You’re absolutely right with the distill water. People don’t realize even if you clean it properly but use tab water the minerals and other particles of the tap water will end up in the air and affecting your air quality.
@@kinqmav226 No, using tap water in a humidifier is not going to cause particles to "end up in the air". Distilled water is not going to yield water vapor that is more sanitary either. If your humidifier has a heating element and you have hard water... sure it will last longer using distilled water. It will not stay cleaner longer, nor will it get dirty faster using either. If you think your distilled water contains less bacteria than tap water, or breeds bacteria slower.... Nope.
@@boogiesg actually it’s scientifically proven that humidifiers in fact add particulates to the air, quite a bit actually. Distilled water is a better choice for less particulate matter and for the longevity of the machine. However, experts in the field suggest not using humidifiers at all.
Just boil water every day. N when you take a hot shower leave the door open after... humidifiers are supposed to be more controllable and convenient. This comes off as a hassle and huge issue
I’ve done that, boiling water. Then your pot becomes the humidifier, and builds up scale and sediment. Also, I don’t have a stove in my bedroom, that’s where I really want the humidity, not the kitchen. Otherwise, good idea.
True. They ran the humidifiers for a few days and when they found no bacteria, they decided to put some bacteria in themselves for the sake of their hypothesis.
The new ultrasonic style cool mist humidifiers wreak havoc on your heating system. Without using distilled water it creates and white fine powder and will clog your filter in weeks.
The white powder is horrible! I was using Zero Water in mine as well, so there shouldn't have been many minerals. I promptly returned mine and bought a steam humidifier, which shouldn't have bacteria, and the humidity is steamed before being released. I'm not sure why this steam humidifier had bacteria...
@@PeaceIsYeshua I work on the heating industry and it’s really hard to get customers to understand their new humidifier is a problem. Fixes the issue 99% of the time. The white dust plugs up the filters so fast and cause furnaces to overheat. Whole house humidifiers or switching to a hot steam resolves your issues.
Not to mention that if you have electronics next to them, it can also destroy them over time and you won't even understand what did it. Swamp coolers/evaporative humidifiers FTW. Ultrasonics are full of fail.
@@kiemyster420 A lot of issues can be had from excessive dust and debris like that. You are correct. I’ve seen a lot of furnace circuit boards fail due to corrosion simply from being covered in dust that traps moisture and eventually corrodes connections
I feel dumb cause I flat out didn't realize it needed to be cleaned. Like duh. I thought only the tank part. No every single piece that touches water. So the least the better. N the small atomizer 1s just don't need to be cleaned or I haven't figured out how.
@@dvo1060 I started with Steam Fast, and it’s great and super quiet, but it requires very regular (3-4 days) cleaning (even if using filtered water), and if you go slightly too long, it’s especially hard to clean. Boneco is a step above. It requires less cleaning, and it’s *much* easier to clean. It even has a cleaning mode you can put the machine on. However, it’s noisier-when on high, it sounds like a coffee pot brewing, but on low, it’s not too bad. Good luck! 🙂
@@dvo1060 Go to a place called allergy and then buyers and then club (sorry, writing in code) They recommend these steam bran-ds. Oh, and Boneco has amazing customer service as well, and I feel the unit will last much longer, which means less waste going to the landfills. The $50 steam units have to be replaced every year or two from what I’ve heard others say.
I use aVicks steam and you do have to clean it at least once a week. It doesn’t have to be done every day. The boiling of the water pretty much eliminates the bacteria, reason you have to clean it is because of all the sediment buildup.
If you’ve never used an air filter these are great. ru-vid.comUgkx_dppjvjF8BYEmPSDTcgCUdRsgWYLXNHN I ended up with three after starting out with one. The noise level depends on the 1-3 settings with how hard you want the machine to work. You can also upgrade the filters and get one better for pet hair and smells which is a must have in my home. I noticed the air seemed lighter and easier to breathe when running the machine for the first time. Works great every time. Highly recommended!
The comment you are re-broadcasting, “if it’s moist enough to grow bacteria in a humidifier then why do you need one?” That is typical of the simplistic disinformation in social media. It’s a fallacy, it’s also stupid.
lol okay people the bottom line is we all gonna die 😂😂😂 humidifiers is very important and useful thing to have at home and definitely you need to clean it regularly but really? making such news about it and making it sound like it’s the worst thing? why would you do that? bacteria’s can collect anywhere for example when washing dishes the sink is the number one that gets bunch of bacteria’s from the water residue when it dries and all the minerals shows up like white powderish marks all over the surface and even making your sink rusty after some time so definitely everything around the kitchen wherever is water needs to be cleaned regularly! one good advice i can give you is just use distilled water for humidifier and it won’t make any water mineral residue it would make your life much easier but the thing is you’ll need to buy the distilled water every time you need to refill the humidifier 🤷🏻♂️ easy and simple
