This humidifier works well, getting it going took a bit because the instructions were not very clear. We could not figure out where one of the pieces went. It was through a lots of Google searching and try on error that we found that it goes on the bottom of the humidifier however, the instructions does not indicate so. Once we got the humidifier up and running, it works fantastic, I wish there was a setting to put the thermostat on to indicate how much humidity we want in the air, there isn't, but despite that the humidifier has worked well and it is large enough to work for us to use in a larger living space. We have it in our dining room and it works well enough to do the dining room and living room