Humidifier

Found this little gem while snooping around the Home Depot website.

www.homedepot.com put in 162556 in the upper right keyword or item# search box

Honeywell
4-Gallon White/Blue Cool Mist Humidifier

Model HCM-535-20

Price: $39.97/ea

I like the features of this for the price. Any thoughts folks?

This humidifier I purchased was a 2 gallon table top model. The only problem is in the winter I was filling the reservoir sometimes twice a day. It should be alright for the summer months, but when I buy my next one it will have a lot bigger reservoir for water!! :)

jo, i really like the warm mist types. the have a heating element in them and no filters in the ones i like. i only have a small room so a small one works great. i get mine at wally world around 20 bucks. the only maintenance is a monthly scraping of the element. how big of a room are you going to use it in?


vaughn

Not sure Vaughn, since it's my imaginary snake room at this point LOL. Just wondered if this one was a good idea or what others were using that might be better as far as things like cool/warm mist...filters...size. I hate buying something thinking "whoopeee just right!" and then realizing I should have asked here first LOL.

In my snake room, the warm mist and cool-mist type of humidifers left a white film on my glass doors and such. I went with an evaporative type of humidifier and all is well.

I bought a hunter evaporative type that has a humidistat (that I leave at 50%) and it makes the room just about perfect.

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Originally Posted by mikerccie

I bought a hunter evaporative type that has a humidistat (that I leave at 50%) and it makes the room just about perfect.

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Ooh, that sounds cool, especially one with it's own humidistat. Any recc's on where to buy something like that?

So warm over cool is the consensus? My room is at like 30% right now (partly because of the uro tank in there which is moving out shortly). I might have to pick one of these up.

I think I need a nuclear powered humidifier. Curent snake room stats.. 29% humidity and 81 degrees on the cool side of the room. I used our old humidifier a few months ago, but it took the humidity from 26% to a whopping 35%.. I need something better. I've taken to upping humidity in individual cages now.

shelby, check this out


http://www.filtersusa.com/results.cfm?pids=B821

if one like this doesn't work, then just get a water hose and a sprinkler head! lol


vaughn

That sounds like a good one.. have you tried it? Can I get replacement filters from that site?

no i haven't but it is designed for larger rooms or whole house 1700 sq. ft. alot of people use this console type in larger areas. my room is only 10x10:( , so a small one works fine for me!

you can probably go to a lowes/home depot and find large console type ones and their filters there.


vaughn

My room is 13x17' ..I wonder if that old humidifier had just bit the dust and that's why it did so little. But.. I know I will have a bigger snake room sometime, so doesn't hurt to get a more powerful humidifier.

13x17 = 221 sq ft. a smaller one should do that easy. 17 ft long, maybe 2 small ones ,one at each end. use a rotating fan on a high shelf/stand to circulate air. that should do it.



vaughn

I have a rotating fan on 24/7 already to circulate heated air from the space heater. I don't know where I'd put two humidifiers.. I think I could squish one in somewhere.

i mean small like smaller than a printer or hard drive. i just put mine on the floor, doesn't take up that much space. or use just one that is rated for say at least 500 sq ft. remember we are using these a little more than designed. 50-60% is alot compared to most homes.


vaughn

I think I will go with one more poweful one. Floor space and electrical outlets are at a premium.

So an interesting development with the new humidifier I got yesterday. I hooked it up and set it to high and left the room. When I came back it had raised the humidity from 35% to about 55% but also raised the room temperature from 82 to near 86. Any thoughts?

Jamie as far as I've ever known humid air holds heat more efficiently than dry air (that's one of the reasons deserts for instance have such wide temperature swings) so perhaps the higher humidity in the room is affecting that somewhat.

Odd little piece of information I gleamed awhile back from doing some googling on how humidity works. Seems we humans do best at about 45% humidity year round (quick someone spritz me and move my dang water bowl!) The supposition in one article was that since most of us live in homes far below 45%, especially in the winter, we are more prone to colds, sinus issues, skin issues, etc. during the dry winter months. If we push up our home's humidity in the winter, we'd all be healthier and more able to resist the typical winter cold/flu season. Conversely if we remove higher humidity in other months, we'd be healthier and happier.

Guess we aren't all the different from our herps that way LOL. I may try this idea out....seems very reasonable

Ill have to look at it more tonight. See how I can stabilize it a bit more.

Does the new humidifier use heat to create humidity? If so, that's why it's warmer in the room.

While warmer air suspends water molecules better than cooler air, humid air does not "hold heat" better - it's the other way around. Humid air that is cooled will cause the water molecules to condense, resulting in precipitation (rain, dew, mist, etc). Warm air, however, does not encourage condensation, so the water molecules will remain suspended.

(glad my meterology degree is good for somethin' =P)

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Odd little piece of information I gleamed awhile back from doing some googling on how humidity works. Seems we humans do best at about 45% humidity year round (quick someone spritz me and move my dang water bowl!) The supposition in one article was that since most of us live in homes far below 45%, especially in the winter, we are more prone to colds, sinus issues, skin issues, etc. during the dry winter months. If we push up our home's humidity in the winter, we'd all be healthier and more able to resist the typical winter cold/flu season. Conversely if we remove higher humidity in other months, we'd be healthier and happier.

Guess we aren't all the different from our herps that way LOL. I may try this idea out....seems very reasonable

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LOL....you know what's funny is that we spend way more time worrying about the husbandry needs of our animals than we do our own. If I took as good care of myself as I do my critters, I'm sure I'd be a lot happier and healthier. So why is it so hard to do? LOL

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Ill have to look at it more tonight. See how I can stabilize it a bit more.

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Is it a "warm mist" humidifer? If so, it is pumping heated water into the air. I have a humidifer that works just on a evaporation principle and it does not effect the temp of my air at all. :)

it is warm mist...It is definitely heated air. I dont know that the temp is such a problem. It was around 85...