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I see you resolved your problem but I was going to suggest a whole-house humidifier unless you specifically and only needed it at night while sleeping, for example.
This brand has several models starting at maybe $150 and going up from there. You set the level where it is installed near your furnace (not sure if it has to be forced air) and you never have to refill the water so nothing to mess with. I love mine and have it set so it stays around 40% (doesn't get quite up to that on sub-zero but it helps a LOT).
Good post, thanks! I was looking for a 2+ gallon one at the time, and the ultrasonic one was the only one I found under $100 (barely). And it said warm. Nowhere did it say room temp warm! I packed it up and returned it quick, and replaced it with the smaller vaporizer (that I linked). Way smaller than I wanted but it wasn't expensive and served the purpose, though I do run it longer than the bigger one.
I once had a large console unit and always felt cold with it in the room. Ended up giving it away to a friend. Actually, I grew up with one of those in the family home. Never enjoyed cleaning them! So much easier with the smaller units.
Well, most humidifiers use a fan to circulate the air in the room, either pushing it across a water-saturated wick (an evaporative type) or pushing the water vapor the machine produces out into the room (ultrasonic type). The bigger the capacity of the machine, the more of a draft it will create. Moving air that's cooler than your own body temp of 98.6 will tend to make you feel chilly because it is constantly removing the heat your body produces away from you. It's called convection. If that moving air happens to be notably warmer than 98.6 (like steam from a vaporizer) you won't feel chilly.
I've always just used the old fashioned Vicks humidifier..plug it in, steam comes out. It works really well, so much so that after a few hours I just unplug it. Mind you I live in a two story condo. For your needs, you'd probably just to keep it plugged in for 45 minutes. I know everyone is into the cold mist humidifiers, but my mother always said they were a breeding ground for bacteria and with the hot mist one, that is simply not a problem. As always, just use commmon sense as to where to put it. I happen to have a decorative table that stands about three feet high and this is perfect. Also, you KNOW it's working because you fill the container with however many cups of water and a few hours later, the amount of water is down considerably. Hope this helps. PS: I think they cost about $15.
I know everyone is into the cold mist humidifiers, but my mother always said they were a breeding ground for bacteria and with the hot mist one, that is simply not a problem.
This is why you clean the thing periodically! Vinegar will do and that will also help prevent mineral deposit buildup. Unless you let a humidifier sit unused for a very long time, the water in its reservoir isn't any more prone to bacterial growth than any other container full of water.
Just about all the models I've seen have reservoirs that don't leave the water exposed to the air. If the humidifier is being used regularly, the water sitting in it doesn't stay there very long, it gets expelled into the room. Then you refill the reservoir with more "fresh" water again.
IME, once again, makes the case for using distilled or RO filtered water to fill it. Less "food" to support bacterial or fungal growth. If you don't plan to use the humidifier, common sense should tell you to clean it and let everything dry before storing it. No bacterial growth.
I see you resolved your problem but I was going to suggest a whole-house humidifier unless you specifically and only needed it at night while sleeping, for example.
This brand has several models starting at maybe $150 and going up from there. You set the level where it is installed near your furnace (not sure if it has to be forced air) and you never have to refill the water so nothing to mess with. I love mine and have it set so it stays around 40% (doesn't get quite up to that on sub-zero but it helps a LOT).
It is not working. Ours will raise humidity to a comfortable level in about an hour.
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I packed it up and returned it quick, and replaced it with the smaller vaporizer (that I linked). Way smaller than I wanted but it wasn't expensive and served the purpose, though I do run it longer than the bigger one.
