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Was wondering what you all use for humidification of your workshops? Right now, my building and storing romm is 12x12 but soon will expand to 12x20. My humidifier just died and now I need another one. Any recommendations?

Frank, you probably know this, but, all humidifiers come with a cost. I personally like ultrasonic, IF, you can get pure water. I have an RO system. warm mist and cold mist all require evapoator cleaning and the wick type require wick replacement. I use two wick type in my home to keep the humidity at 40%, but have to replace both wicks about every 3 weeks during the heating season. They're $9 each!! But I go through about 18 gallons of water per day. Which means several fillings per day also. 2600sq ft house. If you have a forced hot air system you can put in an auto system if you also have a water supply. There is a good one that uses many disks like cd's to create a large wet surface area for the air to blow across. They claim it doesn't care how hard the water is. The drum style will also clog the drum with hard water or even the salt used to soften water. And those are really whole house, not room sized. So I guess I recommend lots of plants and a pond with waterfall    I have a kenmore and an emerson stand alone units, under $100, look identical, one rated at 1800sg ft the other 2700. Same size, same fan size, same wick size. But on low speed they do the job. You would not want to use them at high fan speed, they're not guiet.
I think thats was my 3 cents, but i hope it helps some.
Mike

I have a 12 gallon Kenmore that I use in my shop (upstairs bedroom), and more recently I got a 14 gallon Kenmore for my bedroom and the rest of the house. When I bought the 12 gallon, I didn't realize that the 14 gallon one came with it's own containers to remove and fill with water, and they're shallow so they fit easily under the sink. And they're closed containers, so they won't spill. This is so much nicer than dragging bucketfulls of water like I have to do with the 12 gallon. They both work well, but the 14-gallon one is much more convenient.

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Jonathan Kendall, Siloam Springs AR

both my units sound like the one Hesh describes, and comparing the digital display to a stand alone hydrometer I found it to be within a few points of the unit. I found that Lowes carries the wicks for just under 9 bucks and thats also where I got my emerson unit. Also cheaper then the sears model, but they are twins. Does the job, but as I said with my water, 3 weeks max during the heating season per wick.

hey, there are very few guitar or woodworking tips I can give on olf, but at least I can help you save a few bucks.. I sure do take a lot of tips with me though