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Old 10-30-2013, 10:56 AM
 
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It's recently gotten superdry inside my apartment. My guess is it has something to do with the winter season arriving. Humidity is gets as low as 29%. 45-50% is recommended for humans. The dryness is effecting my skin and sleep. Any suggestions? I bought a "fine mist" humidifier from Walgreens but it does not do JACK (literally does not increase humidity by even 1%).
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Old 10-30-2013, 11:01 AM
 
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I am in the same boat... I used to never have issues with the skin on my feet... now they are all cracked and bleeding at times.

it might have more to do with the water than the humidity.
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Old 10-30-2013, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Do like I did, install a whole house humidifier and be done with it. Seems like every home back east has them but out here where it's so darned dry, no one installs them.
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Old 10-30-2013, 01:52 PM
 
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I have a humidifier in my room that I use all the time and it has helped substantially with the dryness with my skin especially. Another alternative if you don't wanna install one for your entire house.
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Old 10-30-2013, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Paradise
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I have found that when I have used humidifiers, the humidity can go up through the HVAC registers or leak out under the door. Close the register and put a towel under the bedroom door and the humidity will stay in the room much better. It is difficult to the humidity above 40%, though, regardless.
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Old 10-30-2013, 07:30 PM
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I don't understand the issue?

Why would you want humidity?
I moved 2400 miles to get away from that crap.
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Old 10-30-2013, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I don't understand the issue?

Why would you want humidity?
I moved 2400 miles to get away from that crap.
Me too. I miss my hometown in West Virginia until I go there in summer. Temp is always low but humidity is always high, and it's not the worst state in the east for that. Washington, DC, and the outer backs are unbearable, like all the Atlantic coast states.

I don't have any kind of humidifier. You get used to and after a while you enjoy it.

My problem is keeping the o'lady from turning up the A/C to freezing.
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Old 10-31-2013, 12:34 AM
 
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During the day while living in apartments, I would put a big pot of water on stove to boil. Worked great, all the moisture would steam up the windows big time! Do I have to add....only do this when your at home and awake.

If you have heat registers on the floor, we used to put empty coffee cans full of water if front of the heat vents - that also worked.

Use plenty of good lotion, don't shower every day, use a saline nasal spray too.

Last edited by BWNLV; 10-31-2013 at 12:36 AM.. Reason: Forgot a warning.
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Old 10-31-2013, 01:54 PM
 
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I don't understand the issue?

Why would you want humidity?
I moved 2400 miles to get away from that crap.

we want a little humidity... not 70-80%.

I even have a really tough time keeping my cigar collection sufficiently humidified and I am using two humidifiers in my box.
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Old 11-02-2013, 01:21 PM
 
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we want a little humidity... not 70-80%.

I even have a really tough time keeping my cigar collection sufficiently humidified and I am using two humidifiers in my box.
uff...this is good to know

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