December 30, 2005

Technically, this is correct

Meredith picked up a Sunbeam humidifier at Walgreens tonight to help Nathan breathe better through his cold. On the box, it advertises “Fits under most bathroom sinks for easy filling.”

Then, inside, the instructions note: “Fill tank with clean, cool, distilled or filtered tap water. … [unfiltered] tap water may cause a ‘white dust’ to appear on your furniture, etc.”

It turns out that our bathroom sink doesn’t have a built in filter.

Posted by Mike at December 30, 2005 11:40 PM
Comments

Oy. Does it perhaps look like some sort of antiquing finish? Probably not.

Our humidifier just died after about 15 uses, because the inner works were so crusted with mineral deposits. Evidently our water's not filtered either. Hunter Fan Company was very generous about replacing it, though, and from now on, we'll be filtering.

Posted by: Gretchen on January 5, 2006 10:15 AM