Essick Air 336-500 3-Speed Tabletop Evaporative Humidifier

by Bemis

Product Features

• 5 gallons of output per day
• Humidifies 1100 square feet
• 3-speed fan
• Automatic humidistat

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 22 x 13.2 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000D8EK1
• Item model number: 336-500
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #759,881 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

Tabletop style multi-room evaporative humidifier, this design uses two wicks for maximum output and coverage, 5-gallons of output per day, humidifies 1100 sq. ft. 3-speed fan, 3.5 gal water-holding capacity, automatic humidistat maintains optimum humidity level, quiet nighttime setting, dual Bemis-patented super wick.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product, somewhat noisy, December 5, 2005

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frogit22 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Essick Air 336-500 3-Speed Tabletop Evaporative Humidifier (Kitchen)

I've had this product for over a year. It is easy to clean and works as it is supposed to. It is great for a large bedroom. It does not have enough capacity to humidify your entire house, unless you live in a very small ranch. In the winter in my New England home, I refill it about every day, sometimes twice a day. It has the ability to put a good amount of moisture into the air. I believe it is rated to humidify about 1000 sq ft.

The only complaint I have is that the highest fan setting is almost unusable - it is very noisy.

on the lowest fan setting, not enough moisture is put into the air, but it is very quiet. It might be OK if you had it on the lowest setting and the unit was in an enclosed bedroom. If you are trying to humidify more than one room, the lowest fan setting isn't enough.

Overall the unit works as it is supposed to except for the noise on the highest fan setting.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly recomended, November 10, 2008

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David F. Simon (Brookline, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essick Air 336-500 3-Speed Tabletop Evaporative Humidifier (Kitchen)

Evaporative humidifiers are the most efficient and easiest to maintain design, much better in my opinion than ultrasonic designs or ones that boil water. This humidifier can put a lot of moisture into the air, holds close to three gallons of water, so you don't have to refill every day, and is realtively quiet. The only drawback is the design of the tanks which are a little difficult to handle upside down.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but why can't the water tanks stand up?, January 28, 2010

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M. Milligan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essick Air 336-500 3-Speed Tabletop Evaporative Humidifier (Kitchen)

I have this and the only thing I don't like about it is that the tops of the water tanks are angled so I can't stand them up in the sink easily when I am filling them. When it's full, it takes one hand to hold the tank steady, one hand to hold on to the bacteria treatment bottle, and one hand to unscrew the cap of the bacteria treatment bottle. How many hands is that? I could see some designer saying "Wouldn't it be pretty if the tops of the water tanks were angled?" but at some point in the process someone should have figured out that the tanks would be a lot easier to fill if the tops were flat. Filling them with water is an awkward ten minute process and it shouldn't be that way. That's the only negative but it's a pretty big one.