Meaco MeacoDry Arete® Two 20L Dehumidifier & HEPA H13 Air Purifier, Wi-Fi Meaco App, Smart humidity mode, Laundry mode, Low Energy, Low Noise, Prevents Damp & Mould, 5x year warranty

I've been using my dehumidifier for about a year now, and it's been fantastic quality. It collects water so nicely, and it really makes drying clothes so much easier. Honestly, I'm really happy with this purchase. It's made a noticeable difference in my home. The capacity is great, and it's not too noisy either. I can definitely recommend this if you're looking for a reliable unit. It's been a game-changer for dampness. Definitely a worthwhile investment!

Excellent value for money. It's incredibly useful because it's a two-in-one: a dehumidifier and an air purifier. You can control the desired humidity level, and when you reach it, it automatically switches off and starts the purifier function. Its clothes drying function is the best feature; you can program it for the desired times. The night mode is also very useful. Highly recommended; I've had it for over a year.

This dehumidifier is quiet and has reduced indoor humidity from 75% to 55% in two days for the entire 2 bedroom house (with high ceilings). It comes with a medical grade HEPA filter and you can also buy carbon filters to remove cooking / pet odors and VOCs. It is also Alexa enabled. It has castors to enable moving to new locations with ease, as it's quite heavy. Highly recommended.

Update to last review - now 16 months ownership The unit is going well still - looking a bit grubby and it would be good to have user access to clean some of the internal vents. The main issue is still the poor/buggy control code, which I hope they have improved for current models, but too often as previously found it fails to spot a change in humidity when it comes on briefly to check and also at times even when on, the whole bathroom etc can go from dry to 95%, even though the unit is on (fan running) it just fails to resample the significant change - when out of warranty I may replace this controller! This has been in use for about a year and has just worked, and is easy to setup and just leave, periodically emptying it (good size tank) and cleaning the air filter. As in the headline, this is far from silent at times, which Meaco could probably do more to solve, but you will find that it can be a bit noisy at times, as other dehumidiiers are. One of the first fixes I found was to put bubble wrap around the cable holder - which fits loosley and becomes something to vibrate. Other times I just move it a bit or wedge it against a wall with some rubber of similar, changing its natural frequency. Two features I would like them to add: 1) having a memory of the last state if you unplug the unit. Frustratingly it both forgets the last humidity setting, and the last running state, so is unsuitable for use with an external timer. 2) properly periodically check the humidity when deciding when to come on. Far too many times the unit fires up for a few seconds to decide whether the humidity is too high but for some reason, even a significant change is often missed, in which case I just press the off/on button and now it soon recognises the change.

I found that whenever I got onto my Elliptical Cross Trainer for an hour or two, my windows would get steamed up. This had led to paintwork damage and mould developing, and would lead to the woodwork being damaged if I didn't do anything about it. So the search was on for a dehumidifier! I would have loved one with some kind of HomeKit or Alexa compatibility but I needed a reliable one. I have everything automated so that when I start an elliptical exercise on my watch then the lights turn off and the Sky Mini Box turns on etc. In the end, I decided on the MeacoDry Arete One 10L. And I couldn't be happier. Meaco are known for Dehumidifiers. This model isn't 'Smart' though, so I use it with a Smart Plug, and now it turns on whenever I start an Elliptical on my watch. Works fine! I understand from research that it is better not to turn off the Dehumidifier immediately after my workout with a routine; the MeacoDry Arete One is designed to just stay on. It likes to run every 30 minutes to measure the humidity, and then run on until it reduces the humidity to the level you set. Once it is at its target humidity, it turns on every 30 mins or so, checks the humidity and if it is happy, then it turns off shortly after. That would then be the best time to power off the Meaco, when it is in a check mode and it isn't processing moisture. In practice, I leave it on a couple of hours or so after my workout and then I power it off from the Smart Plug. In Use: It's relatively quiet. I don't hear it above the huff and puff of me on the Elliptical. If it's on and I'm watching the TV, I'll need to turn the volume up 3 notches. I find that it is on a par with the fan in my room. Efficiency: It's very efficient. Before I bought it, I would work out on the elliptical and after an hour or so, my bay windows are covered in damp. Yay! I was working out, man. Now, I have to have a really intense workout to see any damp on my windows. And then by the end of my workout, I usually don't see any damp. If I notice any damp at all when I've finished my workout, the Meaco clears it within 30 mins or so. I'm on an exercise crusade at this time and I workout for at least two hours a day, and I tend to have to empty the Meaco about once a week. I've had this machine for about two months now and I can't even begin to imagine where all that damp would have gone! A highly recommended machine. I might just need another one for the loft; the on-suite bathroom does get steamed up despite the extractor fan being on.

It works extremely well. - Just bought the third 12 litre one to achieve easy coverage throughout the house (brick main 1940s, extension 1980s concrete block, total approx. 125 sqm.) The machine, when in full swing, remains relatively quiet, and is unobtrusive in its beautiful design and neat size. Black mould in our bathrooms now a thing of the past, we let two machines do their job for just over 1 week at the very beginning on full to bring humidity levels down from an average 65% to a steady 50% with the 2.5 litre capacity water tanks having to be emptied up to three times daily. Bed sheets are crisp and dry now and just everything feels drier and warmer. With added air filters, breathing problems during sleep (sneezing, wheezing, coughing) really appear to be a thing of the past. At £ 199 it is not the cheapest but spare filters for the air filter are not expensive (if you choose to put one in, for it can run without I would think … however, looking at our AQI monitors, using the air filter bit also, is highly recommended). The tank capacity of 2.5 litres makes taking the neatly integrated tank out easy. Carrying a 10 kg machine with back problems—despite the beautifully integrated retractable handle—can be a challenge, but with the casters provided an easy roll! Now with three machines we notice that they hardly kick in anymore. We’re keeping the setting at 55% and the monitors AQI and humidity monitors around the house return a reading between 50% to 54%. At night we turn off the upstairs machine by bedroom with en-suite as it will wake us when it kicks in, and we do like a quiet night’s sleep. If you don’t like the light at night, you can turn that off two on the machine or easily in the app. - A word about the Meaco (iOS) app: it works very well indeed (once you figured out how to use it), but the company made a slight error in their manual describing the app set-up process; i.e. do not try and add a machine via the HOME screen + (plus) sign, but click on ROUTINE’s + (plus) sign at the bottom middle of the Home Screen, and take it from there, and it’ll be easy.

Nice stylish design, good quality and well made. Quiet in normal operation and very quiet in night mode. Very good at drying washing. Economical to run. Very surprised at the amount of moisture removed in the first two days of operation. Now we let it run continuously switching modes as required. Very happy with our purchase.

Very sturdy; easy to use ; does a great job highly recommend great product; already use same make but larger been also fantastic.