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Not very good
The problem I'm having with this item is that there is no tolerance % for the set desired humidity level. What I mean is, if I set it to 40% humidity, it turns on at 39% and turns off at 40%. What ends up happening is it goes on for 2 minutes, then goes off for 2 minutes, all night long! It should have something more of a tolerance, like 3-5%, so that is goes on at 35 and shuts off at 45, so that it's not going on and off constantly.
[Saturday, December 27, 2008]
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Chemical odor, terrible with hard water.
With an ultrasonic humidifier, *everything* present in the water will be in the mist: chemicals, microbes, minerals, etc.. After running the unit on filtered hard tap water for only 6 hours, I had a fine white powder coating on the outside of the humidifier tank and LCD/button area. This powder is the minerals in the water being ejected and turned to dust. I can't really blame the manufacturer for this - it's the nature of this type of humidifier, and they suggest using distilled water if you have hard water. But who wants to pay for a gallon of distilled water a day? The second problem I had was a chemical odor in the mist, which also appeared to be in the tank when I took it off - a sort of new plastic smell. This was the real deal breaker. I'm not sure if the odor was the plastic tank, chemicals present in the water (chlorine, etc.), both, or a chemical reaction, but the odor was almost sickening and filled the room. I returned the unit and will now explore other types of humidifiers.
[Thursday, December 18, 2008]
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digital functions are just a gimmick
My general feeling about household electronics is that, the more gadgets and whistles are on them, the quicker they break. Despite this belief, I thought I'd give this humidifier a try. Sure enough, the digital panel function COMPLETELY died on me about three days later; the On/Off button works, but other than that, all the other buttons (ion feature, humidity controls, temperature set, up/down button) are dead. I debated whether to return it or not, but decided to keep it for this reason only: when the buttons "died", I was fortunate that the "mist blow" was set on the highest level, so I get a good amount of moisture output (about 1/3 gallon of distilled water a night for a room about 400 sq ft). I've basically decided that 90% of the humidifers (under $150) on the market are junk, so for the price I paid ($38) for this one, I'll just have to settle if it does what a humidifier is supposed to do, which is to add a sufficient amount of moisture to the air. I sure miss the good ol' days of dependable German and Japanese engineering and manufacturing (this one's made in China, of course).
[Saturday, November 29, 2008]
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