Humidifier Plus

I have had a decent sized cube thing called Boneco for the past maybe 8 years. It used an square inverted water bottle which filled into a small stainless hotplate boiler reservoir. A little replaceable pad in the boiler absorbed minerals. The It's not failing and I do maintain it after each winter, but still, looking for a replacement. All the newer Bonecos seem to be mist-based, as if maybe people weren't maintaining them and maybe the low water floats were failing and causing meltdowns. This is just speculation, but people are oblivious and often can't be trusted with their own safety. So, what I'm looking for is something which produces real boiled steam, however that is done. Update #3: The Levoit 6L has a design flaw. The lower chamber admits too much water. Even if the upper bucket is untouched. Sometimes even through condensing upon turning off the unit. Once the lower chamber becoms filled to the brim with water, the head pressure becomes too great for the mist to break through and this pressure seeps water out the corners where the bucket meets the base. I am returning this one and currently trying the Dreo 8L. Shockingly similar design, but they seem to have taken this water level issue better into account. I have picked up the bucket twice to check and the level seems to stay just at the roof of the mist chamber. Update: Bought the Canopy 5.5 liter. It seems to work well so far. Kind of expensive for what it is. It draws very little power. Update #2: After living with the Canopy a few days, I'm pretty sure it borders on an influencer scam. It is dead simple for a $255 device. All the tech is in the wick/ filter. Literally just a cylindrical wick/ filter and a fan. Fan draws air through the wetted filter. No pump. No heater. No app. No humidistat. $255. And you are supposed to replace the filter every 2 weeks at $17 a pop. I'm not returning it since it does work. Pros: It looks nice, smells nice, and consumes almost no power. Ordered the Levoit 6L cool & warm mist. This seems to be well designed with a proper low water level float, works well, has an app option, and costs $109, which is a far more reasonable price. Consumes 280 watts for warm mist. Also ordered the Carepod V50V 4.2L. This cost $450, which is absurd considering that it works essentially like other piezos aside from the device being suspended. Problem here is that I could foresee low water level burning out the piezo head. Being that this company is so new and that there have been reports of early failure, I am not willing to put $450 on the line just yet. I think I will be returning it unopened. For now, I'm running both the Levoit and the Canopy and the trusty Boneco is clean and drying in front of the dehumidifier in the basement.

I bought a Canopy, without realizing how gamed the marketing is in this sector. It was essentially a paper filter tower dipped in a reservior of water with a computer fan drawing air through the filter. It worked, but the construction was dead simple for being over $200. And required a new filter every few weeks. And of course, it had a noticeable cooling effect. Then, I bought a Levoit with warm mist option. It had a design flaw where it was very easy to water log the boiler, which caused flooding. I then tried a Dreo and so far so good. It also has a heat option.

I’ve been really happy with Canopy.

Yes! Dishwasher safe and pretty big open water tank. Being able to use tap water was the selling point for me! The filters are kinda pricey is the downside.

3rd vote for canopy. We have 2 and will be buying a third

Newborns are noisy sleepers. That being said, we have the canopy humidifier in my toddler’s room and it’s been over a year with no issues. Planning on getting another for second baby due this summer.

You want a canopy humidifier. It purposely takes tap water - and you can pop it into the dishwasher to clean it.