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Organic_Alfalfa6419Highly recommend an evaporative humidifier. I use a Honeywell tower style one and I’ve had the same one for about 7 years. The HEV16 I believe they sell it at target. It uses pads, basically like a mini swamp cooler.
Honeywell hev 615. I’ve had mine for many years. You can get it for under $100.
dian_redditsTo raise the humidity from 20 to 40% (or 60% on the high end), you'll need pump about .03 - .10 gallons of water into the air, assuming average room height of about 8ft. Not sure how big that large windows gonna impact it, but something like a Honeywell Top Fill Cool Moisture Tower Humidifier will probably do fine. Generally avoid the ultrasonic kind, the ones that emit a mist. They need some special treatment with the water and cleaning and whatnot.
pan567Does your house have an HVAC system? If so, I purchased a whole home evaporative unit and it has been a blessing. I could not, for the life of me, get the humidity to even passable levels with multiple portable evaportive units (which makes sense as the whole home unit is putting upwards of 10 gallons a day into the air on the driest days of winter.) If not, we had portable Honeywell systems, which were well designed (but inherently limited on what they could do if you are in a super dry area.) If your water is hard, you will have to change the filter more often (as is the case with any evaporative unit).
Raymont_WavelengthI have an old Honeywell wicking humidifier works amazingly well!
lewisnavinIve bought a Honeywell Cold Mist humidifier years ago from BEST. Still works great!
Indieem78Came here to say just this! Evaporative is the best for humidifying and healthier air. We also have a Honeywell evaporative hunidifier… it is easy to clean and really helps keep the air moistened without spreading unhealthy mold particles, like my old cool mist humidifiers did.
rs426How big is the room? I use an evaporative Honeywell. It does well on the lowest setting and I only have to fill it about once a day
scribblemacherI would likely recommend an evaporative humidifier, not a warm mist one. The mist ones have a lot of problems, such as being more prone to bacteria growth and harder to clean. They also try to add more moisture than the air can actually hold, resulting in mineral condensation (white dust) appearing everywhere over time, especially if you have hard water. Aircare makes a decent console-style evap humidifier with a decent tank size and is pretty easy to clean. I used one for years until we moved to a house with a humidifier on the furnace. Now I use a smaller Honeywell evaporative humidifier upstairs only. It gets filled each evening, runs constantly all winter, and cleaned each weekend. I went through about half a dozen of those warm mist ones before converting. It didn't matter the brand, how much I treated the water of cleaned them, they were all pieces of junk that lasted only 1-2 years. Crane ones were probably the worst.
Nothing on the carpet. I kept it on a plastic tub lid, just in case but never found water. The Honeywell one i just put on a dresser. Never used one with an air purifier. I wouldn't put them next to each other since they are both ducking in air, but I dont think there would be problems
