Essick Air D46 720 4-Speed Tower Humidifier, Titanium Charcoal
- Tower humidifier for large spaces up to 1300 square feet
- 2 simple-to-fill water tanks; 3-gallon total water capacity
- User-friendly digital control panel; 4 speeds with silent nighttime setting
- 2 high-quality wicks; involuntary humidistat maintains personal comfort levels
- Measures 9 by 14-1/2 by 26-1/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty; 2-year motor warranty
Product Description
This attractive tower unit is cabable of humidifying manifold rooms while taking up minimal space. It’s digital controls place forward precise damp monitoring and control. Humidifies 1300-square feet with 3-gallon total water capacity. Uses dual super wick model 1040 for high output and long lasting.
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The initially Humidifier I received, did not work properly. I called the “800″ listed on the insert if you encountered a problem. Really a live self answered. I clarified the problem, she knew exactly what was incorrect, said it was defective, send it back and we’ll ship a new one.
I received a new humidifier surrounded by a week. Place it together and it works perfectly. You can set the percentage of damp you would like and the humidifier shuts on and off to keep the humdity at the selected level. I like the fans 4 speeds. Setting number 1& 2 are very silent, although 3 and 4 are not terrible. The humidifier covers 1300 sq feet which is perfect for my entire downstairs. There are two water tanks, I fill them every other day, but the humidifier shuts off and a red light appears when it is out of water.
Rating: 5 / 5
Essick Air D46 720 4-Speed Tower Humidifier, Titanium Charcoal
Initially we were thrilled. The winter damp was down into the mid 20’s and breathing at night was really a chore. We had tried smaller units, but they never accomplished much. We took the plunge and bought two of the Essick Air units.
They worked fantastic. Did all they said they would do. Brought the damp up to the level we needed… slept fantastic… no congestion or bloody noses.
But then they just stopped. We jiggled and refilled and checked the filter/wicks. Would work for a few hours, then no damp into the air… even though the fans were in succession. Seemed like maybe a vapor lock was preventing the water from flowing.
Going to try replacing the filters and hope that helps.
If not, it’s back to shopping.
Rating: 3 / 5
I’ve tried several humidifiers and this one is the simple to use and is simple to fill.
The design makes it very simple to find a place that is out of the way. The high(4) fan speed is noisy, but the 3 speeds below that are silent. I set the damp to one below the max with fan speed at 3 and it goes through one tank every 4-5 hours. I also use a Protec cartridge placed in the base of the reservoir and have had no tribulations with mildew so far. This one is a keeper.
Rating: 4 / 5
Overall, this is a fantastic humidifier.
SIZE: The tower shape of the unit makes it perfect for environments where there is more wall space to consume than floor space. It’s honestly large: as a point of reference, it rises a small higher than the arms of my living room sofas and it’s rectangular shape is about the size of a magazine, plus about 1.5″ on each side for the two tanks.
CONTROLS: The digital controls makes it pretty simple to operate. It’s a simple, two-button interface with an simple-to-read show. The involuntary humidistat can be set from 25-65% (at 10% intervals). The current and much loved damp level are shown side-by-side on the show using indicator bars. When set a much loved damp level, the involuntary humidistat will run the unit until the current damp reading is 10% higher than your preference, then turn it off until the current reading drops to 10% lower than your preference. This is a pretty nice feature – it saves power and conserves water so you don’t have to refill the reservoirs as frequently. You can also choose to run the unit continuously by not setting a preferred damp level.
FAN NOISE: There are four fan speeds. The initially three speeds are all very silent and wouldn’t be disruptive (or even noticeable) in most settings. The fourth and highest setting is more noticeable, sounding something like a microwave oven but abstractedly softer and quieter. It might be enough to make you turn up the TV a small while watching the news, but really no worse than that.
DISPLAY: The show also has a green power indicator and a red indicator to let you know when both reservoirs are empty (the unit will stop when this is the case until at least one reservoir is refilled). I did find it kind of odd that the product uses LED bars to show the damp levels and two-digit numeric readout for the fan speed (even though the highest speed setting is only 4). It nearly seems to me that these should be reversed, but that doesn’t really reduce the effectiveness of the unit and the interface is still pretty simple to read and use as designed.
SETUP & USE: The unit is honestly simple to setup and maintain. The two wick units and the fake question covers that enclose them can be a small cumbersome when snapping them in and out of place. This is not a particularly huge problem, since the wick units only need to be replaced at the commencement of each season to avoid mineral increase.
The two reservoirs, on the other hand, are very simple to remove and replace while the unit is operating. Each is the full height of the unit and about 2 inches thick with a simple click-latch fixing them snugly to the unit’s sides. Despite their large and odd shape, they’re surprisingly simple to fill even at a small bathroom sink. They each can hold a small more than their rated 1.5 gallons when topped off and the fill-caps hold this amount without leaking. The instructions say that the water level in these tanks is “easily visible” from the sides. The water level can be seen from the sides, but I wouldn’t describe it as “easily”; the dark tint makes it pretty hard to see from any distance. I regularly have to gently rock the unit a small to find the surface of the water go before I can judge.
When this unit is in succession continuously at full speed, it can run through both reservoirs twice in a single day (that two times each, or 6 gallons total). Unless your environment is *extremely* dry, I reckon that’s about the max. With more practical and conservative settings, they only need to be filled every 2-4 days, which is a much more relaxed refill schedule to keep.
The unit does work well even for larger, dryer spaces. You’ll be able to notice an immediate difference in the air near the humidifier as soon as you start it, and the effect radius grows pretty quickly – especially on the highest speed setting.
SUMMARY: All in all, this is a nice multi-room humidifier that looks excellent, fits easily, works well and is simple to operate with a nice feature set for it’s price range.
Rating: 4 / 5