Essick Air 1043 Replacement Space Saver Wick Review

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This wick fits into our humidifier and was a perfect drop in fit. That's the only good news.

The bad news is the design of this kind of wick. We have a lot of humidifiers in our house. It's a big house with lots of doors and hallways so we can't just use a huge one. We rely on a few "whole house" humidifiers, there are AprilAire humidifiers on the furnaces, and we have a few "medium" sized humidifiers in some bedrooms. All are set to keep moderate humidity, making sure the humidity is evenly dispersed so no one area gets too humid nor too dry. We have a lot of humidifiers and we have gone through many brands, many styles, and many sizes.

We have learned one very consistent fact: the humidifiers that use the flat, rectangular wicks are substantially less efficient than the humidifiers that use the cylindrical, round wicks. The stupid thing is that both the wicks and the humidifiers are approximately the same price within a given coverage range. The round wick machines don't cost any more but they work much better.

The humidifiers we use with this wick have to run constantly and can barely maintain 35% -even when set on roar (you know, so loud it sounds like a jet taking off). The round wick humidifiers can be kept on low (practically silent), push 45% if needed, and only have to run about half the time.

This is not a pointless rant about this one particular wick. It is just merely a reminder that if you are looking here then you have one of the flat wick humidifiers. Do yourself a big favor and rather than plonk down another $20 on this wick, instead consider buying a round wick humidifier and a round $20 wick. Either way the wick maker is happy because they probably don't care which wick you buy. Next time we need another wick we are just going to replace the whole machine.

FYI, we keep ours set at 30% in cooold weather, 35% in cold weather, and 40% in moderate weather, as recommended by the people who make such recommendations (the Department of They).

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I received the filter on time from the vendor and at a fair price. It is the exact replacement for my humidifier. It works very well getting the moisture in the air, measured by my hygrometer!

I recommend it to others and will certainly buy it again as needed for my humidifier!

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We bought this as a replacement for the one we received with the dehumidifier. We have not had to place it yet.

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The wick works just fine in our humidifier, which was all I cared about, and pricing on Amazon for this has always been the best. I do like how they call it a "space saver" wick, when this thing is giant.

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Met expectations and the right price/already in place for the winter. Old one was black w/mold/left water in too long