Usenet Newsgroups Humidifer Honeywell HWM-910, quirky features? From: andymhancock@gmail.com (AndyHancock) Well, looks like humidification seems to be improving things. At first, I was boiling water on the stove, and blowing it around with a fan.  A hygrometer helped me know when to do that.  Unfortunately, the relative humidity dropped significantly through the night (can't keep boiling water while I sleep).  After much reading, I settled on a humidifer, Honeywell's HWM-910: .  So far so good, with the following exceptions. 1. The brown water at the bottom of the tray is certainly not slime or sludge, as it developed in 8 hours.  It was pretty obvious looking at the metalic heating element that there were rust spots.  Depending on where it was made, the metal material/alloy may have had some corners cut in the mixing of materials. 2. The unit might be merrily steaming away, but it has turned off inexplicably.  The humidity setting was high, and the relative humidity was only 30% (30-50 is good for humans).  I have to press the Start button to get it started, but this leaves open the possibility of waking up to dry lungs and realizing that the unit turned off early in the night. Still trialing this unit, will post back. Subject  Humidifer Honeywell HWM-910, quirky features?