Haier HDN455

Pros: Nice, clean design. Easy to move around. Simple to operate and quiet.

Cons: Priced in the range of similar size units with more electronic glitz.

Review: Replaced a 15 year old Kenmore dehumidifier with a new Kenmore 50 pint unit. I can't begin to explain how bad the new Kenmore unit performed. In short, noisy, constantly turning on and off, extremely cheap construction. Quickly got rid of the Kenmore ...

Pros: Quiet, great job at dehumidifying the air.

Cons: Lasted 1.5 years and died

Review: I had one for 1.5 years. It did a great job of keeping a 1800 square foot basement dry and smelling great. Sound level is low, bucket easy to empty and the hose attachment works great. Then after 1.5 years it suddenly stopped. I had been cleaning the ...

Pros: none

Cons: don't work

The Bottom Line: The unit does not work to specifications and made the area very warm and was unpleasantly noisy. I recommend not buying this brand period.

Review: We bought this unit in April 2008 for $147. Our basement has always had high humidity and we have always run a dehumidifier 7 days a week 365 days a year to keep it down and to not have a musty smell in the basement. It worked for about a month, but ...

Pros: Sleek design. Moves easily. It produced so much water initially.

Cons: Bucket hard to empty. The noise, while not loud is hard to ignore.

Review: While the machine itself does a great job so far, as suspected, the housing is very cheap. It is very cumbersome to empty the bucket and in doing so , the handle slipped out, a crucial piece broke off and the water is back in the basement. I was able to ...