Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really wanted to like this unit and hoped it would live up to the positive reviews. After receiving it, being dissatisfied and then re-reading the reviews, the trend was clear -- the negative reviews site real measurements of humidity and how little the Venta impacts them. The positive ones remark about how quiet it is and how much better people feel after using it. * It doesn't clean the air - search for other (outside of amazon) reviews of this system that measure the change in air quality of this system. They literally say that the unit performs about as well "no air purifier at all". I am not exaggerating. * The fan speed is too low to circulate air in even a modestly sized bedroom - the manufacturers of wick style humidifiers aren't dumb, they don't want to make a loud system, it's that one needs airflow to evenly effectively humidify a room. * The fact that it consumes water so much slower than wick based models is also telling - it's simply not moving moisturizer into the air. * On the plus side, the small amount of white noise may help you sleep. I'd say this unit is as good as having nothing at all - but in a head-to-head with nothing it a) costs money b) uses electricity c) requires maintenance d) requires regular use of weird chemicals from Venta