HoMedics UHE-OC1 Cool Mist Ultrasonic Humidifier Review

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Purchased this at Bed, Bath & Beyond. Humidifier put out a decent amount of mist and was very quiet; much to my liking. I turn on the osculating function and the machine began to rotate back and forth, but began to make horrible grinding noises when it reach the ends of it motion as if it was trying to over rotate. I thought nothing of it and took it back to Bed, Bath & Beyond to exchange it for the same model. After unboxing the new machine, I plugged the humidifier into the wall and the wall socket and machine began to spark! I tried a different outlet and got the same experience.

I will be taking this humidifier back to the store and looking for something different; if two different models of the same humidifier can't work correctly for 5 minutes you should run!

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Learned my lesson! We bought this humidifier used "like new." When we put it together and turned it on the light indicating the tank is low came on. We could never get it to run. When we recieved it you could tell it had clearly been used ...definitely not "like new"

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program We live in a typical midwestern home, so it's nice and dry all winter as the heater runs. Even with a whole house humidifier, we like to keep one going in our son's room (he's almost 2). We've been using a Crane Drop Humidifier, which we love for its ease of use, but we thought we'd try this model to compare. I like the Crane better, but this does have some good features. I'll compare the two.

Pros:

This one holds a lot more water. It'll last a couple days, where the Crane needs filled every day.

The nightlight it's just bright enough to light up his room softly, and give us a view to walk in and check on him if we need to. The other has no light.

The oscillating feature helps make sure the room is getting it from multiple angles, but I'm not sure if that actually helps spread the humidity any better.

Cons:

It's certainly louder than the Crane. Between the standard churning of mist, and adding the oscillating function it's roughly 2x as loud. That's not a big deal as he sleeps with really loud white noise, but to an adult I think it would be annoying.

The handle on the top of the reservoir is extremely flimsy feeling. I wouldn't be surprised if it broke on me one day.

Overall, it's a good model, but for $15 more than the Crane, I can easily buy a nice nightlight. I'd go for the Crane drop instead plus the Crane has 2000+ reviews and few comments about leaking water like this model.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Our air is typically very dryin winter it's always dry but also in summer since we have central air conditioning. This helps put much needed moisture back without it, we get bloody noses and cracked skin. Even the dog seems to be breathing better.

It is easy to set up and it actually does last 48 hours, then turns itself off.

We've only used it for a few weeks but it's run great so far.

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This cool mist humidifier is great when it works. The first thing I found nice about it was the cool mist as opposed to the normal wet and heated humidifiers. One gallon lasts 2 days at a low to medium setting. A nice blue light can be turned on during the night. There is a convenient handle to carry the water tank part so you can fill it. This cool mist is much different from the warm, too humid common humidifiers that have to be filled at least once a day if not more. It serves about three rooms with the 120º oscillating top the way my home is set up and where I placed it. I really liked the way it oscillates this made it comfortable throughout the three rooms it was humidifying. The light never came back on again after one of the times it was refilled with water. Then It began to make a slight strange clicking sound when it oscillated all the way to the right. I'm not sure what "ultrasonic" is supposed to mean here, but if it has anything to do with it being very quiet this was true until the light went out. I was wondering if it was worth taking back for exchange. I filled out the one year warranty/ registered it with Homedics. But the stores were pretty busy with Christmas shoppers and we figured we could live without the light.

BUT, I woke up to find the table and floor soaking wet, even though water was still in the tank and it was working as normal. About a half a gallon of water was all over. We could not find where they water was leaking from or what may have caused it. So, I turned it off and emptied the bottom and upper blue container. That's when we noticed it seemed to be coming from the seam (if indeed that is a seam, as it goes from bottom to top in a straight line. I thought we had a defect however I've now read reviews on this particular cool mist humidifier by more people who have had the same problems or other problems. It IS a great humidifier, but I'm very disappointed that it broke in this manner and I am going to see if anything can be done. Unfortunately this was not purchased at Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon. It was on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond for $49.99; they did have to go to the stock room to get it because there was only one left on the showroom floor. I'm wondering if they gave us the floor model. It's great however I'm afraid to purchase another for fear this happens again, especially after reading reviews here.