Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Your sinuses become so dry, they develope fine cracks and mucous linings that are to protect and 'catch'/snag, however you want to call it, " stuff " in the air from getting into your sinuses are compromised, so you have to walk the fine line between whats good for your health and your house health. In winter I find that I start to have problems if humidity dips below 30% in house. I bought a new furnace and my old whole house humidifier went with it so this winter I bought a room humidifier. I have it in the room we use the most and the humidity there has been about 30% despite the high ceilings and very dry, cold weather we are having, which I think is pretty good for something that just holds a gallon of water. I have to fill it up every day approximately. I don't use the upstairs of my house right now, so I don't test the humidity up there. If I slept in upstairs bedroom, I would " probably " get one for bedroom and run it at night while I slept on 'low'. May has commented on humidifiers here before. You may find his comments through the 'message search' feature. > > I think this has been discussed but I don't remember. Yrs. ago we had a > humidifier attached to our furnace without any problems EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Sue, put " Quicksteam " in message search and you will pull up a couple conversations about humidifiers we had here. I remember because I bought the Quicksteam. HOWEVER I tightened the lid too much and it broke and water got into the motor and it was shot, so I just picked up something handy to get through the rest of winter, so I can't comment on the Quicksteam myself, but said he was using it, and it got good reviews on Amazon.com. I got mine at Walgreens and they didn't have any 'hot steam' humidifier which boil the water and make it germ free. Mine is cool steam, as close as I could get, it heats the water enough to make steam but doesn't boil it. I used to have an 'evaporative' humidifier, which has a filter in it that sits in water and fan blows air through filter that is wet and that humid air goes out into house BUT I don't recommend those AT ALL, since mold grows in those quickly. I haven't seen any signs of mold in my cool mist but I've read recommendations of hot steam is better because the mist comes out disinfected. > > I think this has been discussed but I don't remember. Yrs. ago we had a > humidifier attached to our furnace without any problems EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Clarification of my own post. I did not get the Quicksteam at Walgreens. I got a replacement for the Quicksteam at Walgreens and couldn't find one that boiled the water like Quicksteam, so I got Walgreens own brand cool mist humidifier and it's doing okay. The Quicksteam had a pad that absorbed minerals in tap water. The Walgreens one doesn't have a mineral absorbent pad but recommends using distilled water since it is mineral free but I can't afford that....well I guess I could afford one a day, that would be about a dollar a day, or used to be, but I'd have to buy more than 7 a week, so I'm using tap water and figure it won't last as long as it could but it wasn't that expensive anyway, so if it becomes clogged with minerals, I guess I'll just get a new one but so far I've had it a couple months and mineral deposits are not much. I clean whatever mineral deposits I can reach w vinegar. I'm not getting a 'white powder' from humidifier as some say this type can spray minerals leaving a white film. At least I haven't noticed it yet. I got the Quicksteam from Amazon but really was miserable with very low humidity and didn't want to wait for shipment. > got > good reviews on Amazon.com. I got mine at Walgreens and they didn't > have any 'hot steam' humidifier which boil the water and make it germ > free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Good thoughts! I had wondered about the cool vs. the hot steam vapor. barb1283 wrote: Sue, put " Quicksteam " in message search and you will pull up a couple conversations about humidifiers we had here. I remember because I bought the Quicksteam. HOWEVER I tightened the lid too much and it broke and water got into the motor and it was shot, so I just picked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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