Soleus Air DP1-30E-03, 30 Pint Portable Energy Star Dehumidifier, with Humidistat

dries the air
I've been using this for several hours every day for three weeks now. I use this in different bedrooms or living rooms in my apartment.
Humidity in these rooms typically starts around 50-60% Within an hour of turning on the DP1-30E-30 on medium, the humidity is down to about 40% Within two hours it's down to 35% . From there humidity hovers between 30% to 35% as long as the unit remains on. I'm using an external humidity gauge to confirm the actual humidity. The DP1-30E-30 digital gauge and the external gauge agree.

If you unplug and then replug the unit, it remembers it's previous plugged settings. This means you can plug it to a daily timer which is very convenient.
The lowest fan setting is not quiet enough for sleeping. The lowest fan setting on the DP1-30E-30 is about the same noise as the highest fan setting of a typical plastic fan.

It's a large object to move around. However, it's wheels work fine on linoleum and carpet.
The intake...

Noisy
I purchased this to replace the recalled model from the same manufacturer. That one was so quiet that you had to go right next to it to know it is running. Not so for this one. Even on low it is very loud and periodically goes into a defrost cycle during which the fan shifts to high for several minutes which makes it even louder. The only saving grace is that the unit will automatically restart after loss of power which means it can be put on a timer to shut it down when you are trying to sleep or do something else that needs quiet.

Dry Basement
Works well. No problems attaching short garden hose and have it continuously drain, running 24/7 with no human intervention.
This is my second one as the first was recalled - did have any problems with that one either but I guess other people did.

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Friedrich D50BP 50 Pint Dehumidifier with BUILT-IN DRAIN PUMP, front bucket and continuous drain

Short cycles
I don't know what the people who design dehumidifiers are thinking. This unit is replacing a Frigidaire that stopped working properly after 5 years. The two units have had the same design issue as far as short cycling. By short cycling I mean the unit will cycle between being on for a few seconds up to a minute and off again for less than a minute without really doing much of anything. You won't notice this behavior until the unit has gotten the humidity in the room down to whatever level you have the unit set to and it is just trying to maintain equilibrium.

The problem is where they are locating the temperature and humidity sensors, which is right on the condenser in the path of the incoming air. A dehumidifier works very much like an air conditioner in that it passes air over a condenser. So in use the condenser is cold and dripping wet with the moisture that is being removed from the air, like a cold can of soda on a warm day. The humidity sensor is a quarter of...

Pump works great
The unit is quiet for a dehumidifier. Especially like the caster wheels and there was virtually no assembly aside from removing packaging and plugging in the drain hose. I bought this model because it has a pump. Presently, it pumps up vertically 4 feet, then down to the drain. I was surprised it included 15 feet of hose (thought I'd need to go buy that). I am using all 15 feet without issue. Love the pump feature and its ability to pump several feet vertically.

Meets expectations and more
After going through about 3 cheap dehumidifiers in the last 10 years, I decided to spend more and upgrade to a more powerful and dependable unit. So far, this Friedrich D50BP 50 Pt. machine is proving to be a real workhorse. I was looking for a dehumidifier that had a built-in pump, was portable, covered a larger area, and most importantly, was relatively quiet. I am pleased that this one met all of these standards. I have placed the unit in the basement hallway so that it can reach the back bedroom and bathroom as well as the front living room.

The small hose from the pump is draining into the shower which concerned me initially since it had to travel over several high spots. No problem. The tubing provided was over 6ft. Some of the reviews said that it was noisy. I don't find this true compared to the cheaper models you find at Walmart, etc. On the high setting, I can hear it running when I walk by the basement, but it's no different than a regular fan you would use in...

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