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Purchased this at Bed, Bath & Beyond. Humidifier put out a decent amount of mist and was very quiet; much to my liking. I turn on the osculating function and the machine began to rotate back and forth, but began to make horrible grinding noises when it reach the ends of it motion as if it was trying to over rotate. I thought nothing of it and took it back to Bed, Bath & Beyond to exchange it for the same model. After unboxing the new machine, I plugged the humidifier into the wall and the wall socket and machine began to spark! I tried a different outlet and got the same experience.
I will be taking this humidifier back to the store and looking for something different; if two different models of the same humidifier can't work correctly for 5 minutes you should run!
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This cool mist humidifier is great when it works. The first thing I found nice about it was the cool mist as opposed to the normal wet and heated humidifiers. One gallon lasts 2 days at a low to medium setting. A nice blue light can be turned on during the night. There is a convenient handle to carry the water tank part so you can fill it. This cool mist is much different from the warm, too humid common humidifiers that have to be filled at least once a day if not more. It serves about three rooms with the 120ยบ oscillating top the way my home is set up and where I placed it. I really liked the way it oscillates this made it comfortable throughout the three rooms it was humidifying. The light never came back on again after one of the times it was refilled with water. Then It began to make a slight strange clicking sound when it oscillated all the way to the right. I'm not sure what "ultrasonic" is supposed to mean here, but if it has anything to do with it being very quiet this was true until the light went out. I was wondering if it was worth taking back for exchange. I filled out the one year warranty/ registered it with Homedics. But the stores were pretty busy with Christmas shoppers and we figured we could live without the light.BUT, I woke up to find the table and floor soaking wet, even though water was still in the tank and it was working as normal. About a half a gallon of water was all over. We could not find where they water was leaking from or what may have caused it. So, I turned it off and emptied the bottom and upper blue container. That's when we noticed it seemed to be coming from the seam (if indeed that is a seam, as it goes from bottom to top in a straight line. I thought we had a defect however I've now read reviews on this particular cool mist humidifier by more people who have had the same problems or other problems. It IS a great humidifier, but I'm very disappointed that it broke in this manner and I am going to see if anything can be done. Unfortunately this was not purchased at Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon. It was on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond for $49.99; they did have to go to the stock room to get it because there was only one left on the showroom floor. I'm wondering if they gave us the floor model. It's great however I'm afraid to purchase another for fear this happens again, especially after reading reviews here.
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Learned my lesson! We bought this humidifier used "like new." When we put it together and turned it on the light indicating the tank is low came on. We could never get it to run. When we recieved it you could tell it had clearly been used ...definitely not "like new"Honest reviews on HoMedics UHE-OC1 Cool Mist Ultrasonic Humidifier
Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I've used 2 humidifiers in my bedroom in the past, a Vicks & a Crane. The Vicks was noisy, like a fan. Crane was quiet.This was my first HoMedics. The humidifier function worked well. One of the things that drew me to this one was the oscillation feature. Unfortunately, like some have mentioned, it does make an annoying noise. I can deal fine with the loud white noise that some make, or even a loud box fan going in a room, but anything else will keep me up all night. This was a big downfall. I wasn't a fan of the light either, I like a room dark when I sleep.
Overall, because of these 2 alone, I'm not a fan. If you don't mind the noise & light, it may work for you.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I wouldnt recommend this humidifier. I bought it to use in our bedroom but there are three problems--I found the light to be surprisingly bright in a dark bedroom, especially since I positioned the humidifier on the table that I face when trying to fall asleep.Second was the sound. I'm used to normal humidifier sounds--even the louder coffee dripping type sound the large one in the living room makes--but this is more of an audible clicking sound when the oscillation was on.
Finally, if you live in a dry climate, expect to fill this every day or sometimes twice a day. It doesn't last long, even in a small room.
Its a good looking machine but, for the price, I wouldn't purchase it.
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