OT: What should I look for in a humidifier?

[roburado]

Thinking of getting a humidifier for the room in which I keep my instruments. Anyone know what to look for when choosing such a thing?

 

[Headstock]

If you own your place, I would look for a whole house humidifier that you install on the furnace.

Otherwise I recommend looking for one that you wont have to fill more than once a day.
I would also mention that I bought my whole house humidifier from Sears. I did this for a reason that applies to all humidifiers with filters.
You will want to be sure you can get the replacement filters 4-5 years from now. With Sears you can almost always order Kenmore parts for years after the product models change or leave the shelves.

 

[Sigmunds Couch]

 

[roburado]

Hmmm...Doug, that's not a bad idea.

 

[roburado]

If you own your place, I would look for a whole house humidifier that you install on the furnace.

Otherwise I recommend looking for one that you wont have to fill more than once a day.
I would also mention that I bought my whole house humidifier from Sears. I did this for a reason that applies to all humidifiers with filters.
You will want to be sure you can get the replacement filters 4-5 years from now. With Sears you can almost always order Kenmore parts for years after the product models change or leave the shelves.

I don't own this place. Good point about Kenmore.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Q. "What should I look for in a humidifier?"

A. "Water"

 

[INMT]

Q. "What should I look for in a humidifier?"

A. "Water"

Ah man that's messed up.......but only because you said it before I could LOL.


I use what's called a "cold air" humidifier.
Meaning there's no heating element to vaporize the water.
Mostly I use in my "drum room". I have a $10 digital barometer on the other side of the room so I can keeps tabs on the humidity. I keep it about 45%.

 

[roburado]

Ah man that's messed up.......but only because you said it before I could LOL.


I use what's called a "cold air" humidifier.
Meaning there's no heating element to vaporize the water.
Mostly I use in my "drum room". I have a $10 digital barometer on the other side of the room so I can keeps tabs on the humidity. I keep it about 45%.

Thanks.

 

[INMT]

oh yeah, a pair of them only cost me $30 at Target.

 

[Sweat]

Also think about one that dehumidifies, in the world of moisture control both processes are needed, the best way is something you can install on a existing hvac system, but in your case that is not feasible, Honeywell makes a self contained unit with a seperate hum sensor, but the dehum aspect does ot work well, or buy a humsensor and process controller and I can write you a hvac progam, but that is quite expensive sorry for my post I am a enviromental control engineer.

 

[dannymusic]

I keep a VORNADO in my music room. LOVE it.

 

[beej]

I bought a few for the house last year. Here are features I wanted-

- Digital display so I can dial in the right humidity
- Large reservoir so I'm not always refilling it
- Easy access to filters so they're easy to change
- Would take a variety of filters so I'm not stuck in future years

There are quite a few that fit the bill. And yeah ... fill it full of water

 

[roburado]

Thanks, guys.