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: One of the best out there...but with two problems
Summary: 3 Stars
Over the past few years I've tried every high-end humidifier on the market, and in short...this one is the best of the worst. The fact is there simply are no humidifiers in production that don't have some of the typical humidifier problems...this one just has fewer of them.
White dust...the death knoll for sensitive electronic equipment, and while Venta says there should be "little" white dust, I have to disagree. I have three of these units and when they're running every piece of black plastic in my house is covered with white dust. Plasma and LCD TVs often have a small fan inside them for suck in outside air to cool components and then blow it back out a different opening. I know from expensive experience that white dust can ruin these items.
Forget the humidity percentage gauge on these units...they aren't even close to accurate. I recommend a good hydrometer if you need to know your accurate humidity levels.
On the good side, these are the easiest to maintain and clean of any humidifiers I've tried. They MUST be cleaned weekly when in use, but it's only a 5-minute job.
Customer Review: Not as quiet as I expected.
Summary: 3 Stars
My main problem with the unit stems from the fact that I'm a light sleeper with excellent hearing and live in a quiet neighborhood. As a result I can hear the trickling sound produced by the transducer bouncing water droplets around in the chamber that produces the mist. If the trickling sound was constant I could have gotten used to it but it is irregular (little pops, crackles and spurts like the sound of a mouse snooping around in your bedroom after the lights go out). If you dont have good high frequency hearing this sound probably wont bother you.
The other sound I found annoying is the gurgle produced when an air bubble squeezes it way into the tank from the exit hole. This noise is loudest when the tank is near full and weakest when near empty. I found myself deliberately filling the tank only half full to avoid this noise. After using this unit for about 3 days I decided to return it and see if I could find a quiter unit. I did try a cheap ultrasonic model from Walmart and it had exactly the same non-constant trickling sound. It may be unavoidable in ultrasonic based products.
Customer Review: Unequal quality
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought 2 of these articles. One at BBB, the other one at Amazon market place.
The plus :
- really silent compared to many devices (but you can still here some vibrations, I put mine below eggs boxes to avoid a soundbox effect with my closet)
- a large tank that lasts more than 12 hours
- it's mandatory when at this season when humidity is most of the time at 20% instead of 40% recommended
The minus :
- One of my 2 has a debit 50% equivalent to the other one
- the humidity indicator provides totally different measures from a device I have
- when the ask humidity level is reached, the motor is still turning even if there is no humidity rejected
- you have to return the tank to refill it, and it's heavy for weak people
Customer Review: can't they do something about the white dust
Summary: 3 Stars
Been using it for a month or so now and it does spew a bit of extremely fine white dust.
A lot of people have been complaining about these not working. Turn off your central heat and air then see how it works... If you are using one of these and have central heat and air then your humidifier is trying to humidify your entire house.
The humidistat (humidity detector thingy that displays on the unit) doesn't work right. I too have an Oregon science weather station thing and my Venta is off by at least 10%, which is not a big issue. I just want humidity.
They really need to do something about the white dust though. I think having to purchase and go to the trouble of distilled water is a little much to ask.
Customer Review: Decent humidifer but pain to clean and refill
Summary: 3 Stars
We have had this humidifier for two years now.
Pros:
It's lasted us for two years
It says that it has warm mist but it's not really that warm - more like room temperature mist but at least, that's better than cold mist
Easy to use
Cons:
I wish that it would just shut off instead of blinking when the water is done
It's a pain to fill up - you have to flip it over and unscrew the cap. The only way to fill it is through the bathtub
It's also a pain to clean - we find ourselves cleaning it at least once a week now
It's not exactly cheap either