Thursday, December 26, 2013

Review of Essick Air ED11 600 Variable-Speed Evaporative Euro-Style Console

Essick Air ED11 600 Variable-Speed Evaporative Euro-Style Console Humidifier, Light Grey
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I have owned an Essick Air unit for several years. It has outlasted all "Sears" brands and models. It is still going strong every heating/dry season.

Secrets to making it work: I use the 1041 wicks. Every two or three weeks, I take the entire unit into the bathroom, pull out the wick and using a hand held shower spray, rinse off the wick thoroughly. This helps lower the mineral build-up and the wick lasts longer. Also I change wicks about every two or three months. So I need about two or three for the heating season.

Yes the so-called digital "humidistat" doesn't seem to work. Simple solution, I just set the unit to a higher humidity than what is displayed. When I want to run the unit, I turn it on. When I want it off, I turn it off. It's just that simple. I do not run it 24x7, I run it when needed, like overnight when the heat comes on.

And I use a separate humidity gauge. This one works wonderfully:

Taylor 1523 Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer and Hygrometer

As for noise, I only run it on the 2, 3 or 4 level. Yes, you can crank it up highter, but just like any fan, the higher you set it the louder it gets... and I can hear the TV just fine even when this is running...

It's much easier to carry a bucket of water to this unit to fill it up than to remove water canisters and drag them out and go fill elsewhere. I'm sure you know the type I mean. Sometimes I just use a rinsed out 1-gallon water bottle just to fill it with, just open the hinged panel and pour the water in.

Here's another hint. Don't mount it on the wheels that come with. Put the entire unit on a towel or carpeting scrap. This will also helps if you accidentally spill a bit of water when filling. That also helps keep it quieter and lessen the vibration.

Do not forget the bacteriastat either, but be careful when using this additive, as always.

It is normal for the wick to be about half dry (at the top) and half wet (at the bottom). The entire wick does NOT need to be saturated soaking wet for this to work as the "well" of water is only the few inches at the bottom...

At the end of the season, rinse it out, maybe using a vinegar solution if there is any scale and then disinfect with a mild bleach solution and it's ready to be stored away, waiting for next year.

This is a GREAT humidifier and I've owned one for several years and if I need another one, I'll get another one of these. In the meantime, the one I own is still going strong.

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it very anoying ..it come on for 15 second and off and on like a kid play with a light swiitch. i had to replace my float .essick does not ship part the same day of your order it take three to five bussiness day before they have your part ship.iwas not happy.i did turn up the mosture 45 still the same iwasted my money i dont recoomend it.it did it when i took it out of the box.exsample 15 second on and 1.30 min back on and off.ihate it.it does have a built in the cord hunmidistate..it does it all night long you cant sleep do not buy none of there other model unit..icalled them and ask them they told me to try turn it up mosture but did the same.it goes one and off 15 second every min or less..iwill not buy another of of the .it is a rip off please dont buy it i got mine at menard less than 2 year ago.filter are 15 buck to replace..it hold less than three gallon of water when empty..if you did buy it i know you wont be happy.please dont buy it

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