Vornado - Evap40 Evaporative Humidifier

Evaporative humidifiers are the only choice unless you're going to actually use distilled water. You do need to replace the wick as it gets filled with minerals and stuff grows on it, but easier than dealing with airborne mineral dust or baked on minerals. Use a humidifier treatment solution and the wicks last significantly longer. I currently use a combo of a vornado and best air golden solution.

Evaporative humidifiers. Pros: don't need distilled water(although probably makes the wicks last longer), no hard water dandruff like ultrasonic. Cons: need to replace wicks relatively often, should use a bacteriostatic water treatment I'm using a vornado one I bought from costco, but there are probably better ones out there.

I have this Vornado one. https://a.co/d/4VhiHtu I've been happy with it for my 900 sqft apartment. I like that it has simple knobs and switches; no fancy electronics to fail. It replaced an older Vornado model that lasted 7 years before the motor failed.

I considered both brands before settling on the Vornado because I had great experiences with their customer service with my previous humidifier. But functionally, the Aircare seems just as dead-simple in design as the Vornado. And yes, the Vornado is ugly as hell. It also makes sort of loud glug-glug noises as water drains from the tanks into the lower tray, but that's sort of a universal issue with this style of humidifier.

As others have said, evaporative humidifiers are more effective and last longer. And the wicks can be reused indefinitely if you soak them once a week in a vinegar/water solution. I have two sets of wicks, so the one not in use is always soaking, and I swap them once a week. Look for an evaporative model that has simple controls. They're basically just a fan and a container. Avoid models that have a lot of complicated sensors and electronics. I have this one from Vornado and it's been great: https://www.vornado.com/shop/made-in-usa/humidifiers-assembled-in-usa/evap40-evaporative-humidifier

also recommending the Evap40. its not pretty, its not quiet, but it works. in terms of expectations, i have a humidifier on the furnace as well as the in-bedroom humidifier and maintain around 31% humidity. its just hard to maintain high humidity here in the winter

I love my Vornado evaporative humidifier. It works well and is easy to clean.

I love my Vornado Evaporative humidifier

You'll find every humidifier recommend you NOT use tap water. They'll all say use distilled/filtered. Your actual usage case and environment will impact it also. If it only runs sometimes (a few times a week/month or whatever) that just means you have standing water the rest of the time. If it runs constantly, then you can get build-up and over-humidify. Recommended is to run as needed, then rinse/dry when done. If sitting for periods of time, a full clean may be needed. I'm guessing very few people properly follow the guidelines. I know I'm not going to go run to buy distilled water for my humidifier. And I'm reluctant to put chemicals in the water. And yes, it's a hassle to clean (easy to wipe the main part, but every model I've had has some sort of nooks/corners that require more than a simple hand wipe). I've got a Varnado Evap humidifier that is about as simple as it comes. https://www.thewarmingstore.com/vornado-evap40-evaporative-humidifier.html - but there's still wick/filter and general cleaning (can't even get inside the water tank to clean, by design) I don't like my dry winter house, but humidifiers are a pain.

I will continue to recommend the EVAP40 by vornado

I've had the evap40 for 3 winters now. It's enough to humidify the first floor of our house, around 1200sf although we do have another smaller one in our bedroom

vornando brand evaporative humidifier is the best i've used - i've had probably 15 different humidifiers over the years. this one is easiest to use, easiest to maintain, and maintains the lowest possibility of putting mold into your air. It also is the easiest to fill without spilling water anywhere. I do not trust the "steam" type, i had one nearly burn down my house a number of years ago - anything with a heating element should not be running 24/7, especially if you are not home.. never trust the built in humidistat. use a separate hydrogometer placed close-ish to the bass. adjust the unit to turn on/off based on what it's reading near the instrument. a laminate bass would likely be fine, but maintaining 45% or so humidity is nice regardless of basses.

This is specifically why I gave up on ultrasonic humidifiers and just went back to the Google mesh ones. I got one on Amazon I think it's called the vornado.

I have a vornado evap40 in my living room, which meets none of your requirements besides being evaporative. It holds 4 gallons of water, I'll fill it every day if it's really cold out, but it barely budges the humidity. It's just not enough water in too big of a space. That brings me to my point-- you are being unrealistic. A 1 gallon humidifier can generally humidify a small or medium bedroom with the door shut and daily fills (probably twice a day if you want it to run all the time and never run out). It takes a lot of water to bring humidity up when it's cold outside. A whole house humidifier will use 1-3 gallons every hour that the furnace is on. It'll boost the humidity 10-20% above what it would be otherwise, it still won't be a sauna in the house. So even just to boost a room, you're looking at something that holds a gallon or more and refilling daily.

I'd suggest you read the Amazon reviews on the EV3 before pulling the trigger. I tried an EVAP40 and found it to be poorly made and not very well designed. I'm on my 3rd season with a Levoit 6000s next to my wood stove and couldn't be happier. I know it's pricier than the Vornado but you save on filters since, if cared for properly, they'll last the entire season. The Vornado wicks need to be replaced monthly.

I had a couple vornado evap40s in my old house in Vegas. Was the biggest model I could find with easy to fill tanks. They worked just fine until I moved and gave them away. A whole house aprilaire 600 will be much better if you own a house. An ultrasonic model works well if you have very low TDS water, or RO water to fill it with.

I've had two aircare units, a vornado, and just recently had an integrated forced air humidifier installed into my home HVAC system. None of the portable ones performed any differently. I went through several because of living conditions at the time, I kept on upgrading to larger ones. You're going to want to either have an easy time keeping up with the water, in which case you should get the largest capacity which is probably aircare, or have the highest quality fan since it's the only moving component, in which case you'll probably want vornado.

What's the square footage of your music room? I use a Vornado Evap40 for mine, previous humidifier was a Vick's steam humidifier, but it was pretty pricey to run.

I have a Vornado 4 gallon humidifier. The humidistat is a separate device by Inkbird. I set the humidifier up all the way and switch it on/off with the Inkbird, which is a higher precision device. Amazon links below: Humidifier: [https://a.co/d/3YcjAEB](https://a.co/d/3YcjAEB) Humidistat: [https://a.co/d/fiaAm8e](https://a.co/d/fiaAm8e)

I absolutely love my evaporate one. It puts out so much water

Aircare or Vornado EVAPORATIVE models. Uses a pad (that you need to replace or heavily clean with a vinegar soak every 1-2 months) but uses regular tap water and creates no dust. I have 2 Aircare console (aka large) units keeping 2800 sq ft at 35% humidity.

Evaporative humidifiers are the only choice unless you're going to actually use distilled water. You do need to replace the wick as it gets filled with minerals and stuff grows on it, but easier than dealing with airborne mineral dust or baked on minerals. Use a humidifier treatment solution and the wicks last significantly longer. I currently use a combo of a vornado and best air golden solution.

Vornado Evap 40 - no white dust everywhere. One upstairs and one downstairs, easily gets me up to 40 - 45 %. Wicks need changing about every 4-5 weeks with the hard water. Would prob last longer with distilled though.

We use a Vornado ultrasonic in the bedroom, and two Vornado evaporative humidifiers in the rest of the house. One on each floor. I run them all on low. As others have noted, the evaporative ones need regular cleaning and wick replacement. I clean our wicks a few times a season by submerging them in water with bleach to kill the bacteria. I also use a bacteriostatic liquid in the water when I refill it. **You can find replacement wicks on eBay for much cheaper than the Vornado branded ones. The quality is the same.

Vornado Evap40 is safe because it's evaporative instead of ultra sonic and has no auto off function so the unit fully dries and prevents microorganisms from growing.

If you want a warm mist humidifier than I really like the new DREO 2-gallon (8L) humidifier. I can change the setting on my phone with the app, it really is a warm mist and holds 2 gallons of water, so I don't worry about running out when I am in the office. I have it on the auto setting and haven't had any issues. This does need to be cleaned regularly with vinegar due to scaling from minerals in the water. If you don't want or need the warm mist that I like the vornado Evaporative Humidifier evap 40. It works, holds 2 gallons of water. Just change the wick filter every few weeks and I am good to go.

Evaporative humidifiers. Pros: don't need distilled water(although probably makes the wicks last longer), no hard water dandruff like ultrasonic. Cons: need to replace wicks relatively often, should use a bacteriostatic water treatment I'm using a vornado one I bought from costco, but there are probably better ones out there.

I live in New England, relative humidity falls a lot in the winter and fret sprout and cracking can happen if guitars aren't kept in a more humid environment. My guitars are on stands in my office, in the winter I keep the room doors closed and use a Vornado evaporative humidifier, it has a built in humidity sensor and keeps the RH consistent pretty reliably (I've got a separate RH sensor to double check and they both tend to show similar readings).

You'll find every humidifier recommend you NOT use tap water. They'll all say use distilled/filtered. Your actual usage case and environment will impact it also. If it only runs sometimes (a few times a week/month or whatever) that just means you have standing water the rest of the time. If it runs constantly, then you can get build-up and over-humidify. Recommended is to run as needed, then rinse/dry when done. If sitting for periods of time, a full clean may be needed. I'm guessing very few people properly follow the guidelines. I know I'm not going to go run to buy distilled water for my humidifier. And I'm reluctant to put chemicals in the water. And yes, it's a hassle to clean (easy to wipe the main part, but every model I've had has some sort of nooks/corners that require more than a simple hand wipe). I've got a Varnado Evap humidifier that is about as simple as it comes. https://www.thewarmingstore.com/vornado-evap40-evaporative-humidifier.html - but there's still wick/filter and general cleaning (can't even get inside the water tank to clean, by design) I don't like my dry winter house, but humidifiers are a pain.

I've never heard of a Peloni, but we've been using a Vornado for the last 7 years in the bedroom after having an ancient vornado fan that was my wife's from uni. It's still kicking around in her office.

I have a Vortex Evap40 and am using Essick bacteriostatic solution about every 2-3 fill-ups. So far, so good.

Vornado is awesome and always an easy recommend. I *really* wish they would hire someone to work on making some of their products less fuck ugly, though.

I've had this one for years [Vornado Evap40](https://www.vornado.com/shop/made-in-usa/humidifiers-assembled-in-usa/evap40-evaporative-humidifier), filters get replaced monthly and they're pretty cheap. It humidifies pretty much our first floor, around 1000sf, although we do have a smaller evap one in the bedroom. Personally I've never had a mold issue, and you can use hard water since it just calcifies on the filters and you replace those. Other people are mentioning Venta they're like $500 for one that only handles 600sf. Which is pretty steep.

This is my biggest issue with any sort of humidifier that is barely smart enough to turn it itself off when it runs out of water. They always leave a "mold pool" in the bottom to remind you to clean them out. We have a super cheep vornado that could care less if it has any water. You gotta check it every few days. But it has never grown any mold.

I had an evaporative vornado and liked it. However, the wick needs to be changed SEVERAL times a season and a couple of years ago it was impossible to find replacement wicks online, in store, etc. You're supposed to be able to use generic versions but those were trash. I had to buy something else and won't go back.

I've used old Vornado Evap40 humidifier for few years, I NEVER had to clean anything with citric acid (it has no pumps of any kind), never had any mold issues either, only thing (other than filling its 2 tanks with water) I had to do is change its evaporative wicks which get clogged with minerals from water - you just throw these away after a couple of weeks or so (really depends on how "hard" or "soft" your water is, they may last longer if you use distilled water) and insert new ones. Vornado makes newer EV3 model right now, I haven't used it yet, but it seems to work on the same principle (wick sponge sitting in water) and now has more quiet and more efficient DC fan (Evap40 has AC fan which can get pretty loud).

Well, they're all going to be plastic because they have unique shapes and it's not really worth making it out of metal. What's more important is the water you're using. High mineral content water will clog up humidifiers. Ultrasonics will spray any dissolved minerals in the mist (they work by using an ultrasonic thing to force up air droplets which then evaporate in the air) which can leave a white powdery residue nearby as the minerals have nowhere to go. Wick humidifiers evaporate on the wick, which needs replacement periodically just like an air filter. Any minerals in them will stay on the wick, which starts to degrade how well it performs. Both will require treatment to avoid bacteria growth unless using distilled water. Usually you can find a humidifier bacteriostat that you put in a few drops of with every tank. If you can use filtered water (like through a resin bed deionizer) plus a bacteriostat even a cheapo humidifier will last forever. I'm a fan of the Vornado EVAP40. It's big and fairly easy to refill, plus the wicks are cheap.

You want an **evaporative humidifier**. I like the Vornado Evap40.

Vornado Evap40 4-Gallon Evaporative Humidifier with Adjustable Humidistat and 3 Speeds It's... Industrial looking... But it puts out the humidity

I've owned both the Honeywell and the Vornado. Honeywell is great if you just want something that works and don't mind dealing with wicks. Vornado feels a bit more premium and the airflow design is legitimately clever - it circulates the humid air around the room better than units that just kind of... sit there and emit mist in one direction.

I have a vornado evaporative humidifier and it works great.

My Vornado does a good job, but might be overkill. Plenty to compare that have been recommended in this sub [here](https://threadlens.co.uk/app/r/humidifier?subs=buyitforlife)

I've been using that same Vornado for about 25 years and have no complaints.

what kind of humidifier are you using? the evaporative ones are way better than the ultrasonic ones. I have the Vornado Evap40 and that thing is awesome. I accidentally left it too high once and my whole 800 sq ft apartment felt muggy

4 gallon Vornado evaporative unit for the first floor (700 sq ft), plus a kettle on the wood stove when it is running, can't really keep up with MA winters but keep the levels in the 30s instead of 20s. Individual BlueAir units in each bedroom keep levels close to 50% overnight.

Hi, I'm looking to get a humidifier (or multiple if that'd be best) for my apartment. First winter here and realized it's the low humidity (\~20-25% in most rooms currently) making me feel bleh lately lol. Central heating, but no central air unfortunately. It's a 1,024sqft apartment ([floor plan](https://imgur.com/a/65RsaMQ)), with the living room and kitchen connected. Master bedroom door usually stays open except at night, other bedroom is an office and usually stays closed. I run homeassistant and already have thermo/hygrometers in each room, and would ideally like a "dumb" humidifier I can hook up to a smart switch and have turn off/on when needed. Looking for something "cheap" (ideally under $200), and super easy to clean and maintain. I've looked through a few past threads and the consensus *seems* to be that evaporative humidifiers are best (compared to ultrasonic), but I've seen a wide range of products recommended. What unit(s) would you all recommend for my setup? I figure one medium-bigger one set up in the living room, with smaller ones in the master bedroom and office might be most cost effective, but I'm open to suggestions! EDIT: Ended up getting this Vornado one u/Acronym3476 suggested: https://a.co/d/4VhiHtu Hooked it up to a smart plug, made a generic hygrostat entity in homeassistant (mostly so I can more easily manage it), and it's working great. I no longer wake up feeling like a skeleton lol