Showing posts with label humidifier cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humidifier cleaning. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Kaito KA248 Portable Home Room Car Air Humidifier

Kaito KA248 Portable Home Room Car Air Humidifier
  • 3-way powered: AC adapter, 12V cigarette lighter adapter & Computer USB
  • Ultra portable, ideal for travel
  • Fits most of the cupholders in the vehicles.
  • Auto power-off after two hours of continuous use
  • Anti-bacterial water tank

I got the humidifier promptly, no complaints there. It worked fine for about a day taking into consideration the automatic cut-off after two hours. The second day it worked for just a few seconds at a time intermittently but finally stopped working altogether. I was using it in the car so I took it inside and connected it to the AC; it did the same thing. In the car the water had a tendency to condense on the surfaces around the unit a little, it wasn't enough to be a problem.

The AC adapter looks just like the adapter you would get with an iPhone. There was an included USB cable that you would plug into the adapter and the other end of the cable connected to the unit. You could also use the cable to connect the unit to a computer USB port.

The reason I got the unit is to keep the humidity up a little in the car as it got cooler and drier outdoors. I got the unit in the fall before it got cold out. It probably wouldn't have worked well for that anyway since as the air got cooler it would have been more difficult to get the mist evaporated into the cold air, but that's just a guess since I didn't have a chance to test it.

It's a shame it didn't work because it's a clever idea, something about it just didn't work out. Maybe it was just a defective unit.

I had to pay for return postage so I'm not going to try a replacement; I don't want to have to pay for return shipping again.

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The service from Amazon was great, however the product wasn't.

My husband has been looking for something like this for years and when he found it , was so excited. However this great idea doesn't work. When it did put out any moisture the vapor was so weak & little that you could barely see it let alone be any good.

I have returned it.

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NO PROBLEM WITH ORDERING/DELIVERY THIS PRODUCT; HOWEVER THE USB CABLE WAS NOT ENCLOSED AND THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT THIS WAS FOR MY FRONT DESK OFFICE AT WORK SO I COULD PLUG IT INTO MY COMPUTER USB PORT! THE HUMIDIFIER WORKED FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, WITH THE AC ADAPTER, AND NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I WILL NOT BOTHER TO RETURN SINCE THERE IS A RETURN FEE AND I DON'T WANT A REPLACEMENT AS IT APPEARS THIS PRODUCT HAS A HISTORY OF NOT WORKING!

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I purchased for a gift. I beleieve t will meet my expectations for use in the car. Have not had much opportunity to use it.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Medium Round Analog Hygrometer Humidity Gauge Humidor

Medium Round Analog Hygrometer Humidity Gauge HumidorIt was reading much lower than it actually was. I had another gauge that was accurate to compare to and it was off by about 20.

I had to calibrate it, but it works nicely. i use it to keep my guitars in the proper humidity limits.

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Do not spent your money on this JUNK. Not worth a penny. After so many salt tests and adjustments, still RH is 50.

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Right now it is flooded with water and it still only reads 75%. I bet i could submerge it in water and it still wouldn't go above 80 %.

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This thing is junk!!! Tryed several times to set/balance gauge (at least it gives you that ability) but it doesn't last... Spend the extra and get a good one if you don't want to loose your cigars.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Sunbeam SWM5250-UM

Sunbeam SWM5250-UMI purchased this model about 2 years ago. We live in Nothern MN and in the winter it is very dry. This particular humidifier we use in my 4 year old son's room. This past weekend my wife and I awoke to the sound of a fire alarm and the smell of smoke. We quickly got up and I ran for the fire extinguisher in the kitchen. I realized it was coming from upstairs. As I ran through the hallway I saw my son standing there shaking. I ran into the stairwell and saw smoke. When I got upstairs it was filled with thick gray smoke. I went into my son's room and saw the humidifier belching smoke. I immediately unplugged the machine and opened the windows to get a breath. The humidifier malfunctioned. When it runs out of water it is supposed to enter a stand-by mode. Instead it kept operating a nd melted through the bottom, through the area rug, and scorched the wooden floor underneath. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS MODEL HUMIDIFIER! Here is a link to a similar incident with the same model humidifer,

Purchased this unit because of the price and it was filter free. Worked well for a few months and then quit working. The reset light wont turn off. I have followed the cleaning directions as stated in the directions and am now left with a unit that does nothing. Don't waste your money on this. I am never buying another unit from them again.

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I ordered this unit used because I know the hit and miss with humudifiers. First the unit is quite large, the water tank is odd shaped and doesn't hold enough water for me personally. It also leaks a small amount on the rear of the unit directly below the screw, on high I would call the amount significant. Running on setting number 2 or high the water supply last approx 5 to 6 hours. It works well and puts out a decent amount of moisture but I would not purchase again.

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Cheap model, no humidistat, runs continuously until empty. Sounds like a coffee percolator that you can hear throughout the adjacent rooms. Sunbeam should stay with kitchen appliances like their toasters that were the best. Took it back to Walmart. The whole water tank gets very warm, waste of electricity!!

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My mother has one for over 2 years and it worked flawlessly and whisper quiet. Then, filling it one day, she dropped the tank and it cracked around the bottom seam. I went to Walmart to buy another, set it up, and it: 1)was already cracked at the top (which I did not notice until later) and 2)leaked no matter what I did to re-seat the tank and investigate the problem. Returned it to Walmart and used a good clear 2-part epoxy Loctite Megabond Poxy-Pak Fast Cure Clear Two-Part Epoxy, 1 oz syringe to seal and fix my mother's cracked tank. Now her unit works perfectly again. I would definitely buy another, despite recently getting a defective one. It's just continued to work so perfectly for my mother.