ROOM humidifiers

I drastically need a new room humidifier for my bedroom....(not the cpap one)...my house is so dry. Does anyone have recommendations on what type to get?

I am wondering if this one is a good purchase or not???

http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/pages ... ons_512084

Ultrasonic humidifiers are very fussy about minerals in the water.
I have a desk size one I used at work, and I had to fill it with distilled water.

Ducky2 wrote:I drastically need a new room humidifier for my bedroom....(not the cpap one)...my house is so dry. Does anyone have recommendations on what type to get?

There are three types of room humidifiers that I know about.

1. The old fashioned heated water type in which there are electrodes suspended in the water which must have some mineral content to provide conductivity. Upside for this type is the vapor that comes out is pure water, no contaminants. Downside for this type is the electricity consumed to heat the water. May be either: The airflow is slightly warm contributing to slightly raising the room temperature.

2. The more modern evaporative type in which there is a filter that gets wet and the blower sucks air through the filter producing humidified air. Upside for this type is the vapor produced is pure water, no contaminants. High efficiency in producing humidity and low electrical costs. There will be some, although slight, filtering of airborne particles by this process as the air passes through the wet surfaces of the internal filter. Downside for this type is the filters must be replaced periodically as they become clogged with mineral deposits. If you choose to use distilled water, the filter won't get clogged but the water cost may be significant. This type produces humidity at a lower rate than the ultrasonic type. May be either: The airflow is slightly cool contributing to slightly lowering the room temperature.

3. A more modern ultrasonic type in which the water is converted directly to very fine water droplets that then evaporate to provide humidity (this is the type in the link provided by the OP). Upside for this type is high efficiency in producing humidity in the room and low electrical operating costs. Downside for this type is the production of airborne ultra fine particles of the minerals that happen to be in the water - primarily calcium carbonate but this will vary depending on your water supply. These particles will show up as a fine white powder everywhere in the room and will be sucked in to the air intake of the CPAP and may be able to pass through the CPAP filters depending on the particle size and the filter limits. May be either: The evaporation of the fine water droplets will contribute to slightly lowering the room temperature.

None of the effects of temperature change for any of these types should be significant.

Ducky2 wrote:I am wondering if this one is a good purchase or not???

http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/pages ... ons_512084

I got one of these last year: http://smile.amazon.com/Sunbeam-Steam-V ... humidifier

it makes steam, so it's not "warm" it's "hot" ... but it works great, and pumps moisture into the air.

and you could buy three of 'em for what that fancy one costs.

and, it doesn't put any minerals in the air, with the cool mist ones, as chunky said, they just vaporize the water, including any minerals, or other stuff in it, and the minerals come down and add to the dust level in the house.

I own an old-fashioned nursery vaporizer, and one of those ultrasonic cool mist humidifiers. The water in my town is pretty notorious -- if you live here long enough you get used to it, but the college students have some fairly colorful things to say about it. We call it "chewy" It eats holes in the plumbing fixtures, too!

But, anyway, if I use town water -- even the water that has gone through the Britta filter -- I can operate an iron mine with the vaporizer. After one day of operation the water in the bottom is a sludge with numerous needle-like iron filings. Given the effects of the water on the plumbing, I figure town water will kill any vaporizer or humidifier in pretty short order.

Distilled water costs me 99 cents per gallon, and either vaporizer or humidifier will use a gallon a day, so I just can't afford it. Fortunately the CPAP humidifier uses a lot less water, so I can afford to feed it, at least.

thank you all for the in-depth replies, seems there are draw backs to all of them...I use way too much water to even consider using distilled, it will need to be house water supply which is also hard, but doesn't eat my pipes at least..lol
I don't like the thoughts of that fine dust clogging up my cpap either, so guess I than need either the old style hot vaporizer or try and find one that evaporates the water and uses and filter...if anyone can give me any leads to one of these types I'd appreciate it
thx again

http://www.walmart.com/ip/ProCare-Cool- ... r/29765909

This is the current model of the one I use. Ours is perhaps three years old now and running just fine. I can't tell which filter fits from the online description.
Our unit uses the 813 filter which costs about $4 and gets changed once a month. The only drawback is the tendency of the filter to move just a little towards the fan and allow a little air to bypass the filter. Just check when refilling the water chamber and push it back in place and you're good to go.

I bought today a Sunbeam hot vapor humidifier with humidystat. It is now in my room working. You can adjust the amount of vapor and the humidity you want,also it has a timer for 4,8 or 12 hours of function. I can let you know tomorrow how I found it.

It is a bit pricey here but I bite the bullet because I didn't like the idea of that dust all over the place nor to buy expensive filters at repetition forget the germs forming in the filter

Rosie

My grandparents used an "old school" humidifier...a bucket that once contained ice cream, filled with tap water, with part of probably the Sunday newspaper rolled up and held with a rubber band, placed directly in front of the heater vent.

The simplicity of farm living.

I've often thought of getting a wide receptacle and filling it with water to create a "passover humidifier", but never got around to it. Anybody ever try this?

We spent a lot of time researching them in iallergy.com and amazon

We bought this one last year.... it works great!

http://www.amazon.com/Germ-Free-Warm-Mi ... 636&sr=1-1

Tatooed Lady wrote:My grandparents used an "old school" humidifier...a bucket that once contained ice cream, filled with tap water, with part of probably the Sunday newspaper rolled up and held with a rubber band, placed directly in front of the heater vent.

The simplicity of farm living.

Hanging laundry around the house to dry is also a good way to add moisture to the air. You can find wooden drying racks to hang clothes on at Walmart.

We have used a cool mist humidifier for over 18 yrs, no white dust just have to replace the wicks about once a year. I would look for one that has at least a 6 gallon capacity, it seems the gallon models need to be filled everyday. Once a week I can handle usu. on Sat. fits my schedule much better. Search this forum for links to 6 gal models. People just stop using the 1 gal models because of the refill frequency.

can you tell me HOW to search this forum.....you said to search for 6 gal. ones that people are using....how do I do that?

Ducky2 wrote:can you tell me HOW to search this forum.....you said to search for 6 gal. ones that people are using....how do I do that?

https://www.google.com/search?num=100&s ... E_86EgO_o4