Bionaire BWF100 Humidifier Filter - 6 Pack

These come in a six pack and are of really good quality. I am using them in my unit now and they are working as promised. Good price on these too.

These filters are not made by the manufacturer and thus do not have the little plastic rivet mentioned in the filter manual. However, I saw no difference in quality and they came at a great price. I would buy from them again.

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GSI Quality Handheld Indoor Hygro Thermometer Psychrometer With Instant Accurate °C Or °F Humidit

I looked into a bunch of different ones and this one was very affordable. I have been using it for hardwood floor installations, because humidity can really be a factor. The readings have been dead on and it has a nice large display, simple to use. Good product!

Ordered this 40 hours before delivery (Excellent time)! Product worked immediately upon inserting the included AAA battery (another + for the included battery). But there is no instruction manual, nor any instructions on the product packaging. F° or C° conversion is a button on the back--simple enough for anyone to figure out. Min/Max and Clear buttons' function becomes clear once you push them a few times. However, the clock started at 12 AM, and so was totally off. I don't intend to use it as a clock, but seeing a digital readout that is completely off-base is irritating. So unless I waited up until midnight and then pulled the battery and started over, I was going to have to look for an instruction manual. Apparently I can't ask Amazon for a manual for this, so I then did a Google search for "GSI" and "Hygrometer", where I found as the 3rd hit a "Fixya" page for trouble shooting GSI hygrometers. That led me to a trouble-shooting site. I found a manual, opened up the .pdf and found instructions for a much more expensive model, (Radio Shack # 63-1090), which had instructions on setting the time. So, I set the time. If you push the buttons on the front, at one point an alarm bell appears, but since there are no instructions, absolutely no way to figure out how to use that. (Not that I ever intend to use it as an alarm, but irritating nonetheless.)

The temperature appears to track with other thermometers in the house. Humidity reading accuracy is not determined, but is currently reading 40% in one room by the humidifier and 35% in another room in a Minnesota house using forced air heating, so this reading is probably close. (The the only hygrometers I have here have been stuck for some years at 70% and 50%.)

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I bought this one year ago and the battery is still good however the unit has completely died. If you want to replace one every year buy this...I think it did have an accurate humidity reading. However I am looking for one that will last longer, especially for this much money!

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This product met my needs when I created a humidity chamber in my basement. It allows me to see clearly and the numbers are larger.

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Sunbeam® Water Treatment Tablets - Model: SWT2300-UM

I find these water treatment tablets very useful keeping the heating element and inside of my room humidifier clean. They do help.

However, I don't rate this product a full Five stars because of two reasons:

1 they're hard to find these days.

2 they are labeled as three (3) months supply, which I find hard to believe. I use one tablet in the tank each time I refill the tank, which is every day, if I use the humidifier on high, or every other day if I use the humidifier on low/medium. Now, for the very cold months, when our house is very dry, these tablets will last me between 12 to 24 days; much less time than the THREE MONTHS SUPPLY as claimed on the package.

However, as I don't use them year round, they will last a while.

Now, these tablets are out of stock, but when I need more of them, I hope I can find them.

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Sunbeam Humidifier Wick Filter

What's to review here? It fits my humidifier, and seems to be a better price than in stores. Saved me a trip all over looking for the right model number.

Cigar Oasis Plus Electronic Humidifier Refill Water Cartridge

I use to have the regular foam humidifier. I have about a hundred cigars in that box and such deserved more than a passive humidification. Be good to your cigars. Get an Oasis and enjoy your gars!

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Hunter 35156 Warm Steam Vaporizer

let me tell you why i don't want to keep it

1. noisy and loud. Every time it started boiling, it made a noise that sounded similar to a deep fryer something very annoying.

2. No power switch, you had to unplug to turn it off.

3. Run up to only 7 hours per tank filling.

4. Not a whole lot of steam coming out and when the steam actually does comes, lots water came out too. During the operation of this device it totally stopped and after a few seconds it started again.

Highly recommend against buying this brand.

It serves its purpose, and easy to clean. But, you have to refill every night, and clean it the next day, everyday. Also, it bothers me with the noise. Well, you get what you pay for.

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Aprilaire 600M Whole-House Humidifier with Manual Control

(This review is posted for both the Aprilaire 600M and 600A units in order to contrast them and to describe their similar functions.)

The Aprilaire folks say the "important considerations in the evaluation of a humidifier are precise control, sufficient capacity, trouble-free performance and minimum maintenance." I would add cost, ease of operation, and ease of installation. My sense is that this unit gets high marks in all of these areas.

The Aprilaire 600 humidifier operates in conjunction with your heating system to add moisture to your air. It is called a bypass humidifier because some air leaving your furnace is rerouted to bypass your ventilation system and instead run through the humidifier, absorbing moisture through evaporation, before returning to your furnace and on into your home. (The bypass is accomplished as a function of the higher air pressure in the supply leaving your furnace than in the return air going into your furnace.)

Generally, a hole is cut into your supply plenum (through which heated air leaves your furnace and goes into your home) and a bypass duct is run into the humidifier, which is mounted on the return plenum (which feeds air from your home into the furnace). Within the humidifier is a pad, which holds water like a sponge. As the heated air from the supply is bypassed through the humidifier, it picks up evaporated moisture and is run back into the furnace for distribution into your home.

A hygrostat (humidifier control – set manually on the 600M and automatically on the 600A) monitors the humidity in the air and controls a valve to release (or shut off) water running through the humidifier. It is generally mounted on the return plenum from which it measures the relative humidity (RH) in your air.

Water running through is a key point here, since when the valve is open, water not only soaks the evaporating pad, but excess water runs through a hose into your drain. I don't know how much water is simply – literally – poured down the drain, but it doesn't feel good to watch it go. This leads to your first decision – hooking your humidifier to the hot water or the cold water supply. The hot water humidifies your house more quickly, as it is easier to evaporate, but of course the waste is much more expensive (and it's not good for the environment to heat water only to run it down the drain).

When the hygrostat determines it is time to run the humidifier, it generally waits for the furnace to come on and send it a signal from the control board (in most modern units). However, you can also install the humidifier to run when the fan is on without the heat (you'll need to use the hot water for this). Finally, you can install it so the hygrostat signals the fan to run so that it can humidify your dry house automatically.

Automatic v. manual control?

It is highly recommended by the manufacturer to keep the humidity low enough in your house to prevent moisture from condensing (or frosting) on your windows, which could cause rot and mildew. The condensation point is a function of the humidity in your house and the temperature of the inside surface of your windows. This is a function of the thickness of your window glass and the temperature outside.

The automatic hygrostat (600A) measures the temperature outside your home to drop the humidity when the temperature falls. However, it takes up to three days to make a significant change in your home's humidity, and the hygrostat can't know what the temperature is going to be over the next three days. The automatic control of the 600A is a bit more expensive, is harder to install, offers more possibilities for malfunctions, and doesn't fully do what you want it to know the temperature in the future. Still, you'd have to have more discipline than I have to keep up with the weather forecast and run to the basement every day to manually adjust the unit. Although I chose the manual version based on the recommendations of two plumbers – one on YouTube and the one who installed my unit – I believe I would now select the automatic one.

Installation was done quickly by a professional for $240 plus $30 in supplies. I was quoted prices up to $500, so be sure to shop around. The work is simple, if you know how to do it, and most plumbers have installed many of these.

The maintenance seems simple – replace the pad annually (about $15), shut off the air bypass valve and the water valve in the spring. I suppose you should also check the water flow through the little orifices and stuff, but I imagine I'll forget that until the system doesn't seem to work properly.

Overall, I am very happy with this unit.

I installed the 600M to replace a 400M hooked into my Harman PF 100 pellet furnace. The 400M just didn't put out enough humidity. Installing the 600M was very straight forward. The wiring was easy and the humidifier starts running with the blower on the furnace. There is so much more water being pumpled into the system now and the humidity levels are much easier to adjust. This is just the manual version, which is what I needed for my pellet furnace.

Price for the unit was amazing and shipping was very quick.

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I just had this humidifier installed on my furnace two days ago, and within a few hours of install could feel the difference in my house. no more dry desert air, this makes our home much more comfortable in winter months.

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I wish I would have bought one of these years ago. Works great, my skin feels alot better. Plus I don't wake up in the mornings with a dry mouth.

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My wife and I can already tell there is significantly more moisture in the air.

Installation was slow only to make sure I was doing it right.

Who wants to make a mistake when cutting into the sheetmetal?

After the installation was complete the first test revealed the setting on the separate control feature could not be maxed out.

The setting had to be dropped down to a point where the water turned off when the furnance was off.

I have opened up the unit several times to make sure the air was moving over the filter and the water was cascading correctly.

I am really happy with this unit and the results I have seen and experienced.

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