Humidifiers Reviews

The bearing in the fan motor failed, producing a loud siren-like sound. I thought the cops had finally tracked me down! Rats! I'm busted! Fortunately it was only my piece of junk humidifier. I took it back to the store and returned to my life of crime.

I bought this product April 23,2006, and started noticing water spiting out rear grill. The screws inside housing are starting to rust. I think they should of used brass screws. Its a little noisey on high setting,low setting is a bit better. I am sending it back to hunter and they are sending me a different model. Ill give it a second try. I do own a very nice ceiling fan that I have had for over a year and no problems!

I use this in my 2 year olds room every night year-round. It actually serves 2 purposes for us, humidity for the air and white noise. The sound of the humidifier on low actually helps keep her asleep and drowns out other noises in the house and outside. The people who say that it needs alot of maintenance have not used humidifiers very much. This humidifier, IF USED AND CARED FOR PROPERLY, is pretty low maintenance. I empty the tank every morning and remove the housing unit to let it dry out each day. If that is too much maintenance then I don't know what to say. About once a month I wipe down all the plastic parts and have only had to soak the Permawick filters in water and vinegar once in over a year. I love the nightlight feature also. If you are looking for alot of humidity in the room then you may want to get a vaporizer and not a humidifier.

Bottom Line: Great product, a little noisier than expected but has worked out fine, low maintenance.

When it worked, and I had this for just under 2 years, it was great, the steam was nice, I used it to steam up my bathroom and my face, but when it stopped working (I think the fuse popped), I was so disheartened. I really expected a nice Honeywell product to last longer. Will not buy this again. Two years not long enough!

On the plus side, the unit is easy to clean (I use filtered water, which minimizes mineral buildup). The humidistat, however, does not work properly, so that I find myself waking up drenched in sweat -- I have it set for 60%, but it will get up to 75% or more before it cuts off. Just a while ago, it was reading 45%, while it was actually 70% in the room, so the problem appears to be getting worse. I really don't appreciate having the choice of being kept awake by my dried-out sinuses, or being tortured with excess humidity, so I am shopping for another machine.

I've used this humidifier for about a year now and have had no problems with it at all. It can make "spurting" sounds when it is low on water, and that can wake you up in the middle of the night if you did not refill it before bed, but other than that it is great. I've found steam humidifiers to be much better and be less trouble than "cool mist" humidifiers.