Santa Fe Classic Dehumidifier Customer Reviews

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This thing outperformed 2 70pt portable units, by itself, and for half the power, in my sealed indoor garden. I didn't have room to mount a dual MAX XT, so this was my next best option. I tried a 180pt until from Ideal Air, and it was worse than 1 70pt unit, This 110 is truly RATED for 110 (I actually get about 125 from it in 24hrs @ 75* 50RH). Condensate pump is a MUST, and they have pre-drilled holes to easily install it.

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Did lots of research prior to buying. Yes it's not inexpensive. But you get what you pay for. All American product. Well made, sturdy, well packaged for shipping. This thing is a dehumidifying beast. Has been on full blast for two weeks now, without a hiccup. It only took a few hours for it to take us down from 50% to 30% humidity.

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This is the second Sante Fe Classic that I have owned. My first totally changed my basement and made it a livable space. My basement is 1,300 square feet and has real humidity issues.
When it finally died after a long life, the musty smell was back within a week. I dragged my feet before ordering a second Sante Fe Classic and within a few weeks I suddenly had light surface rust on some of my tools in my basement shop.

I ordered my second Classic and when it came I wheeled it into place, plugged it in and it went to work. In a few days the musty smell was gone and there are no more rust issues on my expensive tools in the workshop. The family room in the basement is a great place to hang out in again as well.

These dehumidifiers are in a totally seperate league than the smaller models you buy at the department stores. They are not cheap but they are heavy duty compared to the department store models. If you have a basement or crawl space with real humidity issues these are the answer.

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This is being used in a 1600 sq ft basement. Works great. No problems. Super fast shipping as well.

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Product functioned exactly as required, drain tube could be longer, so plan on adding a barrel splice to a drain or pump.

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After Hurricane Irene my basement had a major mold problem. After remediating the problem I delayed buying the highly recommended Sylvane because I did not want to add another $1,000 plus to my costs. Within two months the air started getting musty and I bit the bullet. Since installing the Sylvane, my air quality has remained excellent. My humidity level remains below 50% and most importantly there has been NO RETURN of MOLD! Worth the price. Does the job. Satisfying results.

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This unit is large compared to my old dehumidifier, but it really does the job. Initially it ran for two days, and produced a steady stream of water, then kept humidity at 50%. My basement had been damp for 29 years, and I never knew how dry it could be before I bought my Santa Fe Classic. It is positioned on a workbench on one side of the basement area and still captures moisture from the far side, and keeps the entire basement dry. Well made, solid, and worth every penny.

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I purchased the Santa Fe Classic dehumidifier couple months ago. I installed it in my below ground finished basement. The installation was pretty straight forward, you don't need to be a DIY guru. I just bought an extension hose to drain it in my sump pump, the one that comes with it was too short for me.
The dehumidifier made tremendous difference in just 2 days. Before its arrival, the relative humidity level in the basement was constant at around 80% in the summer months, it smelled musty and unpleasant. Apparently this is normal here in the DC area. It ran non-stop for 2 days and brought the humidity down to 36% and the musty smell gradually went away. Since mold can't grow at humidity below 50%, I decided to let it keep the humidity around 45%, which reduced the run time significantly. At 36% it was running much more often.
The device is quite noisy if it's operating in the living area or the bedroom. Since it's my basement, I can barely hear its operation. Currently is sitting in the middle of my 1000 sq ft basement. I'm thinking of moving it into the utility room and closing the door to reduce the noise level even further. I'll have to cut out some vents to allow air circulation though.
My electric bill has went up quite a bit, but I hope that I won't have to run it that much in the colder months. Supposedly it is much more efficient than the cheap dehumidifiers you can buy from home improvement stores.
The construction feels solid, commercial grade. Moving it on flat and smooth surface is easy, it's standing on wheels.

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Purchsed the Classic August 2011 . I have a 950 sqft machine shop in my home basement made of fieldstone. Living in New England, the basements get damp. My lathes, bandsaw, drills, mills and bar stock are kept dry with this unit.

I needed a quality commercial dehumidfier to keep moisture off the machines and this is it. There is no musty smell associated with a damp basement.

I read for months and spoke to people before purchasing the Classic. While in one of the "Box Stores" last summer a gent was carring in one of the off-the-shelf dehumidifiers. I asked what was wrong & he said it was the second one which failed after a few months.

Read reviews from customers feedback!!!

The size of the unit and volume of air this moves can not be compaired to off-the-shelf Box Store models.

Well worth the investment.

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The delivery for this item was VERY FAST!!! I was excited to plug it in and see it start working. Sure enough one night later (ran about 8 hours) there was no more basement smell leaking into the first floor of our home. This dehumidifier is an awesome addition. We have done so much updating in the house and this is something that will help the house in the long run be pulling out the humidity.