Purchased Frigidaire Dehumidifier 50 Pint For My Basement

Posted by jdiane on Jul 20, 2010 in Home & Garden | 0 comments

July 19, 2010

Even though my air conditioning has been running non-stop for about 2 weeks, my basement is ridiculously damp and musty smelling, so today I purchased a 50 pint Frigidaire Dehumidifier to remedy the problem.

It took me half the day on what pint dehumidifier I needed and what brand to buy. Of course, I looked at reviews on the net on several different models. I noticed out of all the brands I checked out that the Frigidaire had the least amount of complaints along with many happy customers. The last piece of research that sold me on Frigidaire was a sales rep telling me they had several different brands they sold in the past but always came back to selling Frigidaire.

Let me tell you what I learned after cruising the net, calling on the phone, and visiting 3 stores. First, if you have a partitioned basement you will need a larger pint dehumidifier. Of course it takes a larger compressor to take care of the job. Second, a 35-pint is basically for a room or a small basement with lower humidity.

When I started up this baby about 7:00 tonight the humidity in my basement registered at 65%. At 8:30 tonight, it registered about 52%. I noticed the musty smell was gone and I could actually smell my unlit candles. Mind you, my basement is partitioned. I have a finished side partitioned from the wash area and a long hall with a half bath. I cannot tell you the rest of the basement is 52% but I can tell you it smells a whole lot better and I can actually feel a difference already. I checked out the bucket, and it is ¼ full.

You have to leave it on for 3 to 4 days continuously running to get a desired humidity. You need extreme dehumidifying since all your items such as furniture will be full of dampness that needs to be extracted.

Not like this is a deciding factor on purchasing this dehumidifier although I thought I would mention it is a pretty nice looking unit. It has nice coaster wheels to move it easily around and a handy handle.

It comes with a short, easy to read manual.

So far, I like what I see.

Stay tuned for more reviewing in a day or two or three on its performance.

July 20, 2010

My basement humidity this morning was 45%. Unbelievable. I decided shut of the continuous operation and set the humidity dial to 50%.

All day the humidity has stayed a steady 50%.

The water bucket was extremely easily to pull out, empty and replace back in unit.

So far in my opinion this dehumidifier is very efficient and seems solid.