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December 3, 2015

Warm-mist and cool-mist humidifier: Which is better for a cold?

Using humidifiers is a good way to enhance the respiratory of users and protect wood appliances in your home. Humidifiers come with two most popular types of warm mist and cool mist. Each of them has both strengths and weaknesses to discover. Understanding the personalities of each type of humidifier helps you easily decide your best models for home use.

Warm-mist and cool-mist humidifier

Warm-mist and cool-mist humidifier: Which is better for a cold?

Warm-mist humidifier

Vicks V750 Warm Mist Humidifier

Vicks V750 Warm Mist Humidifier

The principal of warm-mist humidifier is that it makes use of internal heating factor to boil water and disperses it to the atmosphere. Adding warm mist to the environment not only brings the comfortable sensation to people, but also helps defeat mold and bacteria. As a result, all of members in your family could breathe easily. The warm mist humidifier is suitable for small areas such as bedroom, living room or office. Most of people feel pleased with this humidifier type during cold weather.

Because this type of humidifier doesn’t equip an internal fan, it is very quiet for the use at night. You could find the warm-mist humidifiers in ultrasonic models. They are popularly used in many homes and stores.

A minor plus of the warm mist humidifier is its slightly high cost and difficulty in cleaning inside of the tool. Some people might find that it is out of their budget. However, the model proves its great performance over time.

Cool-mist humidifier

 

Remedies Cool Mist Humidifier

Remedies Cool Mist Humidifier

One of the most impressive features of cool-mist humidifier is the variations in different shapes and sizes. This tool works based on evaporative or ultrasonic technologies to disperse humidity to your environment. As a result, you could recognize the comfort from invisible mist fulfilled into your room. You could use cool mist humidifiers in your whole house or large rooms. In comparison with warm mist type, cool mist humidifier take advantage of less energy. Then, it saves you money and manual bill well. To limit the dangers of humidifiers, many parents keep their kids far away from touching these models.

Everything has two sides, and cool mist humidifier is not an exception. It makes use of fans to operate the humidifying process. Therefore, it is quite noisy and unsuitable for the usability at night.

How to estimate the humidity you need

Normally, people often estimate their humidity level for their needs through the presence of health conditions. To know exactly the humidity in your house, you will need the support from a hygrometer. The ideal humidity should be 35 and 50 percent to protect human health and other home equipment. Remember not to let the humidity level exceed 50 percent because it may lead to the development of mold or condensation in your house.

Other types of humidifiers

In addition to warm mist and cool mist humidifiers, customers have chance to select other typical types, including UV germ-free and Top-fill easy pour-in design. The UV germ-free humidifier is effectively used to remove up to 99.9% of virus and bacteria in your atmosphere. If you want to own a humidifier with big convenience and efficiency, Top-fill easy pour-in design is a great recommendation.

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