HOGARLABS 2000 Sq Ft 30 Pint Dehumidifier for Home Basements Bathroom Bedroom, Intelligent Humidity Control Dehumidifier with Drain Hose for Medium to Large Room, Laundry Dry

It seems that dehumidifiers do not last very long. My last one lasted 4 years. I replaced my last one with this unit after reviewing all that was available in my size on Amazon. The unit is very quiet and is working well. It is small but seems to be doing the job. The warranty seems good with up to two years for replacement if it fails. I drain my dehumidifier into a pipe that I connected to the drain system which is in the crawlspace. The unit comes with its own hose for this purpose. However, there is not a way to directly connect a garden hose on it that the previous one had. That would have been better.

Plugged it in, turned it on, works great! Very quiet and compact. I use it for a 360 square foot detached office with no ceiling, and it's been holding the humidity steady in the continuous mode. For a normal size house I think you would need at least a couple of the units to handle it. I'm just draining into a bucket, so I empty the bucket maybe every other day. And I like the fact that it discharges straight up. So far so good.

When I moved into a new rental home I noticed the toilet seat in the bathroom in the finished basement was always sweating. I figured that couldn't be good. Bought a dehumidifier and took care of the issue. Without it the humidity is above 70 percent. Now we keep the basement between 40-50 percent. I liked it so much that we bought another unit for the main floor as that bathroom doesn't even have a fan to pull out moisture and living in Missouri the surfaces seemed to stay wet all of the time. Now both floors of the home are comfortably at 40-50 percent humidity. Each floor is around 700 square feet so I'm not sure I believe the humidifier cover 2000 square feet otherwise I would have expected 1 unit to do the trick. But maybe it's not as effective floor to floor.

I live in an older pier and beam home. I didn't realize how much humidity was in my house. I have to empty it twice a day. It can easily be moved around from room to room. Easy to operate and we've even used the dry feature to dry tennis shoes. My house is approximately 1,000 square feet but I decided to get the HOGARLABS 30 Pints Dehumidifier Up to 2000 Sq Feet. I highly recommend this.

I THINK IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT I AM EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH MY PURCHASE OF A HOGARLABS 2000 SQ FT-30 PINT DEHUMIDIFIER. I PURCHASED MY UNIT, BRAND NEW AND SEALED IN THE BOX FROM AMAZON. I READ THE USER MANUAL, AT LENGTH FIRST. I LET THE DEHUMIDIFIER SIT UPRIGHT FOR ALMOST 48 HOURS, AFTER TAKING IT OUT OF THE PACKAGING UPON RECEIPT. THIS WAS EXACTLY THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME, BEFORE IT WAS EVER PLUGGED INTO AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET.AT FIRST, UPON TURNING THE UNIT ON, IT'S FUNCTION WAS AS EXPECTED. IT WORKED OKAY. I SAY "JUST OKAY".. I LIVE IN A 700 SQ FT, DOWNSTAIRS, SINGLE- LEVEL APARTMENT WHICH IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND QUITE EXPENSIVE. IT HAS VERY EFFECTIVE, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM. THE HOGARLABS 30 PINT DEHUMIDIFIER STARTED TO WORK VERY POORLY ABOUT FIVE WEEKS AFTER I RECEIVED IT. MEANING, THAT IT WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, AFTER BARELY A MONTH'S TIME FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. IT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN A HUMIDITY LEVEL OF LESS THAN 65%-70%. EVEN THOUGH THE DEHUMIDIFIER SETTINGS WERE SET TO A CONSTANT 40% DEHUMIDIFY LEVEL. THIS SETTING WAS EVEN LOCKED, ON THE CONTROL PANEL OF THE UNIT.THE UNIT'S 30 QUART WATER RESERVOIR WAS FULL AND MANUALLY EMPTIED, ON AVERAGE, THREE TO FOUR TIMES A DAY, WHEN THE UNIT WAS NEW AND TAKEN OUT OF THE BOX. AFTER THIRTY DAYS OF USE. THE RESERVOIR WAS RARELY FULL, AND THE HUMIDITY LEVEL OUTPUT OF THE DEHUMIDIFIER AVERAGED CLOSER TO 70% CONSTANT. AT THIS POINT, I TURNED THE UNIT OFF AND UNPLUGGED IT FROM THE WALL OUTLET. ( I HAVE MULTIPLE HUMIDITY GAUGES THROUGHOUT THE APARTMENT.).I CONTACTED AMAZON'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND AMAZON'S ONLY GUIDANCE WAS TO EMAIL HOGARLABS FOR SUPPORT. APPARENTLY, THERE IS NO UNITED STATES ENTITY FOR REPAIR OF THIS PRODUCT. WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSER AT THE VERY MINIMAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON HOGAR LABS, THE ONLY CONSTANT INFORMATION IS THAT THEY ARE BASED IN CHINA. THEY HAVE A SINGLE PAGE ON FACEBOOK WITH A COMPANY PHONE NUMBER AND SUPPORT EMAIL ADDRESS. THE SAME INFORMATION THAT AMAZON PROVIDED TO ME, BARELY A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE.TO DATE, AFTER MULTIPLE EMAILS TO HOGARLAB'S SUPPORT EMAIL ADDRESS AND EVEN TRYING TO CALL THEM INTERNATIONALLY. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY KIND OF RESPONSE, TO EITHER EMAIL OR PHONE CONTACTS TO HOGARLABS. ANY CONTACT TO AMAZON CSR GROUP IS USELESS. THE MOST COMEDIC GUIDANCE I RECEIVED FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT WAS "ANY SUPPORT OR REPAIR OF THIS PRODUCT, AFTER THIRTY DAYS IS AT YOUR EXPENSE", A COUPLE OF AMAZON'S CSR REPRESENTATIVES EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST BY EMAIL, THAT "I REPACKAGE THE DEHUMIDIFIER AS RECEIVED AND SHIP IT AT MY EXPENSE, TO A HOGARLABS COMPANY ADDRESS IN CHINA". i GUESS THEY PRESUMED THAT I WOULD DUMB ENOUGH TO SEND THE DEHUMIDIFIER BACK TO CHINA WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE APPROVAL OR COMMUNICATIONS BACK FROM HOGARLABS, BY THE WAY, THE COST TO SHIP, A NEARLY THIRTY POUND PACKAGE TO CHINA, VIA UPS OR FEDEX OR ANY INTERNATIONAL CARRIER IS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. PROBABLY, MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH, AS THE DEHUMIDIFIER COST ORIGINALLY, THROUGH AMAZON.IF ONE INSPECTS THE PACKAGING ON THE DEHUMIDIFIER, YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT IT WAS SHIPPED FROM CHINA TO PRESUMABLY, A DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. WHO THEY ARE OR THEIR RELATIVITY TO AMAZON IS UNKNOWN. EVEN IF ONE WAS FLUENT IN READING AND WRITING IN CHINESE, IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE OF ANY BENEFIT IN THIS SITUATION. MY ADVICE TO ANY CONSUMER IS AS FOLLOWS: "DO NOT BUY THIS DEHUMIDIFIER, UNLESS YOU ENJOY ZERO SERVICE OPTIONS, ANY KIND OF SUPPORT FROM THE RETAILER, OR HAVE ANY KIND OF NEED FOR TECHNICAL GUIDANCE. DO NOT EXPECT THE RETAILER TO SUPPORT, EITHER YOU OR THE PRODUCT, IN ANY KIND OF WAY." " BASICALLY, YOU'RE PURCHASING A 28 LB PAPERWEIGHT! "

My electric bill went from $99 to $145 and now $175. The only change was adding the dehumidifier. I thought it would decrease my electricity usage so the air conditioner would not have to run so hard. Not a good investment for me.Update:Hogarlabs contacted me and refunded my money. They are a great company to work with. Their product worked well and was very quiet, just too expensive for me to operate. I am considering purchasing the energy star rated one.

The Hogarlabs dehumidifier worked all summer for us like a boss. Very easy to see when the unit needs to be emptied, in fact it stops when the unit is full in case you forget to check. It’s quiet, we have it in the main living area and are never bothered by noise. Maintenance is minimal, nothing out of the ordinary. Time to pack it up for winter until next summer when humidity levels go up. A very good find.

I put this small, skinny dehumidifier in the basement bedroom and it just chugs away. The bedroom has had a humidity problem and the tank on this is small, so we were emptying the tank 2x a day. Finally I attached the drain hose and fed it into the corner sump pump.