# Quiet humidifiers for babies Source: HiveTried, https://hivetried.com/baby/humidifier/quiet/ Category: Baby > Humidifier. Updated 2026-10-08. Based on 238 counted first-hand reports from Target shopper reviews, Jun 2017 to Sep 2026. **Question:** Which humidifier is quiet enough for a baby's room? **Short answer:** Pure Enrichment MistAire has the best record for a quiet room: 40 of 40 reviewers said it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby. Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier comes next at 33 of 36, then Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier at 25 of 37. Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier has the weakest record here at 3 of 33, with 78% of its reviews calling it loud. **What stands out:** Noise is the main complaint on the weaker models: 78% of Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier reviews, 47% of Canopy Bedside Humidifier reviews and 32% of Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier reviews call it loud. Several brands also draw reports that the unit stopped working, including 18% of Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier reviews. ## Ranking (parents who said whether it worked) | Rank | Product | Quiet | Share | Amazon | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Pure Enrichment MistAire | 40 of 40 | 100% | yes | | 2 | Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier | 33 of 36 | 92% | yes | | 3 | Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier | 25 of 37 | 68% | yes | | 4 | Levoit Classic and OasisMist | 13 of 18 | 72% | yes | | 5 | Costway Top Fill Humidifier | 14 of 20 | 70% | yes | | 6 | Canopy Bedside Humidifier | 16 of 33 | 48% | no | | 7 | Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier | 3 of 33 | 9% | no | Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% Wilson confidence interval, so a product needs a high share and enough reports to rank high. An Amazon link is shown only when at least 60% say it works. ## Product notes ### 1. Pure Enrichment MistAire Nobody who weighed in called it loud: 40 of 40 said it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby. 38% say it runs all night and 18% like how easy it is to fill, though 8% say it is hard to clean. - Praised for: Runs all night (38%), Easy to fill (18%), Easy to clean (10%) - Complaints: Hard to clean (8%) - Reports counted: 40 ### 2. Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier 85% of reviews call it quiet. Durability is the worry, with 18% saying it stopped working, and 15% call it loud. - Praised for: Runs all night (18%), Easy to clean (13%), Good value (10%) - Complaints: Stopped working (18%), Hard to clean (8%) - Reports counted: 40 ### 3. Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier Parents are split on noise: 62% call it quiet and 32% call it loud. 15% praise how easy it is to clean, while 12% say it stopped working. - Praised for: Easy to clean (15%), Easy to fill (8%), Runs all night (8%) - Complaints: Stopped working (13%), Hard to clean (8%), Leaks (8%) - Reports counted: 40 ### 4. Levoit Classic and OasisMist 13 of 18 reviewers said it was quiet enough, and the brand's own site agrees at 8 of 9, which we show but don't count. 28% call it loud. Reviews here cover the Classic and OasisMist models, and fewer were counted than for the others. - Praised for: Runs all night (22%), Easy to fill (22%), Good value (17%) - Complaints: Hard to clean (11%) - Reports counted: 18 ### 5. Costway Top Fill Humidifier 14 of 20 said it was quiet enough, yet 32% still call it loud. 18% say it stopped working and 14% call it too expensive. - Praised for: Easy to clean (14%), Easy to fill (9%), Runs all night (9%) - Complaints: Stopped working (18%), Too expensive (14%), Leaks (9%) - Reports counted: 22 ### 6. Canopy Bedside Humidifier Easy cleaning is the praise, at 26%, but 17 of 33 reviewers said it was loud or noisy enough to bother them. 24% call it too expensive and 11% mention mold or mildew. - Praised for: Easy to clean (26%), No mold (5%), Easy to fill (5%) - Complaints: Too expensive (24%), Mold or mildew (11%), Stopped working (5%) - Reports counted: 38 ### 7. Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier 30 of 33 reviewers said it was loud or noisy enough to bother them, and 22% say it stopped working. 12% mention leaks. - Praised for: Runs all night (5%) - Complaints: Stopped working (23%), Leaks (13%) - Reports counted: 40 ## Questions **Which humidifier is quiet enough for a baby's room?** Pure Enrichment MistAire has the best record (40 of 40), followed by Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier (33 of 36) and Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier (25 of 37). **Is the Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier loud?** Reviewers say yes. It has the weakest record here at 3 of 33, and 78% of its reviews call it loud. **Do quiet humidifiers run all night?** Some do. 38% of Pure Enrichment MistAire reviews say it runs all night, and 18% of Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier reviews and 22% of Levoit Classic and OasisMist reviews say the same. **Do these humidifiers stop working?** Some reviewers say so. 22% of Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier reviews, 18% of Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier reviews and 12% of Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier reviews say the unit stopped working. ## Method HiveTried counts first-hand reports only, drops reviews written for free products, shows brand-site reviews without counting them, and never accepts payment for placement. Full method: https://hivetried.com/how-we-count/