So both my kids have some “viral cough” – or bad cough as me pappy used to call it.  When we had on, it was no issue, a few days later she was fine.  Now like a Chinese ping pong match, they pass the sh8t back and forth.  As you know, there’s not much that can be done.  Rest, soup, time blah blah.  You can also use a humidifier.  We have one, but we’re not sure it’s working too well, so we went out and bought another one.  2 kids, 2 rooms, 2 humidifiers.  My wife goes to target looking to get a normal humidifier, plug it in, water comes out.  Anything else will lead to sh8t breaking.  The less gadgets, the less risk of the thing crapping out on you.  Like everything else, we didn’t want to spend a lot of money.  Something mid-range-ish.  We buy the, Ultrasonic Humidifier.  $30.00  We decide to only buy one, because I’m a cheap Dutch bastard.  I figured we can try one, and use the other not so good one we already have.

I’m very pleased with it’s plug and play set up.  I turn it on and leave the room.  I come back a while later and don’t notice anything steamy going on.  I then turn the dial in the front, and like a Michael Jackson video, steam comes pouring out.  I realize at that moment, it’s a “cooling steam”.  Hence the $30 price tag.  I google heat v. cool – apparently, there’s no difference and by the time the steam reaches your kid’s airways the steam is going to be room temp anyway.  BUT here’s the thing.  The “cool steam” never reaches your kid’s airways.  The only thing it reaches is the carpet directly below it.  Basic physics will tell you that hot steam rises, cool steam…. wait for it, wait for it…falls.  Onto the carpet…rendering everything a soaking mess.  Spend the extra cash and get a hot steam humidifier.  It’ll save you time and gas in having to go back and return it.