How to Live With a Cat if You’re Allergic

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The internet is rife with tips for living with pet allergies, and more specifically, cat allergies. From subreddits to veterinary journals, everyone seems to have advice on how to suffer less while being around cats and dogs.

As the pet tech writer here on the WIRED Reviews team with two cats (and as a vegan), I'm naturally a huge animal lover. It's sort of my job to know how to make our pets lives—and ours—easier, and that includes recommending the best tech I've tested that can help alleviate the uncomfortable symptoms that come with sharing space with a furry, constantly shedding animal.

After living with someone who has mild cat allergies, I thought it'd be ...