Hisense Dehumidifiers (Your Choice)

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Hisense Dehumidifiers (Your Choice)
Price: $79.99 - 119.99
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Don’t do it. I bought one of their factory reconditioned AC units, package was perfect, product was all banged up and did not work. I think it was never reconditioned in the first place. Had to go through the trouble of returning it and waiting for refund now. Save yourself the trouble.

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I highly recommend buying a dehumidifier at costco because they’re a complex item that’s made cheaply most of the time.

Many will come from the same factories and there’s lots of failure points inside. Costco has a good one for about $200 that has a pump and works well, and they’ll take it back if it craps out in a few years. Just don’t abuse the warranty/return policy please. :slight_smile:

I had to return one that leaked (older costco Danby model), and another that defrosted too much (newer current Danby model).

My girlfriend has a good no-name one with very similar internals/sound/display, and my new one work fine. I’ve just read enough about what appliance repairman work on and these are one of those things it’s good to plan ahead to return if needed, unless you have disposable income.

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Anyone else notice their dehumidifier making a loud buzzing noise? The noise goes away temporarily when picking unit off the floor but comes back.

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What are these Model Nos.? and what is the standard warranty? Thanks

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Don’t buy its junk, bought one read manual made my setting ran for 3 weeks never had to empty. Changed setting ran a while longer still nothing. unplugged turned on old one was empting in under a day. wont waste my money on a Hisense again

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Other than the 35-pint version, the model numbers and the warranty info are right there in the description page. You might need to actually read it.

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So obviously, the 35 pint uses less electricity than the 70 pint. The 70 point will drew moisture from the air quicker than the 35 pint. So overall, is it a draw in terms of how much electricity they will both use over a 24 hour period?

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[QUOTE=ramonjyoung, post:8, topic:582522]
Don’t buy its junk, bought one read manual made my setting ran for 3 weeks never had to empty. Changed setting ran a while longer still nothing. unplugged turned on old one was empting in under a day. wont waste my money on a Hisense again
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Well, I’ve got 2 of these, and have for a long time, and they both work like a charm. I don’t think getting one bad unit is enough to write off an entire product.

I know nothing of their refurb acumen, as I bought mine new. But they work great, in my experience.

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What is “a long time”? Some people think one or two years is a long time, I do not. My Whirlpool dehumidifier is over 12 years old and still works, and I had a Kenmore that lasted 15 years. I am having a hard time finding a quality one today, they all seem to fail prematurely (per reviews).

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• 35 Pint: Hisense Energy Star Dehumidifier DH-35K1SJE5
• 70 Pint (no pump): Hisense Energy Star Dehumidifier DH-70K1SLE
• 70 Pint (with pump): Hisense Energy Star Dehumidifier DH-70KP1SLE

Warranty is 90 day woot. You’ll find this at the bottom of the features.

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[QUOTE=yossisiegel, post:10, topic:582522]
So overall, is it a draw in terms of how much electricity they will both use over a 24 hour period?
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Pretty much.

The larger unit may consume slightly fewer kWh per day, as it will be a tiny bit more efficient and the compressor will be running less often.

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Yeah, this is one of those items I’d buy from some place you can take it back and/or extended warranty (and I never buy those). It just seems like all dehumidifiers are pretty crappy these days. Reviews on almost all of them are spotty. My last one (Kenmore) lasted 5 years…next one, leak right off the bat (not Kenmore), another one (different brand) didn’t work right off-the-bat. Finally a third one that seems to be working (will see for how long). I’m a fan of woot…but these devices seem so prone to issues, I would get one where you know it’ll be easy to exchange if you need to.

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General dehumidifier tip: If your unit freezes up frequently, try elevating it by placing it on a sturdy box or short table. Keeping it on a concrete floor may be the problem if your home is on a lot that had a high water table. When the floor is cold, the dehumidifier tends to freeze up.Raising it up will help.

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I have both a frigidaire 70 pt and a somewhat smaller Whirlpool. The older Whirlpool is about 16 years old, the other about 6. The newer one is a 70 pt, the old somewhat smaller. Both work very well. I had a kill-o-watt on the larger one (energy star, which the older is not), and concluded that when in demanding use, it would cost about $62 a month to run. For me, demanding is spring and fall when it’s very humid but just a little warm, thus the AC runs little and my inside humidity starts climbing, exceeds 70%. That is a mold-growing climate. Right now I run only one in a corner of my LR, and keep my main fan on circulate. Keeps the entire 2600 sq ft house nice - humidity about 55%. And does not run constantly doing it (but it run a lot at certain times). Yes we hear it some, but the alternative is much worse. And we do at times turn it off for the evening, the humidity does not climb back quickly. Right now it’s in the closet unneeded.

These things are made under contract by someone, usually in China, doesn’t matter what brand label gets put on it. Now the contracting company gets to state the specs, and they need to monitor the units to ensure the specs are consistently met. Higher specs = higher cost + higher quality, but we all know that $20 less gets most peoples attention above all.

In short, I can recommend the Frididare 70 pt. I see it’s available, shipped, at $221. These units are clearly much cheaper and I see they are averaging about 4 star reviews. The pump would be a handy thing to have, then again it adds something to fail. Hopefully it’s still usable as a manual empty type. I empty mine manually, morning and night at the most demanding times, once a day or even every 2 days at less demanding times.

Based on a recent experience with a major appliance made by Whirlpool, and their lack of any assistance to me or many thousands of others with the same problem (design and/or manufacturing defect), I’m done with that brand forever, after like 30 years of being a fan. From one brand to another, you just never know. For this money I would probably give one of these a try.

BTW one of mine started leaking all over. Above the collection bucket is a pan which collects the drips off the coil. A small piece of a leaf got in there and was blocking the drain hole to the bucket. Truely easy fix and that hole being blocked is likely the cause of much of reported leakage.

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If the unit freezes up then it is low on gas. It works the same way as an AC unit except the condenser and evaporator are in the same package. Evaporator cools the air and draws moisture out of the air and that cool air passes through the hot condenser to condense the gas back to a liquid.

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All of today’s “modern” dehumidifiers seem to suffer the same fatal flaws. The manufacturers, seeking to comply with current EPA guidelines, have switched to a refrigerant that requires higher operating pressure than the older ozone-unfriendly refrigerants. This, coupled with the desire to meet EnergyStar guidelines, has produced a generation of dehumidifiers which – while very efficient at removing water from the air – are very short-lived. The high refrigerant pressure and the fatigue-prone aluminum heat exchangers (necessary for maximum efficiency) are simply not compatible with longevity. The usual problem which occurs after a few months (1-2 years if you’re lucky) is that micro-cracks develop in the heat exchanger, and refrigerant gradually escapes. This leak is generally undetectable until performance starts to suffer. As the refrigerant pressure diminishes, the dehumidifier will start to freeze up, starting at the bottom of the condenser coil. Contrary to your intuition or what you may have heard from others, this freeze-up behavior indicates insufficient refrigerant charge. It is not caused by the dehumidifier being in a too-cold location. A modern but correctly-charged dehumidifier is designed to handle air temperatures as low as 40-50 F.

The sealed systems are generally not economical to repair. Manufacturers appear to be addressing these problems by asking consumers to regard dehumidifiers as disposable items, by shortening the warranty periods, and banking on a sufficient number of customers not wanting to bother with the expense and hassle of returning such a heavy item.

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