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Avoid Ultrasonic Humidifiers

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Re: Avoid Ultrasonic Humidifiers

#21
Thanks for sharing this. Right now I know someone that is complaining of massive "white dust" thinking its coming from the ceiling (you know those fugly textured ceiling for soundproofing). While it COULD potentially generate dust, the level I have seen would make the ceiling dissapear within years, however due to nosebleed problems when dry, she uses humidifiers everywhere in the appartment. Since the heating dries up the place like crazy, she got ultrasonic humidifiers.

I never considered this but it would make sense, if you boil 1L of water out you end up with white stuff in the bottom once everything is dried out. Since nothing's left in the container when the ultrasonic is emptied, 1+1...

I don't know why this is flagged. People are way too rapid to dismiss stuff around here. Thanks for posting this!

Re: Avoid Ultrasonic Humidifiers

#22
post #20

Look into air washer humidifiers instead. Venta, Boneco, and Xiaomi among others make them. They use a rotating wheel and a fan to humidify the air. Most of the parts can be washed in the dishwasher so no replacement filters are required.

Thanks for the pointer!

Re: Avoid Ultrasonic Humidifiers

#23

Yes. We recently moved up to a place with real winters, and I got a series of humidifiers. I run air quality sensors indoors (yes, multiple), and indeed the ultra sonic ones kicked up a CRAZY amount of PM2.5s, PM1s, and PM10s. We now only use evaporative humidifiers. And of course, this guy has a video for this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeehYYgl28

What air quality sensors do you recommend? Thanks.
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