 Works like a charm! |
| Review Date: June 23, 2004 |
| Reviewer: , |
| I can't begin the explain how great this machine is. I've had it for about a month and it has made a dramatic difference in my household. The style is very pleasing and fits into any room I place it in. The only minor problem I would say is the noise level. It can be a bit high, but I have gotten used to it and the noise just blends into the background. I especially like the three humidity settings and the digital guage for the humidity level in the room. In addition, the unit comes with a built-in handle and casters to wheel it around. When the collection tank is full, the unit beeps once and flashes a light. Removing the tank and emptying it are much easier than I thought it would be. This unit is a pleasure to have and well worth the money. I think the Bionaire company has lived-up to its name with this machine. |
Awesome product!
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| Review Date: October 11, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Mooseflex, |
| I've owned other dehumidifiers that sound like 747's. This one is sooo quiet compared to them. There is no such thing as a silent dehumdifer, but this is as quiet as they get. When I got this my apartment was always wet. My bed and clothes always felt damp. I plugged this in and it said the humidty level in my room was 85%!!! I guess I was living in a swamp. I set this unit to keep the room at about 50% humidity and it worked great and made a huge difference. It was amazing how much water it took out of the air. |
Susan in TN
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| Review Date: June 25, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Susan in TN, |
| This has been a great purchase for us! We have an approx. 1100 sq. foot finished basement that was beginning to feel very humid. The humidity was running around 55% all the time in the summer and not much lower in the winter. This machine has brought the humidity down to 40-45% all the time (in the summer) and the basement now feels dry and comfortable. It is QUIET, easy to use and attractive. We have a humidistat accross the room from where the machine is and the humidity readings match so we find it to be very accurate. I would definitely reccomend this dehumidifier! |
quiet and effective!
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| Review Date: January 4, 2007 |
| Reviewer: E. Brescia, CT |
| This dehumidifier works great! I love that it is quiet. It has many options re: how long you want it to run ie: continuous, economy, or at 2 different humidity levels. I don't like that the water container does not have a handle to carry in order to empty it, but it is a small enough water recepticle that I don't mind that much. |
Bionaire Dehumidifier
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| Review Date: January 13, 2007 |
| Reviewer: TheNihil, San Francisco, Ca. |
excellent dehumidifier, I use this in my basement shop.
When I plugged it in it began working, My basement shop is pretty damp.
I have to empty this unit everyday. This unit takes up 20 pints
of water a day in my basement and it's very quiet. It's also a energy star
so it's good on the electric bill
I would highly recommend this ! |
Very quiet!
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| Review Date: November 9, 2006 |
| Reviewer: like2bike, Roanoke, VA |
| I bought this dehumidifier for a bedroom and the main criteria was that it not be noisy. This one is the quietest I've ever heard - a perfect choice for us. |
good dehumidifier
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| Review Date: April 1, 2007 |
| Reviewer: A. Wei, San Francisco |
it is pretty quiet ( compared to what exists on the market) it works correctly. We have been leaving it on all days and it works very well.
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Bionaire BDQ24-UC Quietech 20-Pint Dehumidifier Review
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| Review Date: September 17, 2007 |
| Reviewer: James May, Beltsville, Md. USA |
| This product was bought for my family and is sturdy, efficient and easy to use and move. I would purchase another Bionaire product in a heartbeat. Amazon.com had it shipped in a secure and well packaged container which arrived safely and quickly. There are NO complaints with this order and shipping of the item. Thank you for professionalism in this endeavor. |
Quiet and it works
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| Review Date: October 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Bill Pen, Hamburg, PA USA |
I have a small office, maybe 7 x 12, with a couple thousand books in it. The airconditioning is turned off at night, and the high humidity that results has for years made my office smell like it's rotting for four months a year. It was embarrassing and probably not healthy. So, after reading a lot of reviews, I bought one of these.
It worked great. It was much quieter than I expected--like a quiet fan. Some dehumidifiers put out a lot of heat and heat up a room many degrees. This put out air that was only a little warmer than room air. It sucked 2 gallons of water out of the air every day until the humidity dropped in early October. It would have sucked more, but the tank was always full when I came in every morning, and I don't know when it filled and turned off.
It kept my office at about 35% humidity, instead of 60%, and in a couple days the smell from the books was gone. This is an excellent choice for a similar situation. I used it continually for three months without any difficulty. |
It works very well!
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| Review Date: April 12, 2006 |
| Reviewer: X. Wu, |
I got this a few months ago. It really work pretty well. It feels good to see it takes a lot of water from the air in my room. I like it!
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Efficient and Quiet
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| Review Date: August 24, 2006 |
| Reviewer: H. Scott, KY |
| Very reliable. Very quiet. Using this product in an upstairs office area. Makes a huge difference in humidity levels. |
The best dehumidifier
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| Review Date: April 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Esther Marshall, McKinleyville, CA |
| This is the best dehumidifier I have ever seen. I wanted to get a small one but we live in a very humid place in far northern California (California is not all sunshine and heat) and I needed something more powerful. The shape is nice and not too big. It is on wheels so I can roll it easily from room to room. It is so quiet! I didn't know they could be so quiet. It says the water tank will usually fill up in 3-4 days but ours fills in 1-2 days. It is amazing and our bathroom is no longer wet all day long. We actually had puddles on our windowsills before and not they are gone. I absolutely love it. |
Great dehumidifier at a good price!!!
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| Review Date: July 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Chris Y. Cummings, Lancaster, PA |
| I've had this dehumidier for about a month now and it works great down in my finished basement of my new house. No problems at all and very easy to use. It isn't very loud either. I would highly recommend this product to anyone especially with the fast free shipping I received :-) |
Quiet, reliable, works well
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| Review Date: August 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Unruh, |
| I use the Bionaire BDQ24 to dehumidify an 825 sq ft basement in New England. It gets rid of the musty "basement" smell, and makes the air very pleasant in summer. (It removes a full 20-pint container of humidity out of the air about once per day, all while being much quieter than a small air conditioner.) I've been running this unit 24 hrs per day for about half the year (late spring through early fall) for the past 2 years, with no problems whatsoever. If this unit ever dies, I hope the same model will still be around because I'll buy the same one again as a replacement. |
Works great and is super quiet!
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| Review Date: October 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Olivia M., Buffalo, NY |
| I needed to air out my living space, which happens to be a barn, and the dampness was driving me crazy. I was tired of mold and that damp feeling. After only a few days, the dampness is practically gone and I've emptied it 3 times already, it pretty much fills up once a day. The auto shut-off has been working fine, too, as I read other people said it leaked, I haven't noticed anything. It's about as loud as a fan which is great because I need to keep it in my kitchen which has the damp problem the most and the noise doesn't bother me at all. I keep it on "continuous" (it has several modes to choose from) because the humidity dectector might be a little off, I don't really know, but it keeps filling up so there's definitely water for it to suck up! I would really recommend this especially if you need to look at it all the time and listen to it in a main room. |
No problems here!
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| Review Date: January 23, 2006 |
| Reviewer: H. C. Hodges, California, USA |
I live in an old house outside San Francisco where there is no central air or heating. During the summer, we leave the windows open because the weather is perfect, but in the winter and fall, we close up -- unfortunately, this means having a damp house because the bathroom and kitchen never dry up. Humidity was a new problem for me and I had never purchased a dehumidifer before, so I crossed my fingers and bought the Bionaire BDQ24-UC.
My first impression was "wow, it's bigger than I thought" (of course, this was my fault for not reading the dimensions on Amazon before ordering). However, it really isn't all that imposing. It fits neatly into our tiny bathroom, and doesn't stick out at all.
Secondly, the thing works like a champ. The economy mode is great for us, because we'd like to keep utilities low AND let our towels dry at night. The first night we had it on, it pulled out about 2-3 cups of water, and brought the relative humidity down to 50% from about 78%, on a night where it was about 50 °F. From my perspective, this was an overnight fix.
As far as the noise, I'm a very light sleeper; a drip from the bathroom faucet next to our bedroom will keep me up at night. The Bionaire is pretty quiet-- it's similar in volume to a window-unit air conditioner. So it doesn't keep me up at night, and I can watch movies in the next room without really noticing.
I gave it four out of five stars because the humidistat lags a bit (~20 min) when in economy mode -- while this really is not a big deal for me, I could imagine that a different design might work better for those who need an instant response. I can't attest to its long-term reliability because I only have the experience of a few weeks, but if you're concerned about that, then it does have a 2-year warranty. It ships with a receipt from Amazon, so be sure to hang on to that. Best of luck!
UPDATE (Jan. 2008): Two years later, it works great. A month ago, it seemed like it wasn't sensing the humidity so well. It turns out the air filter was clogged-- oops, I hadn't cleaned it since I bought it! I washed the filter in the sink and put it back on the machine still wet. Works like it did on day one. I recommend it very much still, and if I could give it 4.9 stars, I would. |
As quiet as they get. Works faithfully.
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| Review Date: May 8, 2006 |
| Reviewer: PSB, Atlanta, GA |
| Mine has been working non-stop for 14 months now. It is much quieter than other dehumidifiers, because it has a turbine-like fan and a new cooling technology. It also seems to produce less heat than other dehumidifiers, although it does warm up the air (that's unavoidable). The only problem that I have found with this machine is the placement of the humidistat. The sensor for humidity is located inside it and gets dried out pretty quickly. As a result, the dehumidifier underestimates the humidity of the room, turns itself off too soon, and then will not turn itself on once the humidity goes up in the room. This is not a problem for me, because I need it to run non-stop. However, it would be a nuissance if you require precise control of the relative humidity. |
Highly recommend!!!
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| Review Date: January 5, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Sunshine Love, eastbay, SF USA |
| I have read the all amozon reviews and bought this unit. We are living in a house, always feel dampy. We have a creek near by and a flat-roof on top has been making the environment worse. I turned it on, the humidity level was 86 so kept it on for a few days. WOW! I can feel and see a HUGE DIFFERENCE. I don't see any water on windows in the morning even. It seems,this unit is effective to the whole house. (Approx. 1200 sqft)The last thing we must to check is a electric bill, we haven't receive yet. other than that, I really recommend this unit. Runs quietly and does great job! |
So far so good...
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| Review Date: July 23, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Jeff Bauman, |
| Fairly quiet...Puts out a little heat but has solved my problem of musty air stink...I like to open the windows at night and use some fans to get a good draw...Really cools the house down but gets very moist...This solves it for me...Draws out a full tank (looks like about a gallon) every night... |
Worked perfectly...for a month at least
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| Review Date: February 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Tony Johns, Hempstead, TX United States |
| The Bionaire BDQ24-UC dehumidifier unit impressed me for a month - until it stopped working competely. The 30-day period had just expired so it was not possible to return the unit, however on contacting Bionaire directly and explaining the problem, they graciously agreed to send me a replacement unit. Hopefully, the new unit will last longer, but I can certainly vouch for excellent customer support from Bionaire should you encounter problems yourself. I found the unit more effective when set specifically to one of the % range settings - managing to remove several pints of water from the air daily. In the "economy" mode it was less effective - in fact would do very little. I also found it quiet - as advertised - without generating any adverse heat. I cannot compare to other dehumidifiers as this is my first, but provided my replacement unit lasts longer than the first, I would recommend it. |
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