New – Top Five Humidifiers

Top Five HumidifiersWith humidifier season fully upon us, we've put together our Top Five Humidifiers lists for each of our categories. A humidifier is an important tool for people to relieve the symptoms of dry indoor air that can aggravate asthma and eczema and overall, increase house dust in your home. In each category, we've weighed a variety of factors included performance, reliability, price, features, ease-of-use and aesthetic appeal. So whether you're looking for a true warm mist humidifier, something lightweight that travels easily or a dependable ultrasonic humidifier we've tested and ranked each of our models and compiled our top five list for each category.

_The most popular humidifier category is ultrasonic humidifiers. The appeal of ultrasonic humidifiers starts with their ability to put a lot of moisture back in air very quickly and often ends with them being some of the absolute quietest humidifiers available. In between there are a pretty wide variety of features and control options that help to differentiate these models. Most perform best as cool mist humidifiers, and the majority offer digital controls with a built-in hygrostat so that you can not only set your humidity level, but see what current conditions are in the room. Check out our Top Five Ultrasonic Humidifiers.

_Oskar Big Evaporative HumidifierThe deepest offering of any category is cool mist humidifiers. Not only does this encompass all of the ultrasonic models but also evaporative humidifiers and air washers. Cool mist humidifiers do just what the name implies, deliver soothing, cool mist to help relieve symptoms associated with asthma, allergies, eczema and the flu. In this category you will find a variety of styles, but each is effective in combating these winter symptoms. Compare our Top Five Cool Mist Humidifiers list.

_The next category is our warm mist humidifier selection. Warm mist humidifiers are a favorite not only for the comforting warm steam they emit but also because many offer the ability to use a medicine cup or essential oils. A traditional problem with warm mist humidifiers is that by boiling the water, they presented a potential safety issue around kids or pets. As the years have passed, some manufacturers have overcome this problem and offer true warm mist without the potential problems. Additionally, a large portion of ultrasonic models offer a ‘pre-warm’ feature, and while the mist that comes out isn't as hot as the old school, boiler-style models, it does help to kill germs Daphnie Duck Child Humidifierand is warmer than the standard cool mist. Heat things up with our Top Five Warm Mist Humidifiers.

_Last but not least are compact/child humidifiers. Though this category has a split purpose, child humidifiers vs. travel/portable humidifiers, many of the features that make the models the best are shared by each half. Features like size, ease-of-use, and weight all factor into decided which humidifier will be right for your child's bedroom or which is handy to take along with you on your holiday trip to see family. Go compact or fun with our Top Five Child/Portable Humidifiers.

_Author: Kevin Gilmore

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