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Distilled water only in humidifiers, especially the ultrasonic ones. Else, you may be breathing in whatever is in the water.
by jmartrican 4y ago
Distilled water only in humidifiers, especially the ultrasonic ones. Else, you may be breathing in whatever is in the water.
- qwerpy 4y agoI was noticing my air quality monitor showing awful AQI after running an ultrasonic cool mist humidifier. Turns out it's the minerals in tap water atomizing into fine dust in the air. I don't know how harmful it actually is but I stopped using it after that. Bought a warm humidifier and that seems to actually boil the water into steam. You can tell it's not sending the minerals airborne because the minerals leave deposits on the heating element that you have to clean periodically. Still use tap water in it though.
- bobsmooth 4y agoIs distilled water not available?
- kadoban 4y agoYou can go through gallons of water per day trying to keep some places humidified. At the scale, the cost and annoyance of having to stock up on distilled water gets pretty bad.
- qwerpy 4y agoYeah what the other guy said. Keeping my toddler's room humidified at night uses several gallons of water per week, which would be pretty annoying to have to manage over time. Boiling tap water really shouldn't have any health risks, that's exactly how distilled water is made. I'm just skipping the redundant distillation step. I have pretty soft water so I haven't actually had to clean the heating element after 2 years of use.