Stadler Form humidifier Oskar, Energy-Saving Humidifier for Rooms up to 540 Square Feet, Evaporator with Automatic Switch-Off, Dimmable LEDs, Very Quiet, White, medium

Love it! Not your everyday drugstore humidifier!
I did a ton of research before I reluctantly bought the Oskar. Fortunately, I didn’t read the reviews here on Amazon until I had already placed my order! I’m pretty sure I’d have been dissuaded from buying it had I read the horrible ones from the disappointed folks.First off, what the Oskar is not.It is not a “Cool Mist”, AKA Ultrasonic humidifier, that sends a pulse through the water creating a very visible mist that spews into the air. I’ve owned a few cool-misters, and they all broke after a season or two. They also tended to leave a little bit of rain within a 3-5 foot radius around the device, severely limiting how much you could use it, or where you might place it.Second, it is not a traditional steam humidifier, that you might use to help soothe a cough or something along those lines. I’ve owned many of these through the years, they work fine, especially for when you have a terrible cough or something like that. Every one was ugly, and noisy. I think they both make the glug-glug sounds as everyone I’ve owned had a gravity fed water system that was cumbersome and messy. None of these devices lasted more than a couple seasons, and you definitely didn’t want to leave them out with your decor!The Oskar is an evaporative humidifier. It doesn’t use heat, or ultrasonic waves to distribute the moisture. Instead, it uses two honeycomb filters to absorb the water, and a fan to draw air across, and through them. This produces no visible steam! If you hold your hand over the top of it while it’s running, your hand will not get wet! This may be disappointing at first, but when you see that you still have to fill it up twice a day, your realize that it’s really pumping a lot of moisture into the air, all while sitting pretty, and silent, in the corner of your room.So far I have spilled zero drops of water with my Oskar. The Base is very sturdy, and somewhat weighty, zinc, I believe. on top of that sits the reservoir. If you don’t over-fill it, the filters are in place, and the top is on, it should withstand some bumps, and not spill. Still, the fact that it doesn’t spew steam everywhere means I can sit it on a wooden shelf, under a painting, and not worry that I’m going to bump it. Since you can fill it without taking the top off, I simply take my gallon of water right up to it, and fill it up. No spills.What I love most about it is that it doesn’t over humidify. I can let it run constantly and my windows don’t fog up. Theres no light misting all around on the floor.What I hate about it, is the cost of ownership. The filters are not supposed to last very long, and of course, It’s pricey!

FORM OVER FUNCTION
UPDATE AFTER 1 YEAR – JAN ’16I am going to return or sell my humidifier as (mentioned in my original review below) it is simply not very good at humidifying. I live in NYC and humidity levels go down to 18-19% when it’s cold. I would have the Oskar run in my room (approx. 14×8 feet) starting at 5pm, the entire night until 7am. Humidity levels hardly reach 35%. Not worth all the effort in my honest opinion. I use a professional hygrometer. I feel like people posting the positive reviews rely on the hygrometer that is supposed to be integrated – but in fact is completely off. Disappointed in this product! Form over function.—————————————-Original Review:I just purchased the Oscar White humidifier and tested it yesterday for the first time. I want to caveat this is my first humidifier so I can’t really compare to other more traditional ones. I chose this product because of the design and its simple function. I am not a big fan of the other hot and ultrasonic models with visible steam and the possibility of getting white dust.I am very happy with the looks and quiet operation of the product.The negative side is that in my experience the built-in hygrostat is not accurate at all. Yesterday my room had a 25% relative humidity, and when I started using the Oscar it quickly reached a 33% level. However while the Oscar was set at the 55% desired humidity level, it already shut off automatically, indicating that level was reached. That is a difference of TWENTY percent. My room is aprox 120 square feet and the temperature aprox 67 degrees.Therefor I just set the Oscar to the “always on” level and set the fan speed to maximum. Last night my room reached a humidity level of 41% at the same temperature of 67 degrees, I didn’t seem to be able to go beyond that.I can live with that but am somewhat disappointed the humidity doesn’t go any further, towards 50%. I will report back if the humidity goes up in any further in the future.Also worth noting, because of the lack of a built-in timer I use an external timer on the socket. If you do this, the humidifier will shut on on the maximum (always on) level, and the lower fan speed – so not necessarily the setting you had set it to last time. This is fine for me but good to know beforehand if you plan to use a timer!I would still recommend this product to someone who simply wants to keep humidity levels at an acceptable level and is looking for a device that blends in with your interior.

Recommemd both the item and this seller.The device design is excellent and very stylish – looks good in the room. Recommend this seller for good service and aftercare.

Diese Lüfter sind ein Traum!Sehr, sehr leise, hab schön öfter geschaut, ob er überhaupt noch läuft, weil man ihn so gar nicht nicht hört.Die gewünschte Luftfeuchtigkeit lässt sich einstellen, die Beleuchtung am Gerät kann man auch ausschalten.So kann “Oskar” auch im Schlafzimmer für ein gutes Klima sorgen, ohne dass man irgendwann mitten in der Nacht genervt aufsteht um ihn doch auszuschalten.Vielen, vielen Dank für diese beiden tollen Maschinchen!!!