I went through all this when I got one of these “misting” humidifiers a couple of years ago. Switched to distilled water, which improved the readings.<p>Last year I wanted to “upgrade” and got the Dyson combined humidifier and purifier. It’s the last Dyson product I’ll buy. It lasted 3 (noisy) months before suddenly showing a warning triangle on the display and refusing to switch on. I called support and they said it would have to be returned. Fine, when will it be picked up? In 2-3 weeks time. Ok, that sucks, since this is the driest period here, but fine..<p>This was December 28th, and YESTERDAY it was finally picked up, almost two months later - and only after I had been sending more and more frequent follow-up emails. Now it’s on its way to Germany for inspection, with no expected date of return.<p>Worst customer service I’ve ever had and my next humidifier (or vacuum) sure as hell won’t be a Dyson!
Technology connections covers quite a bit of ground on various types of humidifiers and their up/downsides:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeehYYgl28" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeehYYgl28</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFAiCMLJ14" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFAiCMLJ14</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2horH-IeurA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2horH-IeurA</a>
I've always used distilled water. In addition to fine particles, humidifiers can make all kinds of pathogens airborne, so, I bought one [0], which uses UV to disinfect the water before ejecting it in the air ultrasonically.<p>[0]: <a href="https://crane-usa.com/product/1-3-gal-warm-cool-mist-humidifier/" rel="nofollow">https://crane-usa.com/product/1-3-gal-warm-cool-mist-humidif...</a>