Honeywell Quietcare HCM-630 3 Gallon Humidifier

"Haven't used the humidifier for humidifying yet. I have it in my baby's nursery for wintertime humidifying and year-round white noise for sleeping. I should have believed the advertising, though, because this model is truly quiet and does not create the level of white noise I was expecting."

"[...]I've only used the unit for about 2 1/2 weeks, so I can't speak to long-term reliability. But so far, so good. It's very quiet and compact and does a good job humidifying a fairly large space. I like the included Protec cleaning cartridge - it seems to inhibit mold growth and supposedly works for up to a month. I did some checking for replacement Protec cleaning cartridges and they seem fairly inexpensive, $10 for a two-pack, and that was at a local hardware store. [...]



Good product."

"Two people living in this house have asthma and with this being a very cold and dry winter so far, their colds and asthma issues were worse and longer in duration than usual. Our doctor recommended a humidifier so I did some research and decided to purchase the Honeywell QuietCare 3.0 Gallon. The machine itself is excellent and exactly what we needed [...]. I use it in the main part of our house during the day and when my kids were sick, I put it in their bedroom at night. It's very, very quiet."

"Very quiet. Efficient disbursal of mist, but low, horizontal vent outlet delivers chilly draft - better if angled upward. Also, it's quite difficult to fill: rounded top and bottom, so you can't set it down, and no recessed handle on the filling end, so you have to hold it by hooking your fingers in the opening. Poorly designed."

"I've had two of these. They were fine while they worked, albeit not as quiet as I would have liked. They had ample sized tanks and were easy to fill. The controls were easy to use. The styling was pleasing. They humidified my bedroom efficiently.



However, the first one suddenly quit after about three months. It squealed and then the motor stopped. I spend a lot of time trying to revive it, but no success.



I chalked that up to bad luck. I bought another. It was noisier than the first one from the beginning. After about four months of use, it started to squeak and struggled to restart when stopped. By the end of the next month, it, too, had quit altogether.



I'm looking for another humidifier, but it will be a different brand this time."

"In Illinois we have great winters, my first I ran almost continuiously for 4 months every winter for 3 years, the motor final failed and I liked them so much I got another. You need to replace the filter about every 4-6 weeks and have the purifier cartridge. It easy to clean and as I run mine right by my furnace intake, it helps humidify the whole house. The large container means I fill the tank twice a day, which make me happy knowing I am putting 6 gallons of water into the air every day!!!!!"

"I purchased 2 of these humidifiers for my apartment, for both my living room and bedroom. My rooms aren't extremely large, but for small to midsize rooms I feel this product can accomplish the humidity you desire with only refilling the humidifier on a daily basis. The humidifier is easy to set-up, lightweight, and easy to fill. The adjustable settings help to reach the humidity level you desire and also shutoff so as to not over-humidify your room. Overall, I've been satisfied."

"I purchased this product for my newborn's room so it had to be quiet. Generally, I am pleased with the sound level at it's lowest speed. At any other speed, it seems too loud in my opinion. I am not pleased with the capacity of the tank - I have to refill it about every 10 hours or so. They could have easily increased the capacity by varying the shape of the tank so that it doesn't contain a curve and go straight up from the base. This would not increase the footprint of the unit at all. Other than that, it does what it's built to do. I can usually get the humidity level up in that one room to 50% with the door open."

"This humidifier is by no means silent, but it's reasonably quiet even on a table set on a hardwood floor and would be even quieter on a carpeted floor. The container is awkward to fill until you get used to it, which doesn't take long. I'm very happy with the product so far, and if the filters were out quickly, well, they need to be changed periodically anyway to avoid anything growing there."

"We have a new baby that has been sick alot and we needed a humidifier that really worked. It works great even on the lowest setting so you can hear him on the monitor instead of just the machine. I tried a couple of others and they were too loud and didn't put enough moisture in the air. Since, we've bought another one for our own bedroom."