The standard 1” air filter is factory stamped as a 30 day filter. Although this may seem a bit overboard the concept is very sound. Both Heating & A.C. units need to move air in order for them to work easily and efficiently. A plugged filter could result in costly repairs that can easily be avoided with some routine maintenance. Change your filters regularly!!!
More interesting information can be seen on the links below:
How to change your filter – blogs.consumerreports.org
Home Inspector finds a home with no filter in it. – Home inspector blog
The average person breathes in about 32,000 pints (18,185 liters) of air per day. Those 32,000 pints contain about 1,120,000,000 particles of dust – furnacefiltercare.com
We carry many of the common furnace filters sizes on our website