The 6 Best Humidifiers of 2025

The Levoit Sprout is the company’s first evaporative model that we’ve tested, and we appreciated that nearly every part is dishwasher-safe (with the exception of the fan enclosure, which has electrical components). Unfortunately, it costs $190, and it left a roughly 10% difference in the relative humidity level across the room—a result made more frustrating by the fact that it comes with a surprisingly accurate remote hygrometer.

By contrast, the Aircare Mantra ME440DGRY8 was much better at distributing the air around the room, but its onboard hygrometer was off by roughly 7% at any given time. Otherwise, this model was fine, but it’s still too expensive to recommend.

The 6-liter Dreo HM713S is remarkably similar to our top pick, all the way down to the tank design and warm-mist capabilities. It performed decently in our tests, too, but it just didn’t feel as nice as the Levoit models. The same goes for the slightly smaller Dreo HM512S.

We used to recommend the Vornado EVDC300, which provided great circulation along with all the other standard Vornado perks. But it wasn’t as easy to clean as the EV3, and some readers complained about a decorative light in the tank that wouldn’t turn off.

The Levoit OasisMist 450S Humidifier worked well enough but didn’t offer anything to set it apart from our other Levoit picks.

The Carepod One is simple and sleek, and it’s absolutely the easiest humidifier to clean of those we’ve tested. Some manufacturing issues with the oscillation wand prevented us from making this model a pick in the past—but even if that weren’t a problem, this model would still be far too expensive.

The Canopy Bedside Humidifier is an attractive model with a lot of thoughtful design choices, all the way down to the packaging. But none of that can justify the hefty price tag, especially since the too-small tank has a too-small opening that makes it too hard to clean.

The Clorox Ultra Clean comes with a built-in UV light to help reduce any microbial growth that might pop up in the water, along with a three-year warranty. Unfortunately, in our tests it was only mediocre at the humidifying part of the job.

The Safety 1st Stay Clean Humidifier is another UV-equipped model, with just a single, simple-to-use dial to control the humidification level. But it offered lackluster performance in our tests.

The Dreo HM524S is a slightly larger version of our budget pick. It performed pretty well in our tests, but otherwise it failed to stand out beyond having an accurate on-board humidistat (a surprisingly rare occurrence).

The Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool Formaldehyde PH04 performed decently as both a humidifier and an air purifier but not well enough to outshine our other picks, let alone to justify its massive cost (or size). We did appreciate its self-cleaning water tank, however.

The 1.5-gallon tank on the towering PureGuardian H3200WAR has two separate openings—supposedly making it easier to fill in different-size sinks. Unfortunately, the tank doesn’t sit flat either way, and neither fill hole is large enough to fit a hand through for cleaning.

The SPT SU-9210 Digital Evaporative Humidifier was our runner-up pick for many years, thanks to its reliably quiet evaporative performance. We still think it’s a decent choice—if you can find it in stock somewhere.

The top-filling Midea SCK-3Q60B has one of the worst on-board humidistats of all the models we’ve tested. For some indiscernible reason, it also took a full minute to start up after we hit the power button.

The towering 10-liter Levoit OasisMist 1000S was the first Levoit model to really disappoint us. It was barely able to move the humidity more than 3 feet, leaving it to sit there in a puddle of its own making.

The fill hole on the Vicks V3900 is much too small for anyone to scrub the inside of the tank. It also might be too small for some people to get their hand back out after trying (which is how I ended up smashing it against the support beams in my kitchen to escape).

The Vicks VUL600 performed decently in our tests, but the tank was only slightly less frustrating than that of the V3900. At least I didn’t have to smash this one. I just couldn’t clean it, either.

The Carepod Cube X50 offers all the same perks and flaws as the original Carepod, with the bonus of warm-mist capability. Unfortunately, that feature doesn’t actually do anything. After running for four hours on high during our testing, this humidifier raised the temperature of the water vapor by just 1 degree while consuming four times the energy.

The Elechomes UC5501 is a smart ultrasonic model that looks nearly identical to our top pick, the Levoit LV600S. Unfortunately, looks aren’t everything, especially since this model has one of the worst humidistats and one of the slowest fans of any machine we’ve tested.

The Lasko UH300 Quiet Ultrasonic is fine overall, though not particularly good in any way. It (over-)humidified the room a little faster than any of our Levoit picks. But the humidistat was about 10% off, and the fill hole on the 5-liter tank was too small for even my toddler to fit his hand inside. Pass.

Although the Honeywell HUL430X is a streamlined and stylish-looking ultrasonic humidifier, it’s frustratingly difficult to regulate or clean. It also has a tank that’s sort of like a USB plug, in that no matter what you do, you always end up putting it in the wrong way the first time you try.

The Dyson Purifier PH03 Humidify+Cool is both a humidifier and an air purifier, and it performed well enough in our tests. But honestly, you’re better off buying one of our humidifier picks, plus a separate air purifier; they would do both jobs better and still save you money.

The Vornado UH100 performed just as well as the models we like from Vornado. It was also the loudest ultrasonic model we tested, however, and it lacks the large capacity, the self-regulation, and the warm-mist capabilities that make the larger UH200 so appealing.

A former budget pick, the Vicks V750 simply feels cheap in every sense of the word. On the plus side, it will continue working even after you accidentally snap a good number of the pieces in half during the cleaning process.

The Honeywell HCM-710 looks like a plastic casserole dish with a fan on top. And it was somehow both the quietest evaporative model we tested on medium and the absolute loudest on high. Worse, it sounds as if someone is leaning over your shoulder from behind and gurgling water in your ear.

This article was edited by Harry Sawyers.