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Dry air is damaging to most anything whether your sinuses or your furniture. Typically cold winter months are known to produce dry air. Of course, an air conditioner can also dry out the air. Regardless when it happens or what causes it the results are the same.

Waking up in the morning with a stuffy nose can be a result of dry air. Static electricity is a result of dry air – we all know about this one. The hair that stands on end, the skirt that sticks to our legs or the shocking sting we feel when touching metal surfaces. Wooden furniture that separates at the joints is often caused by dry air.

Moisturizing the air is not difficult. A pan of steaming water on the stove, a bathtub of water left overnight or a humidifier. Obviously a humidifier is the best option but they are not always handy. When we travel and when we need close proximity moisturized air it is not always available.

Technology has caught up with the need. Both Air-O-Swiss and Sunpentown offer several models of portable humidifiers. Small bases hold an ordinary plastic bottle of water. These are great for traveling because the base is easy to pack and you can buy bottled water everywhere. I suggest choosing one with an automatic shutoff so that you can rest easier without worrying that you will need to turn the unit off during the night. The drier the air the faster the bottle will be emptied.

There is no good reason to put up with dry air. Humidifiers can moisten the air which resolves numerous distasteful irritations.

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