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The more late-night dry throats and stuffy noses you combat as a parent, the more you start to become obsessed with humidifiers -- which one works best; which one looks best; which one can you neglect for a few days without it turning into a stagnant pool. And while I thought I'd hit the motherlode...

Here's one for the space-age nursery: Looking like it fell out of the Jawas' Sandcrawler in Star Wars , this compact Swiss humidifier ($100) cooks water to a bacteria-killing level before releasing its healing steam into your room. You can adjust steam (up to two gallons per day) as well as power...

Between keeping windows closed, sniffing pollen from Christmas trees, and recirculating germs brought home from daycare, winter is prime time for bad indoor air. And while there are prettier and pricier air cleaners on the market, Consumer Reports recently gave some of its highest marks to the $230 Whirlpool...

It's fitting that the Halo 3290 UV-ST Ultraviolet Vacuum ($500) shares a name with everyone's favorite space-age shoot-'em-up videogame: Employing UV-C technology -- the source of that hypnotizing blue glow at its business end -- the Halo kills dust mites, flea eggs, bacteria, viruses and...