I feel like all the mist is just sinking to the floor. Any suggestions for settings / placement to make sure the humidity is getting into the air?
207468
If the floor feels damp, either the air is not dry enough to absorb the mist or the the mist control is set too high. I only use my Optimus in cold weather when the furnace is cycling. That's when the air is really dry.
207469
I put it on a small table that stands about two feet tall. It seems to circulate a little better.
207470
If you turn it up too high it will. We set ours on 25% - 50% of maximum and have no problems.
2198814
My suggestion is to leave the unit operating in a closed space, with a door (a bathroom is good for this), for a couple of hours. then check if there is visible vapor. It your living space is exceedingly dry (especially if you have electric heating), the water vapor emitted will evaporate very rapidly after coming off the transducer. It takes a while for the relative humidity in the space being humidified to be high enough for water vapor to be visible.
155097
My thought is that it depends on how much humidity is in the air. I have that too. It is ok with me. I am glad it shuts off when it is empty.
1952424
I am in Hawaii so the humidity is generally fairly high, if that is what you mean by "area around the unit is wet". Otherwise, the immediate area only got wet when the unit leaked in the manner that I previously described.
1363682
We also felt that the pressure is low, but we decided to leave this as is for water savings. Send your request to manufacturer, Phister Customer's Service is exellent. (they helped us more then expected, sent us a lot of spare details without any charge). Good luck
645717
Mine would beep it the water level was low. If your is filled to the proper level and there is no mist, then I think that you have a defective mister.
268956
I had that happen with mine, also. I tracked it down to the plastic shaft that the float rides on was not seated into the place for it on the bottom of the part with the fan. Also, if it doesn't run very often, try turning the humidity setting up and see what happens. They have some trouble-shooting tips in the manual.
2112404
First, make sure the machine is on a level surface. Secondly, make sure the top and base are fit together properly. It is easy to not fit them together properly. Check the mist output dial to see what setting it is at.The mist should be quite visible if you have the output dial set at the middle or higher.
2277656
The answer by "brbrigs" is correct! I just received mine in the mail and set it up and there was no mist coming out. Apparently I filled my tank with too much water and it looked like the basin at the base was a huge pool of water. I dumped that out and poured a few cups of water out of the tank. I restarted the humidifier and there is a strong mist coming out now! Try that. I think it'll work.
2161960
Make sure you have the unit set on the little screen with the sun pattern , that meens its in cool mode .f its in dehumudify mode,the little droplets pattern will show up on the small screen , you wont get much cooling when its on that cycle ...Thats done by using the MODE button . I found this out that same way , room wasnt getting very cool in dehumidifiing mode , , ...I had to go over the directions to get the modes down properly ...
1366383
You only see it a few feet, but with the ceiling fan on, my humidity meter about 15 feet away in another room measured 7% higher humidity after about 6 hours of day use. After the overnight with it off, went back down 6 percent, so to keep the levels up, you might have to run it pretty continuously. That said our house is dry, we run a large fireplace insert. I've heard once you get more humidity in the house for a couple weeks it's easier to maintain, I think the floors walls furniture etc absorb some water over time if they are dry.
572946
Yes - I think you may have to step up to a larger unit. My space is a similar size, and now that warmer more humid weather has arrived, the unit is running almost full time to maintain 50% humidity. Although the unit is very quiet compared to other units I have owned, it still may be a bit annoying in certain circumstances (e.g. viewing TV in the area).
1434318
getting the humidity level up, given the structure, is extremely difficult. I have found that using soaked paper towels id far better than "pouring water into the basin" is more effective. I intend to buy some sponges and soak them and see if that solves the need to service the unit every 48 hours because the paper towels dry out so quckly
1849584
You should not have water around the unit. It could be you are positioning the mist into the indentation in the top that is then overflowing. Other than that I would say your unit is malfunctioning. Good luck.
1199861
You need to get a humidity guage to see how much humidity you have in your rooms. If the water emptys in 24 hours...it's working! It should feel like cool air coming from the unit. Yes, a slight condensation on windows, not enough to worry about.
1362006
You got yours to work? How'd you do that? Haha I can't get mine to soak up anything. I know it's humid too!
549447
Yes, but I caution that your floor and the area may become damp from the mist.