gets the job done for 1500 square feet of house easy to fill easy to maintain.

gets the job done for 1500 square feet of house easy to fill easy to maintain.  Read Less

Purchased this in Feb 2021 and expected it to take 7-10 days to be delivered but it arrived after 3!! What a great surprise! We...  Read More

Purchased this in Feb 2021 and expected it to take 7-10 days to be delivered but it arrived after 3!! What a great surprise! We live in Iowa and we were in the middle of another horrible polar vortex so the humidity in the house was just gone. I think it was at 14% when I ordered this. I had brought down the little humidifier from the bedroom to the main level, it is supposed to be able to humidify 1000 sq ft, but it didn't make any difference so I broke down and bought this which I did not want to because it is so large. While it is big, it is also very, very light weight so it is not going to be a big deal for me to tuck this away when we don't need it. Even if I only bring it out for a week or two a winter - we were so miserable with the low humidity it is totally worth it. The static along was making me bonkers. I decided I needed to write this review based on some others I read. I am not mechanically inclined and I was able to do the slight assembly needed without directions or videos. I was a little worried about the comments I read about people wishing there were two smaller containers for the water rather than the large one, knowing this is a 5 gallon capacity and I am only 5'1 and not strong. Good grief I don't know what is wrong with people. The container IS 2.5 gallons and then it holds another 2.5 gallons in the unit itself. I am able to haul the water container to and from the sink without any dramatics at all. Speaking of dramatics... no there isn't a clear window indicator to show you the water level. It is a white, thick, plastic container. I am able to see the water line/shadow without much effort (I do not use a flashlight, I'm just a risk taker when it comes to water overflowing in my sink I guess). No, it is not as clear as if there was a window, but it's not that hard. Even if I couldn't see it, who cares? If it spills over a bit I don't see how that would ever be worth mentioning in a review - you're at the sink anyway. It's just not a big deal so please do not let that scare you away. Geesh. This thing can be very, very loud. Of the 4 settings it is true that you can only have it on the lowest setting, 1, if you want to be doing anything else (watch tv, talk on the phone, listen to music) comfortably. You can probably pull it off with the level 2 - I would compare this best to if you are trying to listen to something while you are cooking and you have the exhaust fan running too - it can be done but it's a little annoying. Levels 3 and 4....... loud!! It's like a loud fan running.... because that is what it is. I found this to be totally fine when we are not home or overnight. It just isn't a big deal to adjust things around. This humidifier brought the humidity up 10% in my house in less than 2 hours - with the fan speed on the highest setting, level 4. Then we were able to maintain it on a lower setting.  Read Less