During extremely cold weather, your home loses humidity to the outdoors and may drop to as low as 5 percent. Optimal comfort is considered to be 40-55 percent humidity. The extremely dry indoor conditions are not just as annoying as having a scratchy throat or the occasional electric shock. The dry air can also have repercussions on your health, your furniture, even your utility bill. A humidifier can bring the moisture balance back into your home and health. It's simply a device that puts water vapor into a home's air.
Depending upon its water output capacity, it may serve a single room or the entire house. There are various advantages like:
1. Humidifiers Protect Your Health
Dry air in your home can make your throat feel dry and cause or aggravate respiratory ailments.
2. Humidifiers Preserve Your Furniture
Dry air doesn't just affect people either. Warm air sucks moisture out of furniture, as well. In drastic cases, furniture gets loose or even falls apart.
3. Humidifiers Save Money on Utility Bills
Dry air also makes you feel colder than the actual thermostat setting because evaporating moisture on your skin causes a cooling effect.
