You’re absolutely right with the distill water. People don’t realize even if you clean it properly but use tab water the minerals and other particles of the tap water will end up in the air and affecting your air quality.
@@kinqmav226 No, using tap water in a humidifier is not going to cause particles to "end up in the air". Distilled water is not going to yield water vapor that is more sanitary either. If your humidifier has a heating element and you have hard water... sure it will last longer using distilled water. It will not stay cleaner longer, nor will it get dirty faster using either. If you think your distilled water contains less bacteria than tap water, or breeds bacteria slower.... Nope.
@@boogiesg actually it’s scientifically proven that humidifiers in fact add particulates to the air, quite a bit actually. Distilled water is a better choice for less particulate matter and for the longevity of the machine. However, experts in the field suggest not using humidifiers at all.
Woo hoo! I do clean my vicks warm most vaporizer weekly and switch out water every-time I use it but nice to know that one didn’t let bacteria into the air. 🙌🏽
Just boil water every day. N when you take a hot shower leave the door open after... humidifiers are supposed to be more controllable and convenient. This comes off as a hassle and huge issue
I’ve done that, boiling water. Then your pot becomes the humidifier, and builds up scale and sediment. Also, I don’t have a stove in my bedroom, that’s where I really want the humidity, not the kitchen. Otherwise, good idea.
True. They ran the humidifiers for a few days and when they found no bacteria, they decided to put some bacteria in themselves for the sake of their hypothesis.
The new ultrasonic style cool mist humidifiers wreak havoc on your heating system. Without using distilled water it creates and white fine powder and will clog your filter in weeks.
The white powder is horrible! I was using Zero Water in mine as well, so there shouldn't have been many minerals. I promptly returned mine and bought a steam humidifier, which shouldn't have bacteria, and the humidity is steamed before being released. I'm not sure why this steam humidifier had bacteria...
@@PeaceIsJesusChrist I work on the heating industry and it’s really hard to get customers to understand their new humidifier is a problem. Fixes the issue 99% of the time. The white dust plugs up the filters so fast and cause furnaces to overheat. Whole house humidifiers or switching to a hot steam resolves your issues.
Not to mention that if you have electronics next to them, it can also destroy them over time and you won't even understand what did it. Swamp coolers/evaporative humidifiers FTW. Ultrasonics are full of fail.
@@kiemyster420 A lot of issues can be had from excessive dust and debris like that. You are correct. I’ve seen a lot of furnace circuit boards fail due to corrosion simply from being covered in dust that traps moisture and eventually corrodes connections
I live in a cold climate; in winter it can get -40c, normal is -20C DRY. so i have a vicks 1 gallon vaporizer in the bedroom and one in the living room. i find its far cheaper to run a vaporizer for a few hours than to turn up the house heat! they warm and humidify the room to a very comfy temperature so i dont even need a vest on! no moisture on the windows, either, and no elec snaps when you touch stuff even! and less wrinkles on your face, too!
I have an AirCare evaporative humidifier. I use a half cup of vinegar in each tank when I fill it with tap. I also guage the amount of water I put in every day so that it completely dries out once a day. I change the wicks frequently.
@@dvo1060 I started with Steam Fast, and it’s great and super quiet, but it requires very regular (3-4 days) cleaning (even if using filtered water), and if you go slightly too long, it’s especially hard to clean. Boneco is a step above. It requires less cleaning, and it’s *much* easier to clean. It even has a cleaning mode you can put the machine on. However, it’s noisier-when on high, it sounds like a coffee pot brewing, but on low, it’s not too bad. Good luck! 🙂
@@dvo1060 Go to a place called allergy and then buyers and then club (sorry, writing in code) They recommend these steam bran-ds. Oh, and Boneco has amazing customer service as well, and I feel the unit will last much longer, which means less waste going to the landfills. The $50 steam units have to be replaced every year or two from what I’ve heard others say.
Both of my Boneco (aka Air-O-Swiss) S450 steam humidifiers leaked their entire contents into my upstairs hallway. I had to cut a hole in the ceiling below to remove the water. That's a mold hazard.
I use aVicks steam and you do have to clean it at least once a week. It doesn’t have to be done every day. The boiling of the water pretty much eliminates the bacteria, reason you have to clean it is because of all the sediment buildup.
I feel dumb cause I flat out didn't realize it needed to be cleaned. Like duh. I thought only the tank part. No every single piece that touches water. So the least the better. N the small atomizer 1s just don't need to be cleaned or I haven't figured out how.
lol okay people the bottom line is we all gonna die 😂😂😂 humidifiers is very important and useful thing to have at home and definitely you need to clean it regularly but really? making such news about it and making it sound like it’s the worst thing? why would you do that? bacteria’s can collect anywhere for example when washing dishes the sink is the number one that gets bunch of bacteria’s from the water residue when it dries and all the minerals shows up like white powderish marks all over the surface and even making your sink rusty after some time so definitely everything around the kitchen wherever is water needs to be cleaned regularly! one good advice i can give you is just use distilled water for humidifier and it won’t make any water mineral residue it would make your life much easier but the thing is you’ll need to buy the distilled water every time you need to refill the humidifier 🤷🏻♂️ easy and simple
How can there even be a conversation about humidifiers without talking about the need for bacteriostatic? Is it the stuff important like number one important basically .I just don't get it
The comment you are re-broadcasting, “if it’s moist enough to grow bacteria in a humidifier then why do you need one?” That is typical of the simplistic disinformation in social media. It’s a fallacy, it’s also stupid.
Hahaha I know you are joking, but man, what idiotic comment. With the Hurricane season destroying Florida year after year, I prefer to live in a northern state and cover myself in Vaseline
@@sleepy670 Of course I did, numbnuts! They CAN be disgusting and dangerous, BUT if you know how to clean them, and do, they are safe. And quite necessary for many. THAT is why people use them.
If you’ve never used an air filter these are great. ruclips.net/user/postUgkx_dppjvjF8BYEmPSDTcgCUdRsgWYLXNHN I ended up with three after starting out with one. The noise level depends on the 1-3 settings with how hard you want the machine to work. You can also upgrade the filters and get one better for pet hair and smells which is a must have in my home. I noticed the air seemed lighter and easier to breathe when running the machine for the first time. Works great every time. Highly recommended!
This was actually pretty useful info.
Quick rule of thumb..try using distilled water and once it feels slimey inside soak/wash with vinegar and few drops dish soap.
Think rubbing alcohol or peroxide would sanitize it too
You’re absolutely right with the distill water. People don’t realize even if you clean it properly but use tab water the minerals and other particles of the tap water will end up in the air and affecting your air quality.
@@kinqmav226 No, using tap water in a humidifier is not going to cause particles to "end up in the air". Distilled water is not going to yield water vapor that is more sanitary either. If your humidifier has a heating element and you have hard water... sure it will last longer using distilled water. It will not stay cleaner longer, nor will it get dirty faster using either. If you think your distilled water contains less bacteria than tap water, or breeds bacteria slower.... Nope.
@@boogiesg actually it’s scientifically proven that humidifiers in fact add particulates to the air, quite a bit actually. Distilled water is a better choice for less particulate matter and for the longevity of the machine. However, experts in the field suggest not using humidifiers at all.
@@MURPHxiii why not? What should people use instead? I’ve been looking into getting a humidifier.
Woo hoo! I do clean my vicks warm most vaporizer weekly and switch out water every-time I use it but nice to know that one didn’t let bacteria into the air. 🙌🏽
Just boil water every day. N when you take a hot shower leave the door open after... humidifiers are supposed to be more controllable and convenient. This comes off as a hassle and huge issue
I’ve done that, boiling water. Then your pot becomes the humidifier, and builds up scale and sediment. Also, I don’t have a stove in my bedroom, that’s where I really want the humidity, not the kitchen. Otherwise, good idea.
I would have found it more useful if the bacteria was measured after use. They put bacteria in.
Right? I caught that too.
Yep how about that. They added bacteria.
True. They ran the humidifiers for a few days and when they found no bacteria, they decided to put some bacteria in themselves for the sake of their hypothesis.
The new ultrasonic style cool mist humidifiers wreak havoc on your heating system. Without using distilled water it creates and white fine powder and will clog your filter in weeks.
The white powder is horrible! I was using Zero Water in mine as well, so there shouldn't have been many minerals. I promptly returned mine and bought a steam humidifier, which shouldn't have bacteria, and the humidity is steamed before being released. I'm not sure why this steam humidifier had bacteria...
@@PeaceIsJesusChrist I work on the heating industry and it’s really hard to get customers to understand their new humidifier is a problem. Fixes the issue 99% of the time. The white dust plugs up the filters so fast and cause furnaces to overheat. Whole house humidifiers or switching to a hot steam resolves your issues.
@@Yeasty4twon
Yikes! I believe it! Thanks for helping people get to the truth of the matter. You sound like a great technician to have around!
Not to mention that if you have electronics next to them, it can also destroy them over time and you won't even understand what did it. Swamp coolers/evaporative humidifiers FTW. Ultrasonics are full of fail.
@@kiemyster420 A lot of issues can be had from excessive dust and debris like that. You are correct. I’ve seen a lot of furnace circuit boards fail due to corrosion simply from being covered in dust that traps moisture and eventually corrodes connections
I live in a cold climate; in winter it can get -40c, normal is -20C DRY. so i have a vicks 1 gallon vaporizer in the bedroom and one in the living room. i find its far cheaper to run a vaporizer for a few hours than to turn up the house heat! they warm and humidify the room to a very comfy temperature so i dont even need a vest on! no moisture on the windows, either, and no elec snaps when you touch stuff even! and less wrinkles on your face, too!
I have an AirCare evaporative humidifier. I use a half cup of vinegar in each tank when I fill it with tap. I also guage the amount of water I put in every day so that it completely dries out once a day. I change the wicks frequently.
which Honeywell model are they talking about? A link would help.
Same question
The Vicks Warm Vape they recommend for 15 bucks now costs 25. :(
The venta evaporative humidifier is the best on the market and does not require a filter! But the downside is the astronomical price
well fuck that shit im not cleaning it everyday
no need to be rude
Or just get a traditional steam humidifiers.. too bad most manufacturers don't really make them anymore
Yes!! The steam humidifiers solve SO many problems! After a lot of research, they are all I will ever use.
Can you tendons a specific brand?
@@dvo1060
I started with Steam Fast, and it’s great and super quiet, but it requires very regular (3-4 days) cleaning (even if using filtered water), and if you go slightly too long, it’s especially hard to clean.
Boneco is a step above. It requires less cleaning, and it’s *much* easier to clean. It even has a cleaning mode you can put the machine on. However, it’s noisier-when on high, it sounds like a coffee pot brewing, but on low, it’s not too bad.
Good luck! 🙂
@@dvo1060
I’m trying to reply, and my reply gets auto deleted each time. 🙄 I’ll keep trying!
@@dvo1060
Go to a place called allergy and then buyers and then club (sorry, writing in code) They recommend these steam bran-ds.
Oh, and Boneco has amazing customer service as well, and I feel the unit will last much longer, which means less waste going to the landfills. The $50 steam units have to be replaced every year or two from what I’ve heard others say.
Both of my Boneco (aka Air-O-Swiss) S450 steam humidifiers leaked their entire contents into my upstairs hallway. I had to cut a hole in the ceiling below to remove the water. That's a mold hazard.
Distilled water and hydrogen peroxide not mentioned ?
I always clean my humidifier before I use it
Try living in a humid climate
Shut up cletus
McFarland
@@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798 shut the hell up you dingus
Southern most part of Texas here 🥵
hello...i use distilled water and add nano silver to kill the mold and other germs!... and clean once a month or longer
Whats nano silver?
@@tristan7844 hello....you will love nano silver...look it up!
Every day? Once a week? That’s so much work to clean. I can live with a bit of bacteria lol.
Your going to shorten your life.
@@Paramore_your_Decode honestly 😢we gone have to pray for del
@@suehill7862 Let us pray.
I mean, we should be using distilled anyway in humidifiers.
@@suehill7862 😂😂😂
The Vicks warm mist is now $40
That's the humidifier--the vaporizer mentioned in this video is currently $15 on Amazon.
@@PeaceIsJesusChrist thank you I had no idea there was a difference. I just bought my first humidifier and it's doing a great job on the whole house
I don't understand how the takeaway from this video isn't to just use an evaporative humidifier.
I just clean mine once a week or so.
Did Consumer Reports test any "humidifier bacteriostatic water treatment" additives?
Probably not as they didn't want to skew results but you should definitely treat the water.
@@FireFoxBancroft o
@@FireFoxBancroft might want to check that the “water treatment” isn’t something toxic…
So should we clean them daily? Mine recommends weekly
I clean my vaporizer once a year and only use distilled water.
I use aVicks steam and you do have to clean it at least once a week. It doesn’t have to be done every day. The boiling of the water pretty much eliminates the bacteria, reason you have to clean it is because of all the sediment buildup.
well then the humidifier on a furnace must be a slurry of bacteria as well ??
What about if you boil tap water? Is that just as good as distilled?
Yes
No. The water would still have the minerals in it. Distilled water would not.
You would need to have the steam created from boiling the tap water hit a cold plate then drip into a separate container... AKA distilled water lol
I feel dumb cause I flat out didn't realize it needed to be cleaned. Like duh. I thought only the tank part. No every single piece that touches water. So the least the better. N the small atomizer 1s just don't need to be cleaned or I haven't figured out how.
lol okay people the bottom line is we all gonna die 😂😂😂 humidifiers is very important and useful thing to have at home and definitely you need to clean it regularly but really? making such news about it and making it sound like it’s the worst thing? why would you do that? bacteria’s can collect anywhere for example when washing dishes the sink is the number one that gets bunch of bacteria’s from the water residue when it dries and all the minerals shows up like white powderish marks all over the surface and even making your sink rusty after some time so definitely everything around the kitchen wherever is water needs to be cleaned regularly! one good advice i can give you is just use distilled water for humidifier and it won’t make any water mineral residue it would make your life much easier but the thing is you’ll need to buy the distilled water every time you need to refill the humidifier 🤷🏻♂️ easy and simple
Put peroxide in the wayer
Add odourless white vinegar in the water
Is that true for cpaps too?
Yes but distilled water it better I think
Evaporative FTW it seems. Stay away from the others
And Vicks steam
I use an evaporative humidifier in my home and add scented bleach to my water.
Bleach might overkill. If you pit too much, may hurt your lungs
How can there even be a conversation about humidifiers without talking about the need for bacteriostatic? Is it the stuff important like number one important basically .I just don't get it
Some?
i filter the water first and pour it into the humidifier, does this help with bacteria?
Use distilled
Of course.
Has anyone had any luck with the Milin humidifier?
I bought one of TikTok for 99p
Possibly an advertisement??? 👀
well!
Not
Really lmao this is the best news story they could come up with 😂😂 what a joke
There was one comment from other video is so right about: if it's moist enough to grow bacteria in the humidifier, then why you need a humidifier?
The comment you are re-broadcasting, “if it’s moist enough to grow bacteria in a humidifier then why do you need one?” That is typical of the simplistic disinformation in social media. It’s a fallacy, it’s also stupid.
Because a humidifier is humid and your house may not be...
I've NEVER had gunk in mine like the ones I see. WHAT is going on here?!
Who has $4 daily just for a humidifier with winter lasting 8 months
8 months of winter? couldn't do it!
fungus and bacteria etc etc etc. Stay away from that stuff.
Move to Florida and save money 💰💸
Because pumping hurricane water out of the basement is cheap
yeah. try moving now. it will cost you triple.
Hahaha I know you are joking, but man, what idiotic comment. With the Hurricane season destroying Florida year after year, I prefer to live in a northern state and cover myself in Vaseline
Then you need an AC
Adding silver coins inside the humidifier's water container might keep it bacteria and mold free.
do people really use humidifiers? i live in a humid tropical climate, very hot and the least of probles is to Humidify thats for sure
Yes lol. I live in the northeast. During the winter it is so dry from the heat and heaters in the house.
This must be the dumbest testing I've ever seen.
Then i will die .
Thanks for adding the bacteria? 😂😂
Smh
how you gonna put bacteria in to test for bacteria?
IT's funny to come by a "MSM" dying journalist industry and laugh.
Ouch….she has a irritating voice…..
LMAO
Another woman announcer with a high pitch nasal voice…ugh. Like Katie Couric..ug
lol african scientist?
?
Humidifiers are disgusting. I can't believe people use them
Keeps us plumped and pretty
Asinine comment!
@@AudiophileTubes apparently you didn't watch the video
@@sleepy670 Of course I did, numbnuts! They CAN be disgusting and dangerous, BUT if you know how to clean them, and do, they are safe. And quite necessary for many. THAT is why people use them.
If you’ve never used an air filter these are great. ruclips.net/user/postUgkx_dppjvjF8BYEmPSDTcgCUdRsgWYLXNHN I ended up with three after starting out with one. The noise level depends on the 1-3 settings with how hard you want the machine to work. You can also upgrade the filters and get one better for pet hair and smells which is a must have in my home. I noticed the air seemed lighter and easier to breathe when running the machine for the first time. Works great every time. Highly recommended!