cool mist humidifier
I received the humidifier as a shower gift and it's OK. I do agree with the review that talked about the white dust. I have no idea what it is, but it forms on my TV and furniture.
After a couple of months ... throwing it out!
We used this periodically with our 4 month old. We didn't need it till about about two months ago, and didn't have any problems till last week. We finally had to throw it out. It began leaking, soaking the towel we had to put under it and then the carpet.
I actually like this product
I read all the other complaints. I can honestly say that I never had any problem with this item. In fact, it was easy to use and easy for me to clean. I never had excess water in the air, on the floor, too much noise, mold, or any of the other plethora of complaints. I never had a defect in it and it worked fine from the first day that I got it. I bought it because my daughter had a horrific congestion problem and the air in my house is pretty dry. I fully expect a humidifier to send water into the air. I never had any white film and I have a whole house water softening system. I used the Vicks menthol gel on the inside to give it more of the eucalyptus scent in the air and to ease her congestion and it worked very well. I used it for a long time, stored it, and brought it out again and had no problem. In all, I really like this product. It was economically priced and easy to use. I would buy another one if I needed it.
White Dust
I am very unhappy with the the Vicks Cool Mist Humidifier. We have white dust all over the nursery and it is very difficult to get out. Our son was sick and we wanted to use the humidifier to help him breath, but instead he ended up breathing the white dust. We used distilled bottled water so I dont undertand how this could occur. I would definetly not recommend this. Our pediatrician has even told us not to use it anymore. I rate this very poorly
No complaints
I read through alot of reviews before deciding on this humidifier, and I can tell you, it's works great. No complaints here. This machine is definelty worth the money.