Which Air Filter Should I Buy?

Choose the right air filter... Is it time to order your air filters from Joe Filter? Need a little help deciding how to choose the right air filter? Joe Filter currently offers 5 different types of HVAC Air Filters. To help keep things simple we have labeled our filters with our Joe Filter Good, Better, and Best rating scale. Interested in specialty filters? We offer an Antimicrobial and Carbon filter to help with your specific household needs.

Let's get started understanding our different options so you can choose the right air filter for your home.

Joe Filter "Good" Air Filter-

Joe Filter's Good air filter is an upgrade from your standard disposable fiberglass filter. The self-supported filter material is a pleated panel made with a dual-layered 100% synthetic media specifically for use in extended surface air filters. This filter is ideal for average households looking for a filter that is better at capturing dust and debris and a step up from fiberglass.

• Upgrade from disposable fiberglass filter

• MERV 8 efficiency rating

• Pleated panels

• Low resistance to airflow

• High dust holding capacity

• 1”inch width

• Filters 95% of particles

• Efficiency- 30% - 40%

Joe Filter "Better" Air Filter-

This HVAC Air filter is ideal for average households looking for a filter that is better at capturing dust and debris and a step up  from the "Good" air filter. This filter comes with wire-backed panel pleats offering more support for the filter.

• Upgrade from standard pleated filters

• MERV 11 efficiency rating

• Dual-layered filter media, wire-backed

• Low pressure drop

• Superior efficiency

• High dust holding capacity

• 1”inch width

• Filters 99% of particles

• Efficiency- 60% - 70%

Joe Filter "BEST" Air Filter-

This Extended surface Air filter is ideal for average households looking for a filter that is produced with a specialized blend of electrostatically charged, synthetic fibers. Particles attract to the electrostatically charged media.This filter comes with wire-backed panel pleats offering more support for the filter. The low initial resistance also helps to promote low energy consumption.

• Upgrade from MERV 11 extended surface pleat

• Low energy, meets the LEED Green Building requirements

• Maintains MERV 13 Performance Leadership in Energy

• 100% synthetic media, wire-backed

• 1”inch width

• Filters 99% of particles

• Efficiency- 70% - 80%

Meets LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building criteria for minimum efficiency.

Specialty Filters  

Antimicrobial, BioPure Filter-

This filter is treated with an Antimicrobial matter that controls the growth of microorganisms on the air filter’s surface. Fungus, mold, mildew, and bacteria are some microorganism controlled. Its a multi-pleat panel filter, Merv 8.

• Specialty filter

• Provides long-term, effective control of microorganisms

• Merv 8- Multi-Pleated panel, wire backed, anti-microbial treatment filter

• Non-migrating. It will not leach, off-gas or volatilize.

• Controls the growth of microorganisms

• Treated filter-permanently bonds to the filter fibers

• 1”inch width

• Filters 95% of particles

• Efficiency- 30% - 40%

Carbon Fresh Air Filter-

This Carbon filter has superior performance in gas and odor adsorption, as well as excellent particulate filtration. It has a high efficiency cotton polyester media, wired backed, pleated panel surface. This product uses Celbond Particulate Structures Technology and has a MERV 8 rating.

• Specialty filter

• Odor catching surface area

• MERV 8- Multi-Pleated panel, wire backed, anti-microbial treatment filter

• 1”inch width

• Filters 95% of particles

• Efficiency- 30% - 40%