Bought this item at a local retailer. Overall, it works and sucks a good amount of moisture from the basement. I purchased the low-temperature version (overkill) and figured it would work better in a cool basement. I am not disappointed with the dehumidifying performance of this unit. However, it seems like LG designed this unit to run excessively so it will wear out and force you to buy a replacement (details below).
PROS:
1. Not as heavy as the box would have you believe and I was able to carry this down to the basement myself. Fairly easy to move around, even on carpet.
2. Tank is easy to remove, empty, replace ... and repeat daily.
3. After a week, it's not too loud, even when sitting a few feet away.
4. Controls are simple and straight-forward to use.
CONS:
1. Unless I put it on delay, it will kick on every few minutes. Not sure if it's testing the air or something, but this can be ANNOYING.
2. When I put it on delay (2 or 4 hour), it sometimes ignores that it's on delay and runs anyway. It's like the door-close button on most elevators -it's there for decoration more than function.
3. Even though I had the unit set to 50% humidity, the room felt too dry and the unit was still running. I have a separate humidity gauge in the room and it read 43%. Makes me wonder if the internal gauge works at all or if it is just there to humor me.
CON #4. I've hooked up a short garden hose so that I don't have to drain it every night. Instead of simply threading the hose onto the back of the unit, you have to thread it onto a plastic tube that you then insert into the machine. This connection doesn't lock into place, and even if the connection is snug, if the hose moves, it disconnects inside the machine. I then have to remove the bucket to re-align it. With kids in the house, I'm afraid that if the bump into the machine or kick the hose at all it will disconnect internally. Even worse, it was a challenge to position the hose because every time it turned, the internal connection turned and disconnected.
*UPDATE*
I originally posted that I would be returning the unit because of the flawed hose hookup. On the advice of someone else, I instead attached a black poly tube and secured it with a hose clamp directly to the machine and bypassing the hard plastic adapter. My out of pocket cost was $0, but you could make this modification yourself for
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