Vornado EV100 vs Vornado EV200
In short: The Vornado EV100 costs $10 less; the Vornado EV200 genuinely holds a larger room (591 sq ft against 246 sq ft); the Vornado EV100 costs about $26 less a year in wicks and watts.
| Spec | Vornado EV100 | Vornado EV200 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$70 | ~$80 |
| Type | Evaporative | Evaporative |
| Mist | cool | cool |
| Rated output | 1 gal/day | 2.4 gal/day |
| Output standard | Maker's published output rate | Maker's published output rate |
| Honest room size | 246 sq ft | 591 sq ft |
| Claimed coverage | 260 sq ft | 580 sq ft |
| Claim vs physics | 1.06× | 0.98× |
| Tank size | 1 gal | 1.5 gal |
| Runtime at the claimed room | 23 hr | 15 hr |
| Real runtime at full output | 24 hr | 15 hr |
| Yearly running cost | ~$28 | ~$54 |
| Replaceable media | Wick, replaced through the season | Wick, replaced through the season |
| White dust risk | No | No |
| Humidistat | Yes | Yes |
| Noise on low | — | — |
| Top fill | No | No |
| Dishwasher-safe tank | No | No |
| App control | No | No |
| Power | 20 W | 30 W |
Highlighted cells are the better number in that row, and only where a direction is unambiguous — more output and more supported room, less noise, cost and price. Honest room size and runtime are computed from each maker’s own published figures; here is the calculation.
Pros and cons
Vornado EV100
- The room-size claim is genuinely supportable - the rarest thing in this category and the reason to buy Vornado over a spec-sheet rival
- Five-year guarantee at $70, against the one year most of this catalog offers
- Evaporative and self-limiting: it physically cannot over-humidify a room the way an unregulated ultrasonic can
- Owners consistently describe build quality a tier above the price
- Tank cap unscrews wide enough to clean inside properly
- One gallon a day genuinely is a small-room output - buyers comparing spec sheets against ultrasonics claiming 500 sq ft will think it underpowered, and the spec sheets are the ones lying
- Wicks at roughly $7.50 each every month or two
- Audible fan; it is how an evaporative works
- Bottom-fill tank has to go to the sink
Vornado EV200
- The single most accurate room-size claim in the catalog measured against the standard winter load calculation
- Two light tanks beat one heavy one at the sink, and one tank can carry an overnight run
- Automatic humidity control actually holds a target rather than just switching speeds
- Five years of warranty on a $100 evaporative, which is Vornado's standing offer across the line
- No white dust and no distilled-water habit
- Two wicks means double the consumable bill - about $45 a year at the stated interval
- Fifteen hours at full output means a daily fill in a genuinely dry house
- The fan is the loudest thing about it and there is no way around that in an evaporative
- No app, no timer, no display beyond the humidity setting