dehumidifier ? good value or not ?

anguk

You've convinced me, I'm saving up for one. We've got a kitchen that's just sort of added on to the back of a 1900s terrace, there's no cavity walls and it's cold in the winter despite having a radiator in there. It's long and thin too and the whole of the back wall is tiled behind the cooker. In the winter if I've got pans on the condensation runs down the tiles and onto the bench tops, I have to have the back door open whenever I'm cooking, which isn't ideal in the winter. :eek:

Food has to be kept in airtight containers too because it just goes damp, especially salt. Every winter seems to be a constant battle to keep damp & mould away so hopefully a dehumidifier will help. I can't afford much so I'm hoping the £79.99 one in Argos will be okay, it's got good reviews.

Argos have two 10L value dehumidifiers, one £79.99 and one £89.99, anyone know what the difference is other than how they look?

BitterAndTwisted

It sounds like a dehumidifier would be ideal for you Anguk. It should make your kitchen feel much warmer as cool, damp air always feels colder than cool, dry air.

I'd say that running a dehumidifier when drying laundry indoors in the winter is a must. I've also heard that they're not that expensive to run either. Probably much cheaper than cleaning mould off the walls in any case, to say nothing of the health benefit.

~moneysavingnovice~

anguk wrote: »

You've convinced me, I'm saving up for one. We've got a kitchen that's just sort of added on to the back of a 1900s terrace, there's no cavity walls and it's cold in the winter despite having a radiator in there. It's long and thin too and the whole of the back wall is tiled behind the cooker. In the winter if I've got pans on the condensation runs down the tiles and onto the bench tops, I have to have the back door open whenever I'm cooking, which isn't ideal in the winter. :eek:

Food has to be kept in airtight containers too because it just goes damp, especially salt. Every winter seems to be a constant battle to keep damp & mould away so hopefully a dehumidifier will help. I can't afford much so I'm hoping the £79.99 one in Argos will be okay, it's got good reviews.

Argos have two 10L value dehumidifiers, one £79.99 and one £89.99, anyone know what the difference is other than how they look?

I bought the £79.99 a couple of weeks ago and it's fab! No idea what the difference is between that one and the one that's a £10er more though.

althas

I would NEVER be without a de-humidifier

When you get one for the first time and run it (even with out the clother drying) you WILL be shocked at the amount of water that it takes out the air. Litres daily

The probelm with homes and heating (and this is my oppinion), is when you have "cold and damp" air, your heating appliance has to first heat the water droplets up before YOU start to feel the warmth. What a waste of money that is. But take that excess moisture out of the air............

I have never had one of the "cheaper" models, so I can not comment on them. I usually pay £150 for mine. I pay a little extra for a little more power

topgranny

First to Anguk - yes get that dehumidifier! We bought one for the conservatory in our small bungalow. The rest of the house was fine but in autumn and winter the conservatory windows were almost permanently running with water. Since we bought the dehumidifier about 5 years ago, we haven't had any problems and it really does make the room noticeably warmer - something I hadn't anticipated. I think we paid about £70-£80 for ours but it was worth every penny.

Second:

balmaiden wrote: »

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!!

We have one of those gizmos from British Gas that tells you how much energy you are using and, since switching the dehumidifier on at the beginning of the month, I haven't noticed any significant difference. Certainly cheaper and less trouble to run the dehumidifier than have to pay out for redecorating and all that entails! By the way we keep ours switched on throughout winter but turned low. It comes on and switches itself off automatically as needed. I imagine they all do the same thing.

annie123

anguk wrote: »

Argos have two 10L value dehumidifiers, one £79.99 and one £89.99, anyone know what the difference is other than how they look?

The cheaper one is old stock and not available in many places, the dearer one is new stock and I'm guessing fully available.

The price of dehumidifiers seems to have increased a lot over the last 3 years.
Not found any cheaper than argos myself

anguk

annie123 wrote: »

The cheaper one is old stock and not available in many places, the dearer one is new stock and I'm guessing fully available.

The price of dehumidifiers seems to have increased a lot over the last 3 years.
Not found any cheaper than argos myself

That explains it. I noticed it says price valid until 26/10/10 on the cheaper one so they could well be discontinuing it. I would prefer the cheaper one,not only because of the price but the water tank is bigger too.

fedupandskint

Just reminded me I need one of these as my house is similar. Lots of condensation, damp patches and mould patches. Have to have the door open in winter when cooking which isn't very nice.

Can't find the cheaper Argos one anywhere in a 30mile radius so looks like its the £89.99 one as again its the cheapest one anywhere. Only 2 left in stock, better get off and reserve it then as after seeing the weather forecast for next week looks like I need it now and will really really need it soon!

Edinburghlass_2

Check out Homebase, some are the same products as Argos and they have 15% off this week.

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=20001&catalogId=1500000701&langId=-1&searchTerms=dehumidifier

annie123

Edinburghlass wrote: »

Check out Homebase, some are the same products as Argos and they have 15% off this week.

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=20001&catalogId=1500000701&langId=-1&searchTerms=dehumidifier

unfortunately their cheapest 1 to do a room size is £119.99