Xiaomi Mi Smart Humidifier: Features and Price

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, in many cases it is because of being exposed to quite 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, once again, by constant exposure to dry environments. There are studies that recommend staying 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 some type of infection by pathogenic organisms.
• Reduce static electricity : Although it may seem silly, a dry environment causes our body to store more static electricity. Beyond the typical discharge that we can give to those who live with us, which is certain that they are very unpleasant, this type of discharge can damage certain electronic equipment and may 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, maybe humidifiers are not a highly recommended equipment. If this parameter is maintained at values equal to or greater than 70% , we are in the perfect environment for certain bacteria and microorganisms to proliferate that can be harmful to our health.

In addition, a key aspect that you should keep in mind before purchasing one of these equipment is its cleanliness . We must keep in good condition and renew the water they have inside every little time if we do not want that, after evaporating, the bacteria that live in that water pass into the environment.

A humidifier for minimalists

At this point, and now that you know a little more about these devices, 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 aromatize their homes, this may attract your attention due to its larger size. But of course, housing the “autonomy” that this Xiaomi humidifier has with respect to other models, and taking into account the additions that I will now comment on, that extra dimension is worth it.

Of course, what this device does not lose is the already known minimalist aesthetic of the Chinese manufacturer. It is a cylinder of about 35 centimeters high and almost 2 kg in weight (without water inside) of white color . An accessory for the home that can be camouflaged in practically any corner and of which only two details will draw our attention:

• Liquid level : a thin strip that runs along its front so that, at a glance, we can see the volume of water that is inside. Its maximum capacity is 4.5 l and it will consume 300 ml / h at full capacity .
• Mode button : a small circular button to change modes quickly if we do not want to access it from our smartphone.

Of course, another aspect that will obviously catch our eyes is the column of water vapor that it will emit when it is in operation, but we will talk more about this later.

This humidifier consists of 2 distinct sections when we take it out of the box. A superior one , which in the end is simply the water tank . This can be fed from the top cover simply by lifting it. And the lower part, where all the electronics that make it work and the UV light that will keep the water in good condition and free of bacteria are located.

Little else can be said about the physical appearance of the Xiaomi Mi Smart Humidifier. If you like the aesthetics of the rest of the equipment of the Chinese manufacturer, this one will too. And if not, 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 from the beginning of this article, this Xiaomi humidifier is “special”, since it is a device that we can control from our phone or even through voice commands.

From the Mi Home app we can connect this device directly with the smartphone and perform different actions through it. Do not think of these functionalities as those of a Smart TV, but especially there is one that is key. From the mobile we can:

• Turn the computer on and off remotely.
• Manage the 3 preset modes of vapor emission for low, medium or high level.
• Set a custom humidity level . This is that aspect that I was telling you that really seems most useful to me. Thanks to the hydrometer that it includes inside, we can know the relative humidity of the room where it is located. Then, from this app, we will establish the humidity level that we want and, automatically, the equipment will regulate the emission of steam in an intelligent way.
• Schedule an automatic on / off schedule .
• Control the LED light and activation sound . Something very useful if 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 the noise emission of this equipment, I wanted to emphasize that it is extremely quiet . By this I mean that, except for a slight vibration from its internal motor, we will hardly notice that this humidifier is working. According to Xiaomi, these sounds will remain below 38 dB .

If you like home automation, the Xiaomi humidifier includes a very interesting extra. Through the Google Home app, we can synchronize the Mi Home application to include it among the rest of the smart devices 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 My Home .

Smart humidifier, is it worth it?

Seen everything important about this equipment, it is most likely that this question will surround your head. After trying it during the last 2 weeks, I can tell you yes, I recommend its use but with certain conditions.

To put you in the situation a bit, I am from Cádiz, southern Spain. Therefore, my body is used to a certain level of humidity that the proximity to the sea of these cities gives. 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 my face, feet and hands constantly. On the other hand, the dry environment makes me breathe worse than when I return to the south for vacation. 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 that no but, yes, it has enlivened them a lot . The truth is that, in my opinion, as time goes by I think that the effects of using these devices for a long time I think will be even more noticeable. But, in these two weeks, I do not have extreme dryness in my skin, I have not given any “cramps” to my partner 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 cannot think of a better option than this Xiaomi Mi Smart Humidifier.