Danby DDR5009REE Dehumidifier

So good my neighbor bought mine
Reviewed by: D on 2009-09-14

I had the unit 3 days when my neighbors basement backed up. He was using an old dehumidifier and it wasn't getting the job done. I offered this new unit to them to help out. In 2 days his basement was down to 40% humidity after starting at 65%. He said the carpet is dry and that the basement is warm. He asked how much I paid for it and after I told him he promptly handed me $250 for it! And yes, I have already orderd a new one - again.

everything went great so far
Reviewed by: vonna on 2009-09-04

I can't tell you how honest the company is and helpful. I was going to buy a dehumidifier that was on clearence , they quickly reported back to me until I saw a pictue with a cosmetic crack they weren't going forward with order, they had failed to mention that in the item. It was fine with me with the crack , it wasn't anything that would have hurt but by the next day I had decided on a 50pt. instead of a 45pt. Very quick feedback.

Arrived fine. The dehumidifier , isn't totally as quiet as thought it would be but it is a softer hum than my past. The truth is after reading all companies reviews there is a amount of noise. I keep it in bedroom below our living room and can't even here it and the floor isn't insulated. There is heat from the unit but all have this. My husband was already noticing the doors shutting better in one day of use. I have had this only a week but am well pleased all away around. If it goes sour I will comment again. One appliance shop who no longer sold any dehumidifiers said it was a good one.

Works pretty well.
Reviewed by: Kristin on 2009-06-15

After being fed up with dehumidifiers that just died on us after a few months, we checked out Consumer Reports for their recommendations. One of the picks was a Danby, so we thought we would try it. We were hoping that with the price being about double that of one we could just pick up in a store that it would work really well. We received with it no problems and installed it immediately. It took a few days to get our basement down to 45% humidity (it was really bad down there)—it filled the tank two or three times before it got there. At the low fan speed it is pretty quiet, and it seems to be working mostly just fine.

My only complaint is that we attached the hose so that it would drain by itself, but it continues to partially drain into the bucket. We searched the Internet for what could be wrong, and the advice we found was to raise the machine higher. We put it on blocks up about 8” off the floor and it is still slowly draining into the bucket, so we have to empty that about every week or two. It would probably be fine if we raised it a little more, but we didn't have any more blocks and have not gotten around to picking some up yet. It kind of annoys me that this issue was not addressed in the instruction manual. I don't care if it has to be raised off the floor, but then they should just say that so I don't waste time trying to figure out how to get it to work properly.

Anyway, that seems to be the only issue and I am still happy with the purchase as it has done an excellent job of getting rid of the extreme dank-ness in our basement. Being able to set the controls and humidity percentage you want digitally, having two fan speeds, and low-temperature operation are all great, especially since our basement is unheated and gets mighty cold in the Minnesota winter. We have seen far fewer bugs in the house this year, too—another bonus.

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