends sleep in the same room as us (and sometimes demand our attention during sleep time too!) This makes it even more important to run your air purifier throughout the night. A good tip is to run your air purifier on ‘turbo fan speed’ for an hour or so before bedtime, then turn down to ‘medium fan speed’ or ‘auto fan speed’ when it’s time for bed for light sleepers.
Lounge/Kitchen Area: – Protect your pets AND yourself by running your air purifier ALL DAY LONG in these areas: the higher the fan speeds the better. As main thoroughfares of the home, these can be prime spots for fur & feather shedding. The ‘Auto mode’ of our units do a great job for this kind of ‘Set & Forget’ use.
When Away From Home: – Leave the Winix Air Purifier running while you are at work, particularly if your pets spend a lot of time indoors. That way, your pets can continue to breath clean air while you are out.
The indoor air in our homes can be as much as 10 times more polluted than the outdoor air, so if your pets do stay indoors while you are away, it becomes very important to ensure the quality of the air that they are breathing. A good quality air purifier will remove common indoor airborne household pollutants such as dust, mould spores, pollens, smoke and VOCs. It’s also nice to come home to a ‘surprisingly’ fresh smelling home when you say hello to your pets.
A Contained Environment: – For best efficiency, we recommend keeping the rooms and windows closed up where practicable. But, as we know Australia has a wide-ranging climate, so we need to be flexible, so having the internal doors and the odd window ajar is okay – we all appreciate SOME fresh air. Use your ceiling fans and air conditioners as usual.
Filter Cleaning: – Keep an eye on the filters within the Winix Air Purifier. When using your air purifier with pets, these filters can understandably get dirty at a faster rate than usual. The front filter is the ‘pre-filter’, which is the first filter to capture the larger airborne particles, so make sure to give it a regular vacuum while still in the machine. It’s also a good idea to remove it completely every few weeks and run it under water to wash off any pet hair, fluff, lint, dust and grit. Doing this will also prolong the life of the HEPA and Carbon filter!
Filter Replacement: – You can normally expect your filters to last about 12-18 months when used under standard conditions, perhaps a little less if you are intensively using it for your pets, as recommended in this guide. This is understandable given the extra work in capturing pet dander, hair, feathers and even airborne cat saliva produced when cats clean themselves! Make sure to keep an eye on your ‘Replacement Filter Indicator’.
Running Times: – Be generous with your running times – consider even running it 24/7. You don’t need to be overly worried about running costs of the Winix Air Purifiers. They are relatively inexpensive to run (tested at around 0.2 cents per hour). To us, the benefits of continual operation far overwhelm the running costs, particularly when considering all the health benefits that you and your pets will receive.
User Manual: – Lastly, it pays to have a good look over the User Manual – it has some easy to read information about the filter upkeep and maintenance to help you get the very best results.
You also need to make sure you’ve got the right air purifier for the job, with the right features:
True HEPA filters: Both models have certified Winix HEPA filters, so they will both remove those tiny airborne particles that may affect you or your pets’ health.
These HEPA filters will even remove 99.97% of those ultra-fine particles measuring 0.3microns (wow, our eyesight is generally good for 40-50 microns). As a rough guide: pet fur is around 50 microns, dust & mould spores 10 microns, pet dander 2.5 microns, bacteria 1 micron and smoke, a very tiny 0.3 micron.
Carbon filters: Both models have high quality carbon filters – great for removing cooking smells as well as those unpleasant pet smells. The Winix 5 Stage air purifier actually has an ‘activated carbon filter’, which means it will reach the next important step of capturing hazardous gases and vapours found in the home, such as formaldehyde, acetone, benzene – even those vehicles emissions entering the home from outside. All things that we really don’t want our pets breathing in!
PlasmaWave: Both Winix Air Purifiers utilise this ‘No Ozone’ air purification technology*. Great for neutralising harmful viruses, bacteria, odour-causing compounds and chemicals and vapours – leaving only fresh, clean air for yourself & your furry best friend.
* In tests by global independent safety science company UL LLC, WInix Air Purifiers produced 3 part per billion ozone – a nearly undetectable level that is substantially lower than the FDA’s allowable level of 50 part per billion.
Anti-Bacterial Protection: Both Winix Air Purifiers remove tiny particles such as viruses and bacteria. However, the Winix 5 Stage air purifier also has an ‘Anti-Bacterial Mesh’ within the ‘activated carbon filter’ which provides you and your pets additional protection by neutralising viruses and bacteria on contact.
Air Quality Sensors: Both Winix Air Purifier models have sensors for monitoring the air quality and once these sensors detect dander, pet odours and other pollutants they will react and increase the fan speed on ‘auto setting’ to quickly get rid of these particles. This even includes those ‘accidental’ stinky pet moments that we know all too well!
We hope that this Pet Air Purifier User Guide has been helpful, as always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with a phone call or email. We’re always here to help!
Please take a look at our website to find out all about our full Ausclimate WINIX air-purifier range & feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have. Always happy to help!
Suffice to say, Joanne was surprised & delighted with my early Christmas present this year! What a shocker?! 😆
Seriously though, it’s been heartwarming to see many of our customers purchasing our Winix air purifiers as gifts for their loved ones in need this time of year. What a great way to show that you care this Christmas (& allergy) season.
Please take a look at our website to find out all about our full Ausclimate WINIX air-purifier range & feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have. Always happy to help!
A reminder that we are also currently in the midst of our Ausclimate Christmas Air-Purifier Competition. So please take a gander at our Facebook competition post for your chance to WIN a WINIX ultimate 5-stage air-purifier of your own! (Or as a lovely gift for a loved one in need)
Looks like a certain gassy little dog has set the “odour sensor” of this WINIX air-purifier into overdrive! Our furry-friend, Ziggy (pictured) politely disagrees with this statement.
Everyone loves our furry best friends but for many of us, pet-related allergies & hay fever can be more than a handful. Our WINIX ultimate 5-stage air-purifier can really be a game changer. In many circles, our 5-stage unit has actually come to be known as the “Pet Air-Purifier”. Not only do they do a great job of actively removing allergens such as pet dander from the air, they also remove many airborne pollutants from the air in your home, making for a healthier indoor environment for man’s best friend!
Please take a look at our website to find out all about our full Ausclimate WINIX air-purifier range & feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have. Always here to help!
Jelly & Ziggy (pictured) are very happy to officially announce our Ausclimate Christmas Air-Purifier Competition!
Christmas is the time to give & we are just delighted to be able to give back & help out someone who could really use one of our WINIX 5-Stage Air Purifiers.
Simply “like” our Ausclimate Facebook page, “Share” the Facebook competition post & make sure to tell us in the Facebook competition post comments “How a WINIX Air-Purifier could help you this Christmas season” for your chance to WIN.
(Comment approximately 50 words or less)
Please visit http://ausclimate.com.au/products_purifiers.htm to find out all about our WINIX Air-Purifiers. Ausclimate Dehumidifiers & Air-Purifiers – your solution for a healthier indoor climate.
Ausclimate is giving you the opportunity to win a AUS-9500 WINIX Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier valued at $795 RRP. To win this fantastic Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier simply let us know “How this WINIX air-purifier could help you this Christmas season” in approximately 50 words or less, in the respective Facebook Post comment section.
Ausclimate’s range of WINIX Home Air Purifiers are the ideal solution for clean & healthy indoor air quality. Easy to use, ‘set & forget’ features with the most advanced filtration systems & PlasmaWaveTM technology – our range is available on our website now.
Experience clean, fresh air with Ausclimate’s Sensitive Choice Asthma Council approved WINIX Ultimate 5-Stage Air-Purifier, featuring PlasmaWaveTM technology, Nano-Silver Mesh microbial protection, auto ‘set & forget’ settings, smart dust & odour sensors, a replacement filter indicator and Certified H13 True HEPA filter. Covering a floor area of 26m² for air purification, it is suited to effective cleaning within a wide range of bedrooms and lounge-rooms.
Ausclimate Pty Ltd (ABN 60 667 963 079), PO Box 161 The Gap QLD 4061.
Conditions of Entry
Refer to Terms and Conditions.
Entry Restrictions
Open only to Australian residents and excludes directors, officers, management and employees of the Promoter or of the agencies or companies associated with this competition.
Competition Period
Commences 8:30pm AEDT on 4/12/2017 and concludes at 11.59pm AEDT on 20/05/2016.
Entry method during the competition period: entrants must: (a) visit the Ausclimate Facebook Page at our ‘‘Christmas Air-Purifier Competition’’ post and write how our WINIX Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier can help you in approximately 50 words or less.
Prize Details
1 x WINIX Ultimate 5-Stage Air Purifier (model AUS-9500) valued of $795 RRP (inc GST).
Entry Limitations
All entries must be received during the competition period. Consumers may only enter once during the competition period. If multiple entries are submitted, only the first entry will be accepted.
Approximate 50 words or less limitation is to be taken as a guideline, not an absolute limit.
Winner Notification
The winners will be notified by return private message (Facebook) in the first instance within one week of our announcement taking place on 22/12/2017. The results will also appear on the the Ausclimate Facebook Page
Prize Claim Date and Time
The prize must be claimed by 5pm AEDT 29/12/2017. If the prize remains unclaimed by that date, the relevant winner’s entry will be deemed invalid and the Promoter reserves the right to distribute the relevant prize to the next best valid entry.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The information regarding prizes and how to enter forms part of these conditions. By entering, entrants accept these conditions.
The competition will be conducted during the competition period. (Commences 8:30pm AEDT on 4/12/2017 and concludes at 11.59pm AEDST on 20/12/20176)
Entries must be received during the competition period. The Promoter is not liable for late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, incorrectly submitted, delayed or illegible entries, claims or correspondence due to error, omission, tampering, theft and communications failure or otherwise. The Promoter has no control over communications networks and is not liable for any problems associated with them due to traffic congestion, technical malfunction or otherwise. The Promoter is not liable for any consequences of user error including (without limitation) costs incurred. Entrants who enter using multiple facebook accounts may be disqualified.
Entries not fully complying with these conditions of entry may be deemed invalid at the Promoter’s discretion.
This competition is a game of skill; chance plays no part in determining the winners. Each valid entry will be individually judged (by representatives of the Promoter) based on, among other things, literary and creative merit.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The best valid single (1) entry, as determined by the judges, from all entries received during the Competition Period will win the prize.
All entries become the property of the Promoter and will not be returned to the entrant. Each “How an Air-Purifier can help you this Christmas season” comment must be the entrant’s original work. By entering this competition entrants: (a) consent to the Promoter making copies of or publishing the whole or any part of their entry (including the “How an Air-Purifier can help you this Christmas season” comment and otherwise exploiting the entry and any rights in relation to the entry, to publicise this competition or for any other purposes; and (b) undertake to the Promoter that their entry is not, and its use by the Promoter will not be, in breach of any third party intellectual property rights.
The prizes will be delivered to the winners at their nominated delivery address. (PO Box address will not be accepted)
If a winning entry is deemed not to comply with these conditions of entry, that entry will be discarded and the Promoter will distribute the relevant prize to the next best valid entry.
The winners must, at the Promoter’s request, participate in all promotional activity (such as publicity and photography) surrounding the winning of any prize, free of charge and they consent to the Promoter using their name and image in promotional material.
The Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, damage, personal injury or death which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this competition or accepting or using any prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (in which case that liability is limited to the minimum allowable by law).
Without limiting the previous paragraph, the Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any damage or delay in transit of the prizes.
The Promoter may require the winners to provide proof of identity, proof of age and proof of residency. Identification considered suitable for verification is at the Promoter’s discretion.
The Promoter may, at its sole discretion, disqualify all entries from, and prohibit further participation in this competition by, any person who tampers with, or benefits from any tampering with, the entry process or with the operation of the competition, or acts in violation of these conditions, acts in a disruptive manner or acts with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
The prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be redeemed for cash. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in prize value. If a prize or any element of a prize is unavailable for any reason the Promoter may substitute for that prize or element of a prize another item of equal or higher value as determined by the Promoter.
The Promoter may communicate or advertise this competition using Facebook. However, the competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Entrants are providing their information to the Promoter and not to Facebook. Each entrant completely releases Facebook from any and all liability.
If for any reason any aspect of this competition is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of computer virus, communications network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failure or any cause beyond the control of the Promoter, the Promoter may at its sole discretion cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition, or invalidate any affected entries.
The Promoter is not liable for any tax implications arising from prize winnings. Independent financial advice should be sought. Where this competition involves, for GST purposes, supplies being made for non-monetary consideration, entrants will follow the Australian Taxation Office’s stated view that where the parties are at arm’s length, goods and services exchanged are of equal GST inclusive market values.
The judges’ decision on allocation of the prize is at the complete discretion of the panel and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to the final selection or any part of the judging process.
All entries will be the property of the Promoter. The information entrants provide will be used by the Promoter for the purpose of conducting this competition. The information entrants’ companions provide will be used by the Promoter for the purpose of fulfilling the prize and otherwise administering this competition. The Promoter may collect entrants’ personal information (including through its contractors or agents) or disclose entrants’ or their companions’ personal information to its contractors and agents to assist in conducting this competition or communicating with entrants or their companions. By entering this competition, entrants consent to the storage of their personal information on the Promoter’s database and the Promoter may use this information for future competition and marketing purposes regarding its products, including contacting the entrant via electronic messaging. The Promoter is bound by the Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Entrants can request access to the personal information the Promoter holds about them by contacting the Promoter at the address stated in the Promoter section of these conditions. The Promoter’s Privacy Policy is located at http://www.ausclimate.com.au/files/ausclimate_privacypolicy.rtf
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