Honeywell HCM-300T QuietCare 3-Gallon UV Tower Humidifier

These are very good humidifiers I purchased one from Lowes & One from Amazon in 2009 still works .Fans are louder nowabout wore out I use these a lot ,Alaska is dry I use them every night in winter.Keep them clean & filters changedand they work well.I have tried a lot of Humidifiers this one beats them all.Sometimes you need to wet the filters againin between changes.Getting ready to purchase another from Amazon.

The Honeywell HCM-300T has a few problems.One of them is fatal.Let's start with the worst of it: It sometimes leaks, dumping a a gallon and a half of water onto your floor. We ran the unit without problems for three straight days. After refilling the tank, we left the room and came back a half hour later to find it empty, and the water that was in the tank all over our living room floor. The tank appeared to be seated properly, the wick/filter was installed correctly. We don't know what happened.Other problems:1. The unit only holds 1.5 gallons, not the 3 gallons stated in the listing.2. The unit can not be easily moved once it is running. Moving the unit causes water to spill into the fan and onto the floor.3. The unit is top-heavy. If you have dogs or children, or both, you will want to think about having a tank of water crashing to the floor in the event of an accidental bump.4. The fan is small, runs fast, and makes a bit of noise. About as loud as an electric can opener.5. It doesn't move that much air. At an ambient RH of 25%, it takes over 12 hours to disperse 1.5 gallons (the unit's real capacity).6. Refilling the tank is a PITA. You turn it upside down to fill it, and the top isn't flat, so it won't sit flat in the sink. You have to hold it while it fills and then again while you futz around trying to get the lid back on.7. Reinstalling the water tank after refilling isn't easy, either. You have to be very careful or the bottom of the tank will crush the filter/wick. It's a bit of an obstacle course to get the tank to seat properly.8. It isn't made by, or sold by Honeywell. It's made by Kaz, Inc. Honeywell licenses their name to Kaz.Humidifiers have been around for a very long time. Why can't someone design one that is simple, functional, attractively designed and long-lived?We wanted to like the Honeywell HCM-300T, but after our experience with it, we strongly suggest that you look elsewhere when considering a purchase.

Our air is very arid and our last humidifier was just not cutting it. I also wanted something that was easy to clean, I am busy enough without adding another daily cleaning routine like some humidifiers I have found.Pros- Puts lots of water in the air. I refill the tank twice a day, I could do more, but if I keep on an every 12 hour schedule I do not forget to fill it.- Comparability Quiet - I run on full humidity level and full fan. There is a moderate to low noise from the fan, but nothing like my last. When on low fan I barely hear it.- Slim. I have lots crammed into our house, this took the last available place. I like that I do not need to set this on our wood furniture and potentially ruin it.- Easy to operate. I never read the manual till after something is setup, probably the kid in me wanting to play with the new toy. It came all setup and ready to go. I just filled the tank, plugged it in, and turned it on.Cons- The water tank has a curved top. With a 1 year old I like to start a task and walk away for a bit. This requires you to balance the water tank or stand there and hold it.- Does not auto shut off. I am not sure if this is a feature to keep bacteria from growing, but it took me a bit to realize it did not auto shut off. Using a regular fill schedule gets around this though.- The water tank is a bit awkward to place on the tower. It sits above the filter and the UV light goes on the outside of the filter . You have to tilt the tank and slide it in place. Sometimes it catches, but after only a week I seem to get the tank on pretty easy now.