humidifer that is not a total PITA to clean?

groovygrl

ugh we have sharper image humidifiers in our kids' rooms that I really liked b/c they are pretty quiet and have 2 large reservoirs and we tend to run humidifiers practically all winter...but they have become disgusting over the 2 yrs even though I periodically take the whole thing apart and attempt to clean it, which requires unscrewing parts and trying to get into a ton of teeny little angles and nooks that I can't get a sponge or a grout brush or anything into...
I am so grossed out by them at this point that I feel like I'd be shooting more grossness into the air than I would be helping them so I guess I"m in the market for new ones already but I really want them to be easy to clean out!!!!
thanks for recs...

ss+el

I just use an inexpensive ultramist one from Walgreens, which stays pretty clean on its own, probably due more to the fact that we have a water softener. We had one for about five years and would probably still have it if DS hadn't sent it crashing to the floor. You can buy a humidifier cartridge (Protec is the brand I know of) that is supposed to keep the mineralization down.

mrsjami

We have the tear drop one from Crane. It's awesome and has no filter and doesn't leak.

happytotmom

We started with Crane but I after trying 2 and both having strong plastic smells when we started them, we returned them and kept looking.  We now use the Honeywell Germ Free Cool Mist Humidifier HCM-350 and it is so easy to disinfect - we love this one (great output and very low noise as well)!