bit-tech Shopping: Sunpentown Humidifier SU-2000

Rating: 8

Time with product: 3

Strengths: Quiet, efficient

Weaknesses: Does best using only distilled water.

Summary: I bought this unit in the spring, and used it for a week. It was in storage all summer. I brought it out in the fall and used it for 6 weeks. It failed. I emailed the manufacturer, and the problem was diagnosed as a failed "generator". This was covered under the 1 year warranty. I mailed the unit back to California at my expense (around $15), and they fixed it and returned it at their expense. Although I (finally) found my receipt, the company was willing to fix it without that proof of purchase since I had registered the product and saved the original box. Basically, I was pleased with the way that Sunpentown backed its product.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 20 Days

Strengths: Good humidity

Weaknesses: Bad bloom bloom sound

Summary: It is a great humidifier, no doubt about it. It is a great value for the money. But the bloom bloom sound coming out of it (possibly some internal design problem) is really annoying.

Rating: 2

Time with product: 3 Weeks

Strengths: pretty color. vapor that comes looks like magic special effect.

Weaknesses: no change in room humidity. not silent.

Summary: got this because it was supposedly silent. my old vornado cool mist, it made a loud fan hum, but that was nothing compared to the deafening GLUG-GLUG-GLUG sound of water filling the reservoir every hour and a half, and that would wake me.this model, while the machine sound of it is super-quiet, the water sounds are worse. it makes these never-ending lapping sounds, like "blip blip blip" when the water swirls around. they are always happening, so i can never fall asleep. at least with the vornado, i could fall asleep (even if it was to be loudly awoken later).but perhaps most relevant, it makes no difference in medium bedroom humidity. i have a humidity measuring tool thingie, and the numbers never changed. today i gave up and dragged in my old vornado, and when i went back in the room 20 minutes later, the humidity measurement jumped 5 points up.the only positives are that the blue color is cute, and the effect of the vapor puffing out of the machine is neat, but it puffs out...and seems to dump right back down after shooting up a few inches. that's probably why it never actually gets into the air of the room.

Rating: 6

Time with product: 3 Days

Strengths: Quiet, good looking.

Weaknesses: see comments

Summary: My old Hunter care free humidifier stopped working. It has a big fan and can be loud at night. So I decided to get a supersonic humidifier. As expected, the Sunpentown is very quiet. But there is one problem, the mist doesn't go very far from the humidifier. As a result, the carpet near the humidifier gets damp. It's not soaking wet or anything like that, but I can definitely feel the difference with my hand pressed on the carpet. Maybe I need to put it up higher. But the lacking of a powerful fan is a clear trade-off. It has a mist control. But it will not shut off automatically at a set humidity. My old Hunter at the same price level does have that function. There is no filter. If your water is clean and soft, I don't think it matters too much.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Days

Strengths: It is extreme quite and no filter requires.

Weaknesses: I haven not found any yet.

Summary: I had looked a humidifier for long time. Finally, I found this after I read the review from PriceGabber. The humidifier is so quiet. I can't hear any noise even I turn the machine on. I'm so glad I bought it.