Works Fine But Some Improvements Needed
I wanted to buy a dehumidifier for my bed room as it gets humid when it rains outside, feeling damp cold. This seems to be the smallest and thinning one on the market. After running it for all day, the tank became a half full of clear water. So, it is working fine. It has an automatic internal switch between running fan and dehumidifier probably depending on moist in the air. When a fan turned to a dehumidifier, it makes noise loud enough to wake me up. So, I cannot run this while sleeping unfortunately. Also, the device heats up quickly and air becomes warm. So, it works better in the winter. It consumes 190 watt while dehumidifying, but I am certain it is less when only a fan is working.
Running Non-stop For Almost 4 Months - Works Great!
We placed this in a 320' circular dome in our yard. It has tile flooring installed directly on concrete. After the tremendous rains this season, our whole yard became saturated and we started noticing condensation on the flooring and walls in that room. We started running this unit in early January, 24/7 (well, nearly), and it's still running today. We do turn it off for a few hours while we are out there, due to the noise. It's not bad, but I find it's too loud for prolonged exposure. I'm hoping eventually we'll be able to turn it off for longer periods, but for now, it's working wonders in there. Several times the auto-stop has kicked on because it was full and needed to be emptied so I'm glad that feature works as advertised. It's very easy to dump the water and reinsert the collection bucket. It's amazing how much moisture this has collected ... guessing up to 5 gallons/mo.
Our electricity usage and bill has gone up, but it's hard to tell just what it is costing...
Noisy and NOT Reliable For the Longterm
We purchased one of these for our older daughter's room and it worked well, so well that we bought a second one for our other daughter's room. But within weeks the first one began to rattle. Over a year's use the rattle became noisier and noisier. One year later, it stopped working totally and we have since replaced it with a Soleus Air CFM-40 40-Pint Dehumidifier--Amazon sells it for about the same price and it is INCREDIBLY quiet--so much so that I have just bought a second one to use in my own bedroom at night.
The second unit is still working, but it too is becoming noisier and we have noticed that the green power light is fading. I fully expect to have to replace this one as well.
It's a pity because these units DO work well and they are wonderfully compact--why we bought them in the first place.
But they clearly can't take long term heavy duty use.
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