Cheap Oasis XL Electronic Humidifier

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The oasis is simple to use and a great value for the price. this is my fourth one four humidors because i like the product and not because they have failed me.

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Reviews of Hunter 31005 Ultrasonic Small Room Humidifier

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This year, I got the Hunter 31004, the slightly earlier edition of the 31005. They look very similar and have a similar rating for use in a small room.

Pros:

1. The machine very effectively and quickly sends out a controllable jet of fine, cool mist. It can humidify a small room and make it much more comfortable without turning the space into a rain forest.

2. You can use tap water.

3. The humidifier is very quiet, with one exception, as noted in the 'cons' just below.

Cons:

The only noise it makes is related to the dripping of water from the tank to the humidifier, and the sound is EXACTLY like what you hear when your dog is attending to an itch in its privates! For dog lovers this may not be a problem, but it is a tad disquieting if you don't have a dog.

Overall, it seems a very nice solution to uncomfortably dry winter air.

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This unit was a lifesaver during my sinus infection. It has enough power to turn a small room into a jungle, by that I mean fill a smaller room with visibly noticeable mist! Pretty neat actually! My buddy showed his off and I ordered my own the next day. Good choice for those of you who share similarly dry winters and need that extra moisture in the house.

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The compact size fits nicely on a table and it puts out a strong stream of mist for hours. It's also easy to handle and clean.

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We got this after checking consumer reports and seeing it ranked at number 1 in their ratings for small humidifiers. The unit worked really well for about a week. There is a red light which comes on when the water level is low. I thought it was an automatic shut off. It is not. If you leave it on, it will eventually use up all the remaining water in the unit. This caused what I'm guessing is a mineral build up on the working parts, slowing output to almost nil even on high once refilled. So, good unit-but dont let it run dry. Especially if you have hard water like we do. Post Script: I wrote this review yesterday. My wife has been using the unit despite its partial output. Today, she said it was leaking from the base, so I went and checked it out for her. There is a little center piece in the base which houses the mist head. This little unit is glued in from the underside. The glue failed and the mister is now sitting down inside the base. Its broken. We had this for a matter of weeks! Absolute junk! I am getting really sick of Consumer Reports saying that something is really great and then it just falls apart. That has happened to me too many times now. Anyway, I dont know if we just got a lemon or what, but I cant recommend this unit based on our experience.

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Great humifier and would buy a bigger Hunter unit if it were available with this type of humifiying system. If bigger unit is not available from Hunter, I'll add more room type units same as I purchased.

Koldfront AP12000S-KF Extreme Cool 12,000 BTU Portable Air Review

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I'm on my 3rd season with this unit.

1. Its way more powerful than my GE portable. Keeps the LR cool when the GE would not.

2. This unit, though powerful, is very poorly made.

Example:

All four wheels broke off the first season (my season is June-Aug)

The unit emits a "burnt tire" smell. finally stopped smelling in the 3rd season. Friends are no longer asking, "what's that smell?"

The digital lights went out at the start of the 2nd season, so no warranty to fix.

The directional blades fell off the machine during the second season. Can not be repaired.

The exhaust hose lasted only one season, then fell apart, even though properly stored ($29 + s/h for replacement)

To all those who see nothing but good ratings at the Compact Appl site: They refuse to post any of the real negative stuff. They fix the comment section to reflect only good reviews of 4 stars and more. Not too ethical, no?

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Do not buy this item or any item from this company. The product was broken right out of the box. If you buy something them and it works, you're lucky. If it does not, good luck getting any kind of customer service for repair.

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I purchased this air conditioner from another site. We've had it for one day and it is going back. The first problem is the stupid window kit. It is thin and flimsy. The other problem is that the window kit does not fit flush in the window. There is about a half-inch difference between the extension and the window. Plan on using some duct tape to close the gap. The next problem was the first day it arrived it was 80 degrees but the lowest the unit would cool the room down to was about 74 degrees even though it was programmed for 65 degrees. Our old unit was only 6,000 BTU's and it kept our room really cool for 5 summers so I do not believe this unit is really 12,000 BTU's. I left the unit on overnight because the exhaust opening on the window plate is little more than the kind of plastic grates you see on milk crates. They supply a plastic cover but it takes a bit of force to twist it off. As I mentioned earlier, the window kit plate isn't the sturdiest so I was worried if I used too much force it might fall out the window. The final straw came the next day when the unit shut off because we had to drain out the water. This is crazy how often would it need to drain on 90 degree days? I am so happy I purchased this unit early enough to return it before it gets too hot. BUYER BEWARE THIS PRODUCT IS JUNK!

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Compact Appliance sent me a piece of junk (Portable air conditioner EdgeStar model # AP1200S). It kept tripping the breaker and the one time when it did run for 3 hours it never cooled the room. Compact Appliance told me to contact EdgeStar then EdgeStar said to contact Compact Appliance. It is very frustrating to deal with these two Companies. No one wants their piece of junk portable air conditioner back.

The return policy with Compact Appliance is horrible Compact Appliance makes you pay for shipping back to them no matter what. There is no satisfaction guaranteed even though they say there is on their website.

The manufacture warranty through Edge Star is also horrible. They make you pay for shipping on the extremely heavy portable air conditioner to an EdgeStar authorized repair facility (wherever that isas it does not say on the warranty).

I find it hard to believe that there are so many great reviews on this air conditioner on the Compact Appliance website. The Amazon reviews are not as good.

It is very frustrating when you are looking forward to getting cool air after you paid a lot of money to Compact Appliance and took time carrying it up the stairs and unpacking and installing it and still not having cool air. Then having Compact Appliance and EdgeStar blame each other and you is even crazier. It has been a very upsetting two weeks. It is not worth buying from them.

I am happy to report that I purchased a Sharp portable air conditioner at Costco and it is working beautifully. If for some reason it stops working (even 5 years down the road) I can take it back to Costco and get me money back instantly. Costco is a company that does guarantee satisfaction unlike Compact Appliance.

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live in the Northeast, not a big air conditioning area, few weeks in the summer. first thought the room was to big (15 x 25) but for curiosity sake placed in a 8 x10 bath...never moved the thermostat after running for three hours. Spent $271 at S ears for a 12000 btu window unit works like a pro. Expensive lesson in air conditioning. Best advice...buy a window unit

Review of Kenmore 12 gal. Humidifier

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I have been running one of these for over 5 years now and have never had a problem with it.

It is on casters, so is easy to move. It has automatic settings so you can set the room for 25% and up.

The wicks are not that expensive and can be purchased from many suppliers and come folded up so you

have to unfold them and form a circle to fit in the obvious plastic standards that form a circle.

The lower tank and side tank hold around 4 gallons of water, and will put out 12 gallons in a 24 hour period

if set on high which I have never had to do and set it on the lowest (25%) setting. Argo, the lower the setting,

the less you have to refill the side tank.

A word of advice on all humidifiers:

Add vinegar to the mix every other or every third time to cut down on the lime build up. I do this with all my humidifiers and my large whole house evaporative cooler which is basically the same thing. This way I only have to

replace wicks/pads once a year; the swamp cooler pads in summer, and the wicks in winter.

I have tried the no mold additives, and to tell you the truth, nothing works better than good old white vinegar, just like Mom used to say.

Oh yea, one more thing, Go to the Sears web sight to buy the unit, you will save at least $20.00 on the purchase, even with tax.

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I purchased this at Sears and it was $139.95 not the $199.95 from this vendor, how can you justify a $60 price difference?? The first purchase just didn't work, I spent an afternoon trying to make it work an then returned it to Sears. The exchanged one had exactly the same problem, part of the LED was lighted but the functions did not work. I figured I could not be making the same mistake twice, so I took of the top part off and checked the electronics. (There is no surgery to be done here, this part is removable as part of the unit). I found that a wiring harness had not been connected, it could not have come loose during transportation because the wires were tightly placed and immovable and the connector had a snap lock on it. With some difficulty I snapped the connecters together and the humidifier now works like a charm. I am amazed that two units could be manufactured with same mistake!! It is nothing but a manufacturing error, quality control must be nonexistent.

Aside from this major problem, the unit is now functioning well. It has increased the humidity from 24% to 37% in a 1,800 sq. ft. home. I will update this review further down the line.

Update: The unit works fine but it will go through filters about every month, at least here in the desert. Hard water will make them stiff as a board so when "CF", change filter appears on the readout, do it right away as humidifier performance will drop quickly . I run mine at full capacity & fan, you will probably get longer life on the filter if you keep the fan lower and the humidity output lower. They have these at Sears for $12, they seem to have different manufactures but they are all the same. Any one will do.

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So exchanged for the 8 gallon unit. I am not happy with the filter. You're supposed to clean the unit every 2 weeks. The times I have, the filter gets more and more flaccid, until recently, the unit kept running 24/7 and wasn't bringing house up to proper humidity. I opened the unit and it was totally laying over and the top was dried out. Replace the filter today, $17.00 and ran it and it brought it up to proper level within a half/hour. The filter does NOT last all season long. Expensive to continue to have to replace it.

Purchased at local Sears store.

Started to work, after trying hard to line up the cheap plastic pieces together. Within a half-hour the unit wouldn't work properly. I set it up exactly as directed and it worked at first. The "F" (fill) kept flashing and I couldn't adjust the fan, even though I followed the directions for proper humidity settings, etc....and it did work at first.

The top of the filter discolored within minutes. My guess is it's been on the shelf awhile. When I called the salesman he said it shouldn't do that.

Ugh, it's 9 degrees outside and I have to make a trip to return it. I am not sure if I will exchange for another off the shelf unit as I may end up with same problems.

Don't know what to buy. I'm tired of running my shower to try to increase humidity in my home.

BestAir A10W Aprilaire 10 Paper Wick Waterpad Reviews

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I have a aprilaire 500 humidifier that uses this size pad and due to size restriction of area of furnace had to use 1 size smaller humidifier than I wanted (right on edge to use bigger) I bought this pad locally first and it is more efficient at raising to humidity in the house than the metal OE one. Only issue is will have to be replaced more often since it uses a fiber type pad which if you try to clean will fall apart but is small price to pay for better efficiency of unit.

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My manual states this is the recommended and most efficient waterpad for my humidifier. I couldn't find this one locally a few years ago when I stocked up on waterpads at Lowes. This year, my humidity was dropping daily as winter set in. After these arrived, I put one in immediately, and started seeing improvement in humidity within a day. It's now the coldest month (February) and my humidifier is still keeping up, thanks to these waterpads.

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Found this third-party replacement after trying to find the filters in the stores. It fit just fine ... until it eventually crumbled after a year. My factory filter was good for 4 or 5 years with yearly cleanings. This one only lasted a year. More expensive than buying replacement from Lasko directly, but I haven't see what they ship (I am sure not the one that came with it originally).

does the job. Just buy several, one for each year.

Buy WF2530 Bionaire Humidifier Replacement Filter

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These filters work great! Have been using them everyday, hopefully they last a long time. But always buy in a set of two just in case.

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This product worked beautifully! I was unable to purchase this filter from the store where I bought the humudifier and am delighted to have found this avenue for the future.

MH

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The filter dimentions were off and the only way to fit in the holder was to squash it in. This was the first in many years I faced such problem. E-mails in this regard were sent to the supplier through Amazon and directly, but I have yet to hear from them.

Cheap SCM2412-UM Humidifier

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I bought it at jardenstore.com for $16 when it was on saleThe nightmare just began when I received it. I tried to test it overnight with full tank.

And I made sure no excess water in base (common issue for Sunbeam). I also set the humidistat to max.

The next morning the water was still the same level.

While the fan was running loud, louder than refrigerator or microwave or my ceiling fan, there was no mist emitting at all.

Next chapter: call customer service.

1. tried their published number in Instruction Leaflet 888-264-9669, nobody answered

2. called their Jarden company customer service and after lots of options, a human answered and asked me to call number in step 1

3. still nobody answered; and all 800# published online for humidifier are no-answer

4. sent an email through website and so far nobody answered

If you want to throw your money down the drain and feel like an idiot like me, buy Sunbeam, or any of Jarden's product.

Jarden is a shame, a sham, a disgusting criminal. (I'm refraining myself from using worse words publically)

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My friend gave this as a baby shower gift. I wanted one of these just to keep the air clean and keep the moisture throughout the room all on pair for our child.

Pros: It is not very loud, on a scale of 0-10, it is about a 3.

Cons: Uses paper filters, tank cannot be cleaned and becomes slimy and the biggest problem, the humidifier is a breeding ground for black mold to grow.

The biggest and most harmful part of this humidifier is the cheap paper filters and the inside compartment. After you remove the tank, your notice two screws, after turning these, your remove the top part that contains the fan and your be left with the bottom half. This part is gray in colour and holds two paper filters and a water compartment chamber. This compartment stays wet. For example, Sunday you fill the tank with water, turn on the humidifier and by Friday, when it is time to refill the tank, the bottom compartment will be filled with black mold. This is a serious health concern for children and adults. You do not want a product that can breed stachybotrys (toxic black mold) in your child's room.

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I've had this 3 weeks now, purchased directly from Jarden on sale. For the price (about a couple movie tickets and popcorn) it's a good investment. Note that this is an evaporative type humidifier so it will work a bit better when the ambient temperature is higher eg summer.

Initially I started it up and ran it overnight and there seemed to be no drop in water level ie no humidification. I called Customer Service. A short wait (the ubiquitous phone tree), then my call was answered and a very sympathetic rep suggested several things to try. She added that if I couldn't get it to work properly the unit might be defective and she would be happy to exchange it for a new one. The main remedy was to make sure the wick was properly wetted (she suggested soaking it, then placing it back into the unit). This I did. Not sure it really helped. But then I noticed an air pocket that forms at the bottom of the reservoir. I dislodged the bubble by tilting the unit slightly. From then on the unit has been working exactly as advertised.

Pros:

1) The unit works as advertised;

2) Customer Service is available and tries hard to help;

3) Tank doesn't leak & is easy to fill, filter easily accessible;

4) Inexpensive unit (when on sale).

Cons:

1) As an evaporative unit (ie it wicks water onto a "filter" over which a fan then blows) it is best only for a small room;

2) If you are used to a pretty quiet room then the fans will provide an omnipresent humming that can be annoying. As there are two speeds this can be minimized but not eliminated. Myself, I don't sleep in the same room with this (or any) humidifier.

I use this in a room in which I have several stringed instruments (acoustic guitars and a violin). When I practice, the humming is bothersome and I have to turn the unit off.

Bottom line: Not a bad little unit if on sale.

UPDATE (Jan 2012): Unit still runs fine. BUT, the filters don't last and are expensive to replace a problem that seems to characterize all such "cool mist" evaporative humidifiers. If buying again, I would go the warm mist route instead.

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Got product worked wonderfully for 4 days...then we refilled the tank...which we had done numerous times, only to have it no longer send out any mist.we then cleaned out the tank and the base..even used vinegar as recommended.It still wont work its as if the filter quit drawing the water up...We have ordered new filters which cost almost $30 (this includes the shipping and handling charges). We hope the new filters will help.otherwise thats $70 down the drain.I do not reccommend this product. If you can afford to buy new filters every 4 days go right ahead.you should not have this kind of a problem this soon...!!!!

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I too bought this on sale at jardenstore.com for $16. From what I can tell, this type of humidifier is the evaporating kind as apposed to vaporization, so you don't actually see mist coming out of it. The water level disappears in the appropriate time frame and the automatic shutoff engages when the proper humidity level is reached, so I guess that means it's working. I have this running on high and a box fan on low and I can barely hear the humidifier.

I'm disappointed to find out from another reviewer that support is lacking. Even general documentation of how this thing is supposed to work is hard to find. Hopefully mine keeps working... so far I'm three nights in. I'll be sure to update should it die sooner than later.