Goes to show, you get what you pay for most of the time. The Air-O-Swiss cost 2x as much and years of running I’ve never seen white dust. This one built it up in less than a week. Going to try these, they pull in the minerals supposedly. But for now, I’m leaving the filter off, no need for it yet.
I will be replacing mine in the new year since it’s overkill and requires lots of space but will likely recycle the carbon in it I’ve read a few articles on how to recycle it but needed a back up first and most methods involve baking the charcoal in it messy and time consuming
oven on auto clean since most of what clogs them is organic matter but honestly shit is just easier to buy new filter they are so much cheaper than when they first came out
I put the filter back on, after flushing water thru it in the tub and drying for a week, and it seems to be working fine again. I won’t use it until flower when I can remove the humidifier. The room will maintain ~40% without it.