I purchased this model about 2 years ago. We live in Nothern MN and in the winter it is very dry. This particular humidifier we use in my 4 year old son's room. This past weekend my wife and I awoke to the sound of a fire alarm and the smell of smoke. We quickly got up and I ran for the fire extinguisher in the kitchen. I realized it was coming from upstairs. As I ran through the hallway I saw my son standing there shaking. I ran into the stairwell and saw smoke. When I got upstairs it was filled with thick gray smoke. I went into my son's room and saw the humidifier belching smoke. I immediately unplugged the machine and opened the windows to get a breath. The humidifier malfunctioned. When it runs out of water it is supposed to enter a stand-by mode. Instead it kept operating a nd melted through the bottom, through the area rug, and scorched the wooden floor underneath. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS MODEL HUMIDIFIER! Here is a link to a similar incident with the same model humidifer,
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Purchased this unit because of the price and it was filter free. Worked well for a few months and then quit working. The reset light wont turn off. I have followed the cleaning directions as stated in the directions and am now left with a unit that does nothing. Don't waste your money on this. I am never buying another unit from them again.
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I ordered this unit used because I know the hit and miss with humudifiers. First the unit is quite large, the water tank is odd shaped and doesn't hold enough water for me personally. It also leaks a small amount on the rear of the unit directly below the screw, on high I would call the amount significant. Running on setting number 2 or high the water supply last approx 5 to 6 hours. It works well and puts out a decent amount of moisture but I would not purchase again.
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Cheap model, no humidistat, runs continuously until empty. Sounds like a coffee percolator that you can hear throughout the adjacent rooms. Sunbeam should stay with kitchen appliances like their toasters that were the best. Took it back to Walmart. The whole water tank gets very warm, waste of electricity!!
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My mother has one for over 2 years and it worked flawlessly and whisper quiet. Then, filling it one day, she dropped the tank and it cracked around the bottom seam. I went to Walmart to buy another, set it up, and it: 1)was already cracked at the top (which I did not notice until later) and 2)leaked no matter what I did to re-seat the tank and investigate the problem. Returned it to Walmart and used a good clear 2-part epoxy Loctite Megabond Poxy-Pak Fast Cure Clear Two-Part Epoxy, 1 oz syringe to seal and fix my mother's cracked tank. Now her unit works perfectly again. I would definitely buy another, despite recently getting a defective one. It's just continued to work so perfectly for my mother.
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