Recommend a dehumifier

Cheetah

I've just moved into a ground floor flat and I am worried about mould and damp, especially since I will be drying clothes in the flat.

Can anyone recommend a dehumifier for running in the rooms I will be drying clothes in.

Budget up to £200.

movilogo

Happy with this one.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EcoAir-DD122-Desiccant-Simple-Dehumidifier/dp/B00474K8SY

sk240

Yep I second the ECO-AIR air dehumidifier, you wont beat it for the price

Cheetah

So I bought that humidifier and I also bought a digital humidistat to give me a humidity reading.

Few Qs

What should the humidity be?
What's the best way to set this up for drying clothes
What setting should I set it to for generally keeping the flat mould free?

I'd expect this stuff to be in the manual but I found it useless.

Snakey

The Amazon page says this:

"Air humidity exceeding 60% RH is a breeding ground for bacteria, resulting in mould, breathing difficulties, allergies and odours. The DD122FW Simple can help to control air humidity and dry wet items in your home efficiently.

With a rotary dial control panel, you can set the humidity level between 35% - 80% RH. A guidance for your humidity setting for Low, Medium, High and Laundry (continuous) drying is marked. Set Medium (2 water droplets icon) to set at approximately 50% RH. Set Laundry for drying clothes and so on. But remember to set back to medium after using the Laundry mode."

So I'd guess that if your relative humidity is above or approaching 60% you'd want to turn the thing on, and that you should want it at around 50% as a default, for which you will normally be OK with "medium" but you'll need to put it on a special setting while you're drying clothes (as it'll take the thing more effort to get you there when you've got wet clothes in the room than if it's just normal).

Does that do the trick?

p.s. Let me know if it's any good as I may be in the market for one soon. Also - if you can hang anything (at all) out of the window safely/securely you should look into doing that, as it will save you electricity.

Cheetah

Part of the issue with the dial is that you don't actually know what the humidity is set to because there are no numbers on it??....currently I have it set to the middle.

With regards to drying clothes, where should the clothes be in relation to the dehumidifier, should I have the hot exhaust air blowing at the clothes?....or does it not matter?

With regards to performance, the thing is sucking moisture out the air at the rate it describes...sadly, I can't hang anything out the windows.