Vicks Warm Mist Humidifier with Auto Shut-Off
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Customer Reviews of Vicks Warm Mist Humidifier with Auto Shut-Off
Customer Review: Quiet and effective
Summary: 5 Stars
I knew i needed a humidifier, as i'm just not used to the dry air of east coast winters. But after shopping around on amazon for warm mist humidifiers, i was horrified by the reviews. Every humidifier seemed to be loud, leaky, and a hassle. I ended up getting this one because of the relatively low price, thinking that if it was as bad as all the others, at least i wouldn't have spent too much on it.
I have no complaints.
On the low setting, it's about as loud as a pot of water boiling in the next room. On the high setting, it might compete with a pot of water boiling in the same room. Every once in a while it gets a bit talkative, but that's rare and doesn't last long. I'm a light sleeper, and this unit never wakes me up.
On the low setting, a full tank of water lasts a little over 24 hours. On the high setting, it goes through in about 8 to 9 hours, perfect to run overnight.
The auto-shutoff works just fine, so i don't even bother turning it off before i leave the house.
It is a bit annoying to clean the unit, but that has a lot to do with the tap water here being less than perfectly clean. We switched to using filtered water, and now the humidifier is actually our way of knowing when to change the filter. When there's build-up on the heating element, the filter isn't working as well anymore.
The daily maintenance takes no more than a few minutes. The weekly maintenance takes longer, but that's mainly because you throw some of the pieces in to soak. It's maybe 10 minutes of effort, plus however long you want to soak the pieces.
In all, i'm very glad i purchased this unit. (And the water tank isn't nearly as blue as it looks in the picture.)
Customer Review: good lil humidifier
Summary: 4 Stars
Actually, I got this at Walmart under the ReliOn label, model RWM-975N,for about $27.00, but it's the same one by Kaz. Holds about a gallon, easy to fill, hasn't leaked, puts out a good amount of warm mist pretty quickly, pretty well made for the price. A plus is that the heating element can be easily removed for cleaning (unlike my old Honeywell, where you had to carry the whole unit to the sink to clean it). The only minus for me is that there is no timer, so you either have to let it run until it shuts itself off when it runs out of water, get up and shut it off manually, or gauge how much water to put in if you don't want it to run for hours. Customer Review: Durable, well functioning!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this product for 4 winters, and and now starting on my 5th winter with this product. For the first 3 winters I used it every night, and last winter I used it 24 hours a day.
Obviously for the price you will get a pretty basic, simple product with no frills. However, if you maintain the product as instructed, you should get years of satisfactory use.
I did not clean off the heating element as often as I should have last winter. It gets very noisy after a while if you do not clean it. Granted, the thing is a pain to clean. I generally find myself hacking away at the mineral buildup with a butter knife. Vinegar also works but is smelly and you have to let it soak for a while.
I prefer this humidifier over the cool mist humidifiers (such as the cute animal ones at Target) because the steam that comes out is pure, and it is not prone to bacterial/mold buildup. Especially in my area, the tap water is so gross and smelly, a cool mist humidifier just stinks up the room.
A great buy for the price, but you have to do the maintenance!
Customer Review: LOTS OF WORK!
Summary: 3 Stars
I must say, at first I was very pleased with the product- quiet, looks nice, works well in the baby's room -- but after about 2 weeks it stopped working! Apparently it needs to be taken apart and cleaned daily!And even if you clean it daily, there is also weekly cleaning instructions and instructions for when you are going to leave it unused for a few days. The build up on the heating element is insane if you don't clean it as the directions instruct. It's a nice machine, but a lot of work!Customer Review: Hate this humidifier
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had this humidifier for about 2 months. It shuts off in an hour and has to be reset. REALLY annoying.
The mist is strong, I do like that feature.