Running the dehumidifier while clothes were drying made a noticeable difference to the air quality in the room and to the drying speed of the garments. When the six-hour cycle was finished, the water tank was half full of moisture drawn from the air.It was much cheaper than running the tumble dryer as well. Will our driver team have any difficulty parking outside your property? Are there yellow lines or other parking restrictions in effect? Steps or Stairs Many customers prefer the 20L Low Energy because of its larger airflow and motorised direction louvre combined with the larger water tank.

We are asked lots of questions on our Live Chat on a daily basis. One of the most common questions is ‘How much does it cost to run a dehumidifier?’Many kitchen and electrical appliances are bulky and heavy. Our experienced delivery personnel will take as much care as possible to avoid any damage when bringing items into your property. But please ensure that they have unobstructed access to the place you want your goods left, and that any floor surfaces which might be liable to damage are covered. Larger Items When you first get a dehumidifier it will run flat out drying out your house, so it may cost more to run initially. Once the house is dry it will only turn on when it’s needed. So your dehumidifier could end up running for several hours some days and then not running for a couple of weeks at all because the house is then dry. That means that the cost to run a dehumidifier will not be the same week-in, week-out. How much does it cost to run a compressor vs desiccant dehumidifier?

In terms of running costs, Meaco says that the 20L unit costs 3.3p per hour based on 15.32p / kWh – and remember that the Smart Humidity Mode means that you probably won't be running the unit 24/7 unless you have a serious humidity problem, in which case a dehumidifier may not be your best long-term solution. Not as much as you’d think! Our dehumidifiers are designed to be as energy-efficient as possible, and most of the dehumidifiers sold by other brands are efficient too. That means that even the cost of running a dehumidifier continuously might be less than you think. You might need a dehumidifier if you can smell or see damp or mould, if the air feels muggy inside or if your home seems to be very attractive to creepy crawlies, such as spiders, moths or silverfish. We have two types of dehumidifiers which have an off timer, you choose when it should turn off, the Low Energy and the ABC hopefully these can help. Every aspect of the design and performance of this dehumidifier has the British user and climate in mind. For example: you told us that you wanted a dehumidifier you could push up against the wall to save space on your landing or in your hallway. With Arete, you can. Arete dehumidifiers are designed to work best between 10°C and 20°C to extract the maximum amount of water from the air when you need it most. Standard machines from the Far East are designed to work best at 27°C. Simple controlsYou can wheel the Arete One around but it also has a concealed carry handle so you can get it up the stairs if you need to. The 25 litre model measures 60cm x 35cm x 25 cm.

A cheaper alternative to the MeacoDry Arete One is the MeacoDry ABC 12L Dehumidifier. It's also quiet, at 36-40dB, though will only extract up to 12L of moisture a day (at 30°C and 80%rh), so is best suited to smaller spaces. It also forgoes the air purifying functionality, Smart Mode and Night Mode, although it does have Laundry Mode and the ability to schedule it to automatically turn off. Note that the 'L' here refers to how many litres of water the machines can remove from the air each day, at 30C and 80% relative humidity. It does not refer to the size of the tank, which is 4.8 litres on both models. Also note that you won't actually be removing that amount of moisture per day, unless you like your home to have the hot and moist ambience of a tropical rainforest. MeacoDry Arete One review: design and features A simple easy to use control panel – we made the most often used buttons larger and the least used buttons smaller The tank has been designed with two apertures, one on either side, for pouring out the water however you’re standing in relation to the sink. It’s a nice idea but it does mean that if you forget and you don’t angle it correctly, water comes out of both sides at once – in my case, one stream into the sink, the other onto the floor. The rooms in our house that experience most condensation sits at about 12-15 degrees. I hadn’t realised until reading this post that it seems that the dehumidifier seems to work better if warmer? (Meaco arrete 25L)

Please note that the areas we deliver to on weekends will vary and we may not be able to offer a weekend delivery to your area. I think there’s a typo in the section about running costs, where it quotes “… and around 56p/hour if you run it for 8 hours a day”. Shouldn’t that be 56p/day?