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While Americans are taking in liter after liter of bottled water, the idea that the U.S. has bad water quality seems to be valid. All the engineering science that progressed science has developed for making our water safe has permitted us to drink fresh water any time of the day or night. The third world countries are not as lucky as those in the United States for having a fresh supply of quality drinking water. It is evident that these countries suffer principally from the lack of drinking water and the engineering science to improve the water. There are not facilities with the higher quality instrumentation to make the water safe to use. Third world countries are at a loss and only have what is available to them. The governments of these countries may not give them the clean water they need. This lack of clean and safe water has brought with regards to the deaths of millions of the residents because of the sicknesses in the water. Some of these sicknesses are diarrhea, cholera, and dysentery. The simplest and lowest cost water treatment schemes are necessary for creating more salubrious circumstances for these third world countries. With clean water, they may keep out of the way of the difficulties with nasty water and health issues caused by contamination in the water. Research has shown that a million children under the age of six have passed from physical life each year because of contaminated water and another two million have gotten diseases that come from the parasites in the water. It is an essential step to provide these third world countries with cheap water treatment schemes to stop the death and diseases. The easiest filtration treatment method is still the best and lowest for cost. This cheap water treatment method does not need anything high tech for it to work properly. Any type of innovative and under modern country that utilizes their water from the rivers, lakes, and brooks, may utilise this method. This would be a great project for private and global humanitarian organizations to begin working on to give this low cost water treatment method to the third world countries. International agencies such as the World Bank have come to the rescue of the third world countries that need safe water by providing loans. It will be necessary for these agencies to carry on to provide low cost treatments that are needed. These third world countries need to not only be provided with treatment methods for the water origins that are already there and likewise the technology to be competent to in the long run provide themselves with their own safe drinking water. With the goal of making the Millennium Development Goals is of the utmost importance to give the countries in the South to have a chance to reach a solution for creating safe water to the humans of the formulated and underdeveloped countries. Any type of water treatment systems that may give the third world countries clean and safe water and also be of low cost, will modify the lives of a lot of millions of people. |
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292 of 294 people found the following review helpful.
It works very well (updated Dec. 23)
By Keith
I just got this unit (Vicks V790) from Amazon. (For several reasons, I greatly prefer the steam-type humidifiers over the cold-mist types.)
Pros – It’s attractive and well made. Twin independently-fillable water tanks mean you do not have to shut it off to refill it. Holds a lot of water so it does not go dry overnight. Makes a pleasant noise not unlike a drip coffee percolator. The UV lamp feature gives an additional level of sterilization, over and above the boiling action that creates the steam.
Cons – The blue LED power light is indeed bright. I turned mine toward the wall, and now it also serves as a night light. (If it really bothers you, a small piece of electrical tape will cover it.)
(EDIT) Previously I complained here about lack of vapor output. But after running it for a few days, output greatly increased. Apparently there is a slight break-in period. Naturally, water usage increased also, as did the boiling noise, but now it’s working like it should, and I have adequate RH (30%) even in my large (400 sq. ft.) room. Amazon does not allow me to change the rating, but if I could I would now give it 5 stars.
The replacement mineral absorber pads are the small 2-1/4 inch round size sold here on Amazon under the “Slant Fin” brand. (Don’t get the larger 3-1/4 inch Honeywell ones, unless you like trimming to fit with scissors.) You replace the pad when it gets stiff. If you have hard water, this may happen quite frequently.
Remember that all humidifiers require regular maintenance. This is where many owners drop the ball. Every month or so you should put some vinegar in it to dissolve any mineral deposits, and sterilize the tanks with bleach water. The exact procedure is clearly spelled out in the manual. If you disregard this, you will be handsomely rewarded with hard mineral crusts and foul-smelling slimy deposits of algae and bacteria.
In conclusion, I really like this humidifier so far.
207 of 207 people found the following review helpful.
Who knew shopping for a humidifier would be so hard?
By Pecos Bill
My new house has gas heat and I found it really dried the place out. I was especially getting tired of the static electricity buildup due to the low humidity — I was getting zapped basically every time I walked somewhere and touched something.
I had no idea that shopping for a humidifier would be so hard. I learned a lot by browsing and reading reviews. I decided that what I wanted was:
* “Hot” humidifier — makes steam rather than spritzing cold water
* Quiet — gurgling ok, noisy fan not ok.
* Something that would let me set a humidity level and would turn off the unit once that level was reached (I wanted to avoid ever coming home to a tropical jungle atmosphere)
* Easy to refill
* Easy to clean
* Germ killing UV light
* Big enough tank to run for 10+ hours without a refill
* Ships from Amazon ($15 shipping from a 3rd party seller? no thanks)
This humidifier is the only one I found that matches ALL of the above criteria.
So far I’m really pleased with it. The unit has no real fan, just a little tiny one inside the middle, enough to make the steam gently waft out of the top. I’m not getting condensation on anything. It’s a fine steam that seems to get soaked up readily by the dry air in my house before it can possibly condense on anything.
Refilling is easy. If you look at the picture of the unit, each of those blue sides is a separate tank. You can leave the unit running with one tank while you go refill the other tank. To fill the tank you turn it upside down, screw off the bottom cap, fill it up, screw the cap back on and flip it back onto the unit. I had no trouble at all with anything spilling and in fact there’s no problem with taking off a half-full tank to top it off.
After running it overnight I had one tank near empty and the other over half full. I’m running 1 of these for an entire 3 story townhouse — I should really buy 1 or 2 more but with just this one running I’m already seeing a very noticeable reduction in static. Basically the floor its on (middle level) has no static issues anymore and the other two levels don’t zap me as often or as hard!
If you put it in your bedroom you’re going to want a nice piece of electrical tape or something for the super bright, blue power light. It does make a lovely night light for my living room, though. The gurgling noise I think I could sleep with.
The only way I would like this unit more is if it would tell me what the current humidity is.
Still, I think it’s going to be hard to beat this humidifier.
(P.S., when shopping for replacement mineral absorption pads, pay close attention to shipping costs. Some of the ones shipped by 3rd parties on Amazon have ridiculous shipping charges. Find the ones that Amazon sells directly instead. Size does not have to be exact. The pad just sort of floats around in the boiling chamber.)
(P.P.S., the unit does not tell you what the humidity is, which is a shame, but it does have a dial to control how humid it will get. This works for me: turn the unit on and let it run for an hour or so with the dial all the way “on”. After its settled in and bubbling nicely, turn the dial slowly left until you hear it go ‘click’ — that’s the current humidity level, which will probably be pretty low if you needed a humidifier! That dial is like a thermostat. If you keep the dial right around where it went “click”, it will try to maintain the current humidity level. Turn it up and it will try to reach the new goal. If you put it into a smallish area (like a single room) it should have no trouble reaching a level and keeping it there and at that point it won’t go through so much water. If you put it into a big area (like a living room in an open house) it’ll probably run constantly trying to reach the desired humidity and you’ll need to refill it about once a day. I’ve got the dial at about 1/3rd on and that at least kills the static in my house. In other news, I just took it out of storage for a second winter and it’s up and running just fine again. I’m highly tempted to buy a second one… one for my bedroom and one for the living room…)
190 of 194 people found the following review helpful.Quiet, Warm and it works.
By M. Badr
After buying two other humidifiers and throwing them away we finally bought this model last year and are very happy with it. The main feature we hated about the other models were Noise and the filters. This model is nice and quiet, it has a low humming sound and a gurgling sound that actually is very tolerable, and maybe even soothing. Our two year old doesn’t mind it at all, he sleeps better with it I think. Another advantage of the warm steam is that it keeps my sons room nice and warm and he needs that since he kicks off his blanket most of the time. The warm steam might be a disadvantage for people living in warm dry climate but it works great for northwest winters.
Although this unit does not have a filter a mineral pad comes with it and is recommended to remove minerals from the water if you use tap water. You can’t find the pad in most retail stores but can buy it here on Amazon.
Also it has a Ultraviolet Light bulb (great Feature) and after a year of use the Ultraviolet light finally went out and again I bought it here on Amazon. The unit is fairly maintenance free, you should clean it often but its not too bad.
Another great feature is the two water chambers, they hold enough water for the overnight operation so you don’t have to worry about running out of water in the middle of the night.
Overall this is the best humidifier that we have owned and I do recommend it.
