Product description
Quick humidification for large rooms
For arid climates or the dry cold days of winter, running a steam humidifier indoors often protects the inhabitants' skin from chapping or itching, allows stressed lungs to breathe with comfort, and infuses moisture into the room to the benefit wooden furniture, upholstery, and houseplants to prevent them from becoming brittle or parched. Honeywell created their Quick Steam Warm Moisture Humidifier for all of these purposes and more, enhancing a room's humidity in record speed. Best suited for rooms up to 1400 square feet in size, the humidifier's heater is crafted in stainless steel for quick heat production and trouble-free cleaning. The compact humidifier outputs 4 gallons of warm steam for each full tank of water. This humidifier offers users a timer function for running the unit for preset periods, ranging from an hour to the maximum 18-hour setting. Digital controls and the easy-to-read LCD screen enable users to alter or monitor current preference settings. A medicine cup allows users to run the humidifier as a vaporizer for stuffed noses, sore throats and other respiratory illnesses. An automatic shutdown feature reduces safety hazards. Humidifier water should be changed frequently and the tank washed well each week to prevent bacteria, mold, and other impurities from developing, though the heating process should kill many of these unhealthy particles. As with any electrical home device, read all manufacturer guidelines and instructions prior to use. This humidifier measures 15.55 by 14.57 by 10.24 inches and weighs 6 pounds upon shipping. --Jessica Reuling
Features
- Warm steam humidifier reduces static electricity and prevents drying in indoor environments; manufactured by Honeywell.
- Heats water with a stainless-steel heater; easy to fill, clean, and carry water tank; digital controls and LCD display.
- Outputs 4 gallons of moist steam per tank; best employed in rooms up to 1400 square feet in size.
- Medicine cup provided for dispensing vapors; clean regularly to prevent mold and germs from festering.
- Humidifier measures 15.55 by 14.57 by 10.24 inches and weighs 6 pounds upon shipping; no filter needed for this item.
Customer Reviews
Works great -- 2010-03-08
I've had this for three seasons and the plate just stopped heating, probably because it ran dry and started to singe the pad. I heard a click and that was it. I'm back for another one. You can't compare any of the cool mist ones to this, and it takes care of my bedroom, which has a high ceiling, in no time. I have asthma and allergies and it's great being able to breathe and waking up without being all dried out when I'm using my forced air heating system. The tank started to crack at the corners at the end of the second season, which is why it started to leak. I ran duct tape down all 4 corners, and that took care of the problem. Also, you can throw the pads in the wash and continue using until they start to fall apart. They last longer if you rinse them out once or twice a week.
Works pretty well -- 2010-02-22
We had one before but the tank cracked after a winter's use plus this December. I was the one who dropped it. Scale build up on the tank's heating element is problematic if it isn't cleaned weekly. We live in town and don't use a watersoftner but if we did it would be an every other week cleaning.
We'll get another one as soon as our baby is born.
Really like it. Only negative is that it can be loud as it gulps water or when the warming cycle begins.
Don't buy, poor choice of components, rusted screws -- 2010-02-22
While the humidifier worked as advertised, I could not believe my surprise to find the screws inside the machine were rusting. I mean, what kind of engineer would specify steel screws in a humidifier? Maybe some cheapskate on the manufacturing line switched to steel screws, who knows? It's a terrible decision as a humidifier is a worst case situation for steel (duh!). I'm very disappointed. You do need to follow the advice of others for care and cleaning. There is a lot of excess water and the filters can get pretty gross, as would be expected in a humidifier. I gave up because of the rust stains.
When it works, it is fantastic..... -- 2010-02-22
Okay, I'll put right up front that I've owned like 5 or 6 of these and am prolly gonna buy my next one now. So, as I bash it remember that I keep coming back to it. And most of my review is to echo the others. But Kaz really needs to improve this thing, unless they've figured out that people like me exist.
Okay, I bought one of these several years ago and it was simply the best I'd ever had. I was coming from the cool mist contraptions that are loud and produce a weird humidity in my book, and from warm mist humidifiers (e.g., the Vicks flat ones that lay on the ground) that use the rods encased in a plastic tub. None of them really solved my humidity needs (if such thing a exists). But this honeywell did, and it worked like a champ. So I bought another mid-winter for a second bedroom. Too bad the second one grew a case of the 20% blues where it was stuck on 20% reading and couldn't get it off. I don't know if I even looked at sending it in for warranty, winter was over anyway.
Next winter we moved and the new house is worse in terms of humidity. Also, grew from a newlwed couple with a kid to being with two kids. So, the next winter I bought 2, one for each kids room. the old one remained for our bedroom. Great, until the very first one seized-up with the gunk at the bottom. Yeah, we had it from time to time at our old house, but nothing once a month couldn't take care of. The new house? by god man, after one month I had an inch thick marble slab at the bottom of this thing. So out it went, seeing as a half bottle of CLR didn't work. So I bought another to replace it. Figured my mistake for not cleaning sooner even though the water didn't seem any harder than before. Meantime one of the new ones busted with unknown origins. It just wouldn't stay on. Not a 20% problem, just shuts off randomly. And with growing frequency. Ehhh... I had nearly made it through the winter anyway. And for the next winter after taking the two remaining out of summer storage and buying a new one, am faced with the 20% problem on yet another one. But I don't even know which one it is vis-a-vis purchase order so don't know if its still under warranty. So.....I'm here to buy another, altho' I'm nearly out of winter yet again. I dunno, I think that makes this my 5th or 6th, but I feel like I bought yet another in there somewhere and can't recall. Whatever at about $50 a pop (which ain't chump change but ain't real money either) I'd falling under the idea of just buying 3 every November 1st and let 'em ride. Then, hopefully by April 1st we'd have one or two left as a spare for the next season.
So, take from it what you will.
For some further help, I can add that I learned our old house was resevoir water where our new old house is municipal well water. Much harder water, but still not top of charts hard water in comparison to other towns/counties/states. For example, we live in Jersey and hear that the hard water in New Englad puts us to shame. Still, it seems a design defect that these things can't live with hard water. Yes, we've come to use the pads and find replacing them every 5 to 7 days helps and cleaning on the same cycle is a must. In that time we have a good layer of build-up, but nothing CLR, a hlaf hour waiting, and 15 minutes of elbow grease and cursing won't cure. The 20% defect happens, at least they should solve that as I'm sure KAZ would blame the caked on minerals on the water. Along the way we did try a more fancy cool-mist tower humidifier and while we didn't have to scrape off and wrestle with any caked on minerals, its filter was shot and they weren't cheap to replace; it was loud; it made the room cold as it pushed air around (constant breeze too); and, I dunno how to put it, but the humidity produced was odd, just didn't feel enveloping.
But yeah, if I ever find a humidifier than can do its job withour breaking or needing scraping, I'd spend double or triple the price just to save the hastle of replacing every 1.5 seasons and constant cleaning.
Bought 2, Both Leaked -- 2010-02-21
We bought one, got a year or so of good use out of it, and then it began leaking internally onto the floor. Thinking it was a fluke, we bought another, which began leaking immediately. We would not recommend this product.
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