EP9800

Consider a pedestal style "whole home" evaporative humidifier, placed on the first floor of the house as close to your HVAC intake as practical. I have this Aircare one- AIRCARE 3.5 gal. Evaporative Digital Pedestal Humidifier ep9800 https://share.google/ZD9XGkl2WaXMk7GDk It's too large to store during the "off" season, but it functions like an end table or plant stand so I find that being unable to store it doesn't bother me. I prefer exaporative over cool or warm mist versions for two reasons. First, it's basically speeding natural evaporation with a giant fan rather than making a mist, so it can't really make your home *too* humid. Or leave puddles that I sometimes got with the mist models. Second, it's totally fine to use tap water, and that won't damage the thing. Tap water crusts up the wick/filter requiring more frequent replacement of that component, so I do tend to use water from filter pitchers to extend the life of the wick. Like heat, humidity tends to rise. So putting it on your first floor helps ensure that both levels benefit. Putting it near your HVAC intake = same idea (more evenly dustributed through both levels). The lower settings are barely audible. The highest setting in pretty loud, and IMO necessary this time of year when air is SO DRY. But it's a white noise kind of sound that I've gotten used to, and it muffles sounds transfer between spaces when my spouse and I both work from home (I don't hear his calls, he doesn't hear mine).

I used this for three years with good results. Nine different fan speeds and I could tolerate speed #2 noise levels. [https://www.amazon.com/EP9-800-Whole-House-Pedestal-Style-Evaporative/dp/B00I9YFXSS/ref=ast\_sto\_dp\_puis](https://www.amazon.com/EP9-800-Whole-House-Pedestal-Style-Evaporative/dp/B00I9YFXSS/ref=ast_sto_dp_puis)

This one did a good job for us for a few years. [https://www.amazon.com/EP9-800-Whole-House-Pedestal-Style-Evaporative/dp/B00I9YFXSS](https://www.amazon.com/EP9-800-Whole-House-Pedestal-Style-Evaporative/dp/B00I9YFXSS) It has wheels on it that make it easy to roll around. The fan noise is bad at the high settings but level 2 kept my guitars happily hydrated and a tolerable noise level. Awhile back I replaced it with a Trane humidifier which mounts on my heat pump air handler. It gets the water from my hot water heater and incorporates with the Trane thermostat. A great investment for us. Keeps the house at 40% no matter how hard the heat pump works, never need to lug gallons of water around and it only requires service once a year when I have an annual maintenance completed.

We added a whole house humidifier to our Trane heat pump. It mounts on the air handler and a small water line supplies the unit with hot water from the water heater. It works great, is controllable from the thermostat, and there's no noise inside the home. Before that we had a [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I9YFXSS?ref\_=ppx\_hzsearch\_conn\_dt\_b\_fed\_asin\_title\_4](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I9YFXSS?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_4) which works well, but is noisy. Before that we had a couple of ultrasonic models which emit way too much toxic (too us) white dust. Love the humidity at 40%.

I trade semi professionally an have a ton. This sucker is evaporating and if you really want to dial it up get two. Evaporators are good in small spaces. All that ultrasonic mist is uneven for walls and anything else. A luthier friend uses the same one. Also use bacteriastat. Virtually no cleaning I just Change filter a couple time a season. https://a.co/d/fDp8S6T

I don’t think that will be big enough. I could use more than the 4,2 gallons mine gives. The pedestal is nice. It holds stuff too like books and picks etc. but yeah the color is eesh. Edit, sorry. Looks like the same size reservoir. The size makes me wary still….

Well, the Essick Air EP9800 will do it. Probably overkill, and if it’s way too big there are similar smaller options I’m sure.

I commented most of this comment on another post but I’ll put it here as well since it fits. Not an air purifier. Only part I’ve had to replace is the filter. Essick Air EP9800 3.5 Gallon pedestal. You can put stuff on it. Look nice enough. Like fake wood, but it’s plastic. But the price is right. I pump about 3 gallons a day into my 900 sq ft place. Full humidity control. Fan speed 4 out of 9. Not super quiet if you’re right beside it, but if you’re 30ft away or around a corner it’s not bad. I’ve run it 6 months a year for 5 years and never had a problem. I jam a half a credit card in the bottom of the float so the fan keeps running until it’s bone dry instead of shutting off when there a half inch of water in there. Better to dry it out sometimes. I use easier air bacteriostat, about a tablespoon a day, just by eye, so it never stinks and I only have to clean it every 3-6 months. Replace the filter every 2-3 months. Your results will vary based on outdoor temp/humidity and air flow coming into your place. But this is the humidifier you want.

Essick Air EP9800 3.5 Gallon pedestal. You can put stuff on it. Look nice enough. Like fake wood, but it’s plastic. But the price is right. I pump about 3 gallons a day into my 900 sq ft place. Full humidity control. Fan speed 4 out of 9. Not super quiet if you’re right beside it, but if you’re 30ft away or around a corner it’s not bad. I’ve run it 6 months a year for 5 years and never had a problem. I jam a half a credit card in the bottom of the float so the fan keeps running until it’s bone dry instead of shutting off when there a half inch of water in there. Better to dry it out sometimes. I use easier air bacteriostat, about a tablespoon a day, just by eye, so it never stinks and I only have to clean it every 3-6 months. Replace the filter every 2-3 months. Your results will vary based on outdoor temp/humidity and air flow coming into your place. But this is the humidifier you want. Before you kiss another human, just touch their arm and then the shock will be there and you won’t even feel it. Might work for animals, touch their back firmly first before lightly touching their nose or whatever.

No dishwasher, but I only clean mine every 3-6 months of 24/7 use and it’s not dirty at all when I clean it. So I could honestly probably never clean it ever. Just replace the filter every 2-3 months. And I have hard water. And it’s only one piece to remove and then you clean the other piece (the water basin) and the plastic filter case, just a plastic box thing. Super easy and fast. It’s because I use bacteriostat I think. It’s evaporative, so I assume any evaporative humidifier would be the same. I also add a splash of vinegar to every tank but I’m not sure that does anything. Even when I do clean this thing I just soak it with vinegar for 20 minutes, wipe it with a vinegar soaked cloth, rinse, then soak it with a tsp of bleach and then just rinse it and that’s it. All in the bathtub. Not super fun but it’s probably one hour total and within that you’re working for maybe 10 minutes all in. Essick Air EP9500 or 9800 is what I have. They have others that are bigger and smaller. This is 3.5 gallons. Fill with a pitcher or a hose every day or as needed.

https://a.co/d/0eUTfBZM I bought this one after I saw it in a local music shop's acoustic guitar room. It works great. I change the filter every couple of months.

Just regular water. Distilled would be better, but it takes quite a bit of water to fill it. I do clean it out good when I swap the filter.