TrueSTEAM 12-gallon humidifier with H8908 manual humidity control

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

Make sure you have enough space to install it in utility area or order the parts to install it in a remote area.

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 9-gallon humidifier with H8908 manual humidistat:

Bought this unit to replace old brush type humidifier. Easy to install, follow directions and you will have no trouble. Unit working great I had installed for over a week. This unit will run when ever a call for humidity is needed automatically cycles the fan once steam is being produced. JUst wire the R & c to the unit. Wire the Humidistast to the unit and break the green thermostast wire from the HVAC unit from the Thermostast and that is all the wiring needed. Make sure you have an outlet near by that can hadle the unit purchased.This includes everything needed drain line tap water line kit. Filters are not included, make sure you purchase the right one. One other thing make sure you have enough height to mount this unit on the ductwork, if not purchase the remote hose kit as I did.

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

I've had humidity problems since I bought my house (8 years ago). It's a big, modern house that the bypass humidifier, etc could never seem to improve. The change in the air was palpable after only a couple hours (!) and it really, really works. I'd give it five stars except for a couple things:
a) There are plenty of docs included, and there's a video, but the instructions overall are still REALLY poor. Seriously, Honeywell? I could have a summer intern write up better docs.
b) Everything says "should take 45 mins or less to install" - which is total BS. My old man and I (seasoned engineers and hands-on guys) took all day to get this in - mounting, new circuit, etc.. It's not an hour job, trust us.

Would recommend product, though - it's GREAT in terms of performance!

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 9-gallon humidifier with H8908 manual humidistat:

I installed this humidifier using a remote setup. The installation was straightforward, but was not a five minute job. The unit works well but seems to accumulate a great deal of scale in the tank, even though I installed the correct filter for the water hardness. The unit also seems to cycle quite a bit. When you consider a remote mount situation, I would give the edge to the Aprilaire 800 as it is much more robust unit (puts out between 12 and 23 gpd/day depending on voltage supplied and dispersion tube length) and it comes with everything you need for a six foot remote mount install. True the Aprilaire is more expensive so that may be a motivating factor where the budget is tight. The humidifier does perform as advertised.

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 9-gallon humidifier with H8908 manual humidistat:

After using it for one season the unit broke down. Had to replace it.

Comments about TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

Wapor injection is the best way for humidifying.
No pads or filters. Easy to clean. Easy to install.

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

Good product, well designed and easy to install. Great way to humidify your home without dealing with the foam pad and accumulation of minerals that accompany other types of humidifiers. Be careful to examine what comes with the model you order - filters and remote installation kits are not included even though it seems that they do from the product description.

Comments about Honeywell TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

Here's the deal. This product is basically a bucket with a huge electrode in the middle of it. The system fills the bucket with water and turns on the electrode. This creates steam which is pumped into the air ducts. Other humidifiers work by passing air over a water soaked filter. The idea of not having to deal with a nasty filter but rather having steam injected into the air flow is amazing. Because this unit basically boils the water, it leaves behind all of the calcium and lime in the tank. It does try to flush the tank every so often to get rid of it but as we all know, hard water builds up on everything. Unless you have VERY soft water the system will eventually need a cleaning. When you follow the instructions you have do due a hard water test and then buy a filter product. The product comes with a hard water test kit that you use to tell how hard your water is. There are 3 levels and at each level Honeywell recommends a product to reduce the water hardness. I am telling you, you need a method to get rid of the calcium or lime in your water or this product will not work. As with everything, people try to do it as cheaply as possible and not buy a filter. Then the system doesn't work, even though Honeywell told you want you need and people complain that this is junk. Sure it sucks to have to buy another item but you'll need one for other products as well, unless you like chipping away the build up every so often. The part number you need is Honeywell 50045947-001. If you have really bad water pressure get 50045947-002 which comes with a pump. 50045947-001 runs about $178.

With that said, Honeywell advertises this as being able to be installed in 5 minutes. That is only true if you have: 1. a drain nearby, a dedicated 15 AMP circuit (this product draws 12 amps), and a water source. You also need spot on your HVAC outflow duct large enough to mount this on. I didn't have a dedicated 15 AMP line in so I put one in - easy enough but if you aren't good with electrical you'll have to hire someone to put a line in. This comes with a saddle value which allows you to tap onto an existing water pipe without having to call a plumber. It worked great. You can use this with any humidistat or thermostat that has a humidity control. I have the Honeywell Prestige thermostat and wanted to connect this to the system wirelessly. To do that I had to buy an additional Honeywell wireless adapter. The wireless adapter made it easy to wire up. Connect A to A, B to B, C to C, D to D and you're done.

The humidifier has a service light that blinks to tell you what's wrong. If you have the prestige thermostat the thermostat will tell you what is wrong. These two products work awesome together.

All in all my complete install was about $800-$900 (including reverse osmosis filter). Is that a lot of money? I guess, but I like the best. The reverse osmosis filter took 5 minutes to install. Would have been shorter but I had to mount it to concrete.

So if you want to be successful make sure you buy the Honeywell reverse osmosis system or you'll be sorry. Installers, quit selling this to people without also selling the reverse osmosis system.

Comments about TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

Mounted to warm air duct. Works great.
I wanted 35% humidity, does it easy.
Make sure you have a hard water filter, and clean tank regularly. I clean mine monthly as a preventative measure. Easy to clean. NO pads to lime up or mold, just hot steam.

Comments about TrueSTEAM 6-gallon humidifier w/ H8908 manual humidistat:

As advertised. Easy to install. Took me about an hour to install, wire, plumb and set up programming on TSTAT. It was actually so easy that I doubted myself and since the only way you can tell its actually working (other than it getting hot) is by the indicator light I removed the unit from the furnace zip tied to a ladder and watched it kick on for the first time. It was pretty cool but unecessary. It work flawlessy. Don't know what effects the local water is going to have on it but I guess we will see.