CraneUltrasonic Elephant Humidifier, 1 Gallon Cool Mist Animal Humidifier for Nursery and Bedroom, Auto Shut-Off, Optional Filter

This is a quiet and an easy to use humidifier. I use Culligan FM-15A Level 3 Faucet Filter to fill up the water everyday. Although, I still have to buy vinegar to clean it, it's working great!!! The mist formation and emission is instantaneous. The moment you turn it on, cool mist is dispensed into the air. I was worried that since no hot/warm mist is dispensed, it might make me feel chilly or make the temperature of the apartment go down, but it do any of that. The mist is more helpful, invisible and a silent companion spread in the house than a continuous source of noise and uncomfortable cold air blower. There is a continuous (not discrete) control system knob that you can turn to get the desired level of mist-dispensing.The head of the penguin is loosely fit, so it falls off if I forget to remove it before tilting the upper body to fill with water. However, the head has it's own use, you can tilt it in any direction and the mist will flow out from that direction. Also the beak of the penguin that vents out the mist is titled upwards, so it makes sure that the mist is dispensed at an elevation.I have keep it on my wooden desk right in front of my face to add additional elevation and direct exposure, however, as the mist falls on the desk too, I am afraid that due to excessive mist, the wood may expand and loose it's shape.I live in a tiny 320 sq feet studio but the humidifier isn't quite upto the task to keep the whole unit humid. I find it much easier to work when it's right on my desk and then much easier to sleep when it's near my bed. Maybe because it's too dry in here in Pittsburgh and I have excessive dryness and allergy problems that no amount of drinking water or lathering up of hydrating/oily lotions help. There is always static electricity popping whenever I touch anything metallic! So, I will need to buy another one of these. I am excited about this, cz they are not very expensive and they look cute!In terms of cuteness of model design, penguin was over-hyped, so I didn't really find it that adorable. It's like a fat, unshapely, too much white and hard Bakelite (plastic that can't be remolded - like the switchboard-material) that looks more like a big dough-kneading machine than a cute penguin. Although, it's just a machine and I shouldn't really complain about aesthetic aspect, but I saw a video on y o u t u b e showing the elephant one, it looks so so so much cuter and adorable in person! Also, the elephant one has the snout/trunk up, so the mist will be dispensed up much higher up in the air, which is all the more desirable. I am definitely gonna buy that one soon!Overall, I think this is the best kind available for the humidifier in terms of its excellent design and value for money.

I purchased mine a couple of weeks ago and have had zero problems with it. I set it up, filled it with water, and plugged it in. Less than 10 seconds later, cool mist was coming out of it.Performance: I use mine in my master bedroom, which is quite large and has high ceilings. I constantly run it on high in order to get the results I want. The water reservoir lasts about a day on this setting.Noise: Even on high, it makes very little noise. Your air conditioner/furnace probably makes more noise when it's running. It periodically makes a short gurgling sound that was a little weird until I got used to it. I hear the gurgling sound maybe every 30 minutes. I'm not really sure about that because I've gotten used to it and don't really hear it anymore. I suspect you would hear it less frequently on a lower setting.Leakage: Absolutely none. The only problem occurs when you need to refill the reservoir and you take the decorative piece and the reservoir apart to do it. Condensation collects under the decorative piece and there are a few drips from the bottom of the reservoir. I take a washcloth/small towel with me to catch those and then hold it under the bottom of the reservoir as I carry it back and forth.Convenience: Not having to deal with a wick is wonderful. The only thing you have to do is refill it with water, dump the remaining water out of the bottom once a day, and rinse it out with a bit of white vinegar once a week. That's it. It's kind of a pain to have to unplug it to dump the water out and clean it, but that's a very minor thing. A bigger water reservoir might be nice, but it would also be a lot heavier after you filled it. This is probably the right size.The elephant was a bit of a whimsical choice on my part, but I love it.

Absolutely love it. I got the frog and he is so cute and works very well and completely silent!

Bought this because living in New Mexico is DRY DRY DRY!!! Had to get something so we could stop shocking eachother and our poor kitty. The static electricity was unbearable. I received this pretty quickly and when I opened the box I was only moments from our maiden voyage. It is so quiet I had to stick my face over it to make sure it was on. I have been running it now for 16+ hours, only used a half a tank of water on a pretty low setting. Not to mention that there is NO filter to clean, just a little water and vinegar, swish, swish, swish, and it's ready to go again. I will probably clean this unit every 3 or 4 days (product manual says once a week, but we will be using ours 24/7) and it will take no time at all. Super happy with the owl, he is absolutely adorable with his big smile and cute little orange feet, it makes a normally unappealing piece of equipment nice to look at and makes the room brighter. I almost forgot, almost every other humidifier that I have ever owned had issues of one sort or another, this one has none of them.... No condensation above it even though it shoots the mist straight up out of the top of the head, no condensation ring around it on the bar where it is sitting and in my opinion the best part is that when you refill it it doesn't spill all over the place! So the piece that feeds the water into the unit has a sort of plug feature on it and it won't leak when you flip it over to put the tank in place. There is a peg inside the base that pushes the 'plug' thing on the tank in to allow the water to flow into the base for use. Brilliant features, super ease of setting it up, no filter to clean or replace & the design get an 5 Star rating from me. As a matter of fact I will be buying another one soon for the 2nd floor of the house & it will most certainly be another Crane creature humidifier.