fergus

I am looking at what Worten have and they range from €170 - €350.
It is not always true that the more you pay the more you get. Has anyone bought a dehumidifier that they would recommend or not recommend.
Worten have Rowenta (€369) or Fagon (€169) or Becken €169.

Any help would be appreciated.

Supremegermalene

I have the Becken one and it works fine...haven't got any others to compare it to though? I went for largest capacity for cheapest price I think. Bit big & bulky but does the job.

gedscottish

aint it Fagor?! We have a Fagor 16 litre (think the reference is to 16 litres per day) and if ts on for say 4 hours it takes about 3 litres of water out of our bedroom.

We also had a loan of a 10 litre one....and it was hardly worth the electricty it burnt(I think it was rowenta 10)

PubChampion

We have a Confortec 10 litre (€99 from MediaMarkt). It does well with humidity over 70% but below that it's hardly worth using.

fergus

I just occured to me that the air conditioning might act as a dehumidifier even in the winter. I know that air con in the car is great for clearing the windscreen.
Anyone out there know the answer?

RichardHenshall

Our Daikin air-con system has a drying cycle but it really only works at above around 15 degrees C. It's designed to attempt to dry the air without reducing the room temperature significantly. The cooling mode will work to lower temperatures and will dry the air at the same time but I suspect most people feel cold enough already in the winter! I suspect Daikin designed for the monsoon season in the Far East. In an occupied property the dehumidifier has the accidental benefit that virtually all of the energy consumed (and paid for) is retained within the house. The air-con units will tend to pump energy out of the house.

gedscottish

Certainly with ours on the normal heating mode it does not seem to reduce the humidity level. Like richardhensall... our Daikin invertor units have a dehumifier mode... which I have never tried

As also refered to by richardhensall.... if the room is too cold dehumidifiers are far less affective! (apparently shoud be no less than 16ºc)

Supremegermalene

Our north facing small bedroom is always freezing and if I left our Becken one on all day I'd have to empty it, I think it's 16L so works fine in the cold.

G

connal

I have bought five of the Radio Popular in-house brand Electronia dehumidifiers for our own house and clients over the last six years and all are still working. They cost around €120 at the moment and while they are not very sophisticated they are very good at sucking water out of the air. You need one for each room though..

scott909

I can personally recommend the Fagor brand from Radio Popular, they are relatively cheap and reliable, and do the job well

morgan1970

Hi we have sharp air cons they work great on dehumidifier had them three years

fergus

We have sharp as well, and from Jason too. How do you set them to dehumidify?

morgan1970

Fergus which models do you have as the new ones do a lot more now they have a ion mode on which does this when it's on heating ours are a few years old now but they great very quiet for sleeping better than them cheap models as I friends had cheap ones had many problems

max0603

A lot of dehumidifiers have a heating element for colder days. Invest in a humidity meter then you can keep a check on the levels. Ideally it should be around 55-60%. Dampness and mould can cause serious health problems.

fergus

Hi Morgan, thanks for your advice. I have looked at the handhbook and there are dry and ionise settings. They should do the job. Thanks,