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04-21-2014, 12:28 PM | #1 |
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| Humidifiers Does anyone use one and give any recs? My allergies are terrible this year and with all the construction in my neighborhood and the dust it kicks up, I'm just blowing my nose non stop and I feel to dry and stuffy. I remember old humidifiers we used when I was a kid. Put at the foot of my bed and my blanket would be all wet by morning.
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04-21-2014, 12:44 PM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Funny you mention this bc I just ordered one 2 days ago. I was in San Diego recently where the humidity is higher than where I live (the desert, argh) and my skin felt SO great so I got to wondering if a humidifier would help. I'm going to try it. Got it from Amazon so if I don't like it, I'll just return it. This is a $130 humdifier but is cheaper since it's refurbished: Amazon.com: Pure Guardian R4500 Refurbished...
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04-21-2014, 01:00 PM | #3 |
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| I was just going to look on Amazon! Yes same here, from Orange county about 25 miles from the beach to the middle of the desert in Vegas. My nose is so dry and flaky. I saw this infomerical about this humidifer that doesn't use electricity. It looks like a ball. But I can't imagine it working bc it's so cheap, like $10. ETA why are they all so ugly?! That link you gave has the funniest pics. Did you check out the 2nd and 3rd pics? Photoshop fail.
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04-21-2014, 01:03 PM | #4 |
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| This one is so cute but gets really bad reviews. Amazon.com - Cyanics Sauna Boy Portable Mini...
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04-21-2014, 01:16 PM | #5 |
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| This one gets lots of good reviews. But. so. ugly. Amazon.com - Honeywell QuietCare 9-Gallon Output...
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04-21-2014, 01:29 PM | #6 |
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| Ann, I found this article on evaporative humidifiers vs ultrasonic ones. Humidifier Types - Ultrasonic versus Evaporative Humidifiers Ultrasonics are quieter, but more expensive, easier to clean (no filters) but leaves more white dust (minerals in the water) on your stuff. Evaps are cheaper, but you have to buy and clean filters more often, and have a fan so are generally louder, but less white dust bc of the filters. We have a soft water system here at the house, so I think I will look into an ultrasonic one.
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04-22-2014, 04:48 AM | #7 | |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Quote:
That sauna boy is too cute...wish he worked better. I like his expression. Hmmm...I'm liking that larger one you found too, for not that much more than the one I found.
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04-22-2014, 04:39 PM | #8 |
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| Every year I seem to go through at least on humidifier, but this year I found a real winner. It is not a whole house humidifier, but use it nightly in the bedroom It is an AIR-O-SWISS AOS7135 Easy to use and clean and no white dust stuff. Easy to redo filters and keep it clean. No cheap at $180 but I give it high marks and it just keeps working well.
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04-23-2014, 05:42 AM | #9 | |
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04-23-2014, 02:03 PM | #10 | ||
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The other one I got was the Honeywell I linked earlier. Quote:
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04-23-2014, 04:45 PM | #11 |
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| "I ordered two, one of them was the Air o Swiss! But I got the AOS 7147. It does warm and cool air. I plan on using that one in the bedroom. " Yes, I really like that you can choose warm or cool air. I run mine constantly and have had no problems. Prior to this one I was replacing one every year it seemed.
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04-24-2014, 08:13 AM | #12 | |
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I just wish I could import San Diego's air right into my house . Btw, how are you liking your new home/city/desert/etc...I feel like I haven't heard how it's going since you moved, or maybe I missed an update...if I did, my apologies. Would love to hear how you're liking it.
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04-24-2014, 08:44 AM | #13 | |
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But the area is very nice. Far enough from the Strip to not have to deal with the riff raff, but close enough to see the lights at night, and close enough if we wanted to go there it's about 20 mins. I love how our neighborhood doesn't do street lights so we can see tons of stars at night. Lots of shopping nearby. I have all the stores I need, Costco, TJ Maxx/Marshalls, Winco (very cheap huge 24 hr market), and lots of antique shops!!! But those are further away, but still not far. I'm sure all the construction in my neighborhood is aggrevating me more too. It'll be a few years until the whole thing is done, but they are doing my immediate area now, lots of dust. =/ How long have you been living in the desert? I should be getting my humidifiers tomorrow.
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04-25-2014, 06:07 AM | #14 | |
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One thing that's funny about living in the desert is that it's *such* an utter thrill if/when it rains. It could sprinkle for 5 mins and it's ALL anyone is talking about "OMG, did you SEE the rain???" ...lol, it's really funny. It's so exotic and special when it rains. Also, it's special just when it's a fully cloudy day bc they're so rare. The Monsoons are awesome! Does Vegas have a Monsoon season (usually June-Sept). We also get Haboobs, which are so cool...looks like Armageddon is coming: Dust Storm in Phoenix Caught on Tape | Video - ABC News But as far as the city itself, Phoenix is just so weird. To me, cities are like Chicago, Minneapolis, NYC, San Fran, Seattle, Boston, Denver...ya know...like they have a flavor and personality and little pockets/neighborhoods and they have a downtown. Phoenix has none of that. When I moved here, I was all "where is the downtown" -- and there really isn't much of one and this is a HUGE city. It's like a gigantic bedroom community, it's urban sprawl to a T. So it's fine. But if I had my way, I'd live in Colorado again...where I lived for 7 years in my 20s. I love Denver and all of CO...takes my breath away!
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04-25-2014, 07:20 AM | #15 |
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| Wow you've lived lots of places! This is our first BIG move. I've moved around SoCal but never out of state. I doubt Vegas has monsoon season. June to Sept is very dry and hot.we do get a cool cloudy day here and there. It's weird. They say in one day u can need the ac and heater in the same day. Winter here it's snows a tad but up on mt Charleston it snows a lot. All the snow just barely melted and its only 40mins away.
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