Side by Side Comparison of: BriteLeafs vs PURSONIC vs ArtNaturals

Okay, so admittedly, I opened it, put it together and immediately started fiddling with it. The lights cycle through the colors (LOVE!) in about a minute (54 seconds) but you have the option to make it stationary (also love!) (15 color options). The strength of smell depends on the quality of oil you use and the amount you put in. Personally, I filled it with water, like you're supposed to and sat there shaking the crap out of my oils until I felt like I could saturate an army, then plugged her in and let her go. It's a cold mist, which is nice. No sound, except for the occasional bubbling water (which I feel is an added benefit). It's been on for an hour (at time of posting) and it's not hot to touch. I wasn't sure about it, because it was comparatively cheaper than others I was looking at, and I figured I'd give it a go, if I didn't like it, I'd use it as a light display only. But no worries here, I love it. I mean, I've only just received it, so there's that, but I don't know why I didn't buy it sooner.

I purchased this diffuser for travel, as I needed something to use my essential oils with when I took a plane to California. I was hunting something that would be small and lightweight, so it wouldn't take up much rom in my carry on. This diffuser was perfect for that! The electrical cord prevents the need for batteries, which is perfect for traveling. I didn't want to be searching for batteries in Cali. There an option to leave the light on or turn it off...I kept it off so I wouldn't be disturbed at night. It has four color options, which is a nice benefit if you do want the light on. The diffuser holds enough water to provide a steady mist, and I was able to fall asleep easily away from home since I had my lavender EO filling my hotel room! Now that I'm back from my trip, this diffuser is used as a second one in our home.

This is the coolest little gizmo! Easy to use, the colors are fantastic (I find the red particularly soothing), and it works like a charm. Produces a lot of super fine cool mist immediately when you start it up, scents up my bedroom wonderfully with whatever oil or oil blend I need or am in the mood for. And it is lower than whisper quiet. The first night I got it I set it up, put my best lavender oil in it and turned it on. My husband wanted to know what the new tech thing was, I said to ignore it and go to bed. He was out cold in under 5 minutes flat, snoring, and slept deeply & soundly all night. I did the same when I came to bed later (minus the snoring. Really). My nose doesn't swell shut & stop up at night now, no more cracked lips or dry skin. And it turns itself off. It makes me sleep so sound I've never even heard it when it did shut off.

And did I mention just how cool it looks?! Easily my most favorite new gizmo. It's gonna be on every night, without fail. I will take it with me if I have to travel. I won't be without it. I'm thinking of purchasing more for other rooms of my home, I love it that much. Very, very cool. I couldn't be more pleased.

This little diffuser works like a charm. I use it beside me on my nightstand. I run a small fan at night because we get warm so this has helped me keep my sinuses hydrated. I usually wake up with a sinus headache, but using this diffuser along with some quality essential oils, has kept it away.

I did not use the oil that it came with. Even though it states, "100% Pure Lavender Oil", I knew it wasn't because of the disclaimer that we could not ingest it. (If you find quality "therapeutic grade" oils to use, you can actually ingest and experience the benefits of the oil that way.) Anyway, I had given my boss the oil that this device came with and she used it in her own diffuser in the office. I've found that she needed to use 6-8 drops to get some sort of decent scent to expel from it. (Whereas I only need 1-3 drops using the quality essential oil.) And I've also found that the less quality oils made my throat a bit "scratchy" as if irritated. I had her throw them out. I didn't want that type of sythetic oil entering my body and causing my throat to do that. (So now we use an essential oil called "Wild Orange" at the office.)

The light is a very nice feature. It can operate independently from the diffuser setting. It has four color settings, each with a high and low setting. I've found that the lowest and less intrusive setting (for sleeping) is the low red setting.
I like that the diffuser has the timer setting. Mine usually shuts off before all the water is gone. Which is fine. I normally wake up at least one time at night for a bathroom trip so when I come back, I simply put it back on and it operates for another few hours or until the water runs out. (Oh, and I always use bottled water, I don't want to be using the hard water from my faucet.)

The only con that I have, is that when it shuts off, it shuts off with a beep. It doesn't wake me up, but if you're a light sleeper, that may be a problem for you.

My parents both had some sort of respiratory issue and I let them borrow the device one night. (My husband complained that he knew he wasn't going to sleep well that night.) They were convinced that they will need to acquire one of their own soon, especially with a particular essential oil I had placed into the device that helped them. (I used "Breathe" for them.) When I got the device back, it was greatly missed in my home. Even the dog was a bit restless, as he usually is deeply snoring when I'm using Lavender oil.

This would be great next to you on a nightstand, or on your desk. But it is definitely powerful enough to fill your room with the scent. It does start off light, but after the device has been running for a bit, the vapor can really be seen.

I've posted some pictures up to help describe this device a bit more. I really wish somebody had posted some pictures up before I bought this device, because like most of us, we go into some purchases blindly. But I do not regret this purchase.

I bought this unit a few months ago and had eventually had an issue with it. I posted my review online and was immediately contacted by their customer service team. They asked me of my issue and sent out a brand new machine! Not only did they contact me a couple days after delivery (free delivery) but they also contacted me again tonight asking how the diffuser was working out! I've had this unit for 2 weeks now and love it. The colors are wonderful. My children love to play around with the different colors. It puts out a great scent- just be sure to not fill it up all the way. It won't leave room for it to be able to circulate the water/oil mixture enough to create the humidity. Fill it up halfway and it works great.
Also, the plug-in fits both ways into my outlets, but only works one way. So if you have trouble with it, try flipping it to the other side!
It's small enough to fit behind my alarm clock of my bedside table. The sounds of the water trickling inside, the scents, and the colors are perfect for night night time! And the humidity (note- not meant for it to be a full room humidifier)is good for the sinuses :) I even put it in different rooms of the house for different reasons. Eucalyptus oils for my kids when they get sick, lavender for down time, orange for UP time!
I definitely recommend!

I have no experience with essential oils or diffusers, so I'm not sure what's typical, but I'm very happy with this purchase. The price ($25 when I bought it) was a great deal, especially since I didn't know if I'd like it or not.

It's easy to use, and the timer is a handy feature. I didn't think I'd use the colored lights much, but I can't resist: it's pretty! It's sufficient to scent a small to average-sized room, certainly not the whole house, but good for an office or bedroom. Also, (assuming you don't fill it all the way up), it's easy to change the strength of the scent on the fly: add more water, or add more oil, anytime you want.

My only complaint is that it holds onto the previous scent. So, if you put on peppermint, then the next day try lavender, you are going to get lavender-peppermint instead of just lavender, and rinsing it out between scents doesn't help. *shrug* Maybe this is normal for all diffusers, I don't know.

Good diffuser for a small space. I wish i had bought a bigger one now that i have this. When i have my window open the scent of oils is not as strong for obvious reason, but when the wondow is closed it is so relaxing to go to sleep to it. Sounds like a tiny little bubble bath next to me and i love the light change even though i leave it off at night bc it is really bright, when i transfer it to my bathroom and leave the light on its prettier than a candle. Oh and it came with one bottle of lavander oil. Awesome!!!

We have had this for almost a year now and use it frequently with different essential oils.

Pros: great colors and a nice mist- it looks pretty and distributes the oil well in a bedroom sized room.

Cons: the timer is too short- I wish you could run it until the wanted runs out. But the biggest issue I have is that the part that holds water doesn't detach so you can clean it properly. I see others use a paper towel but with doing that I can't ever get all the oil out and it accumulates at the very bottom indent in the container. I use Qtips and even then the oily residue remains. As a result every oil smells like the Eucalyptus we use frequently. Also, the Max waterline mark washed off in the first week of use.

Overall for the price it's a nice little device, I would recommend it even if slightly flawed.

Its cute. it works. It's small but still holds quite a bit of water. I have arthritis in my dominant hand, thumb and forefinger,however, and found the cover difficult to get on and off (you have to twist it and then pull up, and reverse to replace, very specific about cover placement to get this accomplished). And the buttons to push to change the light color and water level setting were not very handy (no pun intended) to use. The color does not auto switch - you pick one color and it stays that color until you change it or turn it off. But each color has a bright and dim setting, or you can choose just white light. I purchased another diffiuser at the same time for a different location in my home, $20 more. It's not cute, but is much easier to turn off and on and remove cover to refill. And the color can be set to stay the same or switch automatically, or not be on at all.

It's smaller than I thought. Height is only about 5.5inch, and 3in of diameter. But then I tell myself it's a diffuser not a humidifier.

I used the essencial oil (lavender scent) that came with the unit: added like 5-6 drops in 60ml of water, then pushed to 120min like the instruction said. But with my small bedroom, I don't smell the scent unless I put my nose underneath the vapor... I tell myself maybe it's the essencial oil not pure enough?? So I changed to a more well-known brand. Now it's better, but still not as I expected, or like someone said in the review: have it on the second floor and could smell it on the first floor... No, I don't smell it in the same room (I don't consider my room big and my mom calls my nose a dog-nose...), unless I put it on the nightstand besides my bed.

But I love its lights, all very pretty colors! :D And it is really ultrasonic and quiet while it's working. Has a light sound of water flowing, but it doesn't bother me, since it sounds like the zen meditation water fountain or something like that...

Many people say that it stops working after few days. I don't know about that. I only used it for a week, maybe 4 times. The longest time point I've set was 120min. I've never tried 180min, because the unit gets hot even at 120min. I don't want to damage it...And I carried it in a very very cautious/delicate way: not tilted it, only poured water from the drain side, took care not to let water drip in the air outlet, placed it on desk lightly, etc. If this one is still working by the time of my mom's birthday, I think I will buy another one for her. :)

I am only giving this 3 stars because this is more for someone who is just getting into the Aroma Diffuser world and wants to understand the process more. I didn't really have any problems with it, it worked like it was supposed to but the downfall is that you don't really get that aroma smell at all. I did try giving it more water and less water but I always got the same result. Like I said this is nice for someone who wants to know how to take care of a diffuser and wants to know the ropes of it, but this is something not for long term use. Other people may have had better luck with it but for me, I think I will be buying a different diffuser. I do recommend this one for someone who is a beginner but for someone who is looking for more long term use and something worth the money, this is not it. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

I like this diffuser. I wanted to love it because it's pretty. But the problem with it is the mist-to-air output. For the amount of mist it puts out, there should be a higher volume of air to propel it into the atmosphere. I watch it work - the pretty little thing with its lovely colored lights - and all I see is a plume of mist that goes up an inch and then falls down onto my bedside table. If I'm within 7 feet of it, I can smell it working, but as I move to the foot of my bed, I smell nothing. Sad. I think if I bought a little fan and put it behind the pretty little thing, I might get better results, but I have a toddler, so no fans right now. It could be so much better.
UPDATE 11/18/15: I've only had this diffuser for a little more than a month and it has some problems. The top cover piece has a small "flume" insert that now doesn't stay in place. Since the top "screws" down to lock into place, this piece is very difficult to get to line up with the hole in the cover to allow the mist to exit the unit. I have to mess with it quite a bit to get the parts to line up while I get the cover into place and it's quite a hassle.

This diffuser is cute, and my daughter liked it, but it was inconsistent in its operation. I would set it for the max time of 180 minutes at night when my daughter went to sleep, and the next day when I would check to refill it, sometimes it would have used a significant amount of the water/oil in it, other times, it looked like it had just used about 30 minutes of it. I was thinking maybe I had not selected the right time length, but over the months we have had it, this issue continued and I was double checking I had set it for the longest time. Also, the mist coming from it was not really that strong compared to higher quality diffusers I had. I know the mist isn't supposed to be as heavy as like a humidifier, just a light mist of oils broken down into microscopic particles, but it just seemed weak and the aroma of the EO was very faint, barely noticeable. It is probably better suited for a small room. I ended up purchasing a higher quality diffuser for my daughter's bedroom and will just use this in another room during the day.

I was very disappointed with this item. I read the questions and reviews, and when I saw that you don't have to use the light I thought it would be great! Unfortunately, this item is white and not opaque because of the light feature. When you turn the mist on, a small yellow light turns on next to the selection you've made for 30 min, 60 min etc. This would be fine if you are not planning on using it in a dark room at night while you are falling asleep. The yellow selection light makes the entire unit light up! It could easily be described as a night light. It was way too bright for me, it made the bedroom quite bright. It's frustrating because this seems to be one of the only units that lets you set it for 30 or 60 minutes, rather than until the water runs out. Overall I just had to weigh the annoyance of having to run the unit for 3-6 hours vs having a too bright room and I decided to return it.

This is a beautiful product. As far as when it's actually on, it works.

PROS
- Very pretty to look at, no eye sore in the room
- smells up the room nicely
-small

CONS
- it's hard to turn to put on. After you fill the water tank you have to put on the cover and turn it to lock in place. Sometimes it gets stuck a little.
- Didn't come with instructions :(
-Lights are very bright, i use no light for night time use.
- Haven't felt any effects of humidifier

I'm not exactly sure what to think of this product, i like it though. I was expecting it to work better for what the price is.
The light, look, and the length of time didn't effect the rating. It lost one star because it's a pain to screw open and close and I'm afraid I'll splash water on the unit and the other star because I'm not so sure it's a humidifier, it hasn't done anything for my sinuses. This one works the same as my ZAQ diffuser, which is cheaper. Also didn't come with instructions so my original review included a complaint about how the unit doesn't stay on for very long, but after posting I went into the questions and found that there's actually a way to turn on the timer =.=
I kind of wish i went with a different unit.

I have only had this unit for a touch over a year now, it keeps shutting off before the timer is up. Very disappointed, thought it would last a bit longer than a year.
It started out great, it would fill my whole bedroom, which is pretty good size. I would clean it out regularly. Though gradually the aroma scent has been getting less and less.
The thing I don't like about it, is I have arthritis in my hands and the top is pretty hard to twist off.

When I first purchased this air diffuser I LOVED it. It was simple to work, the instructions were easy to understand. It was simple and elegant looking in my home. I used it when my allergies were flaring up. It fit perfect on my bedside table. I used it in my boys room when they had a cold. The smells and the lights comforted them.

HOWEVER...this morning, not quite six months after I got it, i woke up to find water puddled all around it. I thought it was odd. So I refilled it and watched it. Over the course of a few hours all the water leaked out the bottom. I'm sorry when I purchase somethingike this I expect it to last more than six months!

I am the ONLY one that operated it or touched it. It was never dropped or I'll used so there is no reason it should have broken this quickly.

I would give this one star, but for the time it worked I loved it so hence the second star.

First of all, I will say that I love this Diffuser. I purchased it on 3/31. I have only used it about 10 times. Today I went to use fill it and it has begun leaking out of the back right where the Mist button is, about 1/2 of water I'm putting in is coming right back out at that spot. I can't figure out why, it's not been moved since I placed it when I opened it out of the box. I am of course now outside of the window where I can exchange it for another one through Amazon. It's a shame because I have enjoyed it with and without the light. I changed the colors and the Mist is visually soothing and relaxing not to mention the benefit of using essential oils. I'm sad that it's broken or something after only 10 uses. 2 Stars only because I feel I got a "bad one" otherwise without the leaking, I'd give it 5 stars.

Initially, this diffuser worked flawlessly- for all of three weeks. I had done a lot of research, followed all of the directions, even recommended it friends!! I was about to purchase a second one, since my husband asked for one for his side of the room. The kids would all come in my room to get a whiff of 'good smelling mist'. Everyone is very disappointed, and further more I wasted $40! $40 for three weeks of usage is quite steep.

I do hope that anyone who purchased this item on my recommendation didn't get a dud machine like I did.

The first three weeks the diffuser did everything the description implies. It was brilliant and worked better than I hoped! I was as pleased as punch with my purchase! Enter week 4 and one night the lights put on a very strange display- the colors were rotating through, and making up their own colors. Then the mist stopped altogether. I dried it all out, let it sit for a while, and tried it again. The lights work but the mister no longer does. Not even a trickle comes out, and the unit gets VERY hot.

I feel bad I recommended this to many friends, and I am glad I hadn't purchased a second one now.

I bought this product in February and was pretty satisfied with it up until about two weeks ago when water started leaking out of the diffuser when I had it on.

At first I thought I was putting too much water in it, but it wasn't. I don't think I did anything unreasonable to break this diffuser (I mean you leave it alone while it works.. it's hard to break it)

Now I have to put 4 layers of paper-towel underneath it if I want to use this product. :(

We bought 3 of these, one for us and the other two as gifts. We are returning ALL 3! Beware these could catch fire!!!!!!!! We hardly used it since we haven't been home due to holidays. I may have used it twice. Keep an eye on this. The plug part melted and is black!! BEWARE BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Horrible unit. I hate this thing. Just after a month or so of use (including cleaning in between each use), the top is almost impossible to put back on the base (and screw) it on. It has a little twist to lock feature which I'm sure is useful for people who have kids... But its a "saftey feature" I wish it didn't have because now its damn near impossible to put back on.

A easy fix is using rubbing alcohol on the inside of the top housing, to insure nothing is "grabbing" as its trying to slide it.

But this thing gets 1/5 stars just because it turns on. But the locking feature is a piece of crap, and they need to redesign it.
I recommend "ZAQ Allay Essential Oil Diffuser" because you just set the top on the base, and its running. No lock, or twist.
Just set the top on the base, and its good! I have bought 4 of the ZAQ's and many co-workers have too...

This model sucks.

I don't often leaves reviews, but felt compelled to do one for this product.

I was very disappointed with this purchase. This diffuser barely leaves an aroma of any type.
I use therapeutic grade oils, and even with adding 10 drops of lavender to the machine, I still can't smell anything, unless I put my nose directly into the mist. I've run this virtually non-stop while home, and no matter how long I run it, I am unable to smell the oils.

I did see the FAQ sheet that said to fill the water base only to the 80ml level, if that was an issue, which I've done repeatedly.

I have to admit that I feel misled and cheated. I will be asking for my money back on this.
Very very disappointing...

I was so excited to get this... Well lets just say that was very short lived I got this delivered on a Saturday and it worked great.. FOR ONE NIGHT!!!!!! The next morning it would not turn back on the light did how ever work?? When I got in contact with the company it was a mess and a ton of questions I sent a picture because the top was also broken and they said they would send me a new top part no problem. Well that would have been great it the rest of the unit had worked. So after some more questions of why it was not working?!?!.. They told me I could send it back and if they found a problem then they would send me a refund, but I would have to send it off pay for shipping and then wait for them to see if it was broken then get a new one? Wow seems like a big huge mess for what it is!! I was not able to use it long enough to see if it was worth the money or not, but for as long as it lasted ONE NIGHT I would have to say NO!!!! unless you want a pretty night light.....

I was super excited when it came in the mail. The oil it came with had spilled in the box leaving all the packaging with an oil stain/residue. The item itself appeared to be unaffected so I read the directions -- added water and oils, plugged it in, and...well, the lights worked. I couldn't get the timer to stay on. I referred back to the directions and looked at the "troubleshooting" section and tried the various remedies to no avail. I am super bummed about it. This bad boy will be going back tomorrow.

**UPDATE**Although experiencing problems with the diffuser, customer service has been very proactive. Within hours of posting the above review I was contacted in an effort to correct the problem. Definitely helps offset the bummer of the diffuser not working!