Holmes HM4600-U 11-Gallon Humidifier

by Holmes

Product Features

• Ionizer freshens and cleans the air
• CarbonX filter technology helps reduce odors
• Harmony quiet fan blade technology
• On/Off Timer
• Microban antimicrobial protection

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 21 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: B00067TS3W
• Item model number: HM4600-U
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #669,200 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

11 Gallon Console Humidifier with Ionizer from Holmes for a 1700 Sq. Ft. area

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for big rooms, April 11, 2005

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Kyle D. Gendron (Burlington, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holmes HM4600-U 11-Gallon Humidifier (Kitchen)

We've had this humidifier since the middle of November. It is now the middle of April. We bought it after my daughter was born and had to spend 10 days in the special care nusery. Part of the time she spent in there was because of her tiny nasal passages. What helped get her though was the doctor putting her on a cool mist humidifier dome. The doctor said if we didn't already have one, to ge a COOL MIST humidifer. Cool mist will help open up the nasal passage where as the warm mist will generally help initially feel better, in the long run will close the nasal passages.

We have a very large room and needed a humidifier that would cover our area (the baby is in our room). This humidifer certainly fits that bill.

As for the loud noise it produces. We like having that noise. It is a steady sound at the same level. In fact the other night I had the humidifier turned off and woke up 4 or 5 times during the night because I was able to hear every little tiny sound that would normally have been drowned out by the humidifier.

As for filling it. You can do it in the sink or in the tub. The top for each tank has an attachment for it that screws into it so that you can lay the tank sideways in the sink. Our sink is deep enought that I was able to take the attachment off and fill it normally.

Having the humidifier room gage is great. Typically you want your humity level in a room to be between 40 and 60. During the night I run the humidifier on level 1 and it keeps the humity level around 50-55. During the day I change the setting to keep the humidity level no lower than 40. Every time the level goes below 40, the fan automatically turns on to keep up the humitity level.

The only real complaint I have with this unit is that it goes through filters quickly and they are on the expensive side. I have to change the filters once a month (there are 6 of them), but it has made a huge difference in the baby's breathing at night during the winter months. I have also noticed that I no longer wake up with a dry yukky mouth and my lips do not get dryed out and chapped at all.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I really like it, March 17, 2006

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ioch "ioch" (Wayland, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holmes HM4600-U 11-Gallon Humidifier (Kitchen)

Frankly I am suprised at all the negative reviews.
I am lucky I did not see them before I bought this unit.

I do find the unit fairly loud on high and medium power but no louder then I would have expected in comparing to other humidifiers (I own 4 - this being the largest)

On low power I find it quiet enough so I can stand right next to it and talk on the phone, and it does not bother my TV watching.
Also on low power this humidifier still humidifies great, infact I found I did not need my other humidifiers on other floors, as it seems to be humidifying my first 2 floors (about 2200 sf) to my satisfaction. (This winter has been unusualy warm though)

This unit is sleek and compact for a full house humidifier.

Another thing I really like is that I bought this humidifier beginning of this winter season and I have not had to change the filters yet - still running strong, I expected to have to change filters monthly, so this was a nice bonus - of course it all depends on your local water quality.

A comment about Holmes customer support, another warm mist humidifier that I bought last season broke, I called Holmes and they imidiately offered to replace it once I described the problems to them, they sent me a brand new unit for a $10 shipping fee which I find is very fair. Infact since I no longer liked the warm mist, I asked them to send me an equivalent cost model that was cold mist and that is what they did.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Saved our dog!, September 10, 2006

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Kay Edmonds "Kay" (Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holmes HM4600-U 11-Gallon Humidifier (Kitchen)

All these reviews are correct (and funny!). This is loud, but we keep it on low all the time. The rest of it is wonderful. Our dog had pneumonia last winter. She had a couple of rounds of antibiotics, which took care of her fever and congested lungs, but she could not stop coughing up phlegm for months. She went for x-rays and was headed for ultrasound next. We had a small humidifier, but purchased this after Christmas and the very first night we had it on her coughing disappeared and only comes back when we don't use it. We had no idea we had such allergens existing in our bedroom. It would be nice if Holmes worked on the sound issue, but as far as the performance of humidifying and purifying our air, we wouldn't live without it.