Humidifier Recommendation ?

[Jim Ignatowski]

I have two stoves running almost 24x7; a T6 in the basement and a Vista insert on the 1st floor. The house is pretty dry and I wanted to start humidifying the air. I scoured these forums for recommendations and found a few, but the bulk of those items had poor reviews due to leakage, stopped working, etc...

I was curious if anyone had a recommendation of something that's worked well over time. I'm considering just using a large pot in the basement as many of the steamers that I've researched have rusted out ... Would appreciate recommendations on that too.

For the 1st floor I need a humidifier. Appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

 

[Bigg_Redd]

Go to your nearest thrift store and get a medium-large pot. Fill half way with water. Set on stove. Refill as needed. $5.

 

[Jim Ignatowski]

That doesn't work for the insert

 

[Bigg_Redd]

The vista is a flush mount?. . . It'd work like the dickens on the T6

 

[newcomtd]

Hi Jim,

I have a flush mount insert too and my wife has been complaining the air is too dry. I got this humidifier yesterday from HD: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Sunbeam-Ultrasonic-Humidifier-SUL2512-HUM/203322258#. Kind of pricey but it is working well. After an hour of running it in the 30'x15' room with 8' ceilings where my fireplace is, I was no longer shocking the dog when I went to pet her.

good luck

 

[Jim Ignatowski]

Yeah, the Vista is a flush insert ... I definitely agree that a stove top pot or kettle should work well for the T6.

Thanks for the suggestion on the Sunbean, I'll look into it.

 

[MDFisherman]

My lasko 9-gallon is working great with no leaks. I've been using it for a few months now and it makes a big difference. The filters are cheap too.

I did quit using it for a few days and a lot of the inside corners in my house started to crack where they had been caulked Now I have drywall work to do... Fun Fun

 

[Spinny]

This is my setup. Burning that much you will never get the humidity you need with a pot of water.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/posts/1599855/

 

[Lundrunner]

Jim....from what I can find it is recommended that the humidity level in a house during winter months be kept around 45%. I run 2 Essic whole house humidifiers...I say two because the 1 that I used to run could not keep up once I put the BK in. My house is a 2800 sq ft ranch and between the two units I can now get it up to 43%....the gaps are now closing in my wood floors....finally!

 

[Spinny]

I pulled this off the internet. Sorry Lundrunner, you are way off. I know if I had that much humidity in my house during the winter I would have water running down my windows and who knows what going on inside walls.

If outside temperature is 20 to 40 degrees, humidity indoors should not be more than 40 percent.

• If outside temperature is 10 to 20 degrees, humidity indoors should not be more than 35 percent.

• If outside temperature is 0 to 10 degrees, humidity indoors should not be more than 30 percent.

• If outside temperature is 10-below to 0, humidity indoors should not be more than 25 percent.

• If outside temperature is 20-below to 10-below, humidity indoors should not be more than 20 percent.

• If outdoor temperature is lower than 20-below, inside humidity should not be more than 15 percent.

 

[Jim Ignatowski]

Thanks for the recommendations everyone. I'm still investigating alternatives but in the interim I'm using three cool mist humidifiers around the stoves. I'm also looking for a nice cast iron pot for the top of the T6.

Here is the humidifier I'm using: http://www.amazon.com/Crane-Ultrasonic-Humidifier-Gallon-output/dp/B005PK7RW4