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We have a Levoit one that can be controlled by an app. Totally not necessary but it’s really nice to have. Since it’s winter, I now use it nightly for my six month old since he started getting a split bloody lip after naps. I had really bad anxiety that was brought on by his four month sleep regression so I was thankful that past me spent the money on one that we can program. https://a.co/d/0brhzvkp
Run time will really depend on the settings you choose. I have a Homedics 2 gallon Costco special edition that was $60ish and even on high would last 2 days, lower settings would last longer. I also have a 1.25g Levoit for my bedroom that I'd only turn on at night on high and that would last me 2 days as well. Both are whisper quiet. My main concern other than capacity was ease of cleaning. Even though I'm using distilled water, I'd still do quick cleans a few times during the season, and then a deep clean at the end before packing away for storage during the warmer months. So keep that in mind when picking one as well. One other thing you may want to look out for is a "night mode" that turns off any of the leds on the machine at night. Edit: the Levoit is the smaller OasisMist, I would have preferred the next size up simply for capacity but it only comes in black and that wouldn't fit my bedroom aesthetic
With the Levoit, I'd set it to max warm mist for 20-30 while I got ready for bed, then put it into sleep mode for 7-8 hours. That would last me about 2 nights per tank. If I didn't care about the color of the machine, I could probably get 3-4 nights per tank out of the next size up. As far as cleaning, I would say every 2-3 weeks I'd spray the tank down with hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and let it sit, then rinse it out and fill it back up. It was probably overkill since I only used distilled water and had one of those antibacterial humidifier tank floats in there.
We use this and it's great: [Levoit OasisMist 450S](https://a.co/d/2G19eyJ)
I just bought this [expensive humidifier](https://a.co/d/ebxf3yx) for the house but for right now I’m keeping it by my orchids. It tells me the humidity in the house and I have all the capabilities to control the mist strength and how high I want the humidity etc. There’s also a plant feature which tells you what the ideal humidity for your plants need to be. I have a preschooler and with back to school and cold and flu season on the horizon I justified this purchase.
I have a Levoit OasisMist 4.5L humidifier next to my bed. I got an open box deal on Amazon for like $40. It's hard to keep a whole living space humid, so I focus on the bedroom. I also recommend using distilled water since the tap water here has so many minerals. I bought a 1gal water distiller on Amazon to make my own.
My levoit oasis mist humidifier works really well in drier months. Too well sometimes.
Legit OasisMist works excellently.
Had a few LEVOIT OasisMist that worked pretty well. The warm mist feature is nice, but had to constantly get distilled water to avoid white mineral dust covering everything as it's ultrasonic. This year, just picked up LEVOIT Sprout as it's evaporative so can use tap water. Most evaporative models I've researched have mold problems, specifically in the unserviceable fan assembly as their designs have the fan after the wick, pulling moist air through. Sprout's design has the fan *before* the wick so it *pushes* the moist air out instead. So far so good.





