Eva-dry Electric Petite Dehumidifier
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Product Reviews of Eva-dry Electric Petite Dehumidifier
Product Review: Excellent product
Summary: 5 Stars
This little dehumidifier works great for my closet. I empty it out just about every three days. Very quiet and totally surprised me, and i was skeptical. Worth the buy.Product Review: F. L.
Summary: 5 Stars
Works awesome. Nice and quiet. Great for bathroom and small rooms. Takes up very little space. Easy to clean and empty. Love it.Product Review: Fantastic in damp basement storage room
Summary: 5 Stars
This little dehumidifier works! I no longer have to deal with mildew in my storage room as this little device fills up every week with all the water it has collected.Product Review: Fixing Eva-Dry 1100
Summary: 4 Stars
I have three of these mini dehumidifiers and they worked well, but all died after 11-15 months. Rather than dump them, I managed to get hold of someone who would repair them and it turns out that they are really simple devices. A fan blows air over a Peltier cooling device and that causes moisture to condense and fill up the reservior. For two of my devices, the power supply had died. It turned out that the power supply is not designed for continuous usage in a confined space. If you run it 24/7 in a small cupboard, it will eventually fail because of the effect of high heat on the pwer supply. The solution I was told was to fix a simple timer, which turns it off for 30 mins every two hours. However, you still have to get the power supply fixed and there is a unique plug into the back of the dehumidifier. Anyway, the chap managed to get an equivalent power supply for about $10 and cut the plug off the old one to join to the new power supply. So far both are working great. As for the 3rd one, it wasn't the power supply but the fan. This one had been working for 14 months continuously and the fan made horrible noises before it finally died. I fugured that this power supply survived for so long because it was in a moderately large cabinet so it didn't get too hot. We opened up the unit and managed to get the fan out and replaced it with a $5 fan from the PCProduct Review: For TINY spaces only
Summary: 3 Stars
Wanted to use this unit in a small bathroom with very poor ventilation to take care of moisture that was causing mold to grow.
Ran this unit non-stop for a couple of weeks. It's quite small, so it obviously doesn't have capacity to remove a large amount of moisture (like after a hot shower), but having read the positive reviews about using this for small spaces, I tried it anyway to see if it would do the trick. Used it at various conditions, from 90% humidity (post-shower) to 45-55% humidity (normal level).
It does indeed dehumidify (water does collect in the reservoir when it's very humid, like after a hot shower), but it does so VERY slowly, so that it's essentially useless in a high-moisture environment like this bathroom. Granted, it's probably not designed for rapid dehumidification, but it did not make a noticeable difference even when humidity was lower (humidity remained at 40-50% when running 24/7).
BOTTOMLINE: It does work, but only for an EXTREMELY small space. Even in a small bathroom (about 45 sq ft), it made little difference at 45-90% humidity.