Honeywell Top-Fill Cool Moisture Tower Humidifier - $89.10 w/Price Match

thunderbolt wrote: ↑ [Replacement Filter] For best performance, replace your filter with genuine certified Honeywell Replacement Filters "T", model HFT600PFC (#1001065847) every 1 - 2 months.

Need to add the cost of replacement filter $18.8 at home depot. Personally I'd get the warm mist or ultrasonic ones to save the ongoing cost but you need to de-scale every few months with vinegar instead.

Daijoubu wrote: ↑ Warm mist uses more electricity, more prone to bacteria build up and needs descaling, ultrasonic needs distilled water (tap water, especially hard water is a big nono), evaporative doesn't work as quickly as the other two but less maintenance imo.

Just throw some Protec balls in the tank to keep it fresh and replace the wicking media once per season.

thunderbolt wrote: ↑ with hard water, mold build up faster in the wick filter where its not submerged in water. I got tired of buying new filter every month or two and would rather be soaking the heating element of the warm mist humidifier in vinegar ($2.25/4L pandemic price).

stingyshopper wrote: ↑ I prefer warm mist humidifiers because they're a lot quieter (no fans), no filters, and you don't really have to worry about mold (they're cleaner). You just need to descale it with vinegar, though, I find on a weekly basis if you use it daily.

miningminer wrote: ↑ https://www.homedepot.ca/product/honeyw ... 1001565671

I have this model, and it's the best humidifier I've ever bought. The top fill and big capacity are really nice features.

miningminer wrote: ↑ ^ check out the honeywell i posted. I think i paid ~$65 after price match. Descaling is easy and I do it probably once a couple months even with hard water. Just a quick soak with vinegar and you can knock it all off with a chopstick. The other nice thing is it uses a simple switch for on/off. So I can leave it permanently on and use a smart plug to turn it on automatically when i sleep. I used to use the ultrasonic versions but they would leave a white dust everywhere from the hard water.

thunderbolt wrote: ↑ [Replacement Filter] For best performance, replace your filter with genuine certified Honeywell Replacement Filters "T", model HFT600PFC (#1001065847) every 1 - 2 months.

Need to add the cost of replacement filter $18.8 at home depot. Personally I'd get the warm mist or ultrasonic ones to save the ongoing cost but you need to de-scale every few months with vinegar instead.

queenofhearts wrote: ↑ Sorry.what do you mean soak it in vinegar…soak what ? And I guess my old one must have been an ultrasonic cause it used to leave white dust everywhere…think I am supposed to use distilled water to avoid that?

stingyshopper wrote: ↑ I prefer warm mist humidifiers because they're a lot quieter (no fans), no filters, and you don't really have to worry about mold (they're cleaner). You just need to descale it with vinegar, though, I find on a weekly basis if you use it daily.

azndnangel wrote: ↑ Amazing price for this model. I've been changing my humidifer every year for various reasons for the last 7-8 years and this is the only one I stuck to more than a year. I know some people don't want to pay for filters but if you have really hard water, are sometimes too lazy to clean it every week and don't want to risk inhaling bacteria, this is really the best choice.

RandomSanity wrote: ↑ The Aircare console humidifiers are also quite good. Our new house is SUPER dry, and the woodwork has been cracking this winter so I have two going almost constantly the humidistats keep breaking though so I need a new one.