An index of dehumidifiers, exhaustively
The pint number
on the box changed
meaning in 2019
The US Department of Energy moved the test from 80F to 65F and capacity ratings fell about a quarter on hardware that did not change. This is the trusted reference for what the number means now, what a unit will actually cost you to run, and where the water goes.
- Certified models measured
- 527
- Wattages we can source
- 19/32
- Prices last verified
- October 17, 2026
Top pick from every roundup
What we would buy, by category
Best with a pump
Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
The stacking Midea Cube with a condensate pump added, which is the difference between a hose you can run and a hose you cannot.
50 DOE pints / 487 W
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Best for bathrooms
Ivation 13 Pint Desiccant Dehumidifier
The small desiccant, for spaces that are cold and enclosed rather than large and damp.
13 DOE pints
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Quietest
Pro Breeze Electric Mini Dehumidifier
A thermoelectric unit that removes about one pint a day, which is roughly one fiftieth of a 50-pint machine and needs saying out loud before anyone buys one for a basement.
1 DOE pints / 23 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for mold
Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
The stacking Midea Cube with a condensate pump added, which is the difference between a hose you can run and a hose you cannot.
50 DOE pints / 487 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for a home
Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
The stacking Midea Cube with a condensate pump added, which is the difference between a hose you can run and a hose you cannot.
50 DOE pints / 487 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for musty smells
Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
The stacking Midea Cube with a condensate pump added, which is the difference between a hose you can run and a hose you cannot.
50 DOE pints / 487 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for closets
Pro Breeze Electric Mini Dehumidifier
A thermoelectric unit that removes about one pint a day, which is roughly one fiftieth of a 50-pint machine and needs saying out loud before anyone buys one for a basement.
1 DOE pints / 23 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for a safe room
Pro Breeze Electric Mini Dehumidifier
A thermoelectric unit that removes about one pint a day, which is roughly one fiftieth of a 50-pint machine and needs saying out loud before anyone buys one for a basement.
1 DOE pints / 23 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for RVs and boats
Ivation 13 Pint Desiccant Dehumidifier
The small desiccant, for spaces that are cold and enclosed rather than large and damp.
13 DOE pints
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for laundry rooms
Quilo 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
A certified 50-pint pump unit that puts its pump reach in writing - 15 feet, vertically or horizontally - and adds a laundry-drying mode nothing else we track offers.
50 DOE pints / 487 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for cold rooms
Hisense 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
A certified 50-pint pump unit that claims operation down to 38F - lower than the 41F most compressor units state - which is the specification that matters in a cold basement.
50 DOE pints / 490 W
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Best for attics
Ivation 19 Pint Desiccant Dehumidifier
The only technology here that does not lose to the cold, which makes it the right answer in exactly the rooms where a compressor is the wrong one.
19 DOE pints
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Seven sections
Where to start
Hub / Best
Best
Thirty roundups, split by room and by capacity, each with a live price and a unit we would skip.
Top pick: Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier
Hub / Drainage
Drainage
Gravity or pump, hose sizes and adapters, pump lift and reach, and why the continuous drain stopped working.
Top pick: Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump
#ad Price as of October 17, 2026. How we are funded
Hub / Reviews
Reviews
Twenty-two current models, each with certified capacity, a computed running cost and a reason to skip it.
Top pick: Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier
Why trust this
What we do instead
Published, reproducible arithmetic
Every wattage on this site is computed from a named model's ENERGY STAR certified capacity and Integrated Energy Factor, with the formula and the cross-check printed. Redo it yourself in three lines.
Primary sources, cited at the point of use
DOE test procedure, ENERGY STAR certified product list, EIA electricity rates, EPA humidity guidance, and manufacturer documentation. Not another affiliate site's numbers restated as fact.
Live prices, or none
Prices refresh daily and carry the date they were verified. Older than 48 hours and they disappear - the button reads "Check price" instead. A stale number is worse than no number.
A reason to skip, on every pick
Every roundup names a unit we would not buy and why. A recommendation with no counter-case is an advertisement.
Everyone in this category says they tested twenty units. We have not tested any, and we say so. What we do instead is read every manual and specification sheet, pull each model out of the ENERGY STAR certified list, compute what it will actually cost you to run at your own electricity rate, and show the arithmetic so you can check it.
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Units we claim to have tested
Numbers on this site you can verify yourself: all of them. Read the method.
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