Honeywell HCM-6011i QuietCare 11-Gallon Console Humidifier with Air Washing Technology
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Honeywell HCM-6011i QuietCare 11-Gallon Console Humidifier with Air Washing Technology
Customer Review: read description carefully!
Summary: 1 Stars
The "11 gallon daily output" is only possible if you fill it THREE TIMES A DAY - the two tanks hold 3.25 gallons total. That is a ridiculous piece of marketing. Also very annoying you can't see the water level in the tanks unless you lift it out of the humidifier. Finally, it's very tough to fill the tanks, because you have to put the handle side down to screw the top back on - but the handle side has isn't a flat surface. It has the usual problems of constantly needing new filters, but that is common to most inexpensive humidifiers. If you want a really easy to care for humidifier get a Venta Airwasher, but they are really expensive...
After several months, it's just as bad: sometimes the water tanks don't connect quite right with the base so the water doesn't drain - so it will shut off in the middle of the night when it runs out of water.
Also now both tanks have cracks in them.
I'm definitely throwing it out in a few weeks once Spring weather is here.
Customer Review: No complaints!
Summary: 4 Stars
I've had this humidifier for over a month now and have been very happy with it. As others have stated before, the curved top of the water containers, make it a little tricky to fill since they won't stand on their own - but the fill hole is about 4" wide, so I just stick my hand in the tank and hold it vertical while filling.
No problem with moldy smell yet, but I've got to be approaching the point of needing a new filter.
I wouldn't say this is noisy for the job it does - at low setting it is very quiet, although you will hear the occasional "glurp" as water enters the humidifier. At high it is loud (it is a fan, after all), but it kicks out some serious moisture. It will run through 11-gallons in as many hours. I usually turn it to medium or high during the day when I'm out and switch to low for the evening.
All in all I would recommend it to anyone who has a large area to humidify.
Customer Review: Pretty good!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice unit that keeps my house at 50% humidity on a once-a-day fillup. Some complain about the noise, but look....it sounds like a fan. It IS a fan, plus a wet rag, basically, that's what a humidifier IS. So it's quiet on low, tolerable on medium speed, and on high speed...it sounds as loud as a fan on high speed. No surprises, no problems.
My only complaint is the clumsiness of refilling the two tanks. When the tanks are inverted and placed under your bathtub spout, they want to tip over because of the 'swoopy' handles. So you have to awkwardly hold the tanks as they fill, and try not to drop them as you hold them with one hand and screw the lid back on. Stupid swoopy handles!
UPDATE 1/27/09 - Stupid swoopy handles! One of the tanks slipped in the tub and cracked itself. It leaks, but fortunately it leaks into the reservoir. I'll try to patch it with superglue. Very poorly designed!
Customer Review: Good product: quiet, effective
Summary: 4 Stars
My prior Bionaire humidifier sprung a leak so I had to replace it. The first one I bought at my local Home Depot didn't work: it was missing the float valve. I was a little annoyed that when I called the Honeywell 800 number, they couldn't just send the part, so I had to go back to Home Depot.
It has been running about a week. It is very quiet -- on the low and medium settings, you can barely hear it. On high, it is audible but far less noisy than the old Bionaire. We have it in our family room, so if we are watching TV we had to turn the Bionaire off.
In a couple of hours, it raised the humidity in the house from 30% to 36% on the medium setting.
Other reviews think it is flimsy and cheaply made. I disagree.
One minor annoyance is the design of the tanks -- the handles are ok but it doesn't stand flat when you fill it.
Definitely a good product.
Customer Review: good but
Summary: 3 Stars
I have a love hate relationship with this humidifier. On the love side, it really gets the humidity up in my bedroom fast - on anything but the lowest setting. Even on low, it will eventually cycle as long as my heat isn't constantly on. So this is good.
The split water sections are also very nice however this is curse part as well. While the split does allow me to easily fill the sections with water and carry them in - if they aren't sitting 100% perfect the humidifier will start to sound like a model plane taking off. What's worse, even if you think that everything is fit together, occasionally, when the device cycles from off to on, you may no longer have the seating correctly and you could be woken up by...the sound of a model plane taking off.
Overall I'm torn on this humidifier. The pluses - fast hydration, easy operation - are countered by the occasional sound of take off.