If you use distilled water it will reduce the amount of buildup on the element. Fill it with the vinegar but scrub some of the loose stuff off first so the vinegar really can get in there & work it's magic! Also don't be surprised if you have to let the vinegar sit for alot longer than ½hr if there's alot of buildup.
The amount of time and money you spend on just soaking with vinegar makes spending money constantly on bottled water ridiculous. 30 min to an hour of sitting on your butt while it soaks is nearly no work and almost free. It's like spend $10 on bottled water vs 50 cents of vinegar.
Very helpful! I got the og model of this from a yard sale and the previous owner must have never cleaned the heating element so it was just full of build up! Your video both showed me how to clean it and what it was supposed to look like! Thanks so much!
This is the most fun I've ever had watching a cleaning tutorial 😂 the humidifier in my house is somewhat sketchy so hopefully this can make me feel better about using it!
I also learned a trick if you take two teaspoons of lemon juice and add it to your humidifier tank it will deodorize the water and it will give your house a nice fresh lemon scent
Once a month I put my humidifier in my garage and I plug it in ...I add two cups of water and two and a half cups of vinegar and I run it for 1 hours.... And then I just take it apart and rinse it and it has saved me a lot of time on scrubbing.... Every time I run my humidifier I put a couple of drops of lemon juice in my humidifier tank.... It deodorizes the water and gives your house a nice fresh lemon scent
Thank you so much very helpful. I was about to clean my humidifier after 2 weeks using and it grossed me out from all the minerals and water deposits inside. Tho I didn't use distilled water. Is it better to use filtered water or distilled?
Is it a bad think if I used a wire brush to scuff most of the buildup on the warmer? It’s got some shiny spots now. That won’t electrify the water will it?
You crack me up!!! So fun! So cute! You actually get me excited to clean my humidifier!! Quick question... could you recommend a larger humidifier to moisten a larger area? My bedroom is huge and I think my Vicks is a smidge small. Thanks!!!
Good to hear from you, glad you are enjoying the videos!! No ma'am I don't have any specific humidifier recommendations. If I was in your situation I would just shop on Amazon like everyone else looking at the ratings.
Not only are you using the exact same humidifier I have, the tutorial is great. Letting mine soak overnight, it was pretty calcified. How often should this be done?
Bought the same model about a year ago. Using it for humidifying my houseplants, now the thing is leaking water. Took it apart the other night and cleaned everywhere, alot of gunk came off the heating element area, and it's still leaking? Not sure what more I need to clean or fix
I got the same model but ion have just regular distilled vinegar I have apple cider vinegar at hand will that work if not is there another way to clean it
My humidifier has a much smaller hole and i cant get the film off the inside...particularly on one side of it. I have a crane cone shaped one. Any tips?
Those are great tips BUT (just an FYI) that is a vaporizer, not a humidifier, hence the heating element. Regardless, I still found this helpful for cleaning my daughter's humidifier, so thank you.
@@CleanWithConfidence A vaporizer has a heating element and creates steam to add moisture to the air, so it can actually cause a room to feel warmer, or even muggy in certain climates (like where I live in GA). A humidifier puts cool mist into the air by way of a small high-speed fan that wicks up water particles.
I just got into the humidifier game dude to I got Covid-19. After 3-4 days I clean mine I never understand how these things get so much bacteria, mine isn’t to bad like a little red bacteria on it. I just bought one of those fish things to put in so it fights bacteria.
@@CleanWithConfidence this helped my Christian friend tommy story so he and hos special nephew bobby story can learn to clean it out and tommy said he likes how you act with the video camera and i added yeah hes like our friend david drewry duncan with the video camera
You didn't use bleach to clean the base and tank? I had a Sunbeam warm mist humidifier and used bleach for the tank only once every month or two and didn't have any trouble with mold growth. I think mold growth is just a problem for cool mist humidifiers.
I normally use vinegar but mine looked very bad when i took it out for the season. I cleaned with dawn and vinegar. Now I’m letting a small water and bleach solution run through it, on slow, outside for a couple hours.
The humidifier enthusiasm is really getting me pumped
Ha! Awesome!
Your having a slow day? 😂
This is exactly the energy I need for my late night cleaning kick
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
I’m not the only one who cleans at night???
Doing the exact same thing 😅
It's just easier to clean at night. So quite and peaceful.
We should start a late night OCD cleaning group 😂
The timing could not be more perfect. I was just looking for an easy way to clean my humidifier. Thanks, great job! :)
Happy to help!
Yeah, Covid.
Literally one of the best how to do it videos I have every watched on TH-cam. Thanks!!!
Happy to help
This was the best video I've seen on how to clean my humidifier. Many thanks
Happy to help
Brother, I don't care if this is the only video you ever put out, you got a sub from me! very entertaining!
Welcome to the channel my friend!🙂
I have the same humidifier. This was very helpful! Ty 😁
You are welcome!
If you use distilled water it will reduce the amount of buildup on the element.
Fill it with the vinegar but scrub some of the loose stuff off first so the vinegar really can get in there & work it's magic!
Also don't be surprised if you have to let the vinegar sit for alot longer than ½hr if there's alot of buildup.
The amount of time and money you spend on just soaking with vinegar makes spending money constantly on bottled water ridiculous. 30 min to an hour of sitting on your butt while it soaks is nearly no work and almost free. It's like spend $10 on bottled water vs 50 cents of vinegar.
Totally agree!!!
Very helpful! I got the og model of this from a yard sale and the previous owner must have never cleaned the heating element so it was just full of build up! Your video both showed me how to clean it and what it was supposed to look like! Thanks so much!
Happy to help!
You saved my humidifier!!! And my sanity! Thank you 😊
You are welcome!!
This is the most fun I've ever had watching a cleaning tutorial 😂 the humidifier in my house is somewhat sketchy so hopefully this can make me feel better about using it!
Glad you enjoyed the video!😁
I also learned a trick if you take two teaspoons of lemon juice and add it to your humidifier tank it will deodorize the water and it will give your house a nice fresh lemon scent
I would clean every week....I just cleaned mine after about 4 months... wow the scale...I had like inches of built up stuff in my dome element
2023 and cleaning my humidifier while shake it up really good!
He’s so excited. 😂 I have the same humidifier. This was a huge help!
Glad you found the video valuable🙂
Love this cleaning tip but i do have a question how many times can i clean my humidifer during the year when Im not using it?
a great household item that I use and maintain with joy
🙂
i love his energy
Glad you enjoyed the video
what brand of humidifier is that? it looks good!
Once a month I put my humidifier in my garage and I plug it in ...I add two cups of water and two and a half cups of vinegar and I run it for 1 hours.... And then I just take it apart and rinse it and it has saved me a lot of time on scrubbing.... Every time I run my humidifier I put a couple of drops of lemon juice in my humidifier tank.... It deodorizes the water and gives your house a nice fresh lemon scent
Nice🙂
Thank you for the informative video! Should you disinfect with bleach every week?
Great video first time user , getting a humidifier. This video was very helpful. thanks for your help,👍👍👍
You are welcome!
Thank you so much very helpful. I was about to clean my humidifier after 2 weeks using and it grossed me out from all the minerals and water deposits inside. Tho I didn't use distilled water. Is it better to use filtered water or distilled?
My humidifier looks like new and is working better. Thanks so much!!
happy to help
Is it a bad think if I used a wire brush to scuff most of the buildup on the warmer? It’s got some shiny spots now. That won’t electrify the water will it?
I’m glad I only have a two part one, I just need to clean the filter separate from the other two
I love your energy! Thanks for the vid!
Happy to help!🙂
Very interesting…it helped a lot…good instructions..
Glad you found the video valuable!!
This was excellent. Thanks so much!
you are welcome!
🎉thank you this video is helpful I have the same model
happy to help
You have fantastic energy my man! Question, I don't have vinegar handy, but I do have rubbing alcohol. Can I use that?
The rubbing alcohol wont work. You need an acid.
It worked thanks for the tips keep it up
Happy to help
What make & model is your humidifier? I love that the tank has a big opening where I'd be able to reach my hand in. Mine sux & looking to replace
How often would you suggest cleaning it?
This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing it!
Happy to help!
howdy! thanks for the lesson, how often would you recommend doing this routine? thanks!
Happy to help! Just whenever it needs it. It varies depending on the hardness of the water.
Exactly what I was looking for.. thank you 🙏
Happy to help
Doing this finally today. Ty!!
You are welcome
Great timing about to do mine as well. 😀😅
Very helpful. Thank you so much for this ⭐️
You are welcome!
This was so informative and helpful!! Thank you for making this video :D
Happy to help
You crack me up!!! So fun! So cute! You actually get me excited to clean my humidifier!! Quick question... could you recommend a larger humidifier to moisten a larger area? My bedroom is huge and I think my Vicks is a smidge small. Thanks!!!
Good to hear from you, glad you are enjoying the videos!! No ma'am I don't have any specific humidifier recommendations. If I was in your situation I would just shop on Amazon like everyone else looking at the ratings.
Thank you for doing this video
You are welcome
The vinegar did it’s job after 45 min thank you. But the other item specifically the one that goes on the bottom and the tank was filthy.
Not only are you using the exact same humidifier I have, the tutorial is great. Letting mine soak overnight, it was pretty calcified. How often should this be done?
Glad you found the video valuable!! You just do it when needed👍
If you only use distilled water in it there should be waaaaaay less calcification.
Very helpful thanks
you are welcome!
Very helpful thank you
You are welcome
Very informative and helpful, thanks!
You are welcome!
great enthusiasum. and nice shout out to Dawn dishsoap.
Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
Great video, very informative!
Thanks! Happy to help
Bought the same model about a year ago. Using it for humidifying my houseplants, now the thing is leaking water. Took it apart the other night and cleaned everywhere, alot of gunk came off the heating element area, and it's still leaking? Not sure what more I need to clean or fix
Thank you so much bro, good video. Blessings! 🔥
You are welcome
Wow 21k subs already. I subbed at 500ish. Keep it up and your humor is great
How do I clean a Nintendo switch
Yes sir thanks for sticking around! I need to do a video on a Nintendo Switch.
One thing you forgot to mention/show, how did you remove the scum from the heating element? Otherwise good tutorial.
Question if you use a humidifier daily, how often she it be cleaned ? Once a month? Once a season?
Thats a variable because it depends on how hard the water is where you live. If you see that heating element crusting up its time to clean it.
@@CleanWithConfidence understood! Lol I was gonna be extra anyways and use essentia water but thanks
Thank you. Very informative.
You are welcome!
I got the same model but ion have just regular distilled vinegar I have apple cider vinegar at hand will that work if not is there another way to clean it
I wouldn't recommend apple cider vinegar because that stuff is very expensive. I would just get a jug of regular vinegar from Wal-Mart for cheap.
Mine is a cool mist ! Can u brush that with a still bristle brush
Yes
Does this work with warm and cool humidifiers?
Yes
This helped a lot man thanks 💯👌🏾
Happy to help!
Which humidifier have you got I’m trying to look for one to get but I’m not sure what to pick
how often should i clean?
The intro was kind of cheesy (🙈) but the info was awesome. You showed step by step what to do and made it very easy to follow. Thank you.
Happy to help👍Cheesy is the best!!🙂
My humidifier has a much smaller hole and i cant get the film off the inside...particularly on one side of it. I have a crane cone shaped one. Any tips?
Very helpful!
Glad you found the video valuable🙂
Can you use not distilled white vinegar?
Your cleaning energy got you a new subscriber. LOL. What is you fluffy kitty's name?
Welcome to the channel!!🙂
His name is Mr Fuzzball
GREAT VIDEO
Thanks!
Super helpful and clear! Thanks!
You are welcome!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much. It did worked
You are welcome!
This is so helpful !!
Glad you enjoyed the video👍
Good video! I like to clean my bathroom with Bar Keepers Friend.
Yes I have used that quite a bit on glass shower doors!
Confidence 💪
Yes👍🙂
thanks guy
You are welcome
Amazing videos like always. Keep going :)
Thank you!
My hole is not big enough. What do I do? Mold inside the tank.
Mine is only 3 weeks old. Not sure I would need to do this.
You do
Thank you!!
You are welcome!
well done!
Thanks
Can I use cleaning vinegar?
Absolutely!
Those are great tips BUT (just an FYI) that is a vaporizer, not a humidifier, hence the heating element. Regardless, I still found this helpful for cleaning my daughter's humidifier, so thank you.
You are welcome! Whats the difference in the two?
@@CleanWithConfidence A vaporizer has a heating element and creates steam to add moisture to the air, so it can actually cause a room to feel warmer, or even muggy in certain climates (like where I live in GA). A humidifier puts cool mist into the air by way of a small high-speed fan that wicks up water particles.
Thanks for technical info...sort of common sense....but they both humidify the air thus increasing humidity.
Not gonna lie seeing yours dirty for some reason makes me believe you more not being funny I guess because it truly shows results thank you
Happy to help
Thanks for the info.....
You are welcome!
Haha this is great love the humor
:)
👍😁 Thank you
You are welcome
I just got into the humidifier game dude to I got Covid-19. After 3-4 days I clean mine I never understand how these things get so much bacteria, mine isn’t to bad like a little red bacteria on it. I just bought one of those fish things to put in so it fights bacteria.
What's a fish thing? Thanks
How often I have to do this?
As needed
Thank you!
You're welcome!
We use distilled water so that avoids the scale
Yes that is the best thing to do👍🙂
thanks
You are welcome
@@CleanWithConfidence this helped my Christian friend tommy story so he and hos special nephew bobby story can learn to clean it out and tommy said he likes how you act with the video camera and i added yeah hes like our friend david drewry duncan with the video camera
You didn't use bleach to clean the base and tank? I had a Sunbeam warm mist humidifier and used bleach for the tank only once every month or two and didn't have any trouble with mold growth. I think mold growth is just a problem for cool mist humidifiers.
No I don't use the bleach. The vinegar will kill it as well.
I normally use vinegar but mine looked very bad when i took it out for the season. I cleaned with dawn and vinegar. Now I’m letting a small water and bleach solution run through it, on slow, outside for a couple hours.
Can you use CLR to clean the humidifier?
I recommend the vinegar.
why vinegar and not bleach?
no se si me robaron pero el humedificador que compre por amazone no trae la cajita para colocar las pastas vicks.......... entonces que hago?
Está debajo del dial
Vinegar doesn't do much for me, I need a good brush that reaches hard to reach places 😮
Even if instruction manual just says to clean with water?
So you don’t have to use bleach afterwards?
No ma’am. Bleach is nothing more than a disinfectant. It’s not a cleaner.
I have the same humidifier and cant get that heating clean up its like a stone already
Lovely video
:)
Thanks 😊
You are welcome!
There is a grey curvature piece that goes in the base of mine. Anybody know how it goes back in after vleaning