A BFMTV shopping-team expert reports that switching to a washable Paco Home rug priced at €39.99 on Amazon stopped her winter allergies from sending her back to the discount store Action every week for protective sprays. The rug, she writes, traps dust and dust mites in its fibers and can be machine-washed, which removes the particles instead of letting them circulate in the air, BFMTV reported.
The change happened after the tester, who says she suffers from allergies every winter, installed the 140 x 200 cm short-pile rug in her living room. After two weeks, she washed it at 30 degrees on a delicate cycle without spin drying and found it kept its softness, according to BFMTV’s account.
The Specs, Rating and Price BFMTV Cited
BFMTV’s shopping expert described the Paco Home rug as a short-pile model measuring 140 x 200 cm, washable at 30 degrees, listed as a number-one bestseller and rated 4.2 out of 5 stars by more than 19,000 buyers. The outlet reported the rug is shipped by Amazon and costs €39.99, while noting the price is indicative and subject to change.
Why the Tester Says Rugs Trap Dust Rather Than Spread It
The tester wrote that she had long believed rugs were “real nests of dust,” but found the opposite once she researched the topic: rugs capture dust in their fibers, preventing it from dispersing into the air, BFMTV reported. Because this particular model is machine-washable, she says she can effectively eliminate the trapped particles — the step she credits with making her allergies disappear and ending her repeated trips to Action.
The Disclosure Behind the BFMTV Piece
BFMTV stated that the content was produced by an expert from its shopping team, which is independent of the BFMTV.com newsroom. The outlet also disclosed that it may receive payment when a reader makes a purchase through the links embedded in the article — a relevant caveat for anyone weighing the tester’s verdict.
What Shoppers Still Want to Know About the Paco Home Rug
Does the rug actually cure allergies? BFMTV’s tester says her allergies disappeared entirely after adopting it, but that is one person’s experience reported in a shopping feature, not a clinical finding, and no independent medical testing was cited.
How big is it and how is it cleaned? BFMTV reported the rug measures 140 x 200 cm with a short pile and is machine-washable at 30 degrees; the tester used a delicate program without spin drying.
Where is it sold and at what price? The outlet listed it at €39.99, shipped by Amazon, with the price flagged as indicative and likely to change.
Is the BFMTV report independent journalism? No — BFMTV said the piece came from its shopping team, separate from the newsroom, and that the channel may earn a commission on purchases made through its links.
Whether the allergy relief the BFMTV tester described holds for other households — and whether one winter of use is enough to judge the rug’s long-term effect — remains untested in anything the outlet published.
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