dehumidifier ? good value or not ?

jenster

with the onset of winter fast coming up
and the prospect of getting clothes dry indoors

have seen a lot about dehumidifier's are they any good ? do they do the job ?

and what sort of reasonable price would you pay for one ?

any advice pls

jen.

devon27_2

Hi

Have had my dehummid for years and they are brilliant, I used to have mould and damp before we got it and its great for getting rid of it, i switch it off in the warmer weather and when i have the windows open but it does the job great, its an argos cheapy " challenge" brand but its still going paid (roughly) 40 quid years ago. dont forget when drying the clothes put them in the room with the door and window closed not like i did before i realised you had to do that!

Hope this helps

Tibbie's_mum

I've had mine for 12 years and it's been a godsend. In the various properties I've lived in, there has been varying amounts of damp or condensation problems which have all been made worst by drying clothes inside during the winter. Seeing as I refuse to buy a tumble dryer, I would be lost during the winter without mine

Fruball

Another fan of dehumifiers here too.

We had a conservatory with no doors to the house and despite DG it was soaked with condensation all winter resulting in mould which got quite bad.

Got the dehumidier, problem solved immediately and no more mould

I've since moved and keep it in the cold walk in wardrobe which is has two outside walls - its freezing in there and some signs of damp so I keep it on in there... it warms up my clothes as well as taking any damp out of the air - sometimes I put damp washing in there on hangers and it all gets dried

Also, the water is good for going in the iron (no limescale) and for watering plants (no chlorine etc)

I think i paid around £65 for mine about 3/4 years ago. Well worth the cost though.

strawberrypud

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/37471656#Comment_37471656

Try this thread I started a couple of days ago - loads of helpful replies there too

Kitcaboodle

We had one in my last rented flat where the central heating was block-wide and would be off May-Oct. It was a godsend as it got really damp without one as we weren't allowed to dry the washing outside.

I've toyed with the idea of getting one here only, as we are able to control our own heating and don't really have room for one, I have so far resisited.

One thing I know is that, if we can ever afford our own place, I'm buying one!

foxgloves

I really do appreciate ours, an ebac which I must have bought about 12 years ago and still works fine. I don't run it all the time but switch it on when there have been steamy baths, pans boiling, washing drying, etc. It was expensive back then, I"m sure it was over 200 quid & I would certainly not pay that much now that I'm a reformed character, but I wouldn't be without one either. I keep it up on the landing and if the conservatory windows are all steamed up in winter, I can put it on & you can see them start to clear after a while despite being the room that's furthest away. Also very useful when you haven't specifically done anything steamy (oooh er, missis) but it's very cold outside & your walls just feel a bit damp from condensation.

Frugalista

Another vote for dehumidifiers :T. We have one upstairs and one downstairs. We live in an old stone cottage (no dampcourse :eek:) with only a logburner in the lounge for heating the whole place.

I have found that the dehumidifiers seem to make the house seem warmer and more comfortable. I would definately recommend them - money well spent .

balmaiden

We have a problem with damp and mould since we had our woodburner installed and losing our "open chimney". We are now using a de humidifier which is great, but.........

I am concerned on how much it is going to cost me to run. Considering that we had the woodburner installed to save on energy costs, it seems ironic that I now have to use an electrical item because of the woodburner!!

McpPsl

Yet another vote in favour of dehumidifiers.

We have a pond and a hot tub in our conservatory that creates lots of condensation especially in the cooler weather even with the roof vents open.

The dehumidifier solved the problem completely.

hth

regards

Linda32

Another vote from me as well, we bought ours about three years ago from Currys, I think it cost about £60.00 its brilliant.

Condensation is our problem as well, think water on the windowsills :eek: But this clears it up brilliantly.

Well worth the money.