Danby Premiere DDR45E 45 pint dehumidifier - Euro Grey Reviews

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The Danby Premiere DDR45E dehumidifier reduced the humidity in my basement from around 70% down to 50% within a few short hours of installation, and has kept the humidity steadily between 48% 55% ever since. My basement is 20'x20' (400 sq. ft.) and usually quite humid and musty. I never imagined my basement would feel this dry, and it smells like the rest of the house now, not like mold and mildew. With fan set to low it isn't very loud you can't even hear it from the top of the basement stairs unless the rest of the house is completely silent. I drain directly into my sump pump cavity so can't vouch for the water bucket. I plan to use it year round and hope to report in a year that it is still functional.

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My Kenmore died after 11 years of near perfect service. My application is an unfinished basement that I use for a workshop and storage. The area does not have a water problem but gets damp without the aid of a dehumidifier. After reading all the reviews and Consumer Reports I chose the Danby DDR45E. It works fine and keeps the area between 50-60% humidity which is acceptable for my requirements. Since the fan runs continually, I would not recommend this unit for an area that requires quiet. It makes about the same amount of noise as a window unit air conditioner. The constant hum of the fan might be annoying to some. In my basement it doesn't matter. Mine drains directly into a drain. The plastic hose that is supplied is a little wimpy but works. If it runs as long as the Kenmore, then I'll be impressed. Stay dry!

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After reading the customer reviews, we purchased this Danby. Have had it about a month now and it's great....quiet, too. We would recommend this dehumidifier. It's in our finished basement....hope it runs as well when the temperature gets cold.

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I read the reviews of this and competitor products before choosing the Danby. It's been running about 3 months in a closed basement room that's about 32' x 20' and had grown musty and humid over the past 15 years. When I started it was something like 79% humidity level. I wanted to get to about 55%. The first couple of days I simply ran the Danby and emptied the water container 2x a day. That got old so I drilled a small hole in the top of my heat pump water drainage container and inserted the Danby drain hose (so it could run full time and drain automatically along with the central A/C). It worked well.

I left the Danby unit on full-time. After the first week the humidity level dropped to 65% or so. Another week and it dropped to 60%. Now I leave it on part time to keep the humidity level down in the 55 60% level. It's perfectly acceptable to me to turn it on a few days a week. BTW, the basement is not a "wet" basement it stays dry of visible water leaks but in Richmond Virginia there is relatively high humidity and the humidity does creep in and get into everything you keep in the basement. This Danby unit solved my problem.

The air is now dry without the dank, dusky and musty smells.

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We have been running the Danby unit nearly continuously in the main room of our home since it came to us at the end of March, 2013. It quickly pulls the water from the air. So far, all controls continue to operate correctly, and the unit functions well. The one draw-back, noted by other reviewers, is how loud the unit is when running. But for us, if that's the trade-off for a machine that properly dehumidifies, and keeps running over a long period of time, then we will accept the noise. We bought it with the hope it will work for years, as other prior dehumidifiers we have bought from other manufacturers have done, and not break-down after just a few months, like the LG unit we most recently bought did. Time will tell.