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This Crane EE-6905 ultrasonic humidifier releases moisture into the air in rooms up to 500 sq. ft. to help relieve cold and flu symptoms, so you can get a good night's sleep. The sensor-touch LCD makes it easy to select the settings you want.
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I've been using this kind of tabletop humidifier for years, but I won't be getting another expensive one. This humidifier looks great and has some neat features, but is ruined by poor design. First, the remote control and digital hygrometer are nice to have and appear to work well. It does make the air moister too. A few bad points though.
1) This unit has an alarm for when it runs out of water. Please don't wake me up when you run out of water, just turn off and I'll deal with it in the morning.
2) The permanent mineral filter does a pretty good job of blocking the drain hole from the water tank to the main unit. Consequently, it runs out of water every hour, requiring a shake to get water to transfer from the tank. Because of point number 1) that meant an alarm every hour.
3) The tank filler hole is too small. I like to fill from the bath faucet, but that got water all over the tank. It also means that you can't get your hand or any kind of tool in there to clean it.
4) The black color means you can't see where the dirt/mould/deposits are in the tank, not that you could get to them (see point 3)
5) The outside is covered in that thin soft/furry rubber - and is a stain magnet, particularly hard water stains.
Returned to the store, which they were great about, and swapped for another unit at about a quarter of the price. Also learned a lesson that the main considerations of a humidifier are how much it costs to buy and how easy it is to clean. This unit fails on both counts. Sorry Crane.
1) This unit has an alarm for when it runs out of water. Please don't wake me up when you run out of water, just turn off and I'll deal with it in the morning.
2) The permanent mineral filter does a pretty good job of blocking the drain hole from the water tank to the main unit. Consequently, it runs out of water every hour, requiring a shake to get water to transfer from the tank. Because of point number 1) that meant an alarm every hour.
3) The tank filler hole is too small. I like to fill from the bath faucet, but that got water all over the tank. It also means that you can't get your hand or any kind of tool in there to clean it.
4) The black color means you can't see where the dirt/mould/deposits are in the tank, not that you could get to them (see point 3)
5) The outside is covered in that thin soft/furry rubber - and is a stain magnet, particularly hard water stains.
Returned to the store, which they were great about, and swapped for another unit at about a quarter of the price. Also learned a lesson that the main considerations of a humidifier are how much it costs to buy and how easy it is to clean. This unit fails on both counts. Sorry Crane.
My Best Buy number: 0557327209
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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