Does anyone have a Dry Egg Dehumidifer?

li'l_p

I have seen in Lakeland the Dry Egg Dehumidifier (see the product here: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!21109)

I currently have two "air moisture traps", one each in the bedroom and living room. They are the type that you lay the granules into the tray and the moisture collects in the container below and they work really well and I seem to collect a lot of moisture, etc. However, it is proving "costly" to keep buying the bags of granules, and yet these eggs you just refresh in the microwave when 'full', so would be a lot cheaper to use.

I just wondered if anyone has ever used them? Would be interested to know before I buy.

Nile

li'l_p wrote: »

I have seen in Lakeland the Dry Egg Dehumidifier (see the product here: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!21109)

I currently have two "air moisture traps", one each in the bedroom and living room. They are the type that you lay the granules into the tray and the moisture collects in the container below and they work really well and I seem to collect a lot of moisture, etc. However, it is proving "costly" to keep buying the bags of granules, and yet these eggs you just refresh in the microwave when 'full', so would be a lot cheaper to use.

I just wondered if anyone has ever used them? Would be interested to know before I buy.

Hello li'l_p

The 'air moisture traps' you describe sound like they have silica gel granules. Did you know that you can pop the granules in a warm oven to dry them out and reuse (over and over) again?;)

Regards

Nile

li'l_p

There are never any granules left. The moisture is absorbed in the 'loose' granules and then drips through into the collection tray. All we have left in the grille part above the collection tray is usually the residue of 'melted' granules, hardly anything I could scrape off and re-use.

Thanks anyway.

TimBuckTeeth

The type you currently have use calcium chloride granules and they absorb water and dissolve, you can't heat this type and reuse.

Any silica gel type (like the egg one) can be reused by heating to dry out the granules.

I use both types and the silica gel works fine. I bought loose silica gel granules and put them in a pyrex dish and heat them in the oven (150C for 30 minutes) every week or two.
The egg doesn't seem very big so would probably be more suitable for use in a cupboard than a whole room.

timeteam

Warning for all using this Dry egg, The one we use caught fire in the microwave when my partner tried to dry it out burning the inside of the microwave and even burning into the glass turntable.
We will be taking it back along with the glass turntable to the shop we bought it from soon.
Be carefull

Mankysteve

Make sure you've got a decent ventilation in your kitchen when reheating otherwise all that moisture will go straight back into the house.

Fire_Fox

The Dry Egg is for small spaces, wardrobes and the like, not for keeping a room dry. When you microwave it the water is released back into the air so you end up back where you started! If you want to keep a room dry you need to ventilate manually (open windows year round) or use a dehumidifier.