Vornado HU1-0013-11 Standard 4-Gallon Vortex Humidifier
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Product Details
Manufacturer: VornadoBrand: Vornado
Edition: Kitchen
Model: HU1-0013-11
Publisher: Vornado
Studio: Vornado
Music Label: Vornado
Product features:
- Large-capacity storage; soothes dry throats, prevents dry skin, alleviates congestion
- Automatically maintains selected humidity level
- Evaporates 4 gallons water in 24 hours at high speed
- Humidity control and three-speed fan; bedroom-quiet on low
- 20 by 13 by 11-1/2 inches; 5-year warranty
Description of Vornado HU1-0013-11 Standard 4-Gallon Vortex Humidifier
A multi-room cool mist humidifier / Humidifies up to 1750 square feet / 3-speed with humidistat / Runs up to 36 hours on 1 fill Patented spill-proof bottle design makes for easy filling and carrying Clean-running water dispensing system, bacteria-resistant plastic and treated wicks minimize bactera, algae, mold 3 fan speeds for precise humidity control White Granite color 5-Year WarrantyBy evaporating water into a room, this portable humidifier soothes dry throats, prevents dry skin, and alleviates congestion due to colds or allergies. Set its control when a room reaches the desired humidity level and the device maintains that level by restarting when the humidity falls below the setting. Three fan speeds provide additional control; at low speed, the humidifier is bedroom-quiet. This model evaporates about 4.2 gallons of water in 24 hours at high speed. Two 2-gallon plastic bottles fit into the humidifier and permit water-level monitoring. They're virtually indestructible, spillproof, and leakproof, and have wide-mouth spouts and flat backs for easy filling. The humidifier's two wicks are treated to inhibit bacteria growth and need to be replaced every 60 to 90 days. The humidifier measures 20 by 13 by 11-1/2 inches, can be moved easily from room to room, and is simple to clean and maintain. --Fred Brack
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Vornado HU1-0013-11 Standard 4-Gallon Vortex Humidifier
Customer Review: serious humidifier
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had my two 4 gallon Vornados about 10 months and am very happy with them. I had a Sears Console humidifier which was very problematic and a Bionaire many years ago, which was a complete joke.
I really don't have a single complaint. I have only noticed the 'glug' sound when replacing the tank after filling it. I run it on maximum about six hours a day, so I refill one tank on each unit about every other day. The tanks are easy to pull out, easy to fill to the top, and easy to put back. The fan is certainly audible but I can watch TV or talk on the phone right by the unit. I don't keep it in the bedroom where I sleep. I'm very sensitive to noise when I am trying to go to sleep, so even at the medium setting with its soft purring sound I'd probably be bothered by it. I fill it in the kitchen sink which is plenty big enough. The bathroom sink is almost certainly too small. I haven't had any problem with them dripping or wetting the carpet where they sit on the floor. It is hard to see when the tanks need refilling. I just lean them out slightly when I check at the end of the day. If the tank is very light then it needs refilling. It does need some space on each side to remove the tanks and then lean them back in so they fit correctly. It looks good to me, not ugly. It is plastic, but is well designed and gives an impression of quality parts.
I live in Arizona and open the windows daily, so the humidity often drops to 20% or less before I close the windows and start the humidifiers. My two Vornados raise the humidity about 10% per hour in my 1000 sq foot apartment. With the heater or AC running it will definitely be less than that. I always run it at the high/max setting and its efficiency slows down when it hits 50 or 55% humidity according to my humidity gauge.
Phoenix has very hard water, so I add about two oz of bacteriostat in the base, and two oz of vineger to the base and to each of the tanks once a week. I also flip the filters up-side-down but facing the same direction toward the inside/outside. This gives me three months of high efficiency before replacing the filters. Every three months I clean the base tray, which is very easy, and replace the filters. I didn't have much luck when I tried to rinse the filters out, since they're not that durable and then they don't fit and perform as well. The bacteriostat, which I still buy at Sears, seems to be even more important than the vinegar in keeping the filters wet and soft and free of scum, so they stay efficient. Before I started my weekly maintenance I was getting little more than a month from a $10 set of filters. At $80 per year for two humidifiers that keep the humidity between 50 and 55%, I am well satisfied.
The Vornados replaced a $150 Sears Console Quiet Comfort humidifier, which had one fan motor stop working in less than a year. It had a very short warranty, unlike the Vornado five year warranty. Even before that, though, it would only work efficiently for about one month on expensive filters before they got mineralized and scummy. It was very cheaply made. It wouldn't run at all unless it was totally level. It was big and ugly, very loud on high, which was the only useful setting. It was difficult to fill the tanks, and very difficult to clean and scrape off all the mineral deposits in all the complex parts with heavy grease and dust around the motor fans and grill openings.
I'm glad I finally found a large space humidifier with no real problems.
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