Vicks V5100N 1.7 Gallon Ultrasonic Humidifier
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Customer Review: It works great!
Summary: 5 Stars
We use this whenever our toddler needs it at night and it works great! She breathes easier and can sleep better. We definitely recommend this product, it's worth the money!Customer Review: Great Product
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a really sore throat due to cold dry winter weather, this product helped within 48 hours, I use it often. I do wish there was a more comprehensive product.Customer Review: Works fine
Summary: 5 Stars
Got two of these. Both work fine. Both quiet and the price was a good one in a category in which many items are overpriced or noisey or both.Customer Review: Worth every penny
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great humidifier. It instantly puts out a fine mist and doesn't make the carpet all wet. Spend the extra $10, it is worth it.
Customer Review: 1st impression: Highly pleased; 2nd impression; hate it! PS: I rate it only 1 star; not 4!
Summary: 4 Stars
I had a succession of ultrasonic humidifiers from Sharper Image over the years which were fabulous for conditioning a dry room for a singer. However, there were always two big drawbacks: (1) they'd leave white dust everywhere unless you used distilled water in them; and (2) if you let them run after the water emptied, it'd burn out the fan and then the unit would have to be replaced.
However, ultrasonics are so much better for the voice than standard cool or warm humidifiers, so when Sharper Image recently stopped making this, I looked elsewhere and found the model above from Vicks. Since I know to use only distilled water, the dust thing isn't an issue. My initial impression was one of being very impressed by the significantly greater volume of cool mist it pushed out, and it did so essentially silently. Also it has a far greater storage capacity than the old Sharper Image model, so it needn't be refilled as often.
That idyllic image lasted for my first two hours of use. Then I turned it off to go to lunch. When I turned it back on an hour later, surprise, surprise, no mist would come out. It just plain DIED! I then called the 800 number (which was staffed by some people who had absolutely no - I mean ZERO - prior familiarity with the product), and the only tip I got was from their voice mail which said to unplug the unit for one hour so it could "re-set" itself. I did so, but after replugging it, still no luck.
Can't ANYONE make one of these that is reliable? Vicks sure hasn't.