Russell Hobbs 20lt/ day Dehumidifier €149.99

Seems to be a very good price. I have a MeacoDry Arete One 20L Dehumidifier and it's really efficient. It's double the price of the Russell Hobbs though.

Is this particular one expensive to run?

Here's a review of it

It's rated at 440W, which means that it uses 1 unit of electricity about every 2 hours or so (I think!). Others, like the Meaco mentioned above could have a lower rating so would be more efficient.

No it’s A 3 litre tank. It can extract 20l of water in a 24 hour period

that seems to presume it is running 440W for the 24hours, I am not sure if that is the case. Articles on airfryers very often get it wrong, they compare them to ovens and calculate it as thought the airfryer or oven will be drawing full power for a 1hour cook time. Maybe these do go 440W the whole time, I would say they must generate a fair bit of heat if they do, so if its in a room you heat anyway it would offset usual heating costs.

Good to see it's back, thought the stock had dried up... 😁

I also have the Meaco it's a great bit of kit I can highly recommend. It is a lot dearer than the RH but a far better Dehumidifier.

you can see the specs here.

Meaco 25 Litre Low Energy Laundry Dehumidifier - BuyItDirect.ie

Thanks for the replies, I was looking at the MeacoDry Arete® One posted about above and the fact it's so quiet, has a night mode with no LED's and also has HEPA filtration and acts as an air purifier too was all great, but then it's a compressor which means it won't work as well in colder areas. If they had one like the Aretec One that was desiccant instead of compressor it would be great?!

Yes - a tumble dryer uses much more electricity - maybe 3 or 4kWh an hour.

We mostly used to use an Invertor EVA II to dry clothes, running for a few hours at around 0.26kWh. Clothes then into the hot press to fully dry.

ive been looking for stock for ages and no luck.

I want to pickup a 25l for upstairs in my house and a 12l for downstairs. Mailed the Irish distribution company about stock eta but no reply yet

My only advice is only buy a dehumidifier with a hard on off switch.

Put a wifi plug on them and you can turn them on and off on a schedule or when you are out etc.

I really hate the way so many things are going to soft switches now.

If using a dehumidifier to dry clothes I've found a clothes horse/airer cover helps improve drying time as you are effectively reducing the size of the area it is having to work. Got one in the range for €6.50, meant for a heater airer but fits regardless to allow the dehumidifier fit under with enough room at the back of it.

I Have the Meaco dd8l Zambezi.

About the smart plug, these are not supposed to be switched on and off like that, when you switch it off with the button it runs for a while after (not dehumidifying ) but to cool itself down, it’s in the manual I think It can damage itself after a while if just shutting it off like that.

there is a built in timer on them so you can set it switch on and off at certain times.

also it checks the humidity when it’s plugged in and will keep it where you set it. Turning it’s self on and off.

not sure what the benefit of a smart plug is?

Currys have the 20l Meaco. I ordered on Monday and it arrived today.

The smaller ones won't dry quite as quick as the bigger ones but will still do the job. I'd say they'd be perfect in a smaller home. If you have a regular fan you can run it aimed at the clothes at the same time as the dehumidifier as the extra airflow really speeds up the drying process, and a fan uses very little power.

The bigger ones definitely extract more moisture from the air. The litre figure in the name of each Meaco model is what each are capable of extracting in a day - so the 20l could extract twice as much as the 10l (in ideal conditions).

But those figures are huge amounts of water which you'll never achieve in the real world as that'd mean you'd be emptying the water tank constantly during the day since the water tanks can only hold a few litres!

I have the 20l version and find it excellent. Only recently started using the fan with it to dry clothes and it really boosts the drying time.

Desiccant versions are excellent also, they'll tend to dry quicker, especially in colder rooms since they also blow out warmer air. The downside is that they're more expensive to run. And you might not necessarily want the extra heat it gives off, especially in warmer weather.

You can get a dehumidifier with a tube to discharge directly to a sink/drain and avoid having to empty the tank.... good if leaving a property empty/unheated.

Thanks for all the replies! I actually own 2 perfectly good dehumidifiers:

1 Compressor type: Dimplex 10L Dehumidifier | EverDri10E | DXD10IR

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1 Desiccant type: EcoAir DD1 Classic

Both work fine, but I'm being swayed to upgrade to a Meaco Arete to reap the benefits of the built in HEPA air purifier.

I asked this question on the Amazon product page for it and got a very helpful reply. Unfortunately Amazon doesn't allow you to respond to these answers and I'm posting here in the hope of receiving similar wisdom!

The question:

"Will the 10 & 12L models dry clothes just as quick as the 20 & 25L models in a small dwelling or slower since they use less power?"

One of the answers:

"No the smaller models do not dry as quickly as the larger models. However the drying rate is dependent on a number of factors, which include, room temperature, room humidity, room volume, volume of clothes, wetness of clothes, clothing material. The 25l model dries an 8kg (when dry) load of cotton clothing (spun at 1400 rpm) in 24 hours. The clothing is perfectly dry and ready to put away (too dry for ironing). The 12l model takes about 30 hours to do the same."

So if this is accurate, and if the comparisons here are accurate:

https://www.meaco-dehumidifiers.ie/compare-meaco-dehumidifiers/

Although the larger models are taking 20% less time to get the clothes to the same dryness, they operate at 76% more wattage, so not only do they cost more up front, but they may end up costing considerably more to run and are also noisier, so I think if these are being used in the likes of a bedroom, the smaller model would make more sense.

I'm planning to sell the Dimplex compressor one to fund the upgrade as I also want to have a desiccant at hand for any colder temperature usage!

I posted the above elsewhere too and got one reply saying:

"Take a look at tumble dryers. They'll use about 2kWh to dry 8kg of laundry. 60c at current electricity prices. With the added bonus of not having to hang clothes or look at them drying."

and another:

"They don't dry clothes. They dry air. If the air is equally as dry the clothes will dry in the same amount of time. Most good dehumidifiers turn off when the reach a target humidity. As long as the dehumidifier is powerful enough to maintain the target humidity then it won't make a difference on drying time.

The larger dehumidifier will spend more of the time switched off so you have to factor that into your price calculations"

I think I rather the idea of a dehumidifier to keep the humidity in the house at a sweet spot, but interesting that maybe the 25L one may switch off more whereas the smaller ones may operate for much longer periods.

The other disadvantage about compressor ones, is that when the compressor kicks in or off, that there's a slightly jarring sound (when you're trying to sleep at least). I wonder does the Meaco have the same nag?

We use the Meaco 20 litre. It dries a full load in about 6 hours using circa 1.2 kwh. Do you have a kwh figure for a full load in a heat pump dryer?

Thanks for that. That's incredible efficiency, I wish I had the space for one.