What type of humidifier do you use?

Hairybuds said:

Don’t worry your plants won’t miss a beat at 50%, they still grow well

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That's the best I can hope for in Arctic air that's already dry and a woodburning stove for heat. I use a Honeywell cool mist. Durable. Easy to clean. Works perfect with my Inkbird humidistat.

If using control units like Inkbird avoid digital control model humidifiers. Once power is lost the digital have to be restarted. This Honeywell just turns right back on once power is restored.

I’m making something similar to this but on a smaller scale using a 7 gallon bucket. It’ll be hooked to an inkbird controller and speed controlled fan. I am going to play around with locations of piping and see what I can do to raise my tent

My mechanical room is 22%, the grow room at 40%. I’ve been meaning to buy an inkbird, the winter is my best time to grow otherwise my humidity is too high, the benefits of living on a flood plain in spring means basement RH sits around 60-75% without plants. Have to keep them on the small side if I want to grow then

hotrodharley said:

That's the best I can hope for in Arctic air that's already dry and a woodburning stove for heat. I use a Honeywell cool mist. Durable. Easy to clean. Works perfect with my Inkbird humidistat.

If using control units like Inkbird avoid digital control model humidifiers. Once power is lost the digital have to be restarted. This Honeywell just turns right back on once power is restored.

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I’m in the same boat as you. Dry winter air and a wood stove.

you Can’t get much above 50% eh?

maybe I’m hoping and dreaming.

I do have a 4x11 sealed meat locker with a 15k ac. Keep thinking of doing a grow in it one day when it’s not hanging meat. Lol

Bookush34 said:

I’m in the same boat as you. Dry winter air and a wood stove.

you Can’t get much above 50% eh?

maybe I’m hoping and dreaming.

I do have a 4x11 sealed meat locker with a 15k ac. Keep thinking of doing a grow in it one day when it’s not hanging meat. Lol

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It's the woodstove that kills it. Excellent for drying in my small tent. But hell for seedlings and younger plants.

BigGreenThumb said:

I’m making something similar to this but on a smaller scale using a 7 gallon bucket. It’ll be hooked to an inkbird controller and speed controlled fan. I am going to play around with locations of piping and see what I can do to raise my tent

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I use a 12 disc mist maker in a 27 gallon tote and it humidifies my 12x12 room with ease. Get a 2 way outlet to hook up to the inkbird so it will cut your mist maker and fan on/off at the same time. It would last about 5-7 days with a full tote of water but i top it off every 3 days or so. You dont want it sitting in just a little bit of water because of heat issues.

Just picked up an Ideal Air GSH75 humidifier. It’s actually a vaporizer, but not an ultrasonic.

I was a bit skeptical that this thing could perform and not leave a pool of water on my floor or my walls dripping. So, I just ran the bucket on my step stool next to the unit all day to test. It definitely impressed me and it doesn’t have any crazy electronics to take a crap in 6 months.

This thing easily maintains the entire room with little effort and, while the grill does get some condensation, it drips back into the reservoir and there’s no condensation issues anywhere, I even faced it directly at the wall for a few hours.

Bookush34 said:

Dose the using come on after a power outage. Or dose it default to off when the power comes on.

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The humidifier is always on when plugged in, so nothing to reset and no electronics. I have the both the regular Inkbird ICH200 and the WiFi version. Both hold their setting after power outages, including all custome schedules on the wifi version. I’ve had one for 11 hours and no issues on power up.

Clusterfuck Tuesday said:

The humidifier is always on when plugged in, so nothing to reset and no electronics. I have the itch the regular Inkbird ICH200 and the WiFi version. Both hold their setting after power outages, including all custome schedules on the wifi version. I’ve had one for 11 hours and no issues on power up.

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Wifi inkbird? Interesting ill have to check them out

Bookush34 said:

Wifi inkbird? Interesting ill have to check them out

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I have 3 of them and 3 of the wifi temp controllers. I love them.

Clusterfuck Tuesday said:

Just picked up an Ideal Air GSH75 humidifier. It’s actually a vaporizer, but not an ultrasonic.

I was a bit skeptical that this thing could perform and not leave a pool of water on my floor or my walls dripping. So, I just ran the bucket on my step stool next to the unit all day to test. It definitely impressed me and it doesn’t have any crazy electronics to take a crap in 6 months.

This thing easily maintains the entire room with little effort and, while the grill does get some condensation, it drips back into the reservoir and there’s no condensation issues anywhere, I even faced it directly at the wall for a few hours.

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Great feedback, thank you

You can ghetto rig the smaller ones by drilling a hole in the top and using some air hose or 8mm feed tube, use some silicone to glue and seal it and have a small 20litre rez above the humidifier on a milkcrate to constantly gravity fill. Kind of like blumats.
Works great if your away for a while or if your humidifier keeps running out.

Gdp1 said:

Here's the one I saw on Amazon it's a 16 litres but I like the spout it has u can add on

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I run this in a 5x5 RH @ 30% with no humidifier. I run it @ 70% on a timer. Maintains 55% RH in the tent. the one con with this one is it will not turn back on if you have a power outage. You must do it manually. I have one on order that does and it’s basically the same unit I’m gonna try out.

top fill and no filter was a requirement

GunnerB said:

I run this in a 5x5 RH @ 30% with no humidifier. I run it @ 70% on a timer. Maintains 55% RH in the tent. the one con with this one is it will not turn back on if you have a power outage. You must do it manually. I have one on order that does and it’s basically the same unit I’m gonna try out.

top fill and no filter was a requirement

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Which one?? Please post

Just got all the parts for my DIY fogger/humidifier. I’ll post a pic and update if it works in a few days. From the initial test of parts it seems like the single head fogger that I got may be too weak for what I’m looking for..

Hoping for a nice HVAC system when I move to an outbuilding later next year... but for now I just have a couple of warm mist humidifiers attached to a humidity controller. Perfect humidity, never overkill... water lasts longer, no filters. I use RO water as well so little cleaning maintenance.

Two small table top 1gal warm mist humidifiers hooked up to a humidity controller. I live in Northern Alberta, Canada, so the air here gets ridiculously dry. I find if you keep your house sealed pretty good, with exception to quick entries and exits, I'm fine. I fill them up every couple of days... but it took a few weeks to get to that point. If you live in a really dry environment (humidity wise), it can take some time for everything to become acclimatized to the humidity (and absorb it)

Portacool, with condensate water to feed it

Gdp1 said:

Which one?? Please post

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The Lacidoll 4.2 gallon one.

Finished the build.. I’m little disappointed with the output… I guess I should have went with the 3-head fogger instead. I’ll use this together with my current cool mist humidifier for now and see how it works. In a couple weeks I’ll order the 3-head and swap it out. It holds about 4-5 gallons of water so it should last a few days.