TTMA humidifiers

[swivelchair5]

What type of humidifier do you have in LO's room?

What is good/bad about it?

How often do you clean your humidifier?

How often do you replace your humidifier?

[morwen]

I have a Honeywell one I run in my room in the winter - I'll see if DS needs one this year too.

I replace the filter when it starts to look gross or every few months

Cleaning I'll put a bit of vinegar in the reservoir and then wash it out

ETA it runs on 2 speeds and it's fairly quiet but I do usually sleep with a fan otherwise so I like white noise. It's basic but gets the job done

[musicalsilver]

Dec 5, 2016 21:05:33 GMT -5 morwen said:

I have a Honeywell one I run in my room in the winter - I'll see if DS needs one this year too.

I replace the filter when it starts to look gross or every few months

Cleaning I'll put a bit of vinegar in the reservoir and then wash it out

ETA it runs on 2 speeds and it's fairly quiet but I do usually sleep with a fan otherwise so I like white noise. It's basic but gets the job done

+1 except our honeywell is in the kids' room.

I had a crane drop one but it definitely started growing stuff despite cleaning. This one does not seem to have that issue thankfully.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

DD2 has an ultrasonic humidifier that can do warm or cool mist. We've had it 4.5 years and it's never gotten gross. I have no idea what DH does to clean it. The brand may be SPT? That's the only thing I can find on it.

We have a Vicks in DD1's room that can do warm or cool. DH wanted the same one we already had, but both girls were sick and we couldn't wait for shipping.

[trtlcrzy]

I have a crane drop in H's room. It works ok, and was super quiet but has started making a noise. It still works and we run white noise so it's not a big deal. I slacked on cleaning it so it got gross, so make sure you don't forget to clean it.

In my room I gave a super old Vicks warm mist humidifier my mom got me. It's way harder to clean and again I was lazy and never did it regularly. I'm actually thinking I will throw it away soon.

I just ordered a new humidifier to use in our room while S is in there and then move to her room. It's a Honeywell cool mist, should be here soon so no review on it yet.

[apunicorn]

We got this when V was born and loved it so much we got one for our room! And now can't sleep without it You can pick the color it glows or it can cycle through the rainbow. We use it as a night light in both our room and the nursery.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00URYFYC8/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1481068200&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=humidifier

[swivelchair5]

I currently have a Vick's cool mist. I don't clean it with vinegar and bleach weekly as the manual suggests, but I clean it fairly frequently. But it is starting to get slimy again just two days after cleaning.

apunicorn, how often do you clean your humidifier?

dreadpiratebuttercup, is the SPT you have similar to this one on Amazon?

Thanks everybody for your feedback!

[leahks77]

Dec 6, 2016 18:51:15 GMT -5 apunicorn said:

We got this when V was born and loved it so much we got one for our room! And now can't sleep without it You can pick the color it glows or it can cycle through the rainbow. We use it as a night light in both our room and the nursery.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00URYFYC8/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1481068200&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=humidifier

This is cute!! And cheap!! How's the cleaning?

[apunicorn]

Cleaning is not bad at all (but it's the only one I've ever had?) - I just wipe with 409 and a rag. swivelchair5 I probably don't clean it often enough, so far only 2x since we got it 😐

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Dec 6, 2016 20:58:03 GMT -5 swivelchair5 said:

I currently have a Vick's cool mist. I don't clean it with vinegar and bleach weekly as the manual suggests, but I clean it fairly frequently. But it is starting to get slimy again just two days after cleaning.

apunicorn, how often do you clean your humidifier?

dreadpiratebuttercup, is the SPT you have similar to this one on Amazon?

Thanks everybody for your feedback!

Yep, that looks exactly like mine!

[rivers and roads]

This thread makes me feel better because I thought I was the only nasty one who slacks on the cleaning part. X has the drop and it has some difficult spots to clean. I guess it works though? I've never had a humidifier before baby.

[swivelchair5]

Dec 7, 2016 14:29:25 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

This thread makes me feel better because I thought I was the only nasty one who slacks on the cleaning part. X has the drop and it has some difficult spots to clean. I guess it works though? I've never had a humidifier before baby.

My tank is clear, and there is a tube that goes through it and I can see gunk in it, but it is impossible to reach because there is a turn and then a piece of plastic jutting out for no apparent reason.  Even if I were some crazy person who cleaned the humidifier every week, it still wouldn't be clean.  Thus the hunt for a different humidifier.

[trtlcrzy]

Dec 7, 2016 14:49:47 GMT -5 swivelchair5 said:

Dec 7, 2016 14:29:25 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

This thread makes me feel better because I thought I was the only nasty one who slacks on the cleaning part. X has the drop and it has some difficult spots to clean. I guess it works though? I've never had a humidifier before baby.

My tank is clear, and there is a tube that goes through it and I can see gunk in it, but it is impossible to reach because there is a turn and then a piece of plastic jutting out for no apparent reason.  Even if I were some crazy person who cleaned the humidifier every week, it still wouldn't be clean.  Thus the hunt for a different humidifier.

Humidifiers are the worst to clean. Hate.

[chocolate]

I can't tell you how many Vicks humidifiers I've been through. I hate humidifiers. And cleaning humidifiers. Maybe I'll try the one linked above, because I can't seem to find a decent one.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

DH said he uses distilled water, and that keeps ours from getting gunky. He said he only needs to clean it about twice a year because of this.

[trtlcrzy]

Dec 10, 2016 13:01:17 GMT -5 dreadpiratebuttercup said:

DH said he uses distilled water, and that keeps ours from getting gunky. He said he only needs to clean it about twice a year because of this.

Using distilled water would help from getting mineral build up but the tank would still be a place where mold/bacteria can grow. The actual manuals for the humidifiers say to use distilled water, empty and refill them daily, clean weekly and deep clean before long term storage.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Dec 10, 2016 13:10:32 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

Dec 10, 2016 13:01:17 GMT -5 dreadpiratebuttercup said:

DH said he uses distilled water, and that keeps ours from getting gunky. He said he only needs to clean it about twice a year because of this.

Using distilled water would help from getting mineral build up but the tank would still be a place where mold/bacteria can grow. The actual manuals for the humidifiers say to use distilled water, empty and refill them daily, clean weekly and deep clean before long term storage.

I've never seen ours get gross, and they've never smelled or anything. Maybe it's because we only use them while they're sick?