Customer Reviews:
 Humidifier Treatment April 18, 2008
Great product and very fast ship time. Works just like it should. Keeps sediment (scale,lime,etc) from building up. Only need a capfull!
Useful solution September 2, 2008
From the bottle's label:
Holmes
Humidifier Water Treatment
Model S1705
* Prolongs the life of wick filters and warm mist heating systems
* Helps prevent lime and scale build-up
* Provides easier cleaning
My motivation for buying the Treatment was to increase the lifespan of the wick. I was only getting a few months life from a wick, using about two per winter. Using the Treatment, one wick is lasting more than one winter.
And the bottle lasts more than a winter, so it's worth it.
I hate to recommend W*lmart, but I bought my last bottle there for less than $2. That was still during the end of the humidifying season. Guess I should have bought two. I also bought their last half-dozen HM3600 humidifier wicks for $2 each (in July), when you couldn't find them for less than $12 anywhere on eBay.
I'll need another year to determine just how much longer the wicks are lasting, now that I'm on the Treatment. I just checked my wick. I think I used it for almost all last winter. It's just a little soft all over, but no serious deterioration. And no smell, just in case you're counting.
The instructions recommend adding a capful with every 3 gallons of water -- as a start -- and then after a while, you're supposed to determine whether your water needs more or less. I used a little less, and it still did the trick for my wick, apparently. My water is very soft. The instructions say harder water will require more Treatment. Granted, that's not a lot of guidance.
I didn't know if it's allowed to combine bactericide with the Treatment, so I didn't. Between the Treatment and being careful not to allow the humidifier to sit with water if it was turned off, the water never got smelly.
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