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I saw this in our costco flyer today: LINK

I've not shopped around at all for dehumidifiers yet and was wondering if anyone has done the research lately. Is this model any good? Is $179 a good price?

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My only issue with it would be that the controls are on the top. Means you can't set anything on top of it, which I do all the time. One thing I put on top is my humidifier, during the fall, when I have to keep them both on at the same time, the fluctuations are so big.

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I don't know if that model is "good" or not. The price tag looks about normal for a household dehum. $40.00 off never hurts...
Give it a try. If it won't hold the humidity to a reasonable tolerance, you can always return it.
If your room is large, or you have a concrete floor, expect it to take a while to get down to your target RH.
Check the bucket often for the first while... It can fill up in a hurry.
If you can, it's nice to hook up a drain line so you don't have to carry the bucket out to dump it.
I just hooked up a piece of garden hose & drilled a hole in the outside wall to pass it outside.
Most dehums have a garden hose thread on the bottom of the collector tray.

Right now my current unit (about 30 or 40 years old) sits over my utility sink so I never worry about it. The sump pump well is in my workshop so the next one will drain there.

My current model works o.k but, when the shop temp is too low, the coils ice over and turn in to a solid block. The old one will go into the main part of the basement, the new one in the shop.

I think I dood it.

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Yeah... Anything below about 60 degrees F. & they freeze up. The one I bought was SUPPOSED to not do that. Needless to say... It freezes up with the best of 'em.
That's one of the main reasons I chose to build a smaller room inside the shop. I can heat it above the dehum "freeze point" & not spend a mint on power.

Be sure to keep the old one in storage somewhere. New ones don't seem to last.

Bob

But, Filippo, it's a dry heat!

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...and the wood is pre-warmed ready for HHG'ing!

Dave F.

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Until I got my Mini Split, last year, my shop was in the upper 80's without the dehumidifier, and the humidity was in the 80's too. When I ran the dehumidifier it was above 90* in the shop, but the humidity would go down to around 50%. It was hard to get it below 50%. Better than 80% though. I bought a portable AC, and tried it, and the best it could do was move it to the upper 80's. However, it exhausted air from the shop, which caused the inside to be at a lower pressure than outside, so moisture and hot air from outside was sucked in through every little crack. Now I can maintain at 40 to 45% with little problem, and I keep the temp in the mid to upper 70's.

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The last week or so our outdoor temps have been in the high 80's/low 90's with 70+% RH. I keep the shop at 45% RH and the temp when I went in last night was 90. Pretty warm but it is good HHG glueing temp. Fortunately I have an AC I can turn on.

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No, I bought a different one. I can't remember the brand name right now, but the package installed was between $2 and 2.5K. It's a 12,000btu system with a heat pump side as well. The heat pump is not highly efficient, but with one of those radiator heaters, on low, I can keep the shop in the 70's all the time - even when the de-humidifier is off and I'm humidifying. I'll post the brand when I look. It's "Something?" Aire, I believe. Any way, I did some research and found out that all of those systems are made in a couple of factories in China, and the names are stuck on. There are some variables, but I decided to buy from a local area vendor, who could recommend an installer, which is what I did. So far, so good. I have had no problems with it. It got me through last summer, and is doing fine, so far, this year, even with all the high temps we've had. If you go through one of the regular HVAC dealers, they want about $5K to put one in. I got a couple of quotes, but refused to pay that for a system that I could buy on line for $1200.

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Yes, the Danby is a good unit. Best I've had. Ignore the speculation of those who don't own one.

The fan is always on, if that bothers you. It's quieter than most dehumidifiers.

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When all else fails, clean the shop.

The humidistat on my 30 year old unit is shot so I'm looking for a new unit. My basement shop also suffers from the heating problem of the dehumidifier. I'm thinking that a larger unit (in pints removed per day) might cause less heating since it "should" run less time. Then, again, because it removes more might logically heat more in the time it runs. Anyone have experience with this? Will the larger unit run less and perhaps heat less?

Also this old unit is easy to take apart and hose down to clean the coils and heat exchanger. I do that once or twice a year. The newer more plastic units don't look as friendly for that. Can you do this with them?

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