Best Humidifier

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Hi, I’m Nadia, welcome to my Best Humidifier and Humidifier Reviews blog. If you’re shopping for a humidifier but have no idea which to buy, this is the right place for you to start researching. I hope that my page and reviews will provide sufficient guidelines and opinions for you to decide on your purchase.

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Do I need a Humidifier?

How do you know you need a humidifier for your home? Dry air can cause many problems to your health and comfort at home. During cold spells in the winter, the air is especially dry as the cold air seeps in from outside. This is usually the time when a humidifier is your best mate. Humidifying your house will also help control the dust mites which can cause allergy and are particularly bad for asthma sufferers.

You can check the humidity level of your house or room with a hygrometer, an inexpensive and easy-to-find device. If the humidity level is below 50%, then it is advisable to get a humidifier. Any level below 30% is unacceptable.

How to Choose the Best Humidifier

Choosing the best humidifier for your home is easy if you know what you need. Here are the main things you need to consider before buying a humidifier.

1. Type of humidifier – Read more about types of humidifier below.
2. Room size – The area that you want the humidifier to humidify.
3. Features of the humidifier – Such as noise level, control settings, ease of handling and maintenance, safety features, filters, and warranty.

1. Types of Humidifier

Simply put, a humidifier makes the air less dry or more humid by releasing moisture into the air. As you can imagine, this can be done in several ways. Therefore, humidifiers come in several types.

Evaporative Humidifiers

Evaporative humdifier

Evaporative humdifier

Evaporative humidifiers are basic humidifiers with a reservoir/tank, wick and fan. The water is absorbed from the tank by the wick, which also works as a filter. Then the fan will blow air to the wick to evaporate the water into the air. The moisture output will increase if the room humidity is low.

The wick will trap any mineral deposits in the water, therefore this kind of humidifier has less possibility of releasing white dust together with the moisture. For this kind of humidifier, you need to change the wick often, otherwise it will stop working.

Cool Mist Humidifiers

Cool mist humidifier

Cool mist humidifier

Cool mist humidifiers have a rotating disc that throws water onto a diffuser which in turn will break the water up finely and release it into the air.

A cool mist humidifier will lower the temperature of the room by one or two degrees, but beware if you have allergy or asthma, as this kind of humidifier also releases any minerals and microorganisms contained in the water together with the mist. It is advisable to use distilled water for this kind of humidifier.

Warm Mist Humidifiers

Warm mist humidifier

Warm mist humidifier

A warm mist humidifier boils the water and releases steam into the air. More often than not, these humidifiers enable you to add medicated inhalants to be projected simultaneously with the steam.

Warm mist humidifiers are said to be better for health because steam from boiled water does not contain any harmful microorganisms or minerals. Minerals tend to build up around the heating component and require constant cleaning.

This kind of humidifier also heats up the room a degree or two, and might be a safety hazard for kids.

Ultrasonic Humidifiers

Ultrasonic humidifier

Ultrasonic humidifier

Ultrasonic humidifiers create a cool fog by ultrasonic frequency vibration. These are like cool mist humidifiers; they need to be cleaned regularly and they are also not selective about the elements they put into the air.

2. Room Size

Use a measure tape to measure the size of the room in square feet. You need determine this so that you know what capacity your humidifier has to be.

Capacity of a humidifier is defined as the total amount of water the humidifier is able to release into the air in a day. It is NOT the capacity of the tank/reservoir, as many people misunderstood it to be.

If the capacity of your humidifier is too low, it won’t give you your money’s worth; but if the capacity is too high, it may cause over-humidifying.

3. Features of Humidifiers
Some important features of humidifiers that you’d want to take into consideration:

Noise Level
Some humidifiers are noisier than others. This can cause some disturbance to sleep if you put a noisy humidifier in your bedroom. Check the reviews for noise level and decide whether you want to run the humidifier throughout the night.

Control settings
I wouldn’t want a humidifier that is too complicated to use. The control settings are preferably all digital, simple and user friendly.

Ease of handling and maintenance
If you want to move the humidifier around to humidify different areas of the house, make sure you get a lightweight one. The tank should be easy to clean and fill up.

Safety features
Will you be buying a warm mist humidifier? Take care to put it somewhere your child can’t reach it because it is hot! Check for safety features of the humidifier you want to buy such as thermal cutoff, overheat protection and automatic tip-over switch that will prevent electrical hazards.

Filters
Will you need to change the filter for the humidifier you buy? Check the price of filters as well because you’d want to include them in your budget.

Warranty
A good humidifier should also come with a warranty from the manufacturer. You might also want to check the reputation of the manufacturer and its customer service.

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