Honeywell HWM705B Filter Free Warm Moisture Humidifier, Black

I'm so happy I found a humidifier that works for me. I need one to raise the humidity in the winter, both for my parrot and myself, and I'm REALLY happy with my experiences with this one as compared to the wick-based cool mist humidifier that I used to have (and am now getting rid of). Pros: - The boiling water is supposed to kill bacteria in the water that the cool mist doesn't. - NO WICK! I hated the cool mist wicks, which are expensive, get disgusting quickly, need to be changed very frequently, and are a pain to dry out during maintenance - Humidifies quickly. I'll turn it on high in the bedroom a few hours before bed and it will boost the humidity in the room (I have a separate gauge, the unit doesn't come with one) by about 5-10% at which point I can actually turn the unit off and the humidity stays roughly within the range that I want all night (I pump up the humidity to the high end of what I want [60-65%], and by the morning it's somewhere a little below the low end [50-55%], but never completely dried out...I haven't had a chance to try it in the dead of winter yet, but if I just close the door to the bedroom, I imagine the humidity will stay higher.) - Super easy cleaning. I'm not going to clean it every week, because I know myself, but I just cleaned it before this review and it was super easy. I soaked the heating unit in vinegar for about 15 minutes then brushed off the scale off the heating unit with a toothbrush like a giant tooth. Any scale on the plastic parts wiped off easily. The rest of the parts I just rinsed with a little vinegar and water (again, I'm not being super aggressive about disinfecting it, because the water is boiled, but even if I was, the cleaning instructions are so much easier than with a wick humidifier). - Easy to move from room to room! I love this, because the wick humidifier used to spill water everywhere. With this one, if you keep it reasonably level, you can easily move it. And to be sure, remove the water tank, and you'll see how much spillage room you'll have when walking from room to room. Sure, you'll get drips from lifting the water tank in and out of its socket, but that's inherent with all humidifier tanks. It's the flat out splashy spilling that I don't want, and this humidifier make it easy to not spill. Cons: - I can't sleep through the gurgling boiling water sound of the heating unit or the "bloops" of the tank periodically letting more water into the heating unit. I'm a very light sleeper and even on low, I found the sound distracting. However, like I said above, I can kind of crank up the humidity before I go to bed and it stays within range all night (after shutting off the unit before bed, I also remove the water tank because if I don't, it "bloops" until the unit is completely cooled and that keeps me up too). - I'm afraid of it bursting into flames or the auto-shut off not working. I have no evidence that this will happen, but I've done so much research on warm humidifiers going bonkers (and at $30, you bet I'm suspicious of this one) that I simply do NOT use it if I'm not at home and I make sure the water tank level is high enough that the auto-shut off isn't tested. - Doesn't humidify large open rooms that well. In our small/medium bedroom it's perfect, but in the living room with open kitchen, it will only raise the humidity a few degrees, which still is better than nothing. As long as I can keep the humidity in the low 50s, which I can with this unit, I'm happy and my parrot's respiratory system stays hydrated (the bedroom has gotten up to 66% but I turn it off at that point because it's plenty). - The tank has to be refilled frequently. I haven't timed how long an entire tank lasts because I usually humidify in bursts on high, but I have to refill it at some point every day that I use it (which I prefer because I don't want stagnant water sitting around anyway). It doesn't bother me, but it might be a turn off to others. - The water tank doesn't sit flat when refilling. This is nit-picking, but since I have to refill the tank so often, it would be nice if the tank wouldn't lean when I'm refilling it. I use a funnel to make sure the water gets to where it needs to be (I use filtered water, not straight tap water, and my pitcher has a wide stream. Filling from a tap wouldn't require a funnel). Just today, I was filling the tank and the funnel was precariously balanced because of the tilting tank. Well, the funnel moved and splashed water all over me and the floor. Mind you, if I had been holding the funnel like I usually do, this wouldn't happen, but just a word of warning. Hold your funnel if you're using one. All in all, I'm so much happier with this humidifier than my old cool mist wick pain-in-the-neck. It gets the job done well and isn't a huge maintenance problem every week. Even with all my Cons, I still give this unit 5 stars because it's such an amazing improvement over my cool mist wick humidifier. I'll update my review in the future if needed. Hopefully not! Good update 4/8/15: I've forgotten to shut it off a couple times now, and it indeed turns itself off when the water runs out. No explosions or fires. However, I prefer not to keep testing it, just in case. Update 10/2024: I haven't had to use this in about 4 years, but used it a lot up until late 2020 and it was still working great, even with my spotty maintenance of it. Then my dear little parrot passed, and I no longer had to manage humidity as closely so it went into storage. I still have it and I trust that it would still be working fine if I ever needed it again. I'll let you know. ;D

After spending an inordinate amount of time here on Amazon studying the various types of humidifiers, their ratings, and the corresponding complaints, it seems that humidifiers generally get a bad rap. It's as if the manufacturers are incompetent or completely unwilling to fulfill their customers' needs. Perhaps that truly is the case. But it seems that most of the complaints fail to recognize the difficulty of the job a humidifier is asked to do, i.e., turning mineral-laden tap water into pure water vapor. It's probably safe to say that the mineral content of tap water (whether supplied by a municipal system or from a well/spring/pond) tends to vary greatly from location to location (see, e.g., www dot mgwater.com/mgrank.shtml#ordered). But one way or the other, when that tap water is used to fill a humidifier, those minerals will make themselves apparent, either as scale build-up inside the humidifier body, clogged filters/wicks, or white mineral dust dispersed all over the room. Because the amount of minerals dissolved in any given consumer's tap water is far outside the control of any humidifier manufacturer, the burden of the solution reasonably can't (and therefore shouldn't be expected to) fall on the manufacturers, but rather on the consumers, who are free to avoid mineral issues by using de-mineralized (de-ionized) or distilled water (instead of tap water) to fill their humidifiers, albeit typically at great cost. So we're left with a trade-off. Either spend a fortune (for most of us) on mineral-free water, or deal with the consequences of separating those minerals from the water the humidifier vents into the room. From a long-term cost-of-ownership perspective, I find the warm moisture humidifiers to best meet my needs, particularly given that there are no filters, wicks, chemical treatments or other costly (and high profit margin) disposables to re-purchase. I choose to accept that my warm moisture humidifiers will gather mineral scale from my tap water (supplied by a municipal system in Virginia, whose tap water generally ranks relatively low in calcium and magnesium ions, the primary constituents of mineral scale), and therefore partially scrape them out at the end of each season. I also accept that at some point the scale will overwhelm each humidifier, causing it to fail and provoking me to purchase a replacement humidifier. Again, the mineral content in my water is probably somewhat different than yours (either higher or lower, I don't know), so your experiences are likely to differ from mine to some extent. With that background, compared to my past warm moisture humidifiers, and recognizing that they all have become scaled with mineral deposits, that their tanks have dripped a bit while carried between faucet and base, and that boiling water makes the expected sound at the expected sound volume, this humidifier seems very well designed. Sturdy handle. Easy to fill from our bathroom sink faucets. Well-functioning valve. Plenty of output for its size. Subtle yet effective indicator lighting. Reliable auto-off when water level is very low. Performance as expected + very competitive price = solid value. My only complaint is that Honeywell doesn't seem to sell the same humidifier in white (at least on Amazon). But I did find an otherwise identical Vicks model (Amazon product code B001FWXKTA) that comes in white, and I bought 2 of those as well. After several weeks, all 3 seem to be working just fine (knock wood), and given our history with warm moisture humidifiers, I expect these 3 to last at least several seasons (at which point the minerals will win the battle, as they always do (and must!)). Hope this helps. EDIT 11 January 2015: I've found that on the High setting, this unit cranks out a lot more vapor than our older units, frequently running dry within 8-10 hours or less. On the Low setting, one tankful of water lasts up to 24 hours. Both characteristics are beneficial for me, as sometimes I want to amp up the humidity in a room/area of the house quickly, and other times I don't want to visit the humidifier as frequently to re-fill it.

I use 2 of these at my own house after I gave birth, and it was an easy-care, so I bought 2 for my sister who also has a baby. What I like about this product: - warm steam (I prefer warm than cold when I especially use it for my child) - has bubbly steamy noise (I know many people like it quiet, and this one IS NOT QUIET, but that's why I like it, because it can be used as a white noise which helps my son to sleep better than in complete silence) - easy clean (many people say that it is hard to clean, but I don't mind unscrewing and cleaning the inside when it starts building up) I think many people say that this one stops working after a while, but that's because it starts building rocky stuff from water after a while. Mine all stopped working, too, but it started working again after I unscrewed and cleaned inside. I don't mind cleaning, but I don't go crazy and try to take ALL the rocky stuff. It could be annoying for some people, though. But I'm grateful that I can at least clean it unlike some other humidifiers that has no way to clean it yourself... I used to own Vicks humidifier, and I know that is a popular brand, but I prefer this one better, because when I owned Vicks, it was the HUGE circular shape, which took so much space, and ALSO it was harder to clean than this one... the execution of the tank was poor, and there was NO WAY you can take out remaining 5% of unused water in the tank. I had to shake the tank upside down and get the water out, but still didn't work well, and I usually hurt my hands. Anyway, I like this brand, now it has been about 3 years since we purchased the first 2 set, and they are still working perfectly! And I'm a heavy user too.

Love this unit – attractive, quiet, and effectively humidifies the room. Note that you must remove calcium deposits from the heating source every few months, or it will stop working until you do so. Almost threw the product out before I realize this.

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De verdad humidifica la habitación!, tengo rinitis alérgica y me ayuda a dormir mejor y tener menos molestias. Nunca ha sido muy silencioso... pero es complicado el mantenimiento puesto q aun usando agua de garrafón el filtro se llena de sarro en menos de una semana y cada vez hace más ruido....

I only realized this until I read the manual, but I got a US plug and I need 110-120V for this thing. I live in the UAE, HOW!! :))) It’s so hard to find a good converter. The very good ones are heavy, huge and expensive.

The Pros: This is a nicely-sized humidifier that can be placed almost anywhere without taking up too much space. I do recommend running it on its high setting if you wish to ensure an entire room's coverage. This is ideal for a bedroom or something of that size. For an entire apartment, too small. That said, I do like how it releases humidity in the air, more like little "clouds" that I think float around and disperse through the room better, perhaps reaching more area that way (as opposed to a cool mist spray humidifier that just seems to spray straight up, then float down). The Con: They recommend cleaning this thing once a week. And perhaps it's that I have "hard water" in my apartment, but I need to clean this thing every two to three days at the least. There is a fair amount of hard water build up after that time. It must be said I go through an entire container of water in a day, the same overnight (so two containers in a 24 hour period on the high setting). And make no mistake, if you don't clean this in couple of days, the hard water buildup inside will stop it from running (the machine will automatically shut off). A bit of a pain, but the cleaning is reasonably easy if you do it when needed. I recommend checking after 4 refills of the tank to make the cleaning easier and for the machine to run better. Other than that, the machine works well otherwise.