Venta VS207 Sonic Digital Cool and Warm Mist Ultrasonic Humidifier
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Venta VS207 Sonic Digital Cool and Warm Mist Ultrasonic Humidifier
Customer Review: So far, not impressed
Summary: 1 Stars
I just bought this at BB&B. The directions are quite simple. I soaked the filter in warm water prior to screwing it onto the fill cap. I've tapped for air bubbles, etc... But I've been working on this for about an hour now and I'm not getting any mist and the display is just blinking at me. I've read the whole user manual and will call customer service in the morning. It's just frustrating to read the reviews of other similar Venta humidifier products to see that they seem to work about half of the time.Customer Review: Sonic Cool - Great Product
Summary: 4 Stars
Great product - runs quiet. Only draw back is the tank shape is a bit awkward to fill as it has no grab points when you turn it over (if it had a handel on the bottom or provisions to stand flat when filling I would give it 5 stars).Customer Review: Super quiet; easy to use; no dust.
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought this unit about 3 weeks ago from Bed Bath & Beyond (it was cheaper and I had a 20% off coupon). There is absolutely no noise from the motor. The only noise you hear is the occasional "glub glub" of the water moving through the unit. If your heat is on, your room will dry out quickly and the unit will kick and usually stay on until the heat shuts off. I was running this unit at 50% humidity in our baby's room and I would go through the 2 gallon tank in about 18 hours in the winter. The tank is not especially easy to clean if you felt you need to give it a good scrub and it is a little cumbersome to fill but I am very happy with it and we bought another one yesterday. To address one of the reviews--I cannot understand why anyone would want their humidity set lower than 30%. My research indicates that the appropriate amount of humidity for a room should be 50-55%.Customer Review: The Best, So Far
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the fourth humidifier I've used during the past 2 years. This one is the best. But the competition is such that it only takes a little quality to be the best. This one has its issues, but I am very glad I bought it.
Pros:
1) Lots of vapor; brings humidity up in the room fairly rapidly
2) Almost totally quiet.
3) The filter does a great job in removing particulates in the water. No white dust on any of the furniture in my room. Supposedly also kills bacteria, as well.
4) Has a warming feature; better than nothing but only raises the temperature of the vapor by a few degrees.
5) Looks like it will be very easy to clean. The instructions say to use no chemicals, bleach, or vinegar to clean, unlike most humidifiers. They even give you a little brush to clean the metal part of the ultrasonic unit. Nice.
Cons:
1) Needs a side handle on the water tank so that after filling the tank with water one can easily lift it and carry it back to the humidifier. With only a handle at the top (which is upside down after one fills the tank), it is very difficult to flip right side up especially since it now weighs 8 pounds with all the water in it.
2) As many reviewers have already stated, the humidistat reading is worthless. Get a hygrometer and then figure out what humidity level you need to set the humidistat to so that you can have a comfortable humidity level in your room. For example, my digital hygrometer reads 47% (I like the room humidity to be in the high 40s) and the humidifer's humidstat reads 40%. So I set the humidstat to 40% to get the humidity level I want.
*** Five Week Follow-Up Note: It started to leak the other day and I will exchange it for another one. Also, the humidity indicator started to not work correctly. I hope I have better luck with the second one. Pain in the you know where. Like I said in my initial review, this one was really great-- when it worked!
*** Five Week and Two Day Follow-Up Note: No, this is not my blog on humidifiers. So I got the second one the other day. I discovered that the vapor CAN come out warm. So the first one I got was defective in that the vapor was staying cold. Now the bad news-- the humidistat is so far off that the humidity in the room has to get to 52% before the humidifier will shut off! The humidifier "thinks" the ACTUAL humidity in the room is 35% (it is 17% off!). (35% is the lowest DESIRED humidity level you can select on the humidifier.) I will exchange it for another one tomorrow. It's the last one. After that one, I get my money back. I spoke to a nice enough guy at the customer support line for the Korean manufacturer; he agreed, there is a problem with their humidistat. He suggested I unplug the unit for one or two hours and then try it. Yeah, right, that'll fix it. Why don't I just unplug it for an hour or two when the humidity gets to the desired level in my room and then plug it back in? That will definitely work. Okay. There will be one more entry and then I will wish you the best of luck with this unit or whichever one you wind up buying.
*** Now 1 year later! It works just fine. Very happy with it. Ordered two new filters from an Amazon vendor that just arrived. Only $10 each and will last the entire season. Cheap. That's it. No more entries. Good product, worth a try.
Customer Review: Unequal quality
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought 2 of these articles. One at BBB, the other one at Amazon market place.
The plus :
- really silent compared to many devices (but you can still here some vibrations, I put mine below eggs boxes to avoid a soundbox effect with my closet)
- a large tank that lasts more than 12 hours
- it's mandatory when at this season when humidity is most of the time at 20% instead of 40% recommended
The minus :
- One of my 2 has a debit 50% equivalent to the other one
- the humidity indicator provides totally different measures from a device I have
- when the ask humidity level is reached, the motor is still turning even if there is no humidity rejected
- you have to return the tank to refill it, and it's heavy for weak people