Humidifiers Reviews

I have bought this humidifier ... twice. It works well, but with proper maintainence the electronic control panel broke. I sent it back to the company and got a brand new one in return. I used it in the same manner, and now the new one's control pannel is not working. I would suggest finding another humidifier.

This worked well for one season then leaked water everywhere. The water shorted out the controls - was lucky there wasn't a fire. It never worked the same again. I gave it two stars because when it did work, it kept the humidity at a comfortable level. If I buy a digital humidifier, I'd look for one with the controls anywhere but under the water supply.

We have been using this humidifier for over three(now 4) years.

I'll go through all others complaints.

1. Broken handle. All humidifiers are built a little flimsy; just be careful! Ours has never broken. When full don't be tough with the handles. This isn't a pickup truck people!!

2. Won't humidify room. This is not a whole house unit. We have used it regularly in bedrooms and small apartments and considering the size it works very well. If you have forced air do not leave the fan on continuoisly (although we do occasionally) and close the door to your bedroom. When the heat kicks in; ours turns on and recovers the humidity in the room easily.

3. Leaks. There is a built in resevoir area for leaking. Ours over three years has only done this a few times and never enough to actually leak on the floor or outside the machine.
If your unit leaks all the time use hot water. Cold water will expand on the machine as it heats a little; forcing extra water out. Hot water will cool and shrink as it sits on the machine.

4. Not accuate. You got me? Ours has been perfect.

5. Rotted seal. Duh! When done with the unit; store with cap off of the tank. This will avoid all humidity problems.

6. Hard to clean. All burner humidifiers are hard to clean. I clean ours about once a week. I wash out all the peices by hand and hot water to remove minerals. The burner area itself I usually use hot water and my fingers to loosen up the minerals. I don't think this is too bad. I leave some minerals on the burner itself to avoid damage but who cares? I've only used vinegar at the end of the seasons. We do however have soft water.

I hope this helps people. We've used ours every evening and night in Minnesota. We've never had any problems. It even heats up the room a little which the misses likes a great deal.

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The seal below the burner started leaking into the machine.
This caused the machine to do some strange things.
So, I dried it out; and cleaned the inside of the machine.
It ends up that the single screw that holds the burner and seal down on machine came loose. This might explain all the problems with leaking and such others have had. Worked great since then.

Looks like we'll get another year out of it!!!

The unit is poorly designed. Water can easily get into the control panel and in the humidistat while cleaning. I purchased two of them. They worked great until a little water got into the control panel on one, and slightly sprayed into the humidistat of the other. Holmes replaced both of them within the warranty period. A year and a half later they both stopped working, and I don't even remember seeing any water get into the control panels this time. The electronics seem to either short out or malfunction. This is a poor design on an item that must be cleaned weekly.
By the way: The cleaner C.L.R. works great to remove the scale build up on the heating element - just soak for a half hour.

I had one of these for four years. had to rewire it a few times. We only paid a fraction of the price for ours.

This warm mist humidifier works well. It's easy to fill, easy to clean, and provides a solid night of warm mist. There is are multiple settings and a digital humidifier selector so you can customize how much humidity you want in the room. It's got good capacity - so it lasts all night. Highly recommend. I've used this one for years.

I bought this humidifier over three years ago and I am glad I did. It is a cinch to refill the two 1.6 gallon water tanks, and the two control dials are intuitive and easy to operate. This humidifier does a marvelleous job in keeping the air humid and comfortable either in a small or a very large room - even a small apartment. I have tried many other humidifiers, but they were too inefficient and/or too noisy at their medium and highest settings. Buy this humidifier if you still find one being sold - it is worth it, as you will find out time and again!

I'm so relieved to read all the negative reviews on this humidifier. We just got ours from Home Depot and will be returning it immediatley. It doesn't work!! I was bewildered when the humidity gauge kept jumping from 29 to 39 every few seconds and would cycle on and off when in automatic mode. It seemed to be producing some humidity, but the LED display never told me accurately what the room humidity was or how much it increased. Shame on you, Holmes, for allowing such a poor product on the market. I may not buy another Holmes product in the future.

I can't give this a negative star as it's not an option. It is a negative star and my money went into the blackhole of Holmes coffers. Yes it is too loud but I tried to get past this as white noise. Daily cleaning has you removing the plastic filter door/metal screws. Won't last long. Does not get past 25% humidity. Does not cover 800 sq foot. Take it off the market immediately and issue an apology to the customers.

The noise is unbearable!!! It's like having an airplane engine in your house... plus it doesn't really add enough humidity to the room and the water container is not properly designed. The filter does not work and the ionizing feature is a joke - -do not waste your money on this product!!!

First: If you're interested in this product, I got mine at Wal-mart at an end of season sale for $50. Typically they're about $79 there.

Secondly, this is a great product. I love that it has casters which make it easily portable, and its incredibly light without water in it....so light my three year old can pick it up. The side tanks are easily filled, though once you've done so they do become quite heavy, of course. I have had mine about one year and purchased it for a small 950 sq ft apt. We ran it for the course of a long, very cold winter and the accuset feature was wonderful. I didn't have to keep running over to turn it on and off as the humidity fell. It was the first winter of my 26 that I did not go through about 20 bottles of lotion and 15 bottles of Carmax.

There are several small issues to be highlighted, though really of no consequence: (1) the tanks are very heavy once filled with water and thus the trips from the bathtub are best done by someone WITHOUT a slipped disc, (2) while we quickly grew accustomed to the white noise, the unit is a tad loud, to the point that we actually had to turn our television and radio volume up louder than normal, (3) the rooms closest to the vicinity of the console are the best humidified while those farther away seem lacking - but thats to be expected, (4) replacement filters have to be ordered online direct from the company as the production of this unit has been discontinued - for me, a minor hassle.

All in all, I love my unit during the winter and wouldn't give it up. I absolutely recommend it.