Vicks Filter-Free Ultrasonic Humidifier, Recommended by Pediatricians

Overview : My wife and I live in a 2,000 square foot apartment and have had this humidifier running full blast for 24 hours a day for almost a week and it works great!! We put the unit in a central location in our place and it’s perfect. (This was an upgrade for us, the previous humidifier we had was cheaper and was difficult/annoying to clean and somewhat noisy. It wasn’t a Vicks brand.) The Good : This unit is much quieter and SO much easier to clean than the non Vicks brand we had before. The directions for cleaning this humidifier in the manual are very confusing and VERY different from videos you can find online that Vicks makes. I follow the video and ignore the manuals cleaning instructions. The amount of cool mist is quite plentiful and eases our dry skin and airways. (No more breathing discomfort in the mornings.) The tank holds enough water so we can run the unit at full blast for over 15 hours before a refill. I’ve read reviews about how it “leaks water all over”. I think that what the person may be referring to is the condensation that happens if the mist falls onto a surface such as a table or dresser. We’ve overcome this by either placing a washrag just in front of the unit on the table or setting the humidifier close to the edge of the dresser so the mist falls down allowing it to dissipate without coming into contact with anything. (We don’t have kids so there’s no worries about it getting accidentally knocked over.) The complaints about the sounds seem misunderstood. Yes, the unit makes noise; humidifiers do that. The sounds come from 3 different functions. 1) The motor that makes the unit work…. it’s a low-ish humming sound. 2) The bubbling created by the transducer (the round mist producing thing) 3) The periodic bubbling sound of the water moving from the tank into the reservoir leading to the transducer. Having used a cheaper non-Vicks unit for the past 3 winters, this unit is by far superior in keeping these sounds to a minimum. (I’m a very light sleeper and none of these sounds bother me one bit.) There is a place to put a scent pad; it came with 2 Vicks vapor pads. I experimented with putting a few drops of essential oil onto a piece of tissue and used that instead…. it worked well. Please watch the video I made to go along with this review. The Not-So Good : I can’t think of anything so far.

I have gotten back into keeping house plants and I have started off with some big challenges -- a Vanda orchid (roots are exposed to air, from which they collect moisture), a sundew (carnivorous plant requiring high humidity), and air plants (many of which I've killed from letting them get too dry). It was becoming obvious that I would need a real humidifier, not one of those little aromatherapy mister things, so I ordered this. After using it for about a week, I am quite happy with it. I have this in a small-ish bedroom (I keep the door shut to keep my cats away from the plants and away from my pet birds, who are also in the same room). You can definitely tell the room is more humid than the rest of the house when you open the door. I keep the dial on about halfway, so the area with the light is pointing straight up. At this rate, with the unit on only during the day (well, about 17 hours per day), I have to refill this every 2-3 days. So the water lasts a fairly long period of time. Of course this will vary based on your dial setting. Right in the middle, as I said, you can feel the humidity in the room and you can actually see the mist coming out. (I have it right under the window near which I keep my plants, but you can feel the humidity in the opposite corner of the room.) This unit is very quiet. You can't hear it over my parakeets and finches. I don't think it would be at all difficult to sleep while this was on. It is quieter than the air purifier in my own bedroom I run for white noise at night. The cord is a reasonable length. I didn't read the instructions before starting this up but it doesn't seem to matter, I was able to operate it with no difficulty based on my experience with other humidifiers. I have this elevated on an upside-down Sterilite box with a curve in the cord down from the outlet, to prevent condensation from getting to the outlet. I haven't really had any problems with condensation at the humidity level I'm using, but it pays to be careful. One awesome thing is that the opening on the bottom of the reservoir is huge compared to other humidifiers. If you have small hands (I do!) you can fit your whole hand down in there to clean the unit out. If you are going to store this for an extended period of time, do dry it out first so you don't get algae growing in it, though. I am not using the aroma pads because my unit is just being used for plants. But that option is there if you need it and I will say that eucalyptus aroma mist at night is useful for gently assisting breathing if you have clogged sinuses. Overall, I'm very happy with the purchase. This works well and is easy to clean.

I got this vaporizer to replace one I've had for over 20 years. My other Vicks vaporizer was nothing more than a giant tub with a couple of electro tubes centered inside a cylinder. The old one worked fine and although it turned the water sediments into hard crusty calcifications at the bottom of the tank (it was not too hard to clean). It required distilled or purified water. However, the electrodes over time begin to get so coated that no matter what I did I couldn't get the calcification off. So I decided to buy a new one and this new modern model was it. The tank has a nice sleek upright design and holds plenty of water. See photo and video upload. When the bottom tamk needs to be cleaned, you will notice a off-colored calcification or sediment. That's normal and that is coming from the water itself. It is not mold! I think people in some of the reviews are not familiar with the way these tanks work and have often given them bad reviews because they don't understand what it is they're seeing when it's time to clean out the tank. Of course the tanks need to be cleaned out once a week to make sure no bad mold or germs gets in them. It's not the design fault if people do not keep it clean like they're supposed to. Anyway it's very quiet the only thing you can hear is occasional faint rippling sound as the water bubbles below in the lower tank. You really can't hear it unless you're up close. The humidity adjustment switch is extremely sensitive. All the way open and your humidifier looks like a steam train. You can adjust the intensity and how much vapor comes out by a handy knob (which my other vaporizer never had). You can get very little or a lot by the eaay-turn knob. There is a side door to put a vaporizer pad if you needed it. We don't need it. We just need the moisture in the air from being in a dry climate. Where to put the vaporizer: The idea is to put it in a place where the vapor cannot negative impact wood floors or furnishings. I have it on a folded beach towel on my wood floors several feet away from a bookcase. In the bedroom we just sit it on the towel on the dresser. No problems with oversaturation because we can adjust the knob as needed. I got it on Amazon when it went on a discount! Couldn't beat the price or pass up the deal. As far as its function goes I give it five stars! So far so good! if there's anything less than a five-star out of this product, I will certainly update my review.

These product is great and it does the job, the only thing is that it has no filter. This product leaves a white film over everything. Which is very noticeable when everything you have is black. It's easy to wipe away the white film, it just a nuisance to have to do it every day.

I really like this product.The only issue is being able to fill it with clean water. If the water isn't clean, then it will atomize the dirt (or germs/viruses) into the air. Theoretically, the vibration of the atomization process should be enough to kill the germs, but there is no proof of that. Any minerals in the water WILL be atomized into the air. If there are enough minerals, then it is possible to get sentiment settling on furniture, but you probably would need to have high mineral content and use it for a long time. This product is limited in the amount of humitidy it can put out (i.e., it can only humitify a medium to smaller room). So, if it is a smaller room like a bedroom, then this works nice. If it is a larger open room like a living-room in a house, it might not be able to put out enough humidity. Pros: - cold vapor is safe around young children - humidifies the air quickly - can adjust the amount of humidity disbursed - easy to fill with wide opening on bottom of container - tank holds enough water to last for 24 hours - cord is long enough to set on table, desk or floor away from wall - directional spout can direct flow of water vapor without moving unit - uses about 27 watts compared to 200-300 watts for steam vaporizer Cons: - need to filter tap water if it contains too high of a mineral content This Humidifier uses sonic technology to vibrate the water into small particles; these particles are then blown into the air using a small fan inside the unit. This provides a cool water vapor mist that evaporates into the air versus a steam humidifier that boils the water to create hot steam. This means it is much safer to use around young children. The downside is that it could take minerals and germs contained in the water and vaporize them into the air. The germs of course would not be good to breath in, and the minerals can collect on surfaces. To correct this use filtered water. The filer I use is listed below. This is similar to one I bought in the store. Since this is water that only needs to be filtered for air humidity versus drinking water, I use a filter even if the ppm rises beyond 006 (which is when they recommend to change the filter for drinking water). This allowed the filter to last longer. I change the filter when I notice minerals collecting in the unit itself by the air exhaust. You will see a little white powder sticking to the plastic. ZeroWater 23 Cup Dispenser with Free Water Quality Meter $33.99 (as of 3/7/18) GIVE Reviews - this is my standard for writing reviews [G]enuine - This is a review that is honest, trustworthy with no reason other than to help people in the Amazon family. [I]nformational - This review needs to provide information related to this product in a concise matter. [V]aluable - This review needs to provide value to the reader such that it helps him or her determine if this product is for them. [E]nlightening - This review needs to go beyond product information such that the reader learns something they did not otherwise know. END OF REVIEW - the following talks about helpful votes, which you can skip if you like. Sometime I read a review and click "yes" if I found the review helpful. But what does that mean? It does help keep the review at the top, so others can see the review. It also improves my ranking. But, to me it means more than that. I check my helpful votes when I wake up in the morning. Hey, some people like watching the morning news; some people collect stamps. I check my helpful votes. If they go up, then I know I helped someone, which starts my day off really nice. It gives me the same good feeling as helping by fixing someone's flat tire who is stranded on the side of the road. So, if you click "yes," then know that tomorrow morning I'll be saying thank you with a smile to start my day :)

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Like with most small appliances, I did A LOT of research before buying this. More than I usually do. I ended up down a rabbit hole of cool vs warm mist health benefits, expensive models with sensors, and 2 days later I finally pulled the trigger on this, and 2 months later, I couldn't be happier. You get what you pay for, so although I think this is actually REASONABLY priced, you can't expect something to work just as well as something 2, 3 or 4 times as expensive. If you don't want to have to clean your machine frequently don't buy a filter-less. If you don't want to use trial and error to figure out which humidity setting works for your home and season, your gonna have to splurge on digital one. I felt COMPELLED to write this long review since after using this for 2 months, I'm upset that I ALMOST let some other reviews deter me. I have a hard time replacing objects in our home that I have a perfectly working alternatives, but since we have VERY hard well water, with both types of iron, we were flying through filters at an insane rate last winter, so I wanted something filter-less that was easy to clean. We live in central New England, with a woodstove as primary heat and a forced hot air furnace, and a fairly open concept 1100sq house (500sq main living space), and this model has been a godsend. This winter started earlier than normal, so my annual "sign" (waking up with a bloody nose) to find, clean, and plug in the humidifier came sooner this year. As soon as it arrived, I got the thing running on full blast for 3 days straight, and I realized why there are some mediocre reviews, and heres a few reasons to ignore them. 1) Not to lambast the other reviewers, but I dont think they understand how POWERFUL this model is for its tiny size. In fact, I think the even the manufacturer has undersold it. Our old humidifier could run on high for about 36hrs without having to be refilled, and this one barely makes it 15 all the way up, with a similar sized tank. That's A LOT of water you're pumping into the air, and that's where all these "leaking" reviews are coming from I suspect. On day 3 of full blast (hindsight math, about 6 gallons of water) the weather had been rainy and warmer, and that's when I came home to the machine "leaking". Aka I had made the house so humid the machine was covered, then dripping, condensation on the floor. The manual warns against this, BTW, that condensing can happen when you exceed 60% humidity. Without a digital read, I found that the INSIDE of the tank starts condensing a while before the outside, so I just turn the machine down until the next time we have the woodstove cranking. 2) The machine is filter less, so you have to clean the machine more often than filtered ones. That pink and white buildup is NOT mold, its whatever is left after the Hs and Os of H²O have evaporated out. So unless you're strictly using Distilled Water, even the most expensive household water system isnt gonna remove EVERYTHING else out, and what's left is mineral "scale". Filtered Humidifiers pull most of this out in the FILTER, so that's why you replace those and don't see it in the tank. Regardless, you should be cleaning our humidifier anyway, but the audacity to leave a bad review because after 6 months there's residue after not cleaning it is complete nonsense. 3) This machine is NOT noisy. Sure you can't hear a pin drop while it's on high, but despite it's high powered ability, it does far less gurgling than our old one, one that was already so quiet it never woke my super light-sleeping husband. It's SOO quiet that... 4) The auto shut-off DOES work, just not when the tank is visible empty. Because the machine is so quiet, and after the condensation debacle, I had been running it on about quarter power (so no visible mist), and I actually forgot about the machine for a couple days. I got home one night, noticed the tank was empty and it was still running, so initally I thought the reviewers were right about the shut-off feature. But when I shut it off and picked up the tank, I realized the reservoir in the base was still full of water, so I decided to do an experiment to test the auto shut-off. I turned it back on to full blast, and about 30m later the machine shut itself off. I picked up the tank and the rest of the water was gone. Not that I actually PLAN to forget again, but it's good to know when inevitably I do, the shut off works. 5) This machine is only SLIGHTLY harder to clean than my old one. PRO: The Tank has round edges with a large filling hole, big enough to get my hand and sponge in, and the easier to clean without corners. CON: The conical part is harder to get around (and clean itself) until I decided to use my wire handled bottle-brush to bend and shape around it and stuff down in to get to the bottom. So although I'm usually hard pressed to leave 5 star reviews on mundane necessities, this one deserves it, so save yourself and your wallet and do some trial and error in your home with this machine.

I've owned this machine before but I needed to replace it. What I received has a piece that is broken, so whenever I need to add water it gets everywhere. Otherwise it works fine. The first one I owned didn't have that problem. About this model: GOOD: I find this model does a fantastic job putting a nice mist into the air, better than any other I've used. It's so fine it's barely visible, yet you can feel and breathe the difference. It runs very quietly and is the perfect size for a bedroom. I think it's not ideal for a larger space, but bedrooms are great. It's easy to control the humidity level and control the direction the most goes. I've never experienced water buildup on walls or ceilings, even when put on a high corner shelf to blow into the room. Used continuously on full power, one gallon of water will last 24 hrs. Lower levels a gallon can last 2-3 days. However it's not entirely user friendly when you need to add water or clean it. So... BAD: You absolutely have to use distilled water or water deposits will cause the valve to add water to be too difficult to open or shut. Basically, it'll rust shut. I don't really have that hard of water, yet chemical build up from water impurities (sediment deposits) gets all over everything and will ruin the machine. The instructions also specifically state to use only distilled water. Using those floaties with chemicals to fight that helps a little, but not enough. The machine will still gunk up rather quickly. Plus, they have to be replaced frequently. So really, you still have to use distilled water. When you pay almost $1 per gallon, running the machine costs approx $30 a month to run, just for the water. (Though I'm pretty sure power consumption is minimal.) (Though the floaties I find worth it to help keep slime and algae stuff from growing. The inside of the machine gunks up with slime very fast, it needs to be cleaned every few days without the floaties. But again, they need to be replaced every month at about $5 a pop.) Then there's the fact that it has to be taken apart in order to add water, then put back together to run. Having to do that every day gets to be a lot. Also, it's difficult to clean. The opening doesn't allow hand maneuverability and unless your brush is super bendy, there will be spaces you can't reach to clean off any slime build up. I've put soapy water in shaken it up and rinsed it out, but it's difficult to get all the soap out because where the whole is leaves a shelf for water to catch and not pour out completely. So, in conclusion, it works excellently. As far as it's purpose, it's the best in my opinion. But, it's expensive to run (about $35 a month for water and floatie), and it's quite difficult to maintain. P.S. the Vicks Vapor function I've only used once. It didn't seem very strong, the vapors were subtle. Also, the inserts don't last long and needed to be replaced several times a day. You're better off using an EO diffuser.

Me gustó que dura mucho tiempo, que llegó antes de lo esperado, que es más grande de lo que imaginé, dura muchas horas. Lo pedí para ayudar a mi hijo con una complicación de tos causada por el asma y la verdad a Sido una compra exitosa.

the mist generated does not seem to have any health benefits for better breathing

El artículo corresponde a lo descrito por el vendedor. Cumple con mis expectativas Es fácil de usar y de lavado en su interior. Excelente producto