Furnace Filter Ratings Consumer Reports

Consumer reports tests air filters for homes with forced air heating and cooling systems.

Furnace filter ratings consumer reports.

The best air filters for protecting your hvac and clearing the air of pollen pet dander and smoke from consumer reports tests. But most people seem to have had no. An astonishingly low percentage of ruud furnaces failed during that testing period nearly three times less than last place furnace york. Merv fpr and mrp.

And calculate annual operating costs for filter replacements and energy use to run the machine 24 hours a day. In simple terms manufacturers of furnace filters perform testing to assess how well the filters block out or trap air. The price rises to between 15 and 20 for 20 x 30 x 4. The fleet efficiency or furnace rating of a particular furnace brand indicates nothing about furnace quality or furnace durability.

In consumer reports latest central heating survey our members told us about their experiences with 48 318 gas furnaces. When consumer reports tracked the breakdown rate of furnaces in over 21 000 homes over the course of five years no brand performed better than ruud. As a rough guide disposable furnace filters start at around 7 or 8 each for 20 x 20 x 1. Beyond all the other factors involved in choosing the best furnace filter focus most of your attention on the ratings.

It earns poor ratings for. Nordic pure reports the filter s pressure drop as 0 24 inch which puts it a shade higher than the similar merv 12 equivalent filtrete 1500 at 0 22 inch. All of our furnace reviews are available here. Here are the most and least reliable gas furnace brands.

A good furnace filter isn t expensive. The remaining 11 brands. For this there are three primary codes. Due to their poor reliability ratings consumer reports cannot recommend gas furnaces from coleman frigidaire luxaire maytag white westinghouse or york at this time.

These top furnace brands have strong contractor and service networks offering professional assistance throughout the year. Consumer reports tested dozens of air purifiers.