I purchased three of the Hunter care free humidifiers begining of last fall.  One for each bedroom! None of them made it thru the whole season! I had the company replace two and send me new ones and still did not have a humidifier the entire fall and winter!  So basically I went through 5 of these in less then 6 months!  I followed the manual correctly and did all necessary cleaning and maintence!  They all just quit, randomly! I am so dissappointed and am now researching new ones!!!