Humidifier for home

[bmwquay]

I recently bought a humidifier for home use.
I heard that distilled water is better for humidifiers so I bought some from Walmart.
The Equate brand. I looked at the ingredients on the bottle and it has ozone.
Is ozone safe in the air put out by the humidifier?

Also, the humidifier I purchased has 2 settings.
One for cool mist which uses what's called a Nebulizer
and the other a warm mist that boils the water to create steam.
Is one better than the other? What are the pros and cons of each?
I'm thinking of just using the Nebulizer function rather than heating the water to create steam.

 

[Ponderling]

Mine is lower tech, and just uses a paper wick for cold evaporation.
I use reverse osmosis filtered water, but some chems get through and precipitate out.
Soaking the wick in hot water in a sink overnight every few months can re-dissolve so wick functions better before buying a replacement wick when it ends up falling apart or is all crusty.
I just buy generic wick filters at CTC and cut them to suit.

Boiling setting is when you drape a towel over it and you to try to dislodge gunk from sinuses when getting over a col etc.

Then my young offspring that still lives at home got a job working in a food packing plant.
And comes home stinking of peanut oil. So has 2 showers a day.
So while he still works there we no longer need dedicated humidifier.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

There is ozone in the distilled water because they boil tap water and condense the steam to make distilled water. The ozone is in the water from passing it through ultra violet light to kill bacteria before it is bottled. The ozone is in small quantity that it will not make a difference even if you drink it. If you have an air conditioner that condenses the humidity that runs down a tube, that water is distilled water. It can be used ( if you save it in the summer months ) in your humidifier, steam iron and used to wash windows without streaking.

 

[xmontrealer]

I recently bought a humidifier for home use.
I heard that distilled water is better for humidifiers so I bought some from Walmart.
The Equate brand. I looked at the ingredients on the bottle and it has ozone.
Is ozone safe in the air put out by the humidifier?

Also, the humidifier I purchased has 2 settings.
One for cool mist which uses what's called a Nebulizer
and the other a warm mist that boils the water to create steam.
Is one better than the other? What are the pros and cons of each?
I'm thinking of just using the Nebulizer function rather than heating the water to create steam.

I bought this year a Levoit LV600S Smart Hybrid Ultrasonic Humidifier for use in my bedroom. I bought it for my bedroom because my AirCare Space Saver Evaporative humidifier does not humidify my bedroom sufficiently, but uses regular water to humidify the main living areas of my home.

I bought the Levoit on Amazon. It was their top-rated humidifier for its size and type. The AirCare I bought at Home Depot, with a couple of AirCare brand spare wicks as last year I went through 3 for the full season.

For the AirCare I use tap water, and a lot of it. I set it for a target 50%. Need to top up the water daily. Tank capacity is about 20 litres.

For the Levoit I go through a 4 liter bottle of distilled water every 2 days, but only turn it on at night for sleeping. Cool mist setting, target 45%. I have not tried the warm mist function on the Levoit, but they do warn to be careful not to touch hot components. Tank capacity is 6 litres.

For the Levoit I buy distilled water from Sobeys and Metro. 4 litre bottles. Both say ozonated.

The instructions for my Levoit humidifier say to not inhale the mist directly, whether cool or warm, although they do not specify distilled or regular water. Both can be used. It may be the "white dust" in regular water causing the warning. They do recommend using distilled water to reduce maintenance

I researched it a bit on the internet and found a few articles that say breathing in ozone in high concentration can irritate your lungs, but I haven't experienced any problems with whatever ozone is being released from my Levoit Ultrasonic.

Between both humidifiers I'm very happy with their ease of use and performance. Both stop humidifing if the actual room humidity is higher than the target setting.

PS. Back in the day I used tap water in my old apartment in an ultrasonic humidifier. The white dust was a big problem and got into all my electronic music equipment. That's why I go distilled now for the ultrasonic.

 

[bmwquay]

There is ozone in the distilled water because they boil tap water and condense the steam to make distilled water. The ozone is in the water from passing it through ultra violet light to kill bacteria before it is bottled. The ozone is in small quantity that it will not make a difference even if you drink it. If you have an air conditioner that condenses the humidity that runs down a tube, that water is distilled water. It can be used ( if you save it in the summer months ) in your humidifier, steam iron and used to wash windows without streaking.

So distilled water with ozone is safe to use in humidifier? How about in a CPAP machine where the air is breathed in directly?

 

[bmwquay]

I bought this year a Levoit LV600S Smart Hybrid Ultrasonic Humidifier for use in my bedroom. I bought it for my bedroom because my AirCare Space Saver Evaporative humidifier does not humidify my bedroom sufficiently, but uses regular water to humidify the main living areas of my home.

I bought the Levoit on Amazon. It was their top-rated humidifier for its size and type. The AirCare I bought at Home Depot, with a couple of AirCare brand spare wicks as last year I went through 3 for the full season.

For the AirCare I use tap water, and a lot of it. I set it for a target 50%. Need to top up the water daily. Tank capacity is about 20 litres.

For the Levoit I go through a 4 liter bottle of distilled water every 2 days, but only turn it on at night for sleeping. Cool mist setting, target 45%. I have not tried the warm mist function on the Levoit, but they do warn to be careful not to touch hot components. Tank capacity is 6 litres.

For the Levoit I buy distilled water from Sobeys and Metro. 4 litre bottles. Both say ozonated.

The instructions for my Levoit humidifier say to not inhale the mist directly, whether cool or warm, although they do not specify distilled or regular water. Both can be used. It may be the "white dust" in regular water causing the warning. They do recommend using distilled water to reduce maintenance

I researched it a bit on the internet and found a few articles that say breathing in ozone in high concentration can irritate your lungs, but I haven't experienced any problems with whatever ozone is being released from my Levoit Ultrasonic.

Between both humidifiers I'm very happy with their ease of use and performance. Both stop humidifing if the actual room humidity is higher than the target setting.

PS. Back in the day I used tap water in my old apartment in an ultrasonic humidifier. The white dust was a big problem and got into all my electronic music equipment. That's why I go distilled now for the ultrasonic.

I am beginning to think all distilled water sold has ozone. Is it possible to buy distilled water that isn't ozonated? I'm beginning to think not or very difficult.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

So distilled water with ozone is safe to use in humidifier? How about in a CPAP machine where the air is breathed in directly?

According to ChatGPT

Drinking small amounts of ozonized water, such as that produced by certain water treatment systems, is generally considered safe. Many municipal water treatment plants use ozone as a disinfectant. However, excessive consumption of highly concentrated ozonized water can be harmful.

Your municipal water supply may be ozonized. As for your CPAP machine I have no idea since I do not use one, contact you manufacturer to be sure. I suspect that there is no danger in using ozonized water.