Hunter 33202 Carefree Humidifier Plus
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hunter 33202 Carefree Humidifier Plus
Customer Review: Failed as a temporary humidifier
Summary: 1 Stars
This unit failed after 2 months. My larger Bemis unit had quit after about 10 years in the middle of Wisconsin winter I needed a replacement quick and big box stores typically don't stock humidifiers after fall so of the slim pickings I took this on sale. The permafilter is a lie. It's like any other wicking filter. After two months the filter was as hard as rock or stone and flithy. Instructions said to wash it in vingar but even limeaway couldn't save it. The whole interior of the unit was coated in mineral flake and I had been using softened water. The unit would also randomly pee on the floor and pump water out the side for no apparent reason. Overall, even though I needed a humidifier to stay healthy this was a bad machine and a few weeks after spending hours cleaning it and replacing the filters, its simply quit working except for the nightlight. It's out in the garbage right now and I'm glad to see it gone. If you own this awful thing, I recommend running it only in a tray. It destroyed some of my wood baseboards from the leaking.Customer Review: Great Humidifier
Summary: 5 Stars
We wanted an easy humidifier to clean. We have horribly hard water. This is a great humidifier and we are very glad to have it here. We are going to be getting a second one for the rest of our house.Customer Review: Great humidifier that has lasted a long time
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this humidifier 5 years ago and it has run every winter from December till March nearly 24 hours a day. I like this unit because it humidifies my bedroom well and is easy to disinfect. I see people complaining about how they have to clean this unit so often.... I can tell you if you're using ANY humidifier for weeks on end without disinfecting you're going to be spreading pathogens. This is not based on hearsay, but from my college education in pathogens. You cant disinfect other humidifiers like you can with this one.
I disinfect this Hunter Humidifier once a day with Peroxide and every once in awhile with Vinegar. It takes ten minutes and I do it while getting ready to go to bed....not a big deal. The vinegar is a weak disinfectant but does remove the scale. I'm in the midwest with hard water. The permawick filter lasted 3 years. The motor just went out after a calculated 3000 hours of use.
I think the reason why so many people have burnt out motors is because they let the unit run dry or dont let the lower resevoir fill completely before turning the unit on to high. Running it dry spins up the fan and probably burns out the motor
Needless to say I will be purchasing another one.
Customer Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
I have two of these units. Have used them for about 4 years. They work great. They are quiet, but I use them on low. I see lots of complaints posted here but I think some people believe the units will somehow clean themselves miraculously on their own. No humidifier is that way. You have to maintain them. I add a few drops of a bacteriostat and a cleaner at each filling of the tank. The bacteriostat kills all germs and the cleaner creates a minor amount of white sludge that accumulates in the pan. Simply rinse out the sludge once a week and all is fine. The permawick is not really "permanent" unless you treat it with kid gloves. I would say you should replace it every 3 or 4 years. I have owned lots of other humidifiers and this one is the easiest to maintain vs the paper filter ones and the ultrasonics. Ultrasonics put a mist of water on your floor and paper filters are just awful to deal with.Customer Review: Lasts a long time
Summary: 5 Stars
We keep this on all the time and it works well. The water tank is big enough to last through the night on the low setting, and low setting is a pleasant hum that helps drown out street noise. (Higher settings use water faster and are louder.)
This is definitely a low maintenance item. Every 7 hours or so, it needs to be refilled (for low setting), and it works just as well as it did when we bought it 2 years ago.
We have noticed, as other reviewers have mentioned, that the water in the base does look yellow and disgusting, but we also haven't noticed any problems stemming from not cleaning it out regularly. (No health issues, no smell, etc.) This does not mean none could arise, but we use it constantly and haven't yet had a problem with it.
So having one with a proper filter is better if you care about what the water in the base looks like, but otherwise we have no complaints.