Ich habe gerade gelesen [here](https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-you-can-tell-if-you-need-a-humidifier) Dass trockene Luft die Atemwege beeinträchtigen könnte, spüre ich auch an meiner Kopfhaut und meinem Gesicht Bei den langen Wintern kann trockene Luft ein Problem sein. Halten Sie es also für sinnvoll, einen zu kaufen?
https://old.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/1bitxhr/is_it_common_that_people_have_a_humidifier_in/
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They are fairly cheap, so could definitely be worth a try. It really helped with my headaches.
No. You will generally get enough humidity from the bathroom and other things drying. It may be preferable for your skin with a bit more humidity, but when it is cold you really do not want to keep high himidity indoors. It will condense on windows and walls and create mold. Mold is way worse than a bit of dry air.
I do not have a humidifier. I have two DE-humidifiers that run all winter to keep the humidity low enough to avoid condensation and mold.
You do you. The article looks like an ad for some crap product, tho I didn’t read it at full.
I don’t know anyone that has humidifiers here. Dehumidifiers on the other hand…
But again, your home, your choice.
Norwegians really dont want moist air in their wooden houses in winter. A recipie to Get a mold problem. So no we usually dont have those machines.
My bf who is Slovakian was constantly talking about dry air (i have never noticed it) and got a humidifier. Six months later all wollen clothes (bunad!) and leather shoes had mold on them. After that we got a air drier instead 😂
Get flowers and water them problem solved.
We have one, and it does wonders for my throat and eyes. Live in a newly built apartment.
The National health org NHI says humidity between 20-60%, I seem to get around 39% naturally in my flat and that’s fine. I only notice dryness during super cold periods where I also get static shocks a lot from using wool etc.
I prefer around 40% and anything over 50% sounds weird to me. My ex had asthma-issues, she reacted to high humidity, not dry.
AFAIK, a bucket of water would also just evaporate into the room through normal diffusion/evaporation.
Skin issues could be anything, like NHI says dry air can be dusty air, I’m more worried about the super fine dust from traffic coming through my vents than dry air.
First of all I’d get a hygrometer(?) of decent quality to check if it’s actually a problem, Norway is mostly moist, so just venting more fresh air in should basically be free humidifying IMO.
I have one, as the air where I live gets very dry. I got an expensive type, and haven’t had any problems with mold. You don’t get mold with normal humidity, so if you (like me) use it to bring it up from 15% tp 30%, you should be fine.
That being said, make sure your place is well ventilated
EDIT: Keep the humifier far from any walls or furniture. And for the love of god, replace the water at least every other day, and empty the whole thing to dry inside-out at least once a week. Moldy air is not good for you
So air humidity in an average Norwegian home is about 20, and should ideally be between 35-55. I only know this cus a fairly expensive guitar cracked on me due to the low humidity. Humidifier gang unite!
The short answer for most is no, to both questions – or at least it should be. Humidifiers are initially not good for the environment because we often don’t use them correctly. It can increase mold and bacteria production in a room (especially in the humidifier itself if you don’t clean it religiously), attract and increase cockroaches and dust mites issues, and people with asthma have been known to be negatively affected by it.
That said, excessively dry air can give issues too, both skin and respiratory-wise. A humidifier can be a usefool tool to balance the air quality again. You should use a sensor to measure the air quality of the room first, and the humidity should stay between 30 and 50 percent, but if it hits 55, the conditions become ideal for mold to grow.
If you know that your air is excessively dry, it might be worth a try. I recommend you buy/borrow a sensor to check, though. Humidity also changes throughout the day, so data should optimally be collected over a few days and you should keep in mind if your window(s) are usually open or closed.
The issue is heating. Especially electrical dries the air out. Some people just place bowls of water in the room or get the kind of passive humidifier you drape over radiators.
However, the way Norwegian homes are built (and if you are on the coast), the challenge is too much humidity indoors, not too little. It’s a balancing act.
I suggest drinking more water and buying skin creams with more fat/oil in them or even a cold cream. I find Decubal Original Clinic Cream to be quite moisturizing and versatile enough to use as a day cream and even as a hand cream. My favorite cold cream is Avene.
We have the Wilfa one in this report
https://testguru.no/luftfukter-test/?gad_source=1
This article explains about them
https://bedre-inneklima.no/det-du-bor-vite-om-luftfukter/?gad_source=1
I actually don’t think I know a single person that owns one.
I own a de-humidifier however, and use it in the bathroom to dry laundry. (We do have a tumble dryer as well, which is used for towels and beddings etc)
We had a humidifier when I was a kid, but it was because of my asthma. I don’t recall a mold problem, but that thing probably only raised the humidity from 20% to 30% or so.
Here in Florida, my humidity indoors hovers around 50-55% and I don’t have a mold problem.
My girlfriends harp got a crack in it from the low humidity, after moving. Some wooden instruments require higher humidity. We are from a more humid country, also 2023 apartment.
My sister lived in a very dry apartment. Their washed clothes dried in hours, and it never got damp after long showers. She was afraid her instruments would get damaged by the dry air so she bought a humidifier. It said in the instruction if its really really bad, it would stay on full throttle for a week or two and then calm down and just add some moisture when needed. It ran full throttle for several months and it still was too dry. It got better but it never got up to normal.
So it is actually possible, but its by no means normal