Essick Air 1051 AirCare Filter

This hangs on the back of the Essick/Bemis unit. It WILL cut down on the amount of dust and crud entering the back of the unit and contaminating the saturated wick that is used to humidify. The cleaner and better quality the wick unit (1041) is, the better the unit will humidify.

It's not designed to be like a vacuum cleaner and suck particulate matter out of the air, but it WILL prevent air-borne dust, smoke and pollen from contaminating the wick unit and for that reason alone it's worthwhile.

Additional: If you have seasonal allergies like I do, I found running the humidifier in the spring helps lessen them. Now while another reviewer said they found no cat hair on the filter, compare the relative size of the pollen or dander allergen to a cat hair. Frankly I don't have cat hairs flying around a foot or more above the floor, either... I reviewed this with my Allergist. He said the allergen is cat DANDER not cat hair, and it is at least 1,000th the size of a cat hair if not smaller. That's what this filter is designed to trap. Smoke, pollen, etc. It also reduces ODOR as a carbon filter is part of this, as well.

Yes, this is an 'optional' AIR PURIFYING FILTER per the manufacturer, but if you suffer from seasonal allergies, then you'll know why this is important...

As a hint, change your wick element OFTEN, but one of these will last you all season... I buy one on these each heating season and it lasts me easily five or six months into the spring and I could probably make it last even longer if need be...

This is supposed to filter the air on an Essick Air H-series console humidifier. In fact, it actually blocks the air to the unit and makes it much less efficient. It's an optional attachment to the unit and is completely unnecessary unless you live in a really filthy environment -like maybe in a coal mine. Listen, we have three cats and I never saw any cat hair in the filter. The filter never got dirty. Does this tell you something?

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i like the concept this accessory gave our whole house humidifier by using the charcoal filter to help clean the air before being humidified. the bad side is this filter also restricted the air so the humidifier had to run longer to maintain the same humidity compaired to not using this filter.

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I have always used these and thought I had one for this year's winter season. When I found I didn't, I was about to order one until I saw the price. WAAYYY too expensive for the purpose. I'm sure they do what they're supposed to, but what are they solid platinum? I will listen to the reviewer who used a furnace filter and duct tape. I can't believe I ever used these unless they were much cheaper when I used them before.

Spend your twenty bucks on a replacement wick, this is ridiculous.

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I recently wrote a review for the humidifier that this is installed on but failed to mention that this air filter doesn't not fit tightly enough when installed to stop air leakage around the edges. The filter looks like IT will work but I have to question the viability of the two working together given the significant gaps around the edges.

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