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I have this exact unit. It works constantly, with no problems at all.

A pinch of salt, and it steams away and shuts off automatically when low.

I love the simplicity of this unit.

After years of using all the different fancy new kinds of humidifiers that need constant cleaning and special filters and antibacterial crap, this is very nice. No muss, no fuss, just moisture in the air.

The black stuff in the water is normal and is not gross, as someone said in another review.

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I have been useing one for some weeks now and it really helps me sleep .They are good little vaporizers do a good job. Fill it with water ,throw in a few pinches of salt and it uses 500 to 800 watts of electricty to start putting out steam. I have filled mine a number of time and it averages two killowatt hours to steam out the tank full of water over a 4 to 5 hour period. Once a week I use white vinegar in a small container to clean the element and it will clean up nicely. It will clean in just a few minutes and you are ready to go again with the steam.

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These things are great for cold and flu season, especially if you get the medicine to put in the cup in the top. They can REALLY help with the dry sinuses, hacking cough, and/or congestion.

Since it's boiling the water to make steam, the steam is pure. No worries, like with cool mist humidifiers, that you might be just misting the air with more bacteria.

Add salt like the directions say if it's not producing enough steam. Yes, it sputters for a couple of minutes, but after that it runs very quietly. We run this exact model in the bedroom every night, all winter.

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I've had one of these babies for over three years now. It does leave a black residue inside and can be hard to rinse out. Also, the amount of steam produced is inconsistant. I'm sure this is probably my own fault, for not measuring the salt content as well as I should, but it's frustrating to have little-to-no steam one night, then a volcanic plume of steam the next.

It sputters and does fling small drops of water out at times, but mostly the bubbling, hissing noises are my real issue. Sometimes the sounds will scare my sons; I can't fault them for that. I didn't hate the machine, but now that my elder son's imagination is growing ("It's a monster breathing and being angry at me, Mommy."), I'm moving on to look for something a bit quieter.

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It's just like the one my mom used for me 20+ years ago (also vicks). I will pull out the unit and pour water in from a pitcher. Because it doesn't have a power switch, it will run whenever it's plugged in and has water, so I control how long it runs by only filling it half way. During the winter months running this for several hours will raise the humidity sufficiently, but running it all night will make the relative humidity to high (window condensation means wall condensation and mold). It's output varies depending on mineral content, so you can add a pinch of salt to make it produce more steam. When It's too high I find it sputters a bit. The night light is annoying, but lets you know it's on. The bottom actually fits in my small bathroom sink just right to fill/clean.

Overall it's a simple, classic design. It's not a fancy, easy to use, self cleaning model it's an inexpensive, have it when you need it model. It will accumulate black chunks in the water, which the manual explains as the minerals (dissolved solids) left from the water after it steams off. The manual actually answered all my other questions, as well as explaining cleaning (a bit of a pain) in white vinegar.

4 stars because I would like to be able to fill it without removing the top and having it drip on things. Otherwise, it's simple and inexpensive and does it's job when asked.