Demineralised Water

[Budmiester]

Hi I have been using my Sandman HC Auto for about a month now, and i was not advised to use demineralised water, now I have a calcium buildup in my humidifier chamber.
Is it safe to use calcium cleaning products (plus plenty of rinsing) in the humidifier?
On a similar note when I went out to get demineralised water I found an alternative to just buying the water. There was a product for demineralising water to use in clothes irons. I put tap water in and shake it up and out comes demineralised water. (it has some crystals or something in the base) Anyone think this is unsafe to use in a cpap humidifier? It seems way more convenient and portable this way.
Thanks for any comments.

[billbolton]

Anyone think this is unsafe to use in a cpap humidifier?

My rule is that if I'm not prepared to drink the water at hand, then I won't ever put it in a humidifier.

Demineralisation is an industrial process and generally doesn't produce potable water, so I personally would never put it in a humidifier.

Cheers,

Bill

[medic117]

HI,

I would suggest distilled water, that is what I use in my humidifier and have no build up. I get it in the supermarket water section. Costs me 89 cents a gallon and that lasts about 2 weeks.

Jay

[Severeena]

We are saving money by making our own steam distilled water.
We have a Water Works and we have the clearest water tanks on our humidifiers. No build up nothing

[tomjax]

CONGRATULATIONS!

You are the millionth person to log in and ask this question.

Bottom line answer.
Use distilled water.

So cheap and easy.

Bet many will tune with the wonders or a home distillation unit or a RO unit or demineralized.

Still bottom line is distilled.

No problem with using any water, it just causes film and precipetates, no risk to health.

[BlackSpinner]

So cheap and easy.

Yes sure but you're probably not attempting to lug it on a bus or hiking 6 city blocks with a gallon of water.

[datracer99]

I only started using the humidifier recently, on a low setting.

I have been using a demineraliser, as I was just given one for the iron (thanks mum ) , and didn't have any distilled water handy.
I would not expect any calcium build up while using this, so it solves that problem.
I haven't noticed any odour at all from it, and nor do I have any growths in the water chamber.
Since I haven't cleaned it since I started using the humidifier, at this stage it all appears to be OK so i'll stick with this solution for now.