Frequently Asked Questions about Our Humidifiers
What is a humidifier?
A humidifier is a household appliance that helps maintain proper humidity levels in an area in order to provide better overall health, and protect furniture and other household items.
Why would I need humidity?
There are many important benefits to understanding and keeping proper humidity in your home. They range from good health to long lasting home improvements you've made to improving your electric bill. Visit our section on the benefits of proper humidity for lots of helpful information on this subject.
What is the right amount of humidity?
Comfortable relative humidity levels in a home are between 35% and 50%. Humidity may be something you don't think about every day of your life. However, if you live in an area of the world where the winters get very cold, and you use your furnace heater 6 to 8 months of the year, you NEED a high quality furnace humidifier to go along with it. For more information visit our section on
What is relative humidity?
Relative humidity refers to the humidity levels both inside and outside your home. It's the percentage of water vapor within the air, compared to the total amount of water vapor the air is capable of absorbing. Visit our section on relative humidity for more information.
What is a furnace (or a whole house) humidifier?
A furnace humidifier is mounted onto the HVAC system in a home to provide needed humidity to the entire home. A whole house humidifier is an appliance for your home that creates the proper level of humidity needed throughout all the home's interior. One of these household appliance increases humidity (moisture) in a single room or in the entire home.
There are various kinds available, like points of use humidifiers, which are commonly used to humidify a single room, and whole house. Then there are furnace humidifiers, which connect to a home's HVAC system to provide humidity to the entire house.
Comfortable humidity levels range between 40-55 percent. But during extremely cold weather, homes often lose humidity to the outdoors and can even drop to as low as 5 percent. This can lead to having a scratchy throat or the occasional electric shock. The dry air can also have repercussions on your health, your furniture, even your utility bill.
If you're interested in a specific brand of humidifier, click the images or links to see common questions about that brand:
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