Not really don't think it's big enough. You can get higher capacity with lower running costs so seems a poor choice.Was it quiet and did the job though? Put it on mm
Spec me a dehumidifier please?
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Gets good user reviews and a good review on Which? so I’ll give it a crack. From what I understand compressors are more energy efficient but are generally noisier.
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Having use both, the main noise is air from the fan tbh. A compressor one will make no more noise than a fridge so it's not intrusive unless you want to go to sleep with it on imo
If you're willing to spend money running a dehumidifier, why not just spend that money running the heating instead? Plus there's the one-off payment in buying a dehumidifier, which you might not actually need.
What am I trying to sell?You're not a very good salesman are you?
I managed to pick up a 20l Meaco Arete from Argos last week and so far I'm really pleased with it. It's replacing a 20l one I picked up from Aldi a good few years back. The extraction rate of the Meaco seems to be a lot better, whilst drawing just over half the power as the old one 
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Not seen those before I was about ready to get the Ebac 3850e but the 25L Meaco Arete looks good. Need to see is power consumption.I managed to pick up a 20l Meaco Arete from Argos last week and so far I'm really pleased with it. It's replacing a 20l one I picked up from Aldi a good few years back. The extraction rate of the Meaco seems to be a lot better, whilst drawing just over half the power as the old one
We have turned up the heating a bit but I think we would have to have the heating on for much longer and at a higher temperature to get rid of the condensation.
Worst days are when we have washing to dry so I'm hoping that the dehumidifier will help with that and we won't need to run it for prolonged periods.
I don't really mind the house being a bit colder, but cold and damp is awful and I'm worried about mould.
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I managed to pick up a 20l Meaco Arete from Argos last week and so far I'm really pleased with it. It's replacing a 20l one I picked up from Aldi a good few years back. The extraction rate of the Meaco seems to be a lot better, whilst drawing just over half the power as the old one
What was your trick to get one cos they are out of stock everywhere?
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If you want some figures for drying washing, i just did a two load wash (not two rammed loads, probably about 70% full each) with a Meaco Arete 20L in a sealed cloak room at around 19c/20c to dry and it used about 1.5 kWh of electric. I usually just have this one ticking over in the cloak room to keep stuff at 60% but occasionally take it out to dry out the bottom floor which is cold and half underground so prone to high RH. I'm using it vs the vented drier since its much less electric used and inline with a usage costs of a heat pump drier (without the need to buy a heat pump drier, ofc stuff takes 6 hours to dry and you have to hang it but to me at this time i'd rather do this than spend £500 on another machine).
Complete luck. I was looking for a few weeks prior to getting it and couldn't find stock anywhere. Somehow one came available for delivery to any of my local Argos stores. Home delivery wasn't an option, only branch collection. To be honest I was expecting an open box/returned unit, however it was all still factory sealed and brand new.
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Just got round to compiling the humidity data I scribbled down whilst the Ebac I bought was running.
Looking at the absolute humidity (calculated from the relative humidity and temperature at each day), it didn't really change throughout the week I was using the unit. That is quite disappointing as it was pulling out around 3 litres a day.
So:
How can the unit be pulling 3 litres a day yet the absolute moisture content in the house didn't change?
One answer is we were putting in 3 litres a day, from cooking, breathing, washing, showering etc.
Yet when I stopped using the device (although I missed a few days of readings), the absolute humidity hasn't gone up, down in fact.
We have noticed some condensation coming back onto the windows in the mornings again, which seemed to go away when we were using the dehumidifier. But that is anecdotal and isn't supported by the absolute humidity data above.
So overall this is pretty inconclusive. The Ebac was pulling out a lot of water, and the house seemed to be responding positively, but the data shows no change.
Looking at the absolute humidity (calculated from the relative humidity and temperature at each day), it didn't really change throughout the week I was using the unit. That is quite disappointing as it was pulling out around 3 litres a day.
So:
How can the unit be pulling 3 litres a day yet the absolute moisture content in the house didn't change?
One answer is we were putting in 3 litres a day, from cooking, breathing, washing, showering etc.
Yet when I stopped using the device (although I missed a few days of readings), the absolute humidity hasn't gone up, down in fact.
We have noticed some condensation coming back onto the windows in the mornings again, which seemed to go away when we were using the dehumidifier. But that is anecdotal and isn't supported by the absolute humidity data above.
So overall this is pretty inconclusive. The Ebac was pulling out a lot of water, and the house seemed to be responding positively, but the data shows no change.
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Would this be any good for a 2 bed semi?
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"uses less energy than most dehumidifiers".
Spec doesn't list the energy use or decibel level.
Other models up the range seem to use more power than comparable models like Ebac or Meaco.
Rant time - for such a simple product there is some right tat out there. Why is it so hard to make a good dehumidifier suitable for domestic use.
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Thanks for that. Just done a bit more looking around and come across this
MeacoDry ABC 10L Dehumidifier
Small, quiet & low energy 10L Meaco ABC dehumidifier costs 4p/kWh to run. Prevent damp & condensation. Ideal for flats & small homes. Free next day delivery. Shop now.
www.meaco.com
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Thanks for that. Just done a bit more looking around and come across this
MeacoDry ABC 10L Dehumidifier
Small, quiet & low energy 10L Meaco ABC dehumidifier costs 4p/kWh to run. Prevent damp & condensation. Ideal for flats & small homes. Free next day delivery. Shop now.
If you can wait a little longer, hold out for the Meaco Arete 12 litre. Stock on those models is poor right now but should be coming back early Dec I've heard.
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Agreed - when we bought ours it felt like a bit of a minefield, DuuX we got has been really good. However it is a lot more expensive now than when we bought it (well £50 more) - although ours is rated at 400W, it seldom pulls much more than 200W on the settings we put it on (i.e. not max power).
where, in house, are you running it then ? I mean I would be opening kitchen window, maybe running ventilator, and keeping door closed whilst cooking, similarly for bathroom showering.
what was the external relative humidity in comparison too, with any door opening is the internal air just being replaced by more humid external air.