Ultra-Dry Air

Inside the house throughout the winter, we've always had extremely dry air that dries out our sinuses.  It gets so unbelievably dry in there that we even have difficulty swallowing while sleeping because our throats and mouths get so dry!  Not only is that annoying but it also makes it a bit difficult to sleep through the night.  

To counter this, we've always left a big stock pot of water simmering on the stove.  Unfortunately, this simmering stock pot remedy never seemed to resolve the dry throats and mouths.  It did help increase the humidity in the house but it wasn't not effective enough.  This 24 hour a day simmer stock pot idea also caused a pot rot out on us due to constant use with hard water!  The mineral deposits ate right through that first stock pot.  

The humidity in the house drops down below 10% in winter.  For comfort, it really should be in the 40-60% range but the stock pot solution wasn't getting us any higher than around 30%.

This winter, I finally purchased a large humidifier and it has been significantly more effective than leaving a pot of water simmering on the stove.  This new humidifier has UV treatment in this water reservoir, it sprays warm or cool mist, it has an aroma pad for essential oils, it has three different levels of output and it is controlled automatically to whatever percentage of desired humidity we set it to.  

The house is much more comfortable now!