Graco 4 Gallon Cool Mist Humidifier
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Baby Products Reviews of Graco 4 Gallon Cool Mist Humidifier
Customer Review: Worked great for over a year, then stopped
Summary: 3 Stars
We've owned this for about 6 months and run it either 24-hours or 12-hours a day, depending on what we're doing. Here in Arizona it's pretty dry all the time but keeping it running keeps the whole house in good shape. We have pretty hard water and have to replace the filters about every 3-4 months. I've never had a problem with it leaking or smelling like anything but pure water. People who are having mildew or oder problems probably need to do soemthing to their water, like maybe add a few drops of bleach to the tank when they fill up. It's certainly not the humidifier's fault. I'd buy it again.
UPDATE 12/22/09:
The humidifier stopped working today. Since I'm handy with electronics I took it apart and determined that the fan is what died. It has been running basically non-stop, 24/7 for the last year and a half, on the lowest speed. I'm torn as to weather I'm unhappy about this because we did run it much longer than it was probably designed for, while on the other hand it shouldn't take much to design a fan that could run basically forever.
Customer Review: Great humidifier
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this humidifier to replace an old one which had a broken water tank. I have had lots of humidifiers and this is the best one yet!!! It has been below zero here for most of the week and this humidifier keeps three large rooms at about 45% humidity on high and 35% on medium. It is large enough to not require constant refilling and is pretty quiet considering what it does. I run it on high during the day and turn it to medium at night.
I did read all the negative reviews on the filter issues but so far, so good. I do rinse the filter often and turn it with every refill of the tank. We have extremely hard water and so far I have killed the heating elements on three warm mist himidifiers within a month due to scale buildup, so, for me anyway, replacing a filter is going to be less expensive. I also bought a replacement filter when I purchased the unit, and will stock up on them at the end of the season sales at my local big box store.
If you need more moisture than the little bedside units, this big boy will do the trick!!
Customer Review: Humidity the easy way
Summary: 4 Stars
Through the years I've had perhaps six cool mist humidifiers. Some I've loved and some, not so much. This one sits squarely in the great column. The tank can stand easily in the laundry tub for filling and the large diameter cap makes filling a breeze. The multi-speed fan gives me just the right sound level for any circumstance. While I'm not thrilled with the accuracy of the humidistat (I have to set it at 55% to achieve 35% in the room), it is as good as most I've owned.
A note to those new to cool mist humidifiers; add a little bacteriocide (available everywhere, marketed just for humidifiers) each time you fill the tank and you will never experience the always dumb, often funny stories of dead animal smells you have been reading about during your research of humidifiers. Think about it... what should you expect when essentially you've put a wet rag in a dark corner of your room for a month; something's going to grow and it's not penicillin.
Customer Review: One awesome humidifier!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this humidifier for about a month now and recently just purchased another for a different room in my house because I like it so much. I keep it on the lowest setting (quiet mist) and it's able to maintain the humidity I set in a very large room without having to work all the time. It is relatively quiet, too, and unlike other cool mist humidifiers that I've owned, this one doesn't actually provide the mist, but it IS cool and it IS humidifying the room. This means a less likelihood of mold buildup from having the mist directly on the surfaces, and I don't have to worry about it watering the carpet or the table.
I haven't changed the filter on it yet, and having a filter MAY be the only downside to this humidifier. While it's great and does filter the air as it humidifies (no more flying pet dander in my room!), it may cost more in the end than I originally wanted to spend. Still, for the great humidity it provides, it's worth it!
Customer Review: Tips for Graco Humidifier
Summary: 4 Stars
I've been using this style of humidifier for over five years now, both this company and the prior one. This machine works best, and doesn't create a moldy smell, if you let it run dry for a while every day.
That means...use it for 12 hours and then let it run, dry, for the next 12 hours. If everyone is at work during the day, then run it wet at night and let it run dry during the day. If someone is home 24 hours a day, then I would actually have two machines...run one at night and run the other during the day. That would give them both time to run dry.
We aren't home during the day, so I fill it about 2/3 full and turn it on high before I go to bed. It's almost empty when I leave for work the next morning and then dries itself out during the day.
I've been using humidifiers for 10-15 years now, and this is, by far, the easiest to work with, if you figure out the best way to run it.