Haier HDN455 45-Pint Capacity Mechanical Control Dehumidifier
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Haier HDN455 45-Pint Capacity Mechanical Control Dehumidifier
Customer Review: Well executed
Summary: 4 Stars
This dehumidifier will nicely done, and has several well executed details. For example:
Hose drain connect has a cap that can be replaced.
It includes a three foot hose.
The drip bucket has a handle inside it.
The whole unit has a handle on the top, making it easy to carry.
It has a basic filter on the back to prevent dust buildup on the coils.
It is reasonably quiet, at least compared with my 9 year old white-westinghouse. It might be too loud in a bedroom, but I can't hear it in my basement until I'm 2/3rds the way down the steps.
It is energy star rated, and (according to the manual) consumes 520 watts of energy.
I take one star away because water can drip into the bucket even if the hose is connected if it isn't leveled just right for the water to go down the hose. If you have it such that a little water gets into the bucket AND the hose, it may be a potential for mold growth. This is a design problem that is fairly easy to overcome once you are aware of it.
Customer Review: Stopped working after 9 months. Read Reviews Carefully!
Summary: 1 Stars
The positive reviews for this dehumidifier are most often from people who just started using it and are happy with the features. The fact is, I was happyt too until it stopped working after 9 months. There are 3 out of 14 reviews like that, one of which had it not work from the beginning. I would be interested to have people who wrote their reviews shortly after buying to update after 2 years of use. Even without this, 3/14 (over 20%) failure rate isn't good for one year of use!
I used this dehumidifier in the basement of my house. This worked fine and then stopped dehumidifying after 9 months. I don't feel that a dehumidifier should stop working after such a short period of time. I examined the inside: The compressor gets very hot and the cooling coils are not cold at all, except for a very small region of thin tubing connecting two banks of coils. Water condenses on this small portion but on no other part of the coils so total condensate is <1 ounce of water/12 hours. Deffective!
Customer Review: Hassle-free and effective
Summary: 5 Stars
I first became aware that I needed a humidifier when the condensation from my basement walls left mildewy puddles on the floor. My basement is about 900 square feet. I did a lot of research online, and although I couldn't find a review for the Haier, it had a lot of the features I was looking for (45-pint, Energy Star, Auto-Shut-off-when-full, price, etc). I left the settings on full at first; in one day there was no visible water, in two days there was no obvious dampness, and by the third or fourth day, I turned the settings to normal, and the unit began clicking off when it reached its target humidity level. Because it's in my basement, I'm not really aware of the noise, but it's quite a bit quieter than the air conditioning. If you compare it to your average box fan with three settings, I would say it's substantially quieter than the highest setting and a little bit louder than the medium setting. I've run it continuously since May and haven't noticed a huge difference in my electricity bills.Customer Review: only lasted 3 years / easy control knob
Summary: 2 Stars
We used our Haier HDN455 in a finished basement to protect a piano. We liked that it had a mechanical knob to turn it down or off while playing -it was not as quiet as our older dehumidifiers but it did not overheat the space and wasn't as noisy as the other new model we returned. However after 3 years of use at the normal setting with the fan on low, it has completely stopped working and won't even light up. There is a 5 year warranty on the compressor, but it costs $150 - $250 to replace a compressor according to the service people that Haier referred us to, and who knows if the compressor is the problem. In fairness we had forgotten there was a removable filter to clean, but the two previous dehumidifiers that lasted about 15 years each in the same situation didn't even have filters. So we are going to look for a different brand, preferably one that contains more environmentally friendly refrigerant such as Danby or Bionaire.Customer Review: ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME??? DON'T BUY 1 Stars
Being as I don't have 2 million characters here, I will try to make it short. 1. Product is JUNK - didn't work right out of the box. 2. Call Haier: 35 layers of automated to get a human. 3. They KNEW this model has humidity sensor problems but are still selling them. 4. 17 calls and 3.5 weeks later I have a new unit - they wanted ME to pay shipping despite what the warranty says. Haier customer service is absolutely the worst thing I have ever experienced. Whatever you do, no matter how nuts you think I am and you write me off, no matter what "great deal" you think you are getting, and asking yourself "come on, how different can the various brands really be?" I BEG OF YOU - don't buy Haier. You will regret it. "Haier" is a misnomer - a label name used to be slapped on whatever piece of junk they can get the cheapest from ANYWHERE in the world. Never again. Ever. For ANY Haier product.