Canopy Nursery Humidifier 2.0 vs Honeywell HCM350 Cool Moisture Humidifier

Canopy wins because it is evaporative, filters the water on its way out, and puts four of its wetted parts in the dishwasher. Honeywell gets you the same no-visible-mist approach with a longer warranty and cheaper consumables if you can live with a much bigger box on the floor.

Canopy Nursery Humidifier 2.0

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An evaporative, no-visible-mist nursery unit built around the assumption that you will actually clean it.

• Tank, cap, tray and grill are listed as dishwasher safe, which removes the usual excuse for skipping cleaning.
• Water is filtered and passes UV light before it evaporates, so minerals are handled inside the machine rather than in the room.
• Canopy states it runs on tap water, with up to 36 hours of runtime from a 2.5 L tank and up to 500 sq ft of coverage.

• The filter is a scheduled consumable on a 45 day replacement interval, so this is a machine with an ongoing cost.
• At 2.5 L the tank is the smallest here, so a dry winter week means frequent refills.
• Canopy does not publish a noise figure, and the design depends on a fan running rather than silent atomization.

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Honeywell HCM350 Cool Moisture Humidifier

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The plain, boring evaporative workhorse that gets the physics right and charges you very little for the filters.

• Wicking filter design, which Honeywell says removes impurities from the water and reduces white dust while the moisture leaves invisibly.
• Three year limited warranty, the longest in this group, plus UV treatment of the water listed on the product page.
• Break-resistant water tank is dishwasher safe and the tank opening is wide enough to get a hand and a brush inside.

• Big and unsubtle at roughly 17.9 by 9.3 by 11.4 inches, which is a lot of surface area on a nursery floor.
• The HAC504 wicking filter is a recurring purchase and it will stiffen with scale in hard water.
• Honeywell rates it for 'medium' rooms without publishing a square footage figure.

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Side by side

The bottom line

Our overall pick is the Canopy Nursery Humidifier 2.0 - An evaporative, no-visible-mist nursery unit built around the assumption that you will actually clean it. Choose the Honeywell HCM350 Cool Moisture Humidifier instead if anyone who wants evaporative moisture, a long warranty and cheap consumables, and does not care how it looks.

Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Nursery Humidifiers: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).