Screwfix run a £99 Dehumidifier promotion from time to time. This seems to be the first one with this newer model (I suspect the previous deal was to clear the older stock).
I bought the previous model at this price nearly a year ago. It's been fantastic. It is cheap to run too. This newer model seems to be 265w compared to mine which was 250w.
There seems to be a myth doing the rounds that the British climate doesn't suit this type of dehumidifier. Personally I rely on my gas central heating to warm up my home and so will avoid the extra wattage spent on running a desiccant to do it for me. I have also used it to dry out my loft after a leak. I live in the northwest and it has coped fine.
All comments (28)
lianne21
2 Dec 151#1
Yeah I've tried mentioning that too, no need for dessicant if your house is kept above 16 degrees and all houses are so it makes sense to use one of these as much cheaper to run.
simonspeakeasy to lianne21
2 Dec 15#15
Unless, like me, you're using it to keep your holiday cottages dry. And the heating in them is off as they are unoccupied at the moment.
Careful of generalisations.
Anyway, I don't believe the performance of compressor types is suddenly at 100% as soon as you're above 16C. I suspect that their performance increases gradually with temperature. So, at 16C their performance is probably poor but at 25C it's probably very good.
Also, the OP says "Personally I rely on my gas central heating to warm up my home and so will avoid the extra wattage spent on running a desiccant to do it for me". The other way of looking at this is that your central heating will be on less if a desiccant dehumidifier is raising the temperature. So it's not like the energy going into one is 100% wasted.
Sysman2000
2 Dec 15#2
Aldi are doing a digital 20l for £118.99 for consideration as well.
lianne21 to Sysman2000
2 Dec 152#3
That's the one I have. I've now sold my tumble dryer as this gets 2 large loads of washing dry in 4 hours at only 5p per hour. Brilliant machine :smiley:
iain
2 Dec 151#4
does anyone have more info for the aldi one to compare?
pontprennau to iain
2 Dec 15#6
I'm interested in that too, would seem it was october 5th till october 11th. so screwfix it is then :smiley:
ether707
2 Dec 15#5
I really doubt that!
lianne21
2 Dec 15#7
You doubt what??
archarius
2 Dec 15#8
How does it compare to this one at the same price from amazon?
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Opening post
I bought the previous model at this price nearly a year ago. It's been fantastic. It is cheap to run too. This newer model seems to be 265w compared to mine which was 250w.
There seems to be a myth doing the rounds that the British climate doesn't suit this type of dehumidifier. Personally I rely on my gas central heating to warm up my home and so will avoid the extra wattage spent on running a desiccant to do it for me. I have also used it to dry out my loft after a leak. I live in the northwest and it has coped fine.
All comments (28)
Careful of generalisations.
Anyway, I don't believe the performance of compressor types is suddenly at 100% as soon as you're above 16C. I suspect that their performance increases gradually with temperature. So, at 16C their performance is probably poor but at 25C it's probably very good.
Also, the OP says "Personally I rely on my gas central heating to warm up my home and so will avoid the extra wattage spent on running a desiccant to do it for me". The other way of looking at this is that your central heating will be on less if a desiccant dehumidifier is raising the temperature. So it's not like the energy going into one is 100% wasted.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00474K8SY
How does it compare?
Ok, now I see this is the compressor type so it is more effective at higher temps compared to desiccant.