145 Pints Commercial Dehumidifier for Crawl Space & Large Basements - Energy Star Certified, Compact Design with Drain Hose - Ideal for Industrial Water Damage Restoration & Moisture Control in Warehouses, Homes, and Commercial Buildings

At first I wasn't impressed and was planning on returning it as I didn't think it was removing the moisture as advertised. The fault was mine, it was my lack of understanding of how it should be setup. It's not an AC unit so the dry air it produces needs to be vented into the area you want to remove moisture from. In my case it's my basement. I, not understanding this was venting the dry air coming out of the unit to the outside of my basement thinking the heated air should be vented outside like the portable AC units do. I couldn't get my basement below 60% humidity doing it this way and the unit was pulling about 9 gallons of water out of my basement in a 24 hour period which is a lot of water, I measured it in a 5 gallon bucket so the number is not a guess. After I figured out my mistake and removed the vent hose venting the dry air outside, my basement is now at 42% to 44% humidity keeping my whole house below 60% humidity. My house (3 stories) including the basement is about 2300 square feet. This unit really works well and it's quiet. I live next to a lake and have lots of trees on my property so humid air is expected. Something worth noting is that the temperature and humidity meter inside the unit measures the temperature and humidity of the air coming out of the unit not the room temperature/humidity. I use separate meters on each level of the house to monitor temperature/humidity.This unit is of higher quality than the units you purchase from Lowes or Home Depot and it has a better warranty. I recommend it as this fixed the problem with humidity in our home.