I’m sure that the staff at the offices in Plano will be very relieved when these devices for increasing humidity are no longer sitting there in the warehouse daring them to plug one in. They’ve had a couple of months worth of rain in the past couple of weeks.
@jayman007 It is evaporative, like a swamp cooler. Except that it has no water pump; it relies on the screen wicking up the water in order to stay damp.
“Cool Mist” seems to be a marketing term; the owner’s manual mentions in a couple of places that the “Cool Mist” will be invisible.
Remember that ‘whole home’ only works if your air circulates around your whole home…
Won’t work too well if you’ve got radiators or mini-splits (pretty much anything other than forced air/ducted)
@skrubol Yes I think unless you have a “great room” and very open floor plan, you are better off with smaller (quieter?) units where needed, especially bedrooms. It seems like this has to move LOTS of air and therefore leads to reviews saying it’s loud. And in many cases the humidified air still won’t make it to where you want it most.
Anyone know if the filter does well with hard water? I have had other humidifiers that would require distilled water, and if I used tap water on it, I would get mineral dust on EVERYTHING in the house, bad enough where I had to stop using them.
@WoodburyMan Those are generally the ultrasonic type humidifiers that basically create a fine mist from the water and fire it up into the air - water, minerals, and all. Evaporative coolers such as this one leave the minerals behind because only the water evaporates, but do create the issue of the filter/wick eventually becoming encrusted with minerals and needing to be replaced (I extend mine by soaking it in vinegar a couple of times a winter and the vinegar dissolves the minerals).
@olsmeister@WoodburyMan Yup that’s what I was thinking. The “wick” type like this don’t vaporize the minerals but give you more pure vapor, plus an encrusted humidifier over time.
Specs
Holmes Cool-Mist Whole House Console Humidifier
Condition: New
Model: HCM3755C-WM-2
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$149.41 at Walmart
$119.99 at Sylvane
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Sep 19 - Wednesday, Sep 21
Nah.
What does it do on the other settings?
@awk Propels cool, purified mist for less than 24 hours.
You sure that’s not a toaster? It looks like a toaster.
@phendrick yeah but no DRY toast, only soggy toast.
@phendrick @pmarin Stroopwafle over cold coffee toast then?
I had one of these for a year. It’s… the opposite of quiet.
@erthian That seems to be one of the main complaints in the reviews.
“Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Moisture”
Yep, it’s impossible to make this thing seem interesting.
I’m sure that the staff at the offices in Plano will be very relieved when these devices for increasing humidity are no longer sitting there in the warehouse daring them to plug one in. They’ve had a couple of months worth of rain in the past couple of weeks.
So is it evaporative or mist?
@jayman007 Reviews seem to indicate fan blows over it.
@jayman007 It is evaporative, like a swamp cooler. Except that it has no water pump; it relies on the screen wicking up the water in order to stay damp.
“Cool Mist” seems to be a marketing term; the owner’s manual mentions in a couple of places that the “Cool Mist” will be invisible.
So this can be used to keep things moist?
@yakkoTDI Gentle friction also works.
Remember that ‘whole home’ only works if your air circulates around your whole home…
Won’t work too well if you’ve got radiators or mini-splits (pretty much anything other than forced air/ducted)
@skrubol Yes I think unless you have a “great room” and very open floor plan, you are better off with smaller (quieter?) units where needed, especially bedrooms. It seems like this has to move LOTS of air and therefore leads to reviews saying it’s loud. And in many cases the humidified air still won’t make it to where you want it most.
Anyone know if the filter does well with hard water? I have had other humidifiers that would require distilled water, and if I used tap water on it, I would get mineral dust on EVERYTHING in the house, bad enough where I had to stop using them.
@WoodburyMan Those are generally the ultrasonic type humidifiers that basically create a fine mist from the water and fire it up into the air - water, minerals, and all. Evaporative coolers such as this one leave the minerals behind because only the water evaporates, but do create the issue of the filter/wick eventually becoming encrusted with minerals and needing to be replaced (I extend mine by soaking it in vinegar a couple of times a winter and the vinegar dissolves the minerals).
@olsmeister @WoodburyMan Yup that’s what I was thinking. The “wick” type like this don’t vaporize the minerals but give you more pure vapor, plus an encrusted humidifier over time.
And don’t forget Legionnaire’s disease.
Odd tanks, but it works and has a high capacity.