Holmes HM1865-U Digital Cool Mist Humidifier
by Holmes Group
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Holmes HM1865-U Digital Cool Mist Humidifier
Customer Review: VERY pleased with this humidifier
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very pleased with this humidifier.
We run this one every night, as it keeps my husband's snoring to a minimum as well as adding some cool air movement to our bedroom.
If I had it to do all over again, ~knowing what I know now,
I would DEFINITELY buy this humidifier again!
Customer Review: Sunbeam Humidifier
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this humidifier. I have a 12x12 room and it works perfectly. It has several different settings. I have had it over a month and the filter is still good. It also has a filter check on top of the unit so it lets you know when it is time to change the filter.Customer Review: Gets the job done nicely, but with room for improvement
Summary: 4 Stars
I've had a number of humidifiers and this one fairs favorably to most. First, it uses a cool air wick rather than a sonicator (which puts the water contaminants on your furniture and in your lungs) or a heater (which is inefficient, gets horrible mineral buildup which is very difficult to clean, and can cause fire hazards). It has a huge tank. And it has a thermostat so you can just turn it on and forget about it, aside from refilling it every day or two. It will get the humidity where you want it - not too dry, not too humid. For these reasons, I recommend this unit.
The downsides: It is not as nice as the model it replaced (which I also have) which looks almost exactly the same. The controls and display are a little less obvious - they added more functionality with too few buttons. That is easily dealt with by deciding how you want to use it and then always putting it in that mode. I like to set the fan to low or medium (so it is nice and quiet and you hardly hear it) and then set the humidity to 30, 35, or 40. As others here have mentioned, the hygrometer is a bit flaky. At times it is stable. At times it jumps around a bit. This can lead the system to turn on and off in response to changes in the measured humidity. It still gets the humidity to roughly what you set it to (as I've verified with a separate hygrometer). And if you don't have the fan set too high, you don't really notice that it turns on and off a bit more than it needs to. Mine has not turned on and off in short succession that frequently, although sometimes it does. It doesn't appear to impact its efficacy or accuracy, although if the fan is high and the room is quiet, it might really bug some people on the occassions it cuts on and off. Some people here report more aggressive cycling than I've observed. Sunbeam really should fix this and ponder a user interface tweak. The improvement over the previous model is that it continuously reports the hygrometer reading, which is really nice.
I'm giving this 4 stars because I still greatly prefer this over all the other humidifiers I've ever owned (and about the same as the model this one obsoleted).
Customer Review: Works well but has quirks... may or may not work for you!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have recently purchased this unit so I can not comment on how sensible filter replacement is for me. We are using this to add humidity in our small to medium sized bedroom. It works very well in our room. Previous to owning this my wife and I would wake up constantly in the night during the colder months coughing and feeling like we're suffocating with a dry itchy throat. We could tell the difference within 15 minutes and have been sleeping very well ever since with the unit set to 40-45% humidity.
The downside to this unit for us is as others have mentioned the auto off and on. It will cycle off and on rapidly at times which definitely makes it difficult to sleep through. Our solution has been to use our fan in conjunction with the unit. We like to sleep with noise anyway so the combination of the 2 units doesn't bother us. It helps mask the shut off of the unit when it does occur and the fan seems to dissipate the humidity somewhat when placed close to the humidifier. This works well because with the setting on the unit to "Auto 2" the unit has to run constantly in order to maintain the desired humidity and rarely shuts off.
This may not be a desirable balancing game for some, but it does not bother me and I am very pleased with the effectiveness of the unit. One other thing I have noticed that I didn't see mentioned by anyone is sometimes the unit will "gurgle" when the water level is draining quickly in a dry room. This has been somewhat distracting for us even with the fan running when we are sleeping lightly. Still, I would recommend it to anyone who likes to sleep with some noise or a fan, but don't think I could recommend it to others as it can be fairly noisy at almost any setting and the shut on and off can be obnoxious without some balancing.
Customer Review: Solid Humidifier
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good humidifier. It does everything promised. We are currently using it to keep the humidity up in our server room during the dry winter months. (Yes, electronics don't like it when the air is too dry either) The humidifer is extremely easy to program and accurately shuts off at the desired humidity setting. It runs well and has an impressive output when running on the highest setting.
There are a few downsides I see to this humidifier 1. noise - not an issue for our application, but too loud to have it in a bedroom. 2. capacity - With the AC in our server room constantly drying the air, we only get about 18 hours contunuous runtime on a tank. Much less than the promised 48 hous for this model. However, if the air were not being conditioned and the humidifier were able to cycle off more often, I can see the capacity being sufficient. 3. resets - If the humidifer looses power, it defaults to the off setting. This is the biggest issue with an un-attended setup like ours. If the humidifer is unplugged or looses power (reasonably common here during storms) it switches to off and has to have the output and humidity settings put back in. This only takes a few seconds, but it still has to be done.
Despite the points above, this is a solidly performing humidifier at an excellent price point. I would definately recommend to others.