Duracraft DWM250 2-1/2-Gallon Warm-Mist Humidifier
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Duracraft DWM250 2-1/2-Gallon Warm-Mist Humidifier
Customer Review: MILDEW + Humidifier = bacterial infection?
Summary: 2 Stars
This humidifier seemed to work really well for the first few days. But after the 3rd or 4th day, I noticed a lot of mildew growing inside the unit. So, I cleaned the unit almost daily, but despite my scrubbing, it always came back (no big surprise, I suppose... heat + water + dark enclosed space = mildew). In fact, it was stained onto the unit so badly that no amount of scrubbing seemed to get rid of it all.
The problem is, I think I may have developed a bacterial infection from the mildew. I can't be sure, of course, since this is flu season. But I couldn't shake this sore throat and congestion for weeks. Then after a round of antibiotics, it went away. Soon after, I started using the humidifier again... and lo and behold, my symptoms returned.
It's not a definite correlation, but I'm definitely NOT going to use this thing anymore.
Customer Review: Good, basic humidifier
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my third warm mist humidifier. They just don't last very long. The cool mist ones don't seem to make the room more humid. The last one I had (which looked similar to this) lasted two years, and the rubber stopper part at the bottom dried up during the summer (when it was not in use) and cracked. My first one only last one year. I am resigned to the fact that I will likely have to buy a humidifier every 1-2 years, so I'd better not spend a lot for them. This one works well, and on the low setting, can last 10-11 hours. This setting is enough for my medium sized room. On high output, it goes through the water very quickly, and if your room is small, will feel tropical. The one thing I don't like about this one is that after putting the dial on the desired setting, you still have to push a "start" button to make it start putting out mist.Customer Review: No Brainer
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife recently started a new job in the desert southwest and was complaining about the dry air. I sent her one of these and she really likes it over the various types of humidifiers we've used in the past. She says the tank is easy to remove, fill, and put back on. She likes the carry handle on the tank and the oversized cap is easy to remove when filling with water. There are no filters to clean or replace. She's been using it every night for the last three weeks and hasn't had to clean it once. Use distilled water, it cost a little more than tap water, but the mist it produces is pure and clean and no messy clean up to do on the humidifier. Oh, did I mention it is one of the lowest cost humidifiers available? The only downside if the tank is kind of small but for the price and convenience of use I've not found a better humidifier.Customer Review: Warm mist is nice!
Summary: 4 Stars
We purchased this humidifier with our rewards points and really didn't do much research. We needed it for our baby's nursery which is dry and was causing her problems. We have been pleased with the unit. We fill it every evening and I run it during naps and at bedtime. We have hard water so we must clean it weekly to avoid the build up on the heating element. It sits nicely on top of her dresser. My only regret is not getting one with a larger tank. Sometimes the switch that you have to press when resetting the unit is hard hard to tell if it is turned on or not. However, the unit is very quiet and does make the room feels much warmer than the rest of the house. We have had no issues with mold or anything of that nature in the unit or the bedroom. Overall, I would buy this unit again and recommend it to others.Customer Review: Capacity is mis-advertised
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, this is definitely not a 2.5 gallon tank. It holds roughly half a gallon of water. It does not hold enough water to run overnight on "high".
One other quibble is about the design -- that the button to there is both a knob for high/low/off settings, AND a button to press to start things off. Plugging it in a setting it to high is not enough -- you have to press the button as well. To make matters worse sometimes all that doesn't quite work (maybe the tank is not sitting just right?) -- and you can't find out since it takes several minutes to start anyway. So you have to do everything and check back a few minutes later whether it started.
Finally, the periodic glug-glug sound is a bit on the loud side. A continuous or more frequent trickle might have been quieter...