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.
this dehumidifier works extremely well for getting water out of a damp basement.
we get a small to medium amount of water leakage in our basement after very heavy rains and we needed something to take up the slack the foundation was letting through.
i have a damp basement, and before i attached the drain hose, i had to empty the tank 3-4 times a day.
it works very well in our basement.
i used this thirsty beast to help suck up the excess water of a truly gross basement flood, and it made a big difference in the clean-up and with the general air quality.
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.
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 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.
pros: worked well (for a while), large bucket cons: not very durable review: at first we were pretty satisfied with this unit: it dried out our basement pretty fast (improvement within 24 hours,
i walked into the basement and noticed a strong smell that caused me to think there was some electrical wires burning.
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
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