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		neilv 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Freeing a Xiaomi humidifier from the cloud That Smartmi model seems to have toxic IoT in it. I'm currently using the Vornado EV100 non-IoT evaporative humidifier, and my only complaints are relatively minor, as humidifiers go (consumable wick, fan noise, insanely bright blue LEDs). https://www.vornado.com/shop/humidifiers/evaporative/ev100-e...

piskov 16 days ago [–]

You don’t need to connect it — works completely offline.

Also no consumable parts there: just plastic disks which you clean with couple of spoons of citric acid dissolved in water from time to time.

NewJazz 16 days ago | [–]

Couldn't you just use vinegar?

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