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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
No Wicks to Clean or Replace Ever! Antimicrobial Properties* Inhibit Growth of Mold Fungi and Bacteria on Plastic Parts and Wick. Regulated Release System to Eliminate Stagnant Water. Dishwasher-safe Components. Exclusive Easy-To-Fill Tote Away Tank. Excl

Rating: - Great product! Very happy
I had a humidifier before which needed a filter. I hated it so got rid of it. This DOES NOT need one, so its fantastic.

I shopped around for 3 months before purchasing this particular humidifier.

I’ve used this product for a month now and really like it. The Niteglo feature is nice, but nothing fancy. I would say the features are:

- easy cleaning

- easy to fill water

- great display

Over all very happy and highly recommended.

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Rating: - Easy to Clean - Best on the Market!!
HELLO ALL.

OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF CLEANING THIS MACHINE…NOT!!!

YES, THE FAN BLADES DO GET MINERAL DEPOSITS, BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RINSE IT OFF WITH HOT WATER USING THE SHOWER HOSE (CAREFUL NOT TO GET THE MOTOR UNIT SOPPING WET - SPLASHED IS OKAY). ANYWAY, WE PUT SOME DE-SCALER (FOUND AND ANY STORE) INTO THE WATER TANK. THIS IS MUCH MUCH CHEAPER THAN GETTING FILTERS FOR THE CONVENTIONAL MACHINES. REMOVING THE SCALE, WITH THIS, IS VERY EASY. ANOTHER TRICK - AS THE UNIT IS RUNNING, GET A CUP OF WARM WATER AND SLOWLY POUR IT INTO THE FAN BLADES - INSTANT CLEANING!

AS FAR AS WATER OUTPUT - YOU WON’T FIND ANYTHING BETTER. WE LIVE IN ARIZONA AND REALLY NEED THE MOISTURE - MY KIDS GET CROUP A LOT. THIS MACHINE HAS HIGH OUTPUT - A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE. I HATE USING FILTERS FROM CONVENTIONAL MACHINES - THEY ARE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE AND BUILD UP A LOT OF BACTERIA. THIS MACHINE CIRCUMVENTS ALL OF THE NASTY STUFF - IT IS A GREAT MACHINE THAT IS EASY TO CLEAN WHEN YOU USE THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE.

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Rating: - Best Yet for Hi-Mineral Water
Out of the half dozen humidifiers we’ve owned, this Hunter comes the closest to being ideal. It may have it’s faults, but compared to every other type of humidifier we’ve tried, it’s head and shoulders above the rest…

If you have minerals in your tap water, %26/or dust from your heating system, the wicks get clogged in humidifiers that use them. We’ve found the only way to live with these units is to have extra wicks on-hand, swapping them out and soaking the clogged wicks in vinegar %26 water, which depending on the size of the wicks, can take days to come clean. This year we tried 1 of the Lasko waterfall units, %26 found another problem: if the humidifier uses a pump and hoses, those get clogged - a few times some of that build-up broke loose, plugging something else and causing a mini-flood! And that’s even with using chemical additives from day one.

We also have an ultrasonic humidifier that we tried one season… It saved us from a lot of time and trouble fooling with clogged wicks, and we used anti-microbial cartridges [the gov says that's a problem with ultrasonics], but whatever hassle it saved us from was more than paid for by constantly having to clean house to get rid of the never-ending white dust it produced.

The Hunter is large %26 tall - it’ll be harder to find a place to store in the off-season. It isn’t as efficient at getting moisture in the air as the wick-type humidifier it replaced, though adjusting the cycle time helps by keeping it running longer. It’s taller, thinner design means a small fan, which has to spin faster to move the same amount of air as a bigger fan (with larger diameter). It is noisier as some reviewers have pointed out.

The water tank is short enough to fill in the kitchen sink (YEA!), %26 the very long fill cap is easy to twist loose for filling - with arthritis I had to use a strap wrench on the Lasko! As mentioned by others it can be a hassle to turn over %26 carry back to the humidifier, but after the third or fourth time you start to figure it out and it’s not too bad at all.

Cleaning - %26 yes they all have to be cleaned regularly - is easier than any humidifier we’ve ever seen! Can put some bleach water (or similar disinfectant) in the upper reservoir (where the water sits) for a few minutes %26 rinse it out. The atomizer is dishwasher safe, %26/or soak it in vinegar water for half an hour if mineral deposits have started to form. There’s a part that snaps off below the fan (it picks up the water), %26 that can be wiped off %26 rinsed easily. The fan itself comes off after removing a *reverse threaded* 10mm nut. Any mineral build-up comes off pretty easily with a vinegar and water solution, and I love being able to wipe off the fan blades without taking everything apart.

All in all the only thing better than this Hunter humidifier would be to move back to Florida where we didn’t need one!

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Rating: - The best I’ve found
My house has forced hot air heating so winters are horribly dry in the house. Without a humidifier the humidity drops to below 15% at times. I went through a few different products over several seasons before purchasing this one. I’ve tried the ultrasonic varieties, the hot steam varieties, and the ones with the evaporative pads. The upside to this design is not need to purchase filters or pads, no fire hazard from an overheating element, and no white dust. There are downsides as well though. The unit is plastic and some of the parts are hard to get to to try to clean. I’m not taking off any stars for those downsides because the stem from a problem that is endemic to humidifiers which is the crud in your drinking water. The bottom line is that the only way to put clean water into the air from a humidifier that is maintainable is to run it with distilled water. Here is where I’m coming from. Where I live, after about three months of use it’s almost impossible to clean the unit adequately. There was whitish (lime?) scale that hardens anywhere there is evaporation points, and a pervasive and crud and a mildew smell after only two or three changes of the water. I’ve been using these particular units for 3 seasons. I use a unit until it’s uncleanable, then purchase a new one. At this point had I not had the same exact experience with a few different designs I’d be ranting about how much money I’ve wasted on a unit that cannot be cleaned. But here’s the thing. You can’t fault the unit for what’s in your water. I’ve just purchased a water distiller along with another one of these humidifiers for next season. From what I can tell from my research,using the distiller will be cheaper than purchasing bottles of distilled water, and the upshot is that distilled water makes your coffee and tea taste better. Anyway that’s my 2 cents. This unit, though far from perfect is by far the best humidifier for the money that I’ve found yet.

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Rating: - Water reservoir is a pending disaster
The water reservoir is very awkward to handle. After filling the reservoir I must screw in the water delivery tube and then, without holding the rim (as per instructions), turn the heavy reservoir right-side up. There are just no good ways to grasp this thing during this procedure, and I am always concerned that it will slip from my hands.

My guess is that Hunter will have good sales replacing these reservoirs that the owners have “carelessly” handled.

Other than this defect, the humidifier seems to work very well for a small room. However, this defect alone affects almost all its advantages, and I would recommend against the purchase of this humidifier.