As we have already mentioned in other articles, technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, reaching many teams that we could not even imagine. Devices that can help us in our day to day or even improve our health. Today I want to talk to you about one of those teams that may solve or improve certain conditions related to breathing or skin problems. I have been testing for the last few weeks the xiaomi smart humidifier and today I want to tell you my experience and if it's worth it or not.
Xiaomi Mi Smart humidifier analysis on video:
What are the benefits of a humidifier?
Before buying one of these teams, this is the question that has crossed our minds. The truth is that, depending on the situation of each user in particular, including a humidifier in your day to day (especially in the places at home where you spend more time) can provide you with some of these advantages:
- Prevent dry skin: If you suffer from this problem, it is often due to being exposed to fairly dry environments. Therefore, including a humidifier that increases and regulates humidity can be very important to avoid the problem.
- healthier air: Many infections and respiratory problems are caused by, once again, constant exposure to dry environments. There are studies that recommend keeping in environments that have a relative humidity of around 40% - 60%. In addition, the dryness in the air inflames our mucous membranes, which makes us more vulnerable to suffering from some type of infection by pathogenic organisms.
- Reduces static electricity: although it may seem silly, a dry environment causes our body to store more static electricity. Beyond the typical download that we can give to those who live with us, which the truth is that they are very unpleasant, this type of download can damage certain electronic equipment and may even stop working (in the worst case). .
These are the clearest positive contributions that these teams can give us but, like everything in life, not everything is perfect. If you live in a coastal area, where humidity is usually high, perhaps humidifiers are not highly recommended equipment. If this parameter is kept in values equal to or greater than 70%, we are in the perfect environment for certain bacteria and microorganisms proliferate which can be detrimental to our health.
In addition, a key aspect that you should keep in mind before purchasing one of these devices is its cleaning. We must keep the water inside it in good condition and renew it every so often if we do not want the bacteria that live in that water to enter the environment after evaporation.
A humidifier for minimalists
At this point, and now that you know a little more about these teams, let me introduce you to the Xiaomi Mi Smart Antibacterial.
Accustomed to seeing the typical small humidifiers that are placed on tables or furniture as a decorative element, and that many use to scent their homes, this one may strike you due to its larger size. But of course, housing the "autonomy" that this Xiaomi humidifier has compared to other models, and taking into account the additions that I will now tell you about, this extra dimension is well worth it.
Of course, what this device does not lose is the well-known minimalist aesthetics of the Chinese manufacturer. It's about a cylinder about 35 centimeters high and almost 2 kg in weight (without water inside) White color. An accessory for the home that can be camouflaged in practically any corner and of which only two details will call our attention:
- liquid level: a thin strip that runs along its front so that, at a simple glance, we can see the volume of water inside. Its maximum capacity is 4,5 l and will consume 300 ml/ha full yield.
- modes button: a small circular button to change modes quickly if we don't want to access it from our smartphone.
Of course, another aspect that will obviously capture our gaze is the water vapor column that it will emit when it is in operation, but we will talk about this more ahead.
This humidifier consists of 2 sections differentiated when we take it out of the box. A top, which in the end is simply the water tank. We can feed this from the top cover simply by lifting it. and the part less, where all the electronics system what makes it work and UV light that will keep the water in this in good condition and without bacteria.
Little more can be said about the physical appearance of the Xiaomi Mi Smart Humidifier. If you like the aesthetics of the rest of the equipment from the Chinese manufacturer, this will do it too. And if it is not so, then perhaps this is not the model that you would place in your home, but I already warn you that you are missing the most interesting thing about it: its intelligence.
Benefits of a smart humidifier
As I have been telling you since the beginning of this article, this Xiaomi humidifier is "special", since it is a piece of equipment that we can control from our phone or even through voice commands.
From the Mi Home app we can connect this equipment directly to the smartphone and perform different actions through it. Don't think of these features as a Smart TV either, but especially there is one that is key. From the mobile we can:
- Turn on and turn off the computer remotely.
- handle the 3 modes vapor emission presets for low, medium or high level.
- Establish a custom humidity level. This is that aspect that I was telling you about that really seems most useful to me. Thanks to hydrometer that it includes inside, we will be able to know the RH of the room where it is located. Then, from this app, we will establish the level of humidity that we want and, automatically, the equipment will regulate the emission of steam in an intelligent way.
- Schedule a auto on/off schedule.
- Control the LED light and sound activation. Something very useful is we have this equipment in our room and we do not want it to bother us while we rest.
And now that I have mentioned the issue of noise emission from this equipment, I wanted to point out that it is extremely quiet. By this I mean that, except for a slight vibration of its internal motor, we will hardly notice that this humidifier is working. According to Xiaomi, these sounds will remain below the 38 dB.
If you like home automation, the Xiaomi humidifier includes a very interesting extra. Through the app Google Home, we can synchronize the application of We Home to include it among the rest of the smart equipment in our home.
And, as you can imagine, this means that we can handle it through voice commands using Google Assistant. Of course, we can only activate and deactivate it in this way. If you want to manage the rest of the modes and parameters, you will have to go back to We Home.
Smart humidifier, is it worth it?
Given everything important about this team, most likely this question is on your mind. After trying it for the last 2 weeks, he can tell you that yes, I recommend its use but with certain conditions.
To put you in a bit of a situation, I am from Cádiz, in the south of Spain. Therefore, my body is used to a certain level of humidity provided by the proximity to the sea of these cities. But something important for you to understand my conclusion is that you know that for the last 3 years I have been living in Madrid, the center of the peninsula.
All this means that, suddenly, my body has had to get used to a drier environment, and this has brought me certain consequences. On the one hand, I suffer from constant dry skin, reaching the point of suffering from "dead skin" and whitish areas on the face, feet and hands constantly. On the other hand, the dry environment makes breathe worse that in those moments that I return to the south for vacations. And, as a curiosity, since I live here I constantly shocked my partner because, for some reason, my body accumulated static electricity.
That said, has this Xiaomi humidifier solved my problems? The short answer is no, but yes. it has brightened them up a lot. The truth is that, in my opinion, as time goes by I think that the effects of using this equipment for a long time will be even more noticeable. But, in these two weeks, I do not have extreme dryness on the skin, I have not given my partner any "cramp" again and, although the improvement has been slight, I notice that being at home I feel that the congestion when breathing is less.
So, if you live in dry environments and feel that you suffer from any of the problems that I mentioned at the beginning of this article, I can't think of a better option than this Xiaomi Mi Smart Humidifier.
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