subject: Outdoor Sports Kick Up The Allergens In Cars [print this page] Some of us seem to spend a great deal of time inside of our cars. Recent statistics show that the average North American spends three hours a day in the car. At least one out of every five Americans has allergies. Those of us that suffer from allergies and spend that much time in the car would benefit from having good air quality within the car.
Outdoor sports are a huge contributor to poor air quality inside the car. You may not even realize the amount and kinds of allergens that are transported into our cars while chauffeuring your children to and from sporting events.
Simple Fact: Some of the outdoor allergens that can aggravate our allergies include grasses, ragweed, pollen, hay, mold and mildew. Our children play outdoor sports on grass fields, dirt mounds, stables and horseback riding rings where these allergens live and breed. These allergies cannot be controlled short of staying inside or through medications. You may think that by being inside your car you would be guarded from the effects of these and other allergens. That is far from the truth.
Simple Solution: One of the reasons you clean your home with a steam cleaner is to help control and eliminate allergens that irritate your allergies. Why not do the same for the inside of your car where allergens can have a serious effect on your allergies?
Allergens creep into cars via sneakers, cleats, clothing, bats and balls, helmets, riding boots and sports bags that are used while participating in outdoor sports. Once your child leaves the sports field they are not leaving the allergens behind. They bring the allergens into your car and they stay long after your children and their equipment are out of the car. Now the allergens are embedded into the carpet and on the surface of the seat as well as in the trunk and on the steering wheel of the car. These allergens must be effectively cleaned from the car or they will continue to affect your allergies. If not, they can cause negative effects on the allergy sufferers' performance at school, work and at the sport itself.
One very effective way to clean the inside of your car from allergens is by means of a steam vapor cleaner. Steam cleaners use nothing but water to clean and they are capable of cleaning almost any surface in your car. Using only small amounts of water steam cleaners reach temperatures in excess of 212 F to clean, sanitize and disinfect almost any surface without the use of chemicals. Steam cleaners are safer and easier to use then chemical-based cleaners. Also, they take less effort because the steam vapor does most of the cleaning for you.
There are a variety of steam cleaners available on the market that will work quite nicely in the car. In fact there are steam cleaners on the market that are also vacuum cleaners. Steam vacuums are an allergy sufferers' dream machine. They offer incredible suction for fast and easy vacuuming then turn into steam cleaners with the flip of a switch. The Vapamore Model MR50 Steam/Vac is a convenient sized model for use in the car.
Kick the dust and allergens out of the car with a steam cleaner and make your outdoor sports more enjoyable.
