Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have a wood stove, so dry air is a challenge, and I've had about 10 different humidifiers in the past several years, so I'm something of an expert, I guess. I've tried Vicks, Bionaire, Homedic, and some more expensive units. But I've had this for almost a month now, and I think my search is finally over... this unit has the highest output of any of the steam or cool mist units I've tried. It's really very good, in all aspects, and I haven't had any of the issues others have mentioned... it simply works, it's quiet, and cleaning isn't hard at all. The controls and the amount of precise control you have over the output is excellent, and the humidistat seems to be very accurate. When it's out of water it stops every time, and when you refill you don't have to reset all your settings... it holds them until you manually turn the unit off. I also like how small it is, and it's very easy to move it to wherever you want it. Refilling is easy, it has jsut the right amount of capacity so it's not too heavy to refill (I think it's 1.5 gal) and the directional "spouts" work very well. Iv'e been extra careful with the tank after reading of some other people's problems with cracks, and it's been fine so far. Of course, with a wood stove, you need a LOT of humidity replacement. This Levoit can raise the humidity about 5-10%, but bear in mind I'm using this in a fairly large area, 800 sq ft, which is almost twice the recommended room size for this unit... so technically this unit shouldn't be big enough. But I just put it near our seating area and it makes a big difference... I was surprised at how much more humid the area feels. I tried it in the master bedroom and it blew the Vicks unit away, and got it to 50% pretty quickly. With the wood stove going, none of my steam humidifiers could even move my humidity needle 1%. And out of all the ones I've tried, only my huge evaporitive whole house humidifier has more output than this one... but while that beast can raise my humidity about 15-20% only when on the highest setting, it's such a pain to keep clean, you need to add chemicals which I don't feel is very safe, and it's really loud... so loud we didn't use it much. I can't really think of any negatives at all... it's really a great unit. I guess if I could get 2 for the price of one it would be better, but it's eel worth the money IMO. BTW, my suggestion is to stay away from cool mist... in fact I will never get a cool mist unit again. Even using 100% pure H2O (distilled) from my reverse osmosis system, it still makes a white dust, and the chemicals I tried only reduced the amount of dust, but didn't eliminate it. They're also really hard to keep clean, and bacteria is a real problem. Plus, who wants to add chemicals to the air you breath? Check it out... I don't think you'll be disappointed. EDIT: I've had it almost 2 years now, and the heat element stopped working for the warm mist. Granted, I use it daily all winter long, but in this day and age a heat element should last years. I simply wrote to Levoit, explained the problem, verified my receipt and all that, and they're sending me a new one. No hassles, no cost. That's the way it should be... great company that stands behind their products! How rare these days.