Venta Airwasher Cleaner, 8.8oz Bottle by Venta

Hello reviews reader , the product works as expected, I was and still confused in how to use it , same people reviews says to run the product on the humidifier in open space which I did yesterday in my balcony for 3 hours and other people suggested to pour the bottle inside water in humidifier for two hours , but keep in mind the Venta company I instructions says to run the humidifier and cleaner for the whole run for once , results are great not more calcium attached to the wheel, I highly recommended it.... this a review since amazon or do not updated it or they don't want me to do it , this update is to confirm that after watch several YouTube videos where some people recommend the vinegar as a alternative solution to help to clean the calcium , is at to you but I will say it don't do it, use this solution from venta , left my venta air washer like new free of all the lines of calcium , I want to mention that not one has or is paying me to post this review , hope will help you .

Must have if you own a Venta Humidifer! If you spent the money on purchasing a Venta than spend the money on the cleaner. Have owned ours for 5 years and it runs & looks like day one. There is also another product that we use in our Venta at the end of the season before we pack it away & would recommend it too.

It got cold in Texas so dusted off the old Airwasher to keep the humidity up. Filled it up, ran it, immediately noticed a weird smell. Opened it up and apparently I didn't clean it well last winter cause it had this yellow cheesy mold (?) on the fins of the big wheel of discs/fins. Not entirely sure what it was but I'm gonna go with mold of some kind (it was old/dried at the time, the unit had been sitting dry all summer). Venta's own FAQ section says you can use a 1:1 water/vinegar solution as a substitute cleaner, so I did that and according to some youtube advice also dumped a couple spoonfuls of hydrogen peroxide in. Rotated the wheel through this and took an old toothbrush to it to brush the stuff off. The resulting water was naaaasty and had little chunks of whatever this is floating in it. Also left this to soak for a period of hours, periodically turning the wheel to get it all soaked. Also spot cleaned between the fins using q tips dipped in the solution. Dumped that out, and since it was so gross did *another* vinegar was/soak with no peroxide. Let the wheel soak in this once again. When all was said and done it looked more or less clean but still smelled funky. Finally got my Venta cleaner in and did that, initially smelled weird while the cleaner was in (might've just been the cleaner at that point). But all said and done, rinsed the cleaner off and I can run my unit again. Looks clean and doesn't smell weird. To me, this is analogous to the dishwasher: you wouldn't put a plate in with caked on dry spaghetti sauce, gotta get that off and *then* run it through the dishwasher. Maybe this stuff could've done it on its own but I doubt it. Initially when I saw the thing I was googling 'venta replacement parts', I wanted to throw out the wheel and buy a replacement. But they don't sell them. Glad I was able to get it sorted out, these units are too expensive. So, if you're (apparently) a slob like me, the above definitely works. If you've got the extra $25 to spare could try buying two and seeing if just the Venta cleaner on its own does it before going through all the vinegar like I did, if you do so please leave a review for posterity.

We use this all winter in our Venta air cleaner/humidifier. Hard to find sometimes but effective to pull negative stuff from the air.

This cleaner works great with the Venta humidifier. No odor or residue. Can recommend. There are much less expensive products available that work just as well.