Title: Care-free is a total misnomer
Product review: I bought this unit just under a year ago, and finally abandoned it to go back to a Holmes. Its design is good in theory, and it did a decent job keeping the air in my 1200 sq ft home humidified, but it was so difficult to clean! It immediately started accumulate white (then yellow) mineral deposits that I tried cleaning with chemicals, stiff scrub brushes, even in my dishwasher, but nothing worked. Eventually, the fan started making a loud ticking sound, probably because it was off balance from all the gunk that built up on it. Also, I thought the unit was unnecessarily large. The bottom half of the gray base does not have a functional purpose. When I first got it, I did note the fan was fairly quiet, but I didn't think it was that much quieter than previous Holmes units I've owned. Overall, I think this unit is not worth the trouble.
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