Basics: How they work
Reed diffusers are meant to be a replacement for candles. Also known as woodwick reed diffusers, the idea is to provide the scents and smells that candles do without having to run the risk of a flame. This has been an important want for people that have pets and small children in the house. A reed diffuser is a flame free invention to provide you with all the benefits of a good smelling relaxing environment without the risk that candles bring with them. They work with each reed stick containing dried cells that absorb or pull liquid (in this case reed diffuser oil) from the bottom of the reed to the top. Once the oils reach the top they are distributed in the environment in a clean natural healthy way.
Life of a Reed Diffuser
Since you are not burning anything like a wick in a candle you would think that the minute you buy one reed diffuser you are done and do not have to replace it. Well this is not true. The reeds do fill up and become “water logged so to speak” and they do not absorb anymore oils and therefore will not release any more scent into the environment. Sometimes the oil dries in the reed’s cells and they sort of clog up. The amount of time honestly depends on the area you live in; mainly because of humidity levels. A rule of thumb is to fill up your oil put in new reeds (about 10-15) let them work for a month. Then flip the reeds over and do it again for another month. After that if you start to notice they are not working anymore dump out the oil and replace the reeds. It is really as simple as that. Most of the time you have to replace them about every 3-4 months.
Reed Diffuser Dangers
There are some things that you should be aware of that are on the market when it comes to reed diffusers. Not anything that you cannot avoid but certainly things you should be aware of. The diffuser oils used is probably the most important thing you should look into. Many cheap manufactures produce cheap oils diluted with a chemical called DPG. This chemical is pretty much designed to make fluid evaporate and dry. They use this harmful chemical mainly in paints to get a quick set. However in reed diffuser oils thy use it so that the oil will dry up faster and help the oil evaporate at a faster amount causing you to have to buy more oil sooner. This is sometimes paired with alcohol. Same concept dilute the oil, it will evaporate faster and require you to buy more. No one wants to be in a room with a good scent that is covering up DPG or alcohol fumes. You can avoid all this and save some money if you just do some research on the oil your buying and enjoy a natural scent to your relaxing environment.
Simple Tips for Reed Diffusers
Tip #1: Length of Reed
This is more of a visual thing. Depending on your diffuser bottle and the shape , you want to make sure that your reeds are tall enough in for the bottle. I tend to like the reed about double the length of the oil bottle I am using. This is just a visual thing for me, gives more of a balance to the reed itself if what is stick out in the air is about the same height as the bottle.
Tip #2: Amount of Reeds in One Bottle
I use 10-15 reeds in each bottle of oil. This works great of me if you add more reeds you do not really notice the difference. If you are in a small area you may notice a difference but for standard size rooms i don’t see it worth doing
Tip #3: How Many to Set Up
I would set up one per room. I say this because not very many of us have huge rooms that would require two in one room. If you do have a bonus room or large open area you would like to scent than I would not add more diffuser reeds I would then definitely add another oil bottle. This also allows you to have different scents in different rooms of your house if each room is assigned its own bottle.
It is as simple as that. Hopefully you do decide to take advantage diffuser reeds in your relaxing environment. There are literally thousands of scents that you can take advantage of to create that relaxing place in your own home or office. Whether or not you are using reed diffusers in: a kitchen, bedroom, family room or bathroom, or even under patio covers; they are very versatile. Some people are even going to the extent of replacing all their bathroom candles even the floating candles with diffuser reeds to get the thousands of smells and scents available.
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