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Why do I need a humidifier?
A lot of the times I feel like when we're purchasing
a device or product we've already sort
of made up in our minds that
yeah we're purchasing this and we don't
actually step back and ask the question:
Wait a minute, why do I need this again?
Now, a humidifier is a product that I
think this question is certainly valid for.
Humidifiers, at least in my experience, aren't devices that are as
ubiquitous in homes as say a vacuum
cleaner or a mixer.
I myself had not had that many experiences with humidifiers
before in the past.
Until one day I changed my mind and
eventually purchased one.
Now I've had experiences before with devices like
vaporizers but haven't been really big
fans of those because if I'm sick and
I'm needing to put moisture into the air
I'd rather have a cool mist than a hot
mist or warm mist.
The last thing you want to do when you're sick is feel even
warmer than you already are.
So getting another vaporizer for me was out and I
didn't go the filterless route for
humidifiers because I've read that
oftentimes they can spew dust into the
environment and they don't have a filter
so I'd rather have all the water being
put into the environment going through a
filter making sure all the impurities
and everything are taken out that way
you're just not spewing dust and
contaminants everywhere.
So that's what led me to the category of humidifiers
that I landed on with my Honeywell Cool Mist humidifier.
Now this humidifier had great reviews on
Amazon it had the UV light that killed
germs of bacteria that passed through it
it had the filter that filters out dust
and imperfections before the moisture
goes into the air.
Once the humidifier arrived, I took it out of the box
everything was really nicely packaged
and I turned it on and put it to work.
It's really easy to set up out of the
box, the water tank it comes with is easy
to fill, and it has a nice seal on it so
it's not going to leak or anything like that.
Now one thing that really liked
about the Honeywell humidifier was how
quiet it was, I was kind of shocked.
On the lowest setting you could barely
hear if the thing is on at all.
On the highest setting it's not really that
loud it sounds like muffled airplane
like 20 miles away.
Now after 6 months of use, I can say that everything with the
Honeywell cool mist humidifier has
worked out great.
My only complaint with the humidifier is actually with the
filter that Honeywell gives you to start off with.
The filter itself is kind of
thin and it ran out really really
quickly and I was reading the Amazon
reviews for this cool mist humidifier
and a lot of people were saying the
exact same thing and some people
recommended different third-party filters.
So, I put a link in the video
description to the third-party filters I
found that were recommended on Amazon so
if you're looking at this cool mist
humidifier, definitely check out that
link for these third-party filters.
They're way thicker and they last a lot
longer than the original filter
Honeywell supplied me with.
Now speaking of filters let's talk about cleaning and
maintenance with this humidifier because
you're going to get a humidifier, you're
going to have to clean it; there's no way around it.
Now cleaning the Honeywell
cool mist humidifier is really simple
and it's really easy to maintain.
The only caveat with that is the longer the
interval between cleanings, the more work
you're going to have to put in cleaning
it to get that humidifier back to the
state it was when you took it out of the box.
Now as far as filters are concerned,
I typically get about two to three
months per filter out of the filters I
use, before they start getting all dried and crusty.
One tip I came across in
some Amazon reviews is to make the
filters last longer every one to two
weeks go into the humidifier and flip the filter.
What this does is it allows
the water that the filter pulls up and
then the fan helps evaporate what it
does is it evenly disperses the water
throughout the filter more if you're
flipping it more constantly making the
filter last longer.
Now the other part of cleaning the humidifier that you'll want
to pay attention to is when you take the
humidifier part you take the filter out
in the water tank and you're left with
the tray, you're definitely going to want
to clean the part of the tray where the
UV light shines.
You'll notice a lot of times there's going to be kind of a
filmy build-up there,
thats pretty normal for anything with a UV
light and a filter; I clean the tray
about every three months otherwise that
build-up is just going to get tougher
and tougher to remove.
I would say as a general rule of thumb to change the
filter every two to three months on your
humidifier and then clean the tray every
two to three months as well.
Now the tray is dishwasher safe, so what I typically
do is I just kind of scrub it with some
dish soap just get sort of that gunk off
or that UV light is and then I just put
it in the dishwasher and let it go through a cycle.
Now after six months of use,
I can say that I was been taken
aback at how much of a difference this
humidifier has actually made in my life.
It's a device that I really can't see
myself living without anymore, which kind
of surprised me.
So, if you're looking for a way to keep your home more comfortable
during the winter months, breathe easier
at night, keep down dust and allergens in
the air, and have a device that helps
soothe sore throats and colds, you're
definitely going to want to take a look
at getting a humidifier.
And I do highly recommend the cool mist humidifier from
Honeywell. It's a great device, it's
well-made, well-built, and it should last
you a very long time.
For 6 Months Later, I'm Josh Teder.