Home Humidifiers

[snowball]

Does anyone use a humidifier for their home?  It is so dry in my home and our hair is beyond staticy (that has to be a word)!  I'm wondering if I should purchase a cool or hot air one...

[Stitches]

I used to have a warm air one but hated the hot heat.   I've lived in Texas for a looooong year and don't EVER want that.   I use a cool humidifier but it's not big enough to bring up the moisture in the entire house.   I have it running in my room but don't like the noise it makes and it keeps me up at night so I seldom use it unless I feel like it during the day.

Does anyone have one that can do a whole house?   My house is staticy too.   Yesterday I was listening to my MP3 player and folding laundry.   Suddenly the sheets I was folding snapped and it all the way up the wire into my ear.   NOT FUN.

[superMom]

I just bought a Venta Sonic humidifier( VS-205) and it is the BEST one I have ever used.  It is quiet, can be warm or cool and you can set a level of humidity and it will shut off when it reaches it.  Honestly it is great!  It is German, and you can buy them at various places (Bed Bath & Beyond I think, Amazon and Tuesday Morning -where I got mine).  They are small and can do one or two rooms at most, but are also not that expensive, so you could buy a couple to do the whole house.  That's what I am going to do now that I have tested it. 

[Stitches]

    Thanks for the suggestion supermom.   My favorite way to put moisture in the kitchen is to boil a pot of potatoes.  LOL

[snowball]

Thanks to everyone for the advice - I'm going to look into the Venta Sonic, and I'll do a bit of research on whether to run hot or cool.  Wish I had a wood-burning stove and I'd just put a kettle on!

[tlc]

I love my Sears humidifier which has wheels and can easily moved from room to room. You do need a hose or long shower extension to fill it unless you want to use water jugs. I have had this since the 80's.

[makgirl]

  Wish I had a wood-burning stove and I'd just put a kettle on!

We use a couple of the cast iron steamers on our wood stove, but it really doesn't put a dent in the humidity level of the room, let alone the house.

[snwbnny]

This could be totally out of date, as everything "they" say seems to change every year. . . I was told that cold mist is good for people with asthma or respiratory problems. But warm mist was good for everyone else. BUT that warm could potentially cause mold damage because of the possible steam. Course all this was said by a pediatrician for small scale one room humidifiers . . .

[superMom]

I'd have to check mine, but I believe the Venta humidifiers have a nano-silver filter that prevents anything bad growing, or going out in either the cold or warm steam.  And we have run one pretty much continually over the last few winters and I can really say that with our low level of humidity, even in winter, we have never had to worry about growing mold anywhere - just never gets that wet.