Quiet humidifiers for babies

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.

  • 238 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Jun 2017 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Was it quiet enough for a sleeping baby? What parents said
  1. Pure Enrichment MistAire 40 said either way
  2. Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier 36 said either way
  3. Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier 37 said either way
  4. Levoit Classic and OasisMist 18 said either way
  5. Costway Top Fill Humidifier 20 said either way
  6. Canopy Bedside Humidifier 33 said either way
  7. Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier 33 said either way

Share of parents who stated an outcome for noise. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Best record Pure Enrichment MistAire 40 of 40 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby Check price on Amazon
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.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points parents repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1

Pure Enrichment

MistAire

Best for quiet all night

40/40 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

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.

What parents praise

  • Runs all night 38%
  • Easy to fill 18%
  • Easy to clean 10%

What parents complain about

  • Hard to clean 8%
Where parents said it
  • Target 40 of 40
  • Brand site 10 of 10 shown, not counted
2

Crane

Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier

33/36 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

85% of reviews call it quiet. Durability is the worry, with 18% saying it stopped working, and 15% call it loud.

What parents praise

  • Runs all night 18%
  • Easy to clean 13%
  • Good value 10%
  • No mold 5%
  • Easy to fill 5%

What parents complain about

  • Stopped working 18%
  • Hard to clean 8%
Where parents said it
  • Target 33 of 36
  • Brand site 7 of 9 shown, not counted
3

Honeywell

Cool Moisture Humidifier

25/37 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

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.

What parents praise

  • Easy to clean 15%
  • Easy to fill 8%
  • Runs all night 8%
  • No mold 5%

What parents complain about

  • Stopped working 13%
  • Hard to clean 8%
  • Leaks 8%
Where parents said it
  • Target 25 of 37
4

Levoit

Classic and OasisMist

13/18 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

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.

What parents praise

  • Runs all night 22%
  • Easy to fill 22%
  • Good value 17%

What parents complain about

  • Hard to clean 11%
Where parents said it
  • Target 13 of 18
  • Brand site 8 of 9 shown, not counted
5

Costway

Top Fill Humidifier

14/20 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

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.

What parents praise

  • Easy to clean 14%
  • Easy to fill 9%
  • Runs all night 9%

What parents complain about

  • Stopped working 18%
  • Too expensive 14%
  • Leaks 9%
  • Hard to clean 9%
Where parents said it
  • Target 14 of 20
  • Brand site 2 of 2 shown, not counted
6

Canopy

Bedside Humidifier

16/33 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

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.

What parents praise

  • Easy to clean 26%
  • No mold 5%
  • Easy to fill 5%

What parents complain about

  • Too expensive 24%
  • Mold or mildew 11%
  • Stopped working 5%
Where parents said it
  • Target 16 of 33

Share of 38 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

Vicks

Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier

3/33 say it was quiet enough for a sleeping baby

30 of 33 reviewers said it was loud or noisy enough to bother them, and 22% say it stopped working. 12% mention leaks.

What parents praise

  • Runs all night 5%

What parents complain about

  • Stopped working 23%
  • Leaks 13%
Where parents said it
  • Target 3 of 33

Share of 40 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 5,910 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about noise, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Jun 2017 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

We count what parents report. Nothing here is medical or safety advice: for a sick baby, call your pediatrician, and for car seats, a certified child passenger safety technician can check the install.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most parents here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Pure Enrichment MistAire Target (40 reviews counted)
  2. Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier Target (40 reviews counted)
  3. Honeywell Cool Moisture Humidifier Target (40 reviews counted)
  4. Levoit Classic and OasisMist Target (18 reviews counted)
  5. Costway Top Fill Humidifier Target (22 reviews counted)
  6. Canopy Bedside Humidifier Target (38 reviews counted)
  7. Vicks Filter-Free Cool Mist Humidifier Target (40 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

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.

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