an overpriced beauty

Author's Rating:

Pros: Attractive design (I love to look at it!), Simplicity of use and maintenance, Effectiveness

Cons: Incredibly overpriced.

Author's Review
I have followed different reviews of the Venta for a few months now. I first saw the product on the Red Dot Award website. Humidifiers, like sports shoes, and clock radios, are always designed to look like these wacked-out space ships. I don't know why, but you just can't find a tasteful, simple humidifier. So, this one looked interesting to me. I found a two gallon version on Craigslist, and bought it for half of the store price. There are some very strong opinons about this product, but the only thing I find offensive is the price. The rest is well designed, solid, and effective. It is so nice to have no soft parts (filters) catching all of the garbage in the air. This thing cleans up great, and $20 in chemicals will get you through the year. But there is just no way that anyone should be paying $300+ for what is physically speaking, not much more complicated than a fan. If you can find one on Ebay or Craigslist, do so.