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Title: Holmes quality has fallen off a cliff
Review: I bought 2 of these in 2010 to replace to 5+ year-old Holmes units that had died after long and reliable service. The older units' heating elements had failed, but the tanks remained intact.These units worked adequately for a year. The capacity was lower than earlier units despite Holmes's claims--humidifying even a medium-sized room drained the tank fully in 10 hours as opposed to about 16-18 on the earlier model. It was also much more difficult to get the tank aligned properly, and several times slight misalignments caused slow leakage (1-2 hours) of the entire tank. (Fortunately I learned long ago to place towels underneath humidifiers.)Nevertheless, I was reasonably content with these units until I took them out of storage for this winter (2011). When filling the tanks, both cracked in exactly the same spot. This is an obvious design flaw. After having bought 7-8 Holmes humidifiers over the last 15 years, I will not be buying anything else from this company.
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