Customer Reviews

Plaston International Corp 32873 Digital Air Washer & Humidifier #2055d

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When I first began running this humidifier, I was thrilled with the results...for about two weeks. Unfortunately, when the cleaning light blinked for the first time, I cleaned the machine, and it has never operated properly since those first two weeks. The humidity now does not rise above 30%, even though it was initially getting up to 60%. The Air-O-Swiss toll-free number has a twenty minute wait, and when I did finally get in touch with an operator, their suggestions were straight out of the user's manual, all of which I had already tried. As a major allergy sufferer, I was *very* excited to find this model initially, since it does not require any moldy filters, and is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also extremely quiet, easy to fill, and, it seemed, high-functioning. But I've been struggling to improve the performance of this machine for weeks, and have severe doubts about whether it's worth the extreme price tag. And considering that cleaning the base and the filters is such a time-consuming chore (every two weeks, at least), I would have trouble recommending such an expensive product.

We bought this product a while back and this is the first humidifier that we've bought. I did some research and wanted one that was a combination of an air purifier and a humidifier. So far, we love the product. My wife says her skin and hair feel much better. She also has sinusitis so she has also seen a big difference in her ability to breathe.

The only problem we've had is that the digital display is a little too bright for us! It illuminates the room a little too much. Other than that we love its two speed function, love the fact that it doesn't have any filters, and that it cleans our air. It also has a section where you can put a cotton that has been doused in essential oil so it humidifies and smells good!

We've already cleaned it about four times because it got dirty very fast for us, and it reminded us that it was time to clean it. I haven't had a chance to go around cleaning the humidifying discs, and wont be able to comment on how easy or hard that is.

Overall we like the product!

This was worth every penny. I bought our first one from a retail store and paid full price. It worked so well on the upper level of my home I bought two for the lower level as well as nother one for the upper level to accomodate the space. We have stopped using the humidifier that is hooked up to our AC units as well as the one connected to our heating units. Cleaning is a bit of a task but if you treat the machine well it will return the favour. We live in Colorado and as of recent the relative humidity has been around 5% and these machines are keeping the humidity level very steady at the 45% we have it set at. Even in the winter the machines are able to keep our humitidy leves at 50% or higher as we have occasional set it for. It is very important for us to keep the humidity up as we are very concerned about the wood furnishings we have and making sure they are kept in not such a dry air home and the furniture is doing great. I would highly advise that this is the best purchase you can make and your sleep will even improve with the improved air quality. The noise level is not a bother; it doesn't interrupt our daily lives. You are running a humidifier that is acutally working, it is not going to be silent.

I bought this unit hoping that it could keep the humidity in my small Colorado apartment someplace around 50%, to keep my instruments happy and healthy. I figured this might be worth the price if it worked, but unfortunately, the unit went back to the store the second day I had it. On day one, I left it running on the lower, quiet overnight in a largely sealed apartment, and according to both the built-in hygrometer and a separate one, it wasn't even able to hit 40% humidity. Unfortunately, the stronger setting is also as loud as my dishwasher, and thus, not suitable for constant use. I'm also concerned about cleaning it, and frankly, if I'm going to pay $300 (I used a coupon), I'm going to expect a great deal more results.

If the air cleaner approach is required, I'd recommend the Venta line, as I used their middle-of-the-line model without problems for around a year. It too can't reliably put out enough humidity to control humidity changes, and they lack any kind of hygrometer switch, but they're much more quiet, and the model I had was nearly $150 cheaper.

So, nice try, Air-O-Swiss, but a machine this expensive is going to need to be a great deal quieter and effective.

Seems to help with my husbands sinus problems but we found that when the furnace is on it doesn't keep the humidity at the level it is set at. My husband still experiences some sinus problems at those times. We have it in a 600 sq. ft. bedroom and was a little disapointed in the fact that it is suppoes to have a coverage of 750 sq. ft. as advertised. As far as an Air Washer goes, when the humidity is low and the Air-O-Swiss isn't running it isn't washing the air. I'm not so sure that I wouldn't go with seperate items if this is what one is looking for.

We waited a long time to get a humidifier. We finally found what seems to be the best combo of both humidifier and purifier. The version by Air-O-Swiss looked like the best bet as far as quality. While expensive it has so far been great at bringing up the humidity level in our all too dry house. We have had it for three weeks now and it runs great.

Air-O-Swiss Model 2055D is touted as both a humidifier and air cleaner. I purchased for humidification as the design of the unit moves to little air to be very effective as an air cleaner. Initially, the unit made an annoying clicking sound as the discs rotated. This sound was reported by others and appears to be inherent in the plastic gear mechanism relying on the rather light weight of the unit bearing down on the gear to engage movement. After a few weeks (and some silicone stopcock grease) the clicking was gone and the unit is quite quiet. As for humididy I have always laughed at the square footage ratings of these units as the cubic feet at a particular temperture would be the most consistent rating for all units. With that said the area being humidified is 550 ft sq with 10ft ceiling thus 5500 cubic feet. The unit has a hard time keeping humidity at 40% in this room at outdoor tempertures below 32F. I've used only RO water in the unit and it has had no fouling nor deposit build up (no dust build up on the discs either thus I am dubious of it air cleaning).
Regardless, the cleaning cycle lights still illuminate as they are on a timer rather than a conductive cell. Overall, the unit is well made thus my positive rating. There are many less expensive units such as the Honeywell towers that do just as well humidifying but last only a season or two.

I use this in my bedroom, or did for about 2 days. Though it gets the humidity up nicely, it makes a horrible noise every 30 seconds as if the casing is moving up and down. Maybe it is more of a living room device?

I have a newborn and thought this was going to help clean the air and humidify. But the air wash does not work when the humidifier is not on. Since it's automatic depending on the humidity, it may never clean the air. I should have just bought a humifier and HEPA air cleaner and save myself $300.

On the loud setting it produces little humidity. The loud setting is too loud to sleep with. On the quiet setting, it produces way too little humidity. I wake up feeling very dry in the throat. We have only had it a few nights and haven't cleaned it yet. There are lots of disks to clean, but I don't know how difficult that is. We live in Colorado and so it is very dry, but we have liked the humidifier that we had for years before this one. That one was by Slant/Fin. The Slant/Fin gurgles and has fan noise, but I could sleep through that. It humidified well and was easy to clean. The Air-O-Swiss on the quiet setting occassionly makes a loud "glug" kind of a noise which I didn't like. I might get a Slant/Fin again after we return this one. However, the Slant/Fin just sold their humidifier line to kaz Inc,. So...who knows what will become of them shortly.