Venta VS207 Sonic Digital Cool and Warm Mist Ultrasonic Humidifier
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Venta VS207 Sonic Digital Cool and Warm Mist Ultrasonic Humidifier
Customer Review: Lots of output
Summary: 3 Stars
First let me say, that this humidifier puts out a lot of vapor into the room. I've had Slant Fin humidifiers for years, but the upkeep was terrible on those. And I hadn't realized how little output I was getting. The only problem that I have with this humidifier is the white dust everywhere. It seems to cling specifically to my electronics. Nothing like a beautiful plasma screen with white dust all over it. Haven't decided if the output is outweighing the white dust yet.
Update: Ended up sending this back. The white dust was terrible.
Customer Review: Good for Cool Mist only
Summary: 3 Stars
We used this humidifier for a week. It is an excellent humidifier for cool mist. As with any cool mist humidifier, you will have to keep it at a high level or else you will see the mist fall to the floor. That might explain the humidity control issues generally seen with cool mist humidifiers.
For warm mist, this product simply fails to warm the mist. The consumer should be warned that the product does not work as advertised for warm mist.
Customer Review: Silent but DEADLY!!
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this humidifier because of some the reviews i read last year on how good the product was.First off this thing is very well made.Its design is sleek and the digital display is very high quality and easy to use.The tank is also well made and its nice to be able to see the water level through the tank.The tank is very easy to fill and will sit upside on its own without wobbling around but you cannot just fill this in an ordinary bathroom sink.You must use your bathtub or your kitchen sink as long as you have a high faucet on it.Its not that heavy (too me) when full and it has a nice handle on it too carry around.
After filling the tank and inserting the strange filter cartridge, this thing is QUIET!VERY QUIET! You cant even hear this thing running on high.It really puts out some major moisture into the air too but I wouldnt use humidifier for no more than a medium sized room.
Heres the bad part!!The filter cartridges wear out really fast and i wouldnt buy no more than 1 at a time.I purchased 2 of these cartridges and within just a couple of months,the new cartridge i had on standby had frozen up into a ball inside which made it useless for water to pass through it and the humidifier would always say it was running empty because the filter cartridge was plugged up.Inside each cartridge appears to be some small white pellets that i guess are suppose to filter the water.These things cake up easily apparently just from the humidity in the room so i wouldnt buy no more than 1 at a time.Leaving a new one sitting around the house in the box makes them cake up.
Heres the DANGEROUS PART!!This humidifier is a fire hazard i believe not from being designed poorly but from how much white dust this things puts into the air.Within about a month you will notice white dust forming on your curtains,chairs,furniture etc etc.This dust comes from the mist that the humidifier puts out.NOW READ THIS--- One night while i was sleeping i awoke to a strange smell in the air.It smelled as if something was burning or something was on fire.I looked around the room and checked the whole house and found nothing but the smell still lingered in my bedroom.After checking around the house i noticed my box fan that i keep in my bedroom was acting up and started to get slower and slower.I went over to the fan and shut it off.The fan is where the smell was coming from.After looking the fan over i noticed that inside the fan motor the white dust from the humidifier had caked up all over the electrical components thus causing the burning smell!!If i hadnt been home when this was happening i may not have a house anymore because of this white dust from the humidifier clogging up my fan motor.This fan was only 6 months old and only run during the night.
conclusion----the humidifier is well made and is very quiet and easy too use.The filter cartridges are poorly designed and dont last that long.Also dont leave an extra cartridge sitting around your house either or it will cake up and be useless.I unplugged my humidifier and threw it in the trash after what happened to my box fan.The humidifier still worked well and wasnt that old but i dont need a fire hazard around my house.I purchased a regular evaporative humidifier with the large filters which works very well but it isnt as quiet as the ultrasonic mist humidifier.My new humidifier may not be as quiet as the Venta Ultrasonic but its not gonna spray a white dust into the air or start a fire either!!This Venta humidifier was suppose to be one of the top of the line ultrasonics humidifiers.If this is top of the line,i would hate to see how much dust some of the cheaper ultrasonic humidifiers put into the air!I was only gonna give 1 star for this thing almost starting a fire but i thought it did deserve 2 stars for at least its appearance and quality.
Customer Review: Leaky tank and problematic humidistat
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this unit from bed bath and beyond about two month ago. It used to work perfectly and then I started to notice there was a pool of water underneath it and then humidistat stopped working properly. The water tank seemed to be intact when the unit was not running. The water leak started when the humidifier took "seep" of water as air bubbles were produced. In addition, since the humidistat sensor's holes were in the bottom of the unit, the humidistat stopped to work properly once the pool of water started to affect the humidity in that close proximity. I emailed venta informing the problem two weeks ago and has not yet heard anything from them.Customer Review: EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED!
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought the VS-207 last year. First, we couldn't get it to produce mist without continually shutting down. Numerous calls to the manufacturer were not helpful as we had what seemed to be sales people trying to give technical advice. Finally, someone told us to trim the gasket on the filter cartridge with a nail clipper since the gasket was a bit too large! That solved just one of many problems. The filter medium then broke through the top of the cartridge, spilling the filter medium into the tank. Another annoying problem was the production of white dust, contrary to the advertising claim that the nanosilver medium would produce "no white dust". Granted, this humidifier produced less white dust than any other humidifier we have tried (about four others over the years), but we did have to dust the furniture weekly and the TV screen every couple of days. Our attempts to reduce the white dust involved our trying distilled water, filtered tap water using a Brita filter, and straight tap water. We couldn't detect any difference on the white dust production regardless of the type of water we used. Also, the controls are essentially useless; we gave up trying to set a given humidity level since it never reached even the lowest setting. We just set it on "continuous" and let it run all the time. The only good thing about this humidifier is that it is very quiet. However, overall, the numerous negatives far outweigh this one positive. Last winter, we were totally frustrated with this humidifier. This winter, we have accepted the fact that we have a lemon and are resigned to living with lemonade. It goes in the trash after this winter.