AIRCARE Digital Whole-House Pedestal-Style Evaporative Humidifier (Espresso)

I bought this in Jan 2018 after my furnace humidifier went out and the cost of replacing that was overly expensive. After reading many positive reviews, I decided to go with this unit. I did not get one with a remote, but with it's automatic features, I really do not need one. It was fairly easy to assemble and set up and get running. My house is probably about 2,400 square feet with 2 floors. I set the unit in a central area and has been able to keep the house about the correct humidity level during the winter when the gas furnace is running. Some of the back rooms, further away from the unit, do not get the same humidity level, but I believe this unit does a pretty good job, especially for the price. It looks good and the top plastic tile is a nice accent. The humidity sensor/display does seem to read about 5% higher than the actual humidity level. I checked this with a separate hygrometers to make sure of that. No big deal. I wanted it about 40%, so I just set the unit for 45%. I only use the fan speeds below 4. From 4-9, it is pretty loud, but does work faster. I found that leaving it on fan speed 2, it works pretty well and does not make too much noise. The unit shuts off the fan when empty, and has a low speed setting when it is getting low. Filling the unit is easy, and I don't even use the extension piece that came with the unit for the fill door. I do not move the unit to fill the reservoir , but it does have wheels where you could. I just use a gallon container I bought at a dollar store to fill it and make 3 or 4 trips to the sink. It is no problem at all to fill this way if you can walk to the sink and back. I have had this unit over a year and have had no problems. I purchased extra filters, and usually just use one per season, even though the Change Filter (CF) appears on the display. The filters are a little difficult to change out, but not too bad, especially if you only change them once per season. Overall I am very happy with this and it sure saved me $ from not having to replace the furnace humidifier system with would have been more than three times the price of this unit.

I give this product 5 stars because after a ton of research, I think it is about as good as you will get, so it deserves to be ranked at the top. In terms of doing what it is intended, generate humidity, it is excellent ! That said, there is defiantly room for improvement of a few accounts.As per many other reviews, it is noisy on the higher speeds. Speed 1 is the slowest which is quite quiet, but you know its there. Speed 4 or 5 is about as fast as I like to run it when I am within 10ft of it. Speed 9 is loud, but very effective. I've not had it long, but I plan to run it fairly low during the day when we are near it. At night, while we are quite a way from it, I will run it on a high level. Given the range of noise produced, I thing having nine speed settings if the right number of speeds to find a level you are comfortable with.As per many other reviews, it appears to over read the humidity level. I expect its probably accurate and the humidity immediately around the humidifier is higher that say, 10 for away from it. This is more of a learning exercise than a problem. I have mine set on 50 while my echbee(s) report around 35. It only took a day or two to get the desired effect.The max fill water line is rather close to the top of the water container. I am quite cautious to move it slowly and cautiously when its full to avoid any water sloshing over the top. I have had no spillage to date, but its good to be aware of this fact. I made this comment as I read some people wheel it over to a water supply. I bring the water to the humidifier in a watering can.I do not like the design for refilling it much. Its quite annoying to have to get the little funnel each time you want to refill it, and find a place to store it. I read numerous reviews about people being unable to fill it without spilling water. I have found it easy to fill with a little caution. I have been using a watering can with the sprinkler piece removed. The end of the watering can must not be rested on their funnel as it would be knocked off and result in a mess. I intend to buy a foot of flexible plastic tube to put on the end of the watering can so I won't need the clumsy funnel. One of my reasons for choosing this model was the fact that you did not have a removable refillable container. I am very pleased with my choice and find this approach much better that my previous experiences.The first time I filled it up, I had to get a light so I could see the maximum fill line. This seem quite a pain. Then I plugged it in only to discover it has a small light inside which makes it very easy to see. Plug it in when filling, lol.The two pictures I attached are from two of my ecobee thermostats. The vertical line is positioned at the time I started the unit. The graph shows my indoor humidity shooting up over an hour or two as the outdoor humidity drops,This unit seems to provide a good amount of humidity to a much larger area than advertised. I was planning on getting a second one if I liked this one, but it seems that I probably do not need to.It looks quite presentable and is not an eye sore in a newly renovated kitchen. I also like the exchangeable tile recessed in the top which you can replace. I quite like the one provided though and so I stuck with that.All in all, its not perfect, but its solved all my humidity issues better that all my previous attempts.