To miteyman about Delonghi dehumidifier

[Guest guest]

Hi miteyman,

I only see the 50 pint Delonghi model at Costco (not 65) but I would

think they are very similar. I like the fact that it has a pump so

you can drain against gravity.

Can you comment on your model regarding noise? Does the compressor

hum or buzz loudly or is it relatively quiet? Also, do you know if

the unit will resume in case of a power outage? And finally, does

it have a humidstat that displays the current room humidity (as

opposed to just a digital display that let you set your humidity

setting).

I'm thinking doing cedarcide as well in combination of a

dehumidifier.

Are you totally mite free now?

Thanks.

kihun

>

Then once the

> area is clear, and all bags/boxes/closets/drawers open and

clothing

> treated, put a dehumidifer in and run it full time " forever "

> (meaning months). I got two new dehumidifiers to join our

existing

> one. The new ones are Delonghi 65 pint with pump from Costco.

Good

> things about it: 1) you can turn it on " Turbo " and it just keeps

on

> going - our bedroom is down now to 22% humidity. and 2) it has

pump

> that can send the extracted water pretty far away to drain in a

tub

> or sink.

>

> Anyway, this seems to have been pretty effective at our house

> (following Cedarcide treatments which seemed pretty helpful but I

> think the dehumidification is more so).

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kihun,

Yes, I noticed that the Costco to me is now selling only the 50 pt

version too. But the price is the same as the 65 pint earlier this

year. Inflation for you, I guess.

Yes, the pump convinced me too - no emptying buckets, put the

dehumidifier wherever I want without worrying about being higher than

the drain or obstacles for the hose, etc.

It is moderately loud - not silent for sure, but not hard or rough in

sound. A kinda smooth, medium-loud buzz. I sleep 12 feet from one,

so I've gotten used to it. (I open the bedroom door when in the

room, otherwise too hot to sleep.)

It does NOT restart after power failure. That really annoyed me

since I turned them both on and went for a two week trip. Came back

hoping for a big reduction but they went off after the first couple

of days due a thunderstorm. Rats.

It does have a humidistat to show current room humidity, in addtion

to the setting you choose. And turbo mode to run forever (which is

what I've done).

The humidistat is pretty accurate - within about two percentage

points compared to an independent one 8 feet away.

We still have mites although very low level at home. I think the

dogs are the reason we haven't been able to get rid of them. Maybe I

need to wash them everyday, but then that would wash off the

Revolution (drops) and Amitraz (collars) so I'm not really sure what

else to do. Ivermectin is not an option for one of them as it is a

breed of dog that can die from it (a gene mutation).

Cedarcide plus dehumidifier worked pretty well for us - getting down

to levels that are very low. I hope we get just that little

further...

Still have problems at work too -- trouble is I can't control the

humidity or temp there, so am left with sprays, etc.

> >

> Then once the

> > area is clear, and all bags/boxes/closets/drawers open and

> clothing

> > treated, put a dehumidifer in and run it full time " forever "

> > (meaning months). I got two new dehumidifiers to join our

> existing

> > one. The new ones are Delonghi 65 pint with pump from Costco.

> Good

> > things about it: 1) you can turn it on " Turbo " and it just keeps

> on

> > going - our bedroom is down now to 22% humidity. and 2) it has

> pump

> > that can send the extracted water pretty far away to drain in a

> tub

> > or sink.

> >

> > Anyway, this seems to have been pretty effective at our house

> > (following Cedarcide treatments which seemed pretty helpful but I

> > think the dehumidification is more so).

> >

>

[Guest guest]

miteyman,

Thanks for your detailed responese. The Delonghi model was

attractive esp with the pump, but I ended up going with Danby since

from the reviews, it appears to be very quiet and it has 8-pints

more capacity than Delonghi.

So you tried cedarcide and dehumidifier but they didn't completely

kill? Is Joan's the only one in this forum that's had complete

success with cedarcide? I just ordered the trijet fogger and 2gal

today ($300!) and when it comes in Friday, I plan on fogging this

place til no tomorrow. Do you recommend that I spend a night

somewhere else to really let it set in or is 4-hours enough?

Thanks.

kihun

> > >

> > Then once the

> > > area is clear, and all bags/boxes/closets/drawers open and

> > clothing

> > > treated, put a dehumidifer in and run it full time " forever "

> > > (meaning months). I got two new dehumidifiers to join our

> > existing

> > > one. The new ones are Delonghi 65 pint with pump from Costco.

> > Good

> > > things about it: 1) you can turn it on " Turbo " and it just

keeps

> > on

> > > going - our bedroom is down now to 22% humidity. and 2) it

has

> > pump

> > > that can send the extracted water pretty far away to drain in

a

> > tub

> > > or sink.

> > >

> > > Anyway, this seems to have been pretty effective at our house

> > > (following Cedarcide treatments which seemed pretty helpful

but I

> > > think the dehumidification is more so).

> > >

> >

>