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This is a great humidifier. Very Quiet and very easy to use. My only compliant is that it the full tank doesnt really last the 40 hours. I have mine set on a 40% humidity level (which is recommended) and I run it only at night when I sleep. Most of the time night I find it is not running because the levels in my house are around 37%-42% but I still find myself filling the tank after 2-3 days. An alarm goes off when it is empty, which can be annoying if you are asleep so I try to make sure it is filled at all times. That all being said I am still happy with my purchase and helps on those really dry nights.
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PRO: It's very quietCON:
1. A full water tank lasts a bit under 6 hours, and the machine has a handy alarm that beeps (and keeps beeping) when the tank is empty. That means you have a rather inaccurate alarm clock that won't let you sleep more than six hours.
But wait; there's more.
2. The vapor from the nozzle on top of the unit doesn't travel very far. In fact, it drops within a couple of feet of the unit. That means you also have a very wet floor. Not damp; wet. We sopped up water with a towel.
I have asked the seller (not Amazon) to accept a return and will try to report here their response.
UPDATE: The seller (Wayfair) will accept the return, though they are making me pay the shipping costs both ways. That's not as good as Amazon's return practices, but not unreasonable for a small firm. BTW, the return is going directly to the manufacturer's (Luna) office in California and the shipment to me came from them as well, so Wayfair seems to be acting as a selling agent only.
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Bought this as a gift for my daughter and her husband -they said it is so quiet and works like a charm! They are happy and so are we!Honest reviews on Luma Comfort HCW10B Cool & Warm Mist Humidifier, 2 Gallon Output
This came in a pre-printed green,white and black product box with tight packaging inside box and delivered by UPS from Whitestown,IN.This is very easy to program your settings into and it remembers your settings that you entered and is interesting to watch as well.
Through my trial and error tests i found it best if i use cold water with a warm setting also set on high and have the timer set for 6 hours and have it set for 70% this works for me hopefully it will for you too.
Auto shut-off on the timer one beep then shuts down and display goes dark very happy with this option,so you can(set it and forget it)at least in the timer mode anyway.
When you first plug it in it beeps twice and also when you first press the power button it beeps one time.
This only has Low,Mild,and High Settings on the display.
If no hours are set then the display shows % numbers only.
You might want to put this in an old shallow refrigerator tray or a pan to catch the residu water only after the tank is empty,because you will have some left in the cradle.
After many tries this finally went from cool to warm couldn't really tell a difference so it took awhile.
I have hard tap water for my house and no problems so far running this on that,they recommend distilled.
When first using this i used warm tap water as my first test and i forgot to time it,seemed like it used up the water fast.
My second test was with hot tap water and i timed it,i got 5½ hours on this i also had the setting on high and on warm for this.
It seemed to use up the water fast on this also.
Third and final test was with cold tap water and i got 6 hours straight with this and with settings on warm and high.
So i prefer the third test over all and that's what i'll use.
The humidifier % numbers fluctuated on the display and i had it set for 70%,which it never reached,thinking about all of this and the high price that i paid for this i probably should have stuck to a pan of boiling water on the stove like i did before buying this.
I have a Brookstone Humidity/Temperature wall display and i got the humidity gauge to go to 70% but just on this,and it didn't stay there to long either.
On my wall display it showed more wet/best setting for house humidity,this Luma humidifier cost me a little over $100 so i'm going to use this but also go back to,if i have to,to my pan of boiling water on the stove only not as much.
When you run out of water it flashes the empty icon at the top and beeps for two cycles,the first one has 7 beeps to it while the second cycle has 10 beeps and no auto shut off when tank is empty the beeps sound like an alarm on a watch,tinty high sounding.
They should have used a clear reservoir instead of a smoked one so you can see what's happening with the water level.
It can be messy at times from the condensation and sitting water left over from where the water reservoir sat in the cradle,i've had about 2-3" of water left over after the tank ran out which i think is a bit much.
I would not recommend this,i myself was a little disappointed in the performance of this humidifier.
This does have a really great timer on it very precise,also the reservior looks big but it really doesn't hold that much water like you might think.
I now have mine on a folding step stool with a towel on it and the humidifier is in a shallow container,hopefully will be less of a mess when tank is empty.
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This is one of FOUR humidifiers I tried recently. I liked the look and thought it would perform well at this price. But it was huge failure. It immediately soaked the ground around the unit. They hygrometer is absolutely worthless (as it is on other units). I didn't keep it long enough to experience the difficult cleaning. Warm setting made no difference (as it is on other units). The dark plastic also made it hard to see the water level. Quick return for me.My criteria: I'm using it for a nursery with about 180 sq ft, normal ceilings with a small bathroom attached. Not that sensitive about noise (bubbling) but limited on space so don't prefer units that need to be on shelves or stools. NO FILTERS. Considered both warm and cool ultrasonic.
I've included reviews of all the units I've tried. At first, I thought heat was the only true way to add moisture. But warm mist units are only moderately more effective and uses way more electricity than I imagined. At this point, I wasn't worried about a toddler spilling the hot water.
Overall, I'm shocked at how poorly all these units are made. Look at Amazon ratings for ALL of them; most get 3.5 star average because there is always something faulty. So strange that a simple appliance is so difficult to master. It's not even a factor of price; the expensive ones are horrible too!
The short of it: Pure Guardian is the only that WORKED.
CRANE DROP SHAPE ULTRASONIC 2.3 GALLON ($45)
Pros: Small, quiet, very little bubbling noise, easy to refill.
Cons: NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE, no noticeable change. Didn't own it long enough to clean it.
HONEYWELL WARM MIST HUMIDIFIER HWM-950 ($35)
Pros: Did produce a nice warm mist, did not make the ground wet (placed on the ground), fairly easy to refill but did drip all over the place
Cons: It broke after 2 weeks, only stayed on for 2 mins then stopped even with a full tank. It was fairly noisy with intermittent bubbling. I can handle the humming but the bubbling was impossible to sleep through.
LUMA COMFORT COOL/WARM ULTRASONIC HCW10B ($99)
Pros: Compact design, cool looking (which is apparently unusual), easy to refill (there is a handle at top of tank although most don't seem to know that)
Cons (so many that I needed bullet points):
* SOAKED the ground around it. I placed on the floor and within 15 mins you can soak a towel with the moisture (this was on warm setting). I tried it on a 3 foot dresser but it still created light moisture on the ground.
* The hygrometer function is A JOKE! It can, of course, only detect moisture right next to the unit which is where the mist falls. So, the % reading goes up very quickly when the unit is turned on and when it hits the "max" setting, it shuts off. So, the machine turns on and off in 3-5 min intervals all night long. Impossible to sleep through.
* I used the timer function which keeps the unit with the hygrometer function. This worked fine. But I still got the ground soaking and the rest of the room was not any less dry.
* FYI, cool/warm mist ultrasonic's are a misnomer; none of them produce a "warm" mist. Just keep it on cool setting.
* The dark cloudy plastic tank makes it hard to see the water level.
PURE GUARDIAN COOL/WARM ULTRASONIC H4500 ($109)
Pros: Very simple controls. Huge tank that is easy to refill (although it gets heavy) with minor splashing. VERY quiet with almost no bubbling. Mist control is awesome; on high it puts out a huge mist but you can easily dial it back down. Within one hour, you can notice the change in moisture. Has auto shut off; no timer or hygrometer which is fine. Mist DOES NOT soak the ground when I put it on a dresser. No idea why they thought an "hour" rating was important; who runs it for 144 hours?. I ran it at 50% of the mist power and it lasted 10 hours overnight with ~15% water left.
Cons: It is UGLY and big! No idea why they needed to make the front dial so big. The night light function is just annoying so it is always off. Like my other reviews, the "warm" mist makes no difference. I'm sure their smaller units would have been just fine for my needs.
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