Frigidaire FFAD3533W1 Dehumidifier, Moderate Humidity 35 Pint Capacity with a Easy-to-Clean Washable Filter and Custom Humidity Control for maximized comfort, in White

We have 2 smaller dehumidifiers that could get our humidity level down from 80% to 72% after a few days of constant running. If we crank the heat in the house to 80F, we could get the humidity down to 57%. This Frigidaire... oh hunky. I plugged it in and in an HOUR the humidity dropped from 72% to 40%. Insane. I wish we had gotten this one first. It is so much nicer in the condo now. And I dont have to worry about mold growth as much as I did before. This dehumidifier is the one.

This unit is perfect for my finished, carpeted basement. I’m in a high humidity area. This unit really pulls the moisture out of the air. With the added challenge of a shower, it’s even more critical. I highly recommend!

I like that it is doing the job but I like to turn it off to emply the tank but once it fills up completely the On / Off Does Nothing unless you unplug the Unit. If you catch it before it does shut down you can slect and turn it off. Otherwise it does not shut off using the Power button when Full.

…but had to return as the unit did not work. Ran all night and did not remove any humidity. Amazon promptly accepted return and refunded money. I purchases a HiSense unit and it has done what it is suppose to do. I am sure it is just random that I got a defective unit.

Lasted 1 year and kaput! This was a name brand so I thought it would last. They all seem to come from China, and have limited life. The ones I used to buy from Sears seemed to last for years. No more quality control!

This unit works really well - it gets my humidity down to under 40%. I live in a studio so I had hoped it would be quieter - it’s like a loud white noise machine.

UPDATE: The cutoff switch failed so it spent several hours dumping water on the floor. As I pulled the overflowing bucket out (it normally shuts off with about 3/4 inch to spare) it started beeping to complain that there was no bucket. Thanks! Definitely a 0-star product. Original review below, which already wasnt great. Ive had 3 different dehumidifiers now. This one isnt great either, for a few reasons. This is the kind with the optional hose output sticking out the back, and with a knob-style cap screwed onto it for normal bucket-collection use. Ive seen a lot of reviews complaining about leaks from the cap, so I looked at it and oh boy is it not a quality device. Bear with me, its hard to describe. First, the edge of the output tube the cap screws against is slightly rough, which is the wrong way to make something which has to fit against a watertight gasket (which is in the cap). Second, the gasket is a thick ring shape, with a hole in the middle. If it were a solid disc, just the contact between it and the thin edge of the output pipe would have to fit tight into the rubber to form a seal. But with the hole in the middle, it also has to be tight enough to seal the flat gasket against the inside of the cap. THIRD, the front side of the gasket isnt even flat! It has some kind of raised part number characters sticking out, so again you have to put it on extra tight to make sure the non-flat rubber seals against the pipe. If you run it on continuous mode, the 2-digit number display turns into a CO and NO LONGER FUNCTIONS AS A HUMIDITY METER. The panel has no mode button and therefore no light to indicate the mode (continuous mode is accessed by clicking the auto level all the way down until it shows CO), so they hijack the humidity level display to show it. So if you want this thing to run continuously, you will have to buy a separate humidity meter in order to monitor the humidity level. The fan is noisy, even on the lowest setting, in a slightly pulsing way, not just a loud woosh but an annoying up and down volume. I looked into the vent, and the fan cylinder (its the type made up of dozens of long straight thin parallel blades arranged in a cylinder shape) wobbles as it spins. Junk. The compressor part itself doesnt seem much louder than a much weaker model I recently had, its all the crummy fan. And in addition to being annoying, I have to wonder if this poor balance will shorten the life of the parts. The collection bucket was poorly assembled from the factory. It consists mainly of 2 parts, the large white bucket and a clear lid which prevents re-evaporation. The lid is not supposed to be removable (the handle assembly makes this impossible), but it wasnt fully snapped in place. Easily fixed, but a sad statement. There are so many of these things under different brand names. There are more brands of dehumidifiers here than there are flavors of ice cream or soda at a grocery store. Its ridiculous, and they are all junk for various reasons not directly related to the most expensive core technological component. There is no particular reason to get this one. I tried this one because its a real brand, but it turns out its just another piece of trash.

I have the dehumidifier in a damp basement and use the hose connection to dump the water into a sump so I never need to empty it. The unit does a great job of keeping the large basement at about 40% humidity. It is pretty quiet unless you set the fan speed to max. I would buy this unit again.

Replaced an old, larger unit with this one and wow is it quieter. I could hear the other one a whole floor away, but I don’t even realize this one is running. I don’t think I’d want to try sleeping in a room with it (no, it’s not that quiet), but you can definitely have a telephone conversation in the next room over without shouting. The unit shuts off properly when the bin is full. Any problem with that would be a definite deal-breaker for me because who wants to worry about a puddle forming in the basement. If you live in a very humid environment, you might want a unit larger capacity tank or to drain this one directly into a drain. However, I’ve never had it fill up completely while I’ve been out of the house. Affordable, quiet, and reliable.

I bought this in 2021 and used it for 2 years. I went to turn it on this year and the compressor is not turning on. I think that while it was working it was drawing quite a bit of power. When the compressor would turn on, I could frequently observe my lights dimming. It did pull quite a bit of water out of the air and it has a fairly large reservoir.