Water will evaporate at room temperature, but slowly. Most of us have HEATED humidifiers, so more vapor is available. Higher humidity in the tubing, which most of us need. I am unaware of any heating element on mine. If the machine in your signature, Luba II, is accurate then yes you do have a heat...

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Thu Jan 19, 2023 4:44 pm

Water will evaporate at room temperature, but slowly.
Most of us have HEATED humidifiers, so more vapor is available.
Higher humidity in the tubing, which most of us need.

I am unaware of any heating element on mine.

When it's heated and vapor evaporates off of the water in your humidifier...

Who said it's heated? If it's not heated, how much of a difference does that make?

I’m not sure if you have an SD card in your machine, but I would be willing to bet that you have a high flow limit on your chart. there have been a few times when I have had some nasal congestion that was very mild, but completely wrecked havoc on my sleeping, including my numbers and sleep quality...

Yikes, my prose was leading up to this article from CNN from yesterday: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/11/heal ... index.html

At the last minute, I switched to the other article and didn’t adjust my text.

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