"Living in cold, dreary, dry Chicago and having a baby in Feb, we knew he needed a humidifier. So, why not get a cute one?! Our first one broke - not sure why, but it just stopped working. The second is still humming along, but it's tough to clean, runs out of water in less than 24 hours if it's on high (which probably has more to do with Chicago, but hey! it's still a pain) and kind of makes a rattling sound. So, my guess would be there are better humidifiers out there if you don't care about the cuteness factor!"