despite our humid basement (which on other brands had a constant trickle down the drain), this machine has produced not one drop of liquid in the pail (we took off the hose to see if it did anything;
after waiting for the supposedly back ordered cfm-40, we were delighted when it arrived and we installed it in the basement.
the new soleus just doesn't do the same job at removing moisture from the basement.
at first i was pleased because the soleus is so quiet, important because of a basement bedroom.
it ran all day, all night and all day again in a basement room with active water seepage.
i first became aware that i needed a humidifier when the condensation from my basement walls left mildewy puddles on the floor.
i have had this down in my musty, stinky basement for just a day and have emptied about 1-1/2 gallons of water so far and the best part is the musty smell is totally gone.
i placed this dehumidifier in the basement of my house.
the result is when not dehumidifying this unit blows enough warm air to heat up my small basement by a few degrees.
i used this dehumidifier in the basement of my house.
purchased after much rain and water in my basement in over 30 years.
flooded half my basement with water 3 times!!
noticed a difference in our basement's air quality within one day!
our basement is basically a finished root cellar, in a 19th century home.
our basement is 500 sq.ft.
this great feature will eliminate volatile organic compounds such as mold, spores, germs and bacteria.
worked great in our house that we recently purchased, since our place had damp areas where mold was growing.
i have to run all 3 dehumidiers in my house almost continuously (2 compressor types & this wonderful quiet spt) to keep the humidity under 50% keeping the mold growth at bay (not fun!) this quiet
i used this unit in my finished basement for two summer seasons.
we previously had an old gibson 40 pint dehumidifier in the basement.
after just 24 months of continuous basement use, this dehumidifiers fan failed.
it has already reduced the moisture level in an extremly large basement by 20%.
i have this exact comfort-aire dehumidifier and it works great in our damp basement.
i had major humidity problems with mold starting to grow in places and constant puddles on the floor in all rooms.
i hope i am not jinxing myself after three months, but so far it has been working great in my moderately humid (during the summer months) basement.
i have two basement rooms.
i bought this to put it in my basement.
while there is a knock out plug and flexible hose to allow one to connect this to a permanent drain, the location of our (basement) installation is too far from any plumbing to make this a practical
foot finished basement that was beginning to feel very humid.
excellent dehumidifier, i use this in my basement shop.
i've had this dehumidier for about a month now and it works great down in my finished basement of my new house.
take unit out of box, attached drain hose to bucket, set unit on top of slop sink in basement with hose into the sink.
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