Consumer Reports Furnace Filters. In many times, new and seasoned users of furnace have been wondering whether they can effectively use their furnaces without filters. Our answer to this is yes and no. While it is a lot easier to ignore the importance of a filter, the effects of failing to use it far much outweigh the ignorance. Never, ever run a furnace or an AC without a filter. You will come to realize that this is not the right place to go cheap and in addition to leading to high utility bills, your system will also get damaged.
A lot of dust will accumulate on the blower fins, the AC evaporator coils, the air ducts, and the heater coils. That said, we may now turn our focus to buying a furnace filter. Needless to say, there is an avalanche of confusion when it comes to picking the best model as most seem to share some features. 1. Sale We begin our furnace filter review with Filtrete Clean Living Basic Dust Filter. ConsRequires regular replacement 2. ConsNeed for regular changing 3. ConsFractional efficiency 4. 5. 6.