Options considered: 40
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Canada
Last updated: April 2024
Ranking criteria: noise level, ease of use, durability, size and portability
Buyer's remorse summary: the most common issues that customers have with their Humidifiers are typically related to Maintenance and cleaning , Noise level , Humidity control and Filter replacements .
We compiled the list of the most popular Humidifiers of 2024 that have received the fewest complaints in these categories.
LEVOIT OasisMist Smart Humidifier, Quiet, 4.5L, White
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This innovative humidifier offers fast relief, healthier mist output, smart auto mode, remote contro... read more
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ASAKUKI 400ML Essential Oil Diffuser with Color Changing Light
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This multifunctional aromatherapy device offers a large water tank, 7 LED colors, multiple mist mode... read more
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2.2L Cool Mist Humidifier - Quiet, Adjustable, Easy-Fill (Brand Name
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This high-capacity humidifier provides customizable mist levels, silent operation, and effortless re... read more
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Honeywell MistMate Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier, Black, 0.5-G
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This ultrasonic humidifier provides cool visible mist, adjustable moisture output settings, a 0.5-ga... read more
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MistAire Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier - Premium 25-Hour Operation
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This ultrasonic cool mist humidifier provides instant dry air relief for up to 25 hours, with a larg... read more
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LEVOIT Large Room Humidifier with Oil Diffuser, White
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This humidifier stands out with its large tank capacity, top-fill design, quiet operation, and 360° ... read more
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LEVOIT 4L Cool Mist Humidifier for Bedroom and Plants
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This humidifier provides relief from dryness, allergies, and snoring. It offers quiet operation, eas... read more
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Levoit 6L Cool Mist Humidifier for Bedroom and Plants
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This humidifier stands out with its smart control capabilities, large water tank, customizable humid... read more
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LEVOIT Smart WiFi Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser, 3L, White
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This smart humidifier offers convenient control through a smartphone app, Alexa, and Google Assistan... read more
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LEVOIT Large Room Humidifier
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This large room humidifier offers the convenience of app and voice control, warm and cool mist optio... read more
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Quiet Cool Mist Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser, White
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This versatile humidifier offers precise mist control, essential oil diffusion, quiet operation, and... read more
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Pharata Large Room Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser
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This large room humidifier stands out with its long-lasting mist release, adjustable output, essenti... read more
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ASAKUKI 4L Smart Humidifier with Aroma Diffuser and Remote
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This smart humidifier stands out with its large capacity, customizable humidity levels, quiet operat... read more
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AquaOasis Cool Mist Humidifier - Quiet & Adjustable
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This high-quality humidifier operates silently, providing immediate relief from dry air. It offers m... read more
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Acare Bedroom Humidifier - Small, Cool Mist, Timer Setting
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This humidifier stands out with its ability to function as both a cool mist humidifier and an aroma ... read more
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Honeywell Comfort Warm Mist Humidifier with Essential Oil Cup
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This humidifier provides warm visible mist, adjustable moisture output, and has a built-in essential... read more
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Everlasting Comfort Cool Mist Humidifier for Bedroom
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This high-capacity humidifier features a whisper-quiet operation, adjustable mist output, essential ... read more
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Vicks Filter-Free Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier, 4.5L/1
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This humidifier provides cool mist and adjustable moisture output settings, making it perfect for me... read more
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Honeywell Top Fill Warm Mist Humidifier with Essential Oil Cup
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This humidifier stands out with its warm visible mist, easy top fill design, built-in essential oil ... read more
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LtYioe Mini Cool Mist Humidifier with Colorful Cycling Light
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This portable humidifier with colorful cycling light offers a peaceful ambiance, easy operation, qui... read more
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500ml Cool Mist Humidifiers by Brand (if available)
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This 500ml cool mist humidifier stands out with its adjustable brightness, mist modes, and ultrasoni... read more
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ASAKUKI Top Fill Cool Mist Humidifier with Aroma Diffuser
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This top fill cool mist humidifier offers fast humidification, a stronger scent experience, quiet sl... read more
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Hommvana Cool Mist Humidifier, 5L Top Fill, Essential Oil Diffuser
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This innovative humidifier features a unique 5L tank design that prevents leaks and reduces the need... read more
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GoveeLife Smart Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser and WiFi
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This smart humidifier combines essential oil diffusion, WiFi control, and a 360° nozzle for customiz... read more
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Esemoil WiFi Smart Humidifier for Large Rooms, Alexa-Compatible
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This smart humidifier offers quiet operation, remote control via smartphone app or voice command, to... read more
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ASAKUKI 6L Top Fill Humidifier with Oil Diffuser
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This high-capacity humidifier offers customizable humidity levels, quiet sleep mode, easy maintenanc... read more
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Large Bedroom Humidifier, Quiet and Easy to Clean, White
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This large bedroom humidifier is quiet, easy to clean, and has a 4L water tank that provides 50 hour... read more
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Bear Bedroom Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser, 6L Capacity
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This humidifier stands out with its large 6L capacity, easy top-fill design, dual rotating nozzles, ... read more
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MegaWise 7-color Night Light Humidifier with 3.5L Capacity
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This 7-color night light humidifier stands out with its top refill design, no leakage structure, sta... read more
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PARIS RHÔNE 4L Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier with Humidist
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This ultrasonic cool mist humidifier stands out with its integrated humidity sensor, quiet operation... read more
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BREEZOME 6L Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser
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This product stands out with its 2-in-1 diffuser and humidifier feature, long-lasting humidification... read more
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Oraimo Top Fill Cool Mist Humidifier with Night Light
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This top fill cool mist humidifier stands out with its easy-to-clean design, quiet operation, aromat... read more
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Esemoil Bedroom Humidifier, 2.5L Cool Mist, Top Fill, Quiet
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This humidifier stands out with its large water tank capacity, quiet operation, easy top fill design... read more
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Holvana Bedroom Humidifier with Essential Oil Diffuser and Night Lights
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This multifunctional humidifier combines a cool mist, essential oil diffuser, and mood lighting to c... read more
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Acare Large Room Humidifier, 5L Top Fill, Ultrasonic, 40H
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This humidifier has a large 5L capacity, long-lasting cool mist output, and easy top-fill design. It... read more
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Bedroom Humidifier, 3L Cool Mist, Auto-Shut Off, Quiet
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This humidifier stands out with its large 3L tank, easy refill design, multiple mist modes, soft nig... read more
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As usual, this month we aggregated dozens of popular Humidifiers in Canada and ranked them based on noise level, ease of use, durability, size and portability. According to this April's formal ranking, humidifiers by Levoit are the most prominent ones, followed by ASAKUKI and Honeywell .
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We made a price chart of the top selling Humidifiers (see below). Budget options start at C$22.59, going up C$148.59. The most popular option is priced at C$119.98, which is on the pricier side.
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Meta-rankings combine expert endorsements.
ReviewFinder's formal aggregated ranking is a combination of our meta-rankings and consumer score.
Meta-rankings are a combination of all expert reviews we can find on the Internet. When present, meta-rankings are the strongest ranking signal (we trust experts more than consumers).
Consumer score is calculated from customer reviews.
Not all categories have enough expert endorsements online - in such cases we use consumer score weighted by historical brand prominence in the niche (brands that historically specialize in a certain category get a slight bump in that category rankings). Consumer score is a normalized 0-10 score based on customer reviews.
Recently we removed price form our rankings - it no longer affects recommendations. Whether to go budget or premium is consumer's choice, not ours.
As can be seen below, top ranked humidifiers in Canada start at roughly C$22.59 and go up to C$148.59. Median price is C$54.99.
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500ml Cool Mist Humidifiers by Brand (if available)
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Honeywell Comfort Warm Mist Humidifier with Essential Oil Cup
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Levoit 6L Cool Mist Humidifier for Bedroom and Plants
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A humidifier is an electrical gadget used to moisturize (humidify) the environment usually a room, or a building. It does this by adding water in gaseous form (water vapor) to its immediate surroundings.
Humidifiers are used in harsh climates or hot regions such as deserts and during extreme cold. During the winter season in places like Canada, the cold causes humidity levels to drop drastically, hence the need for some mechanically-induced moisture. Humidifiers are also used in some public settings like galleries and museums. Generally, humidification in galleries and museums prevents artifacts from damage caused by low humidity levels in these places.
The personal use of humidifiers is not uncommon, for a fact respiratory disorders, dry skins, and other problems caused by low humidity are solved by the use of humidifiers. Humidifiers vary in size and shape, which largely depends on where they will be used. If you live in colder regions of the world like Canada and the Arctic circle, you may require a humidifier more than you know.
Caution must be maintained when using these gadgets. Although there are several advantages or benefits to using humidifiers, they may dangerous or unsafe to use for some. Humidifiers may be unsafe if the water used in such humidifiers is hard (containing certain chemical compounds). You need to take good care of your humidifier as unkept humidifiers can harbor germs and harmful microorganisms. These harmful can be released into the environment and can cause illnesses to anyone in such an environment.
Except stated otherwise, the liquid content of your humidifier should be water. Other liquids may have adverse effects on your humidifier.
As we will be focusing on the different types of humidifiers for personal use, we will consider five common portable types.
Another good thing about these humidifiers is that inhalants and other medications can be added to the water container which can help treat some respiratory infections.
This type of humidifier is especially useful in places like Canada, this is because it releases warm moisture into the air.
You might want to check out the wick-which may contain mould after prolonged use-from time to time.
This humidifier has been observed to harbour dirt and some harmful chemical compounds from the water in its reservoir. Therefore, as an intending buyer, endeavour to always clean this humidifier.
Regular maintenance is advised as central humidifiers are known to hold harmful germs and germs after prolonged use.
The above five types of personal humidifiers are quite common and are available for purchase in many stores online. There are also humidifiers for other uses such as medical applications and industrial uses.
Humidifiers are used in medical theatres and hospital wards to control the average humidity. Industrial humidifiers are needed in factories where papers is produced, printing is done, and pharmaceutical companies. Humidity and temperature in these industries must be controlled hence the need for humidifiers. Other industries that require humidifiers include textile and fabric factories, auto companies among others.
The humidifiers used in medicine and industries are quite large and are fixed permanently to serve in a central role wherever they are required.
Interestingly, humidifiers can be made locally. These local humidifiers are similar to evaporators because they contain a water reservoir and a wick, but don’t contain a fan. Potted plants can also serve as natural humidifiers. Plants release water vapour on the surfaces of leaves into the environment thereby moisturizing their immediate environment.
When the amount of water vapour (or moisture) in a place is relatively low, the effect is felt on both animate and non-animated elements in the room. Dry air can cause dryness of the skin and the nasal cavity. Wooden furniture in the home also begins to dry out and walls begin to crack. All these can be averted through the use of humidifiers.
The question now is how does a humidifier solve the problem of low moisture (or low humidity)? How do they work?
As we have considered above there are different kinds of humidifiers, and the modes of operation differ from each other. However, they all operate on a general principle. They all have a water reservoir and a mode of disposal of water vapour. They all also have the same job description; to humidify the environment! The mode in which they carry out the job is what differs. Let's consider some;
-Steam Vaporizers (or simply Vaporizers): Vaporizers disperse steam as moisture to increase relative humidity. After the water is added to its reservoir, the humidifier automatically boils the water and the resulting hot steam is released into the environment and is evenly distributed into the room.
-Evaporators: A significant feature (or part) of evaporators is the wick. This wick is a foamy strip that absorbs water from the reservoir through capillary action. The evaporator also contains a fan that blows on the wick which turns the absorbed water into moisture and is in turn carried by air throughout the room.
-Ultrasonic humidifiers: These humidifiers contain a metallic valve that vibrates at an extremely fast frequency. These series of vibrations turn the water in the reservoir of this humidifier into droplets which are then dispersed in the air. The ultrasonic humidifier disperses cool moisture, unlike vaporizers.
-The Impeller humidifier: Impellers, like ultrasonic humidifiers also disperse cool moisture but their mode of operations is quite different. In place of a metallic valve, the impeller has a rotating disk and a diffuser. When water is poured into its reservoir, the rotating disk whisks water on the diffuser which in turn changes it into droplets which come as fog. The result of this process is cool, soothing moisture dispersed throughout the room. Its rotating disk and diffuser make noise while working.
Humidifiers are helping hands in the general wellness of an individual, many have found it as an important addition to the gadgets in the home. However, you may ask, is it important that I own a humidifier? Below are five reasons we think you need a humidifier.
An important job of humidifiers is two increase relative humidity. Low humidity causes dryness of the respiratory tract, which may lead to respiratory infections. Therefore before, you close your mind to getting a humidifier, consider how much you need to prevent (solve) respiratory problems. Think of the good it can do to shield you and your loved ones from pneumonia, cough, and other respiratory infections.
Yes, you read right, snoring! Another problem of low humidity (or dry air) is that it increases the occurrence and harshness of snoring. When there is low humidity, the airway in your throat swells, and the free flow of air through the nasal is obstructed which causes air to pass through the mouth, the result is the disturbing noise, snoring. This whole problem can be averted through increasing humidity, that's the job of a humidifier.
Low moisture causes cracks on the walls and floors of your home or office. Your wooden furniture is not safe either, they dry out and when they do, their integrity also reduces. Your humidifier can provide the needed assistance by supplying moisture into your home or office.
Low moisture is hard on the skin, it caused dryness, itching among other problems. Your lips suffer too, as a matter of fact, a drop in relative humidity causes your lips to crack from severe dryness. Your humidifier can not only solve this problem but can also prevent a future occurrence. Humidifiers can be of great help to your skin.
As said above, using humidifiers like steam vaporizers is safe and doesn't transmit germs. Vaporizers also do more, the steam coming from this humidifier kills germs in the air. Humidifiers prevent you from contracting diseases coming from illness-causing germs.
These five are just a little out of the many reasons you need a humidifier. Whatever it is you need humidifiers for, know that there are more benefits available.
This would depend on om some factors; the size of the building it would be used, your budget, the capacity of your humidifier, the weather in your region. The size of your home or office is one of the most important factors; in a home with about 74 square meters, all you need is one humidifier. In bigger homes or offices, you may need two or a large unit to serve the whole building.
If you choose to go for a humidifier with a large reservoir, you may need just one to serve your whole house. If you live in cold regions and the relative humidity is low, you need a reservoir with a large capacity and running time. If you live in Canada, a typical residential building needs just one humidifier with a reservoir of at least two litres.
Now, all of these options are still hinges on money available hence, budget is the most important factor.
The running time of any humidifier depends on how much water is in its reservoir. Therefore, it is advised to fill the reservoir when you about to use the humidifier. Typically, if your humidifier has a reservoir of a litre, then you should expect a running time of about 8 hours. The bigger the reservoir the longer the running time.
If you are handling a humidifier for the first time, follow these simple yet effective steps;
As mentioned above, it is to be placed on a level/uniform surface preferably a table. It should also be placed where moisture can be dispersed freely without any obstruction. So, it could be on a corner in your living room or a bedroom.
There are many health benefits of humidifiers, so yes humidifiers can improve your health! What are some of the ways humidifiers can improve your health?
An air purifier is quite different from a humidifier. As the name implies, an air purifier cleanses or removes impurities from the air. The mode of operation and objective of an air purifier are different from that of a humidifier. A purifier removes dirt from the air while a humidifier increases relative humidity in a place.
Below are some practical ways to maintain your humidifier;
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Yes, you can sleep under a humidifier. A humidifier can help improve your sleep by adding moisture to the environment. However, do not sleep under a steam vaporizer as it can cause some injuries.
It's been said above that humidifiers are beneficial to the skin. These are some of the benefits.
Yes, there are side effects of using humidifiers. Some of them are;
