Have similar trouble. My wife has asthma and I have allergies. We use an 
ultrasonic humidifier in our bed room. On the low setting the tank lasts 
all night long and into the forenoon, then a refill keeps it going until 
night. On the high setting the tank just makes it through the night so 
that's a three times a day refill. Nothing gets wet around it unless you 
put it on a lower shelf with another shelf over it because it vents 
straight up. We keep it on top of a stand and if you keep the vent 
several inches from the wall the wall won't get damp either. Its 
completely silent too. One more thing, we keep the ceiling fan on low to 
keep the air moving and the door is also kept open, that helps with 
breathing too. TV, cable box and at times radios are kept in the room, 
on the same stand and they haven't been harmed in the slightest.
We keep a wash tub in the basement partially filled with water and when 
its really dry during the winter we keep a few inches of water in the 
upstairs bathtub too. Our forced air heat keeps the air moving in the 
house. We don't have any extra humidity makers in our home office room, 
don't need any and our computers aren't affected at all.


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