Today's tip: Clean your humidifier!

[shells]

This winter I've been pretty lazy about cleaning my humidifiers. I waited until my cool mist humidifier was actually making funny sounds to take it apart and take a look. Yuck, yuck, yuck! It took me forever to scrub it clean. It is definitely something that should be done more often!

[Lucy]

I just cleaned mine yesterday! I just installed a new filter a couple of months ago and have cleaned the humidifier several times since. Mine was not bad when I cleaned it yesterday.

Thanks for the advice, Shelley. Junk like that cannot be good for anyone!

[neil0502]

Definitely good advice.

I've also taken to using only distilled water when I'm firing up the old humidifier. It seems to leave virtually no residue behind and is pretty cheap in those 2.5 gallon jugs at the market....