I want this so my humidifier will not leave white residue. The water in my apartment is hard and softened artificially. Will this remove all minerals?
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It doesn't remove all the minerals, but it is much softer then most water. I think it will take much longer time for humidifier to build up as I have the same problem with my tea pot - residue. It took much longer time for the residue to be seen then with other water.
1513255
When I first bought this filtration system, I ran a water test. It turns out most of solubles are still in water. I suspect you will not eliminate hard water residue with this filter.
1513256
I don't know the answer to your question. I do use a Cpap machine and I continue to buy deminerslized water. I don't trust the filter has removed all minerals and cost of replacing the machine is high if it doesn't. I'd ask the manufacturer
1513257
No. Only a reverse osmosis system will remove minerals from your water. I use the Whirlpool WHER25 for exactly the purpose you described and it works just fine. In fact the WHER25 would work perfectly for a cpap system as well.
1959852
I would have to agree with others who posted answers. However, I have issues with white powder. I am in Phoenix and unless i use distilled water, the tap water supply here is too hard for the filter that is built-in to the humidifier to handle. This is not by any means a bad thing, since I have the same issue with all other humidifiers i have tried (like 15 or so) and they all had the same issue. But there is no issue with wetness with this unit.
1699622
I don't know if it does. I do not soak anything, but use it to clean my coffee maker, espresso maker and humidifier. It does not remove the white chalk build up from the water on the humidifier.
1218913
you probably have hard water in your house? if you do, you have a calcium deposit problem, not just soap scum, in which case, the only thing you can do is use chemicals such as CLR (Calcium-Lime-Rust remover) or some sort of acidic solution - as in diluted vinegar.
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I just use my city tap water and it has worked fine (it's not especially hard or anything, which helps). If you have issues with the 'white dust' that is common with ultrasonic humidifiers, switch to distilled water and that should solve it. So far I've had good luck with the unit.
2022703
I used tap water that runs through my undersink water filter. That keeps most of the hard water minerals out which can cause a problem of buildup inside the humidifier.
389300
No never had an issue could be from your water, if it is hard, minerals, use a bottle of drinking water see if that clears it.
1663877
The white dust is a problem with ultrasonic humidifiers. Since this is evaportative, it is not a problem. Mine works very well
1707022
The Hydrostick was made with silver that actually kills bacteria. It worked well and I'm really mad they stopped making it. These disks MAY help with odor or chlorine idk, but they won't protect the base of your humidifier from mold etc... You could get the same or possibly even better effect by just running your water through an inexpensive water filtering pitcher before filling your tank.
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I did. However, it destroyed my humidifier. So my recommendation would be to follow the manufacturer's instructions on adding stuff to the water in your humidifier if you can at all.
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We have a lot of calcium in our well water. The heat from the hot water tank is what causes the minerals to form scale. We placed this on the cold water side of the hot water tank and noticed a big improvement in water quality, especially on shower doors and dish washer. I have changed it twice now. The first time at 3 mos because the info says it can clean up existing scale in pipes and fixtures. The bottom line is if your water is very hard that will affect how much benefit you get from this product. So will you be happy with a 50% improvement in quality? I know I am cleaning faucet screens a lot less. Still have a jug of vinegar around though! Hope this helps.
381443
Yes, unless your humidifier specically says not to add any chemicals to the water. Also, when I used the Best Air treatment, it still produced white dust.
4978
I use tap water which is hard water and not distilled water. Had no problems so far. But I don't use the humidifier frequently. Might probably want to clean with vinegar if prolonged use results in sediments or residue.
387521
I didn't have a white film from my humidifier, so I can't answer your question. Sorry.
729704
Jeff, I would have to say no, because I never saw any. After reading all the other answers - I still say no, and I use water right out of the tap. The one at the apartment is city water, but one at the house is drilled well water and neither of these humidifiers leave white dust.
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It's a calcium build up. It'll disable your humidifier altogether if not it's not regularly cleaned. When I first bought the humidifier, I also bought a solution that was supposed to help keep calcium buildup at bay. It didn't. So now I clean the humidifier once a month by letting the heating mechanism soak overnight (or while I'm at work) in vinegar. It works like a dream. This was my boyfriend's suggestion, so I can't take credit for it. But I'll swear on a stack of humidifiers that it works each and every time.
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It's a disk that goes into the water container to treat the water ( for hard water) it comes with the unit and you. An replace them. It would prob work fine without it if your water is good. Otherwise it's good to use it otherwise the minerals in the hard water can ruin the humidifier.