Humidifier

SteelCity44 · January 2013

The rule on the packaging says that I'm supposed to use distilled water. I'm a rule follower, but that's a real pain in the butt. We've been using filtered water, but even that's annoying, since only our basement faucet has a filter on it, and it takes for.ev.er to fill up the jug of water (and it's cold down there!). Our humidifier needs re-filled every other day.

What type of water do you use for your humidifier?

sharrison88 · January 2013

Apparently I need to read directions. We use water out of the tap for C's humidifier, but I hate the thing. It's a Vicks one that I've had for a little while because I get sinus infections easily. It's a pain in the rear end to clean and gets disgusting. DH and I have been talking about buying a new one, we just haven't. Any suggestions on humidifiers anyone's happy with are welcome!

schmood · January 2013

I have always filled it right out of the tap. I have a Crane one and it has a filter in it.

Cheerio B · January 2013

we use water directly from the kitchen sink. No filter or anything. And it never occurred to me that it would need anything else so I never bothered to read the directions. LOL. I think I'm not going to start now.

SteelCity44 · January 2013

G'duh. I feel dumb. We first got a humidifier when I was pg, because I kept getting bloody noses. I'm beyond a type A personality and read all of the fine print, that yelled at me for ever considering filtered water over distilled and that I would put horrible toxins into the air and fill the humidifier with filth by doing so. If we ever let the red light (empty light) come on, we were instructed to SCRUB every last inch of the machine, because bacteria would immediately start growing when the water ran out. This was in addition to weekly cleanings required. Screw the freaking filter! I'm going tap!

FWIW, we don't have a filter in ours. We have the Sunbeam Warm Mist for our room and the Safety 1st Soothing Mist for LO's room.

Thanks ladies!