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I got tired of spending money on salt based moisture traps and decided to look for alternatives. Electrical traps looked the next thing to try.Pros:- nicely designed- ever changing colored light- two levels of fan speedCons:- bulky- noisy- does not come with handleIn the end this electric trapo will not substitute my ususal salt based ones because it is too big to fit in cupboards or drawers and requires to be constatly connected to the mains. It will help with those occasions where humidity is substantial, e.g. when airing washed clothes or when walls tend to build moisture in certain winter days.I have yet to verify how energy efficient it is, but I noticed that you really have to let it on for days at a time to make sense of it in situations where a salt based trap could not be used, I tehrefore expect to notice it my electricity bills.

The most humid part of summer is probably over and it did the job of keeping a 150sq ft room at a reasonable comfort level all season. Worth what I paid for it. When the collection container is empty the rattle against bare tile can be disconcerting if not downright alarming so I'm making this review to share a couple of quick fixes. If the noise bothers you leave about a half inch of water in there instead of emptying the container completely and place the unit on a rubber mat (I cut a square off an old yoga mat).

Really good item thank you it really pulls in all the damp and drys my clothes to boot...eg it takes all the damp out of them

 UPDATE#2:I’m reinstating the original review. Even though I was past the 30 day return window the manufacturer stood by their product and replaced them. They also asked for the faulty unit to be shipped back so they could determine the problem.UPDATE:After 3 months the replacement unit has now stopped working. That’s 2 out of 4 units we’ve ordered: a 50% failure rate. Downgrading my review.Original review:We had some mold growing in our closet and we were horrified. We thought it was a water leak somewhere, but nope. The mold expert we hired determined: 1. We live in a fairly humid climate, 2. our room is north facing making it cooler, darker (not as much sunlight), 3. there isn’t enough airflow/venting, 4. we have an open room concept where the bathroom is part of our master and 5. there is a water feature (basically a fountain) right outside our room which creates evaporating water. I mean, who designs a fountain IN the house!?! (but I digress). Needless to say, we are humidity-challenged.We bought 2 of these units and we never turn them off. One is in our bathroom and one is in our closet. We do keep the units’ lights off because it’s hard to sleep with them on. The lower speed/volume function works fine, but we leave the unit on full. It’s just white noise to us. We empty each unit every couple of days and the water collection tanks are about 20% full before we empty them. You can walk into our closet now and literally feel how much dryer it is. These are life savers! So distraught over all the ruined things I had to throw away and hope to never go through that again.Knocked off one star because we had to return/replace one unit. Luckily it was in the 30-day window and not a hassle. It worked fine for a week then nothing. Dry as a bone. Just stopped working.

This unit works really well, the one issue that I’ve found is that the unit has two fan speed settings. The Quiet setting is not as quiet as they make it out to be on the video as it is quite noisy in the low setting.(wouldn’t be able to sleep with it on). Besides this issue the unit extracts moisture from the air very well! I would recommend purchasing one but if you want one that you can leave on in your bedroom at nighttime this may be an issue for you to drop off to sleep.

This is the only dehumidifier that I have owned, so I can't compare it to other brands or models, but my experience with this one during the winter was very good. As I work from home, I installed this is my bedroom-office and kept it working during the day, while I was working in the same room, and the noise was not excessive. It is noisier than the fan that I use during the summer, and the light is quite bright, so I never kept it running at night, but just by using it during the day it improved the humidity of the room, making it more comfortable. The design is nice, and it is easy to empty the container and keep the unit clean, so it doesn't require much maintenance. The color-changing light is not my cup of tea, but it can be toggled to a single color by the push of a button, so that's OK.