RO is definitely necessary… unfiltered water will just cover everything in sediment dust and clog filters/etc… not to mention aerosolize metals and other stuff that’s in the water.
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I’m with team AC Infinity for their Cloudforge series! I got the smallest one for my drying tent as i have stupid low RH% in winter.
The only thing I’d add is that for any ultrasonic humidifier you may want to invest into a water distiller or get that in bulk as it keeps everything super clean from mineral deposits!
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Appreciate the responses everyone! Yeah i was looking at a few of the Levoit models but hell if you all think so highly of the ACI one, I’ll dive in and do some research tonight on those!
And no, don’t have a RO system so will have to go the distilled route which gets pricey…ugh! What’s the damage on of those water distillers ?@Pigeonman
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@BuckeyeBeanz under 200 easy.
I rather despise R/O systems due to their extreme waste so I got this thing for multiple reasons 
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PSA: never touch the silicone dish thing that creates the mist in an ultrasonic humidifier. Don’t ask me how I know. 
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You all sure pay a premium up in Canada. It’s $97 with a 12% off coupon on US Amazon right now. I’m thinking of getting one just for our coffee as the well water is really high in iron.
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Ac infinity , I just got one for early veg and it’s badass.
Probably won’t need it when plants get larger but for winter with seedlings and early veg it works.
Definitely worth the $50 I paid for it.
Just ordered the 67 pro controller so can’t wait for that.
Supposed to be able to control lights,fan humidity etc… from my phone anywhere I am.
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I have multiple AC Humidifiers and i love them. I am an ac guy for sure.
If you do decide to go with AC let me know and ill see if i can get you good discount, I kind of know a guy… 
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What happens?
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Pls let us know… or i’m going to have to try…
I love my AC infinity humidifier. If you have an ac infinity fan controller already its a no brainer imo.
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I was going to suggest this or one like it, brandon rust on instagram has been saying his is great
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@JustANobody @NoCal
At the time it hurt and I pulled away and was “burnt”, melted my skin on my finger and 8 years later it’s kinda firmer skin area and it’s dry and will crack and sucks.
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That sucks.
Note taken, lol.
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Just got an ac infinity humidifier for my 5x5 tent. Still trying to figure out the best way to keep the humidifier outside the tent and pipe the vapor into the tent without having it drip condensation onto the floor of the tent—or in the case of my initial hose routing, directly onto one of the ac infinity oscillating fans.
If anyone has tips for routing the ac infinity humidifier vapor into the tent to minimize drips/splashing, I’m all ears.
Prefer to keep the humidifier outside the tent to reclaim floor space in the tent. Since ACI says not to route hose in a U shape and recommends inverted U instead, that’s where the dripping comes from.
I think I read about a different brand of hose that works better for it that lots of folks use but I’ll have to dig around and see if I can find that rec. Don’t have aci myself… but I want to help!
I actually just had a live chat with AC Infinity customer service. It seems they’re now recommending that the hose ends slightly angled up in the tent—no U or upside down U shaped bends. Gonna try that and see what happens.
If you find it let me know!
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I run mine out side the tent. I have a 4x2.
It’s on the right side with hose running up and into vent hole and down. It doesn’t drip water unless I grab and shake it. But it drips down into corner not on plant.
So far it works great.
These are the images the AC Infinity CS person posted to the chat. Clear as mud since they have so many different images of hose routing from outside tent to inside.
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Hey! So what I found/saw was a reddit post about someone getting a 10 ft hose and having a bucket under it. So it sits off the floor of the tent on a bucket to catch drips… they didn’t really alleviate the issue. Sorry! Here is the link though
Cloudforge T7 using off brand hose to mimick T3. The container at the end of … Reddit - Dive into anything
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Gotcha. FWIW it seems by putting the hose at a slight incline into the tent as in the images customer support sent me, the splashing seems to be taken care of and it doesn’t seem to be draining significant amounts of water back into the humidifier.
Also, as an aside, the oscillating fan that got heavily dripped on by the humidifier hose dried out properly and is back to working as expected. The water splashes got into the UIS port and was shorting it out, causing the controller to lose the port and device type.
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