Essick Air 4D7-800 Whole House Evaporative Humidifier
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Essick Air 4D7-800 Whole House Evaporative Humidifier
Customer Review: Replacing our old, non-digital Bemis model with this one
Summary: 4 Stars
We had a Bemis humidifier (12 gal) that just died after working well enough for NINE winter seasons. As best I can tell, this Essick 4D7-800 is the same model (apparently Essick took over the Bemis products years ago), but with added digital controls. In my online research for a new "whole-house" humidifier yesterday, I found more complaints than praise for ALL brands and models. So, I just ordered this unit, with fingers crossed, in hopes I can get 9 years out of this one, too. Yes, our old unit was cheaply made and the blowing air was moderately loud on high, but it did ok for our 4300 sq. ft home. (We also have a humdifiying unit on our entire heating system, but still need a boost from that!) We ran it pretty nonstop for about 4-5 months a year, only cleaned it once after each season, and changed the wick (~$17) once a year. We refilled the large, heavy plastic bottles once a day and added a small cap of generic bacteriostat treatment to about every other bottle refill. The appearance of the unit itself is not as bad as the fake plastic wood look, and pretty unobtrusive in our foyer.Customer Review: Bemis Digital Control Console Evaporative Humidifier - 4D7-800
Summary: 4 Stars
This humidifier is a beast! It's about the size of a TV set. However, it's on casters, so you can easily roll it out of the way.
When you get the fan really rolling, it moves some serious air. I'm not convinced it's evaporating as much volume of water as claimed, though, because the tanks sometimes last for days before needing a refill. Also, the "empty" indicator is very low-tech. It has already failed and we need to check the tanks periodically.
But the bottom line is, our house was unbearable dry and now it's better. I can't argue with the price of the unit or the amount of electricity it uses. Overall, I prefer this wick/fan system over our old humidifier, which took lots of juice and shut off every time the heating element needed scraping to remove crusted-on minerals.
Customer Review: Second time is the charm
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered one of these humidifiers about 3 months ago and when it arrived it didn't seem to work well. It stayed on when the humidity was higher than the "shut-off" setting and it made a lot of noise. After I had it a couple of weeks, it started to "freeze up"- that is the fan motor wouldn't come on when the humidistat activated it.....for a while it would work If I "hand started" it....I took it apart looking for a problem that I could fix but to no avail....so I ordered a replacement unit...and this one works fine.....I suspect that the vendor shipped me a unit which had been returned the first time around....the package had been opened and it was missing the "filling hose" and sample of humidifier antiseptic...but I didn't really think about that until it started to fail....beware!Customer Review: Junk but might work
Summary: 2 Stars
This unit may turn out to work very well which will be a plus. The down side is that the quality is awful. I mean below awful. It is a thin warped plastic shell with the fan sitting on the top. Parts barely fit together. The fan is very loud and to complete the picture, it makes a loud humming sound. The company couldn't of spent more than $5-$10 building this thing. Maybe less. On the other hand, if it ends up solving our lack of humidity crisis I will give it a star or two. I wish some manufacturer would build a quality high volume humidifier. Your not suppose to keep having to buy the razor over and over again in a razor-blade scenario and products that you pay a couple of hundred dollars for shouldn't look like they came from the local dollar store.Customer Review: It does the Job.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have used it all this winter and it did the trick. My wife was suffering from nose bleeds and cracked skin before we bought this and now she is fine. It holds enough water to only need changed about every other day. The lights that tell you when the resivour needs changed can be seen from across the room. I run mine at the lowest fan speed and it is like it isn't there when the TV is on. With the room quiet you know its there but it isn't annoying. I was dissapointed with the airfilter. It looks like one on a furnace and is loosley attached to the back. It's deffinitly not HEPA quality if thats what your looking for.