The best dehumidifiers with a built-in pump

What a condensate pump actually does

A dehumidifier's coil condenses water into a tray. Without a pump, that tray either fills a bucket or feeds a hose that has to fall continuously to a drain. A built-in pump adds a small reservoir and an electric pump that empties it in bursts, which means the discharge can go up: into a laundry sink, out through a window, up to a standpipe.

The pump does not run continuously. It fires when the reservoir fills, for a few seconds. That is why adding one barely moves the running cost: every Midea 50-pint Cube revision in the ENERGY STAR certified list, pump or not, computes to between 487 and 490 W. The pump is effectively free to run and costs you only at purchase.

The number nobody wants to print

Here is the disclosure gap, laid out plainly. Of the pump units in our registry, exactly one publishes anything about the pump's capability: GE states a 16-foot drain hose for its 50-pint pump model. Frigidaire publishes a nameplate wattage and no lift. Honeywell publishes neither. hOmeLabs publishes neither, and is not in the ENERGY STAR certified list at this capacity either.

That matters because a hose run and a lift height are different constraints. Sixteen feet of hose across a flat floor is easy for any pump; sixteen feet of hose going twelve feet vertically is not. Where a maker states a run and not a lift, treat the vertical component as unknown and keep it short. Pump lift and distance.

Quick picks

#	Product	Best for	Draw	Price
1	Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with PumpSame machine as the Cube above with a condensate pump added, which is the difference between a hose you can run and a hose you cannot.	A basement whose only drain is upstairs	487 W	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
2	GE ENERGY STAR 50 Pint Dehumidifier with PumpGE publishes what the pump can actually do - 16 feet of drain hose - and that number decides more purchases in this category than capacity does.	The longest pump reach on the list	487 W	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
3	Frigidaire 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump and Wi-FiThe rare unit in this category whose listing states a wattage at all, which is why it is worth reading carefully rather than just buying.	Buyers who want a nameplate number in writing	490 W	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
4	Frigidaire 50 Pint Dehumidifier with PumpA long-running Frigidaire pump model with a large bucket, still sold, and one of the few where the tank is big enough to be a genuine backup rather than a nuisance.	A large room where you want the bucket as a fallback	Not published	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
5	hOmeLabs 50 Pint Dehumidifier with PumpUsually the least expensive pump-equipped 50-pint unit on the shelf, with the same inflated coverage claim as its non-pump sibling.	The cheapest way to get a pump	Not published	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded

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Midea

Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump

Best for: A basement whose only drain is upstairs

Same machine as the Cube above with a condensate pump added, which is the difference between a hose you can run and a hose you cannot.

Average draw

487 W

Computed from the ENERGY STAR certified entry for Midea MAD50PS1QWT-A, the pump variant of the same platform: 49.67 pt/day at IEF 2.01 L/kWh. The current retail revision is the -B; every Midea 50-pint Cube revision in the certified list, pump or not, computes to 487-490 W, so the pump does not move the number meaningfully. The pump itself only runs in bursts.

What is good

• +Pump means the destination can be higher than the machine - a laundry sink, a window, a stack
• +Identical DOE capacity and IEF to the non-pump Cube, so the pump costs you nothing in efficiency
• +The split body still works, so you can also run it on gravity and keep the pump as the backup
• +Certified 49.67 pt/day, an honest 50-pint rating

What is not

• -Costs more than the identical machine without the pump
• -A pump is one more thing that can fail, and when it does the unit stops rather than overflows
• -No published wattage from Midea - the figure above is computed

Who it is for

Anyone whose drain is above the floor. That is most finished basements and nearly every crawl space.

Skip it if

Skip it if you already have a floor drain within hose reach and below the machine. You would be paying for a pump you will never switch on.

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GE

GE ENERGY STAR 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump

Best for: The longest pump reach on the list

GE publishes what the pump can actually do - 16 feet of drain hose - and that number decides more purchases in this category than capacity does.

Average draw

487 W

Computed from the ENERGY STAR certified entry GE ADSE50X, the 50-pint ENERGY STAR platform: 49.64 pt/day at IEF 2.01 L/kWh. GE lists the model with a wildcard color suffix in the certified data, so the mapping is by platform rather than by an exact retail SKU string.

What is good

• +States the pump's hose length, which is the number you need before you buy, not after
• +1.8 gallon bucket, the largest on this page
• +Bucket-full alarm sounds rather than only lighting an icon
• +Three fan speeds and auto defrost for cold-basement running

What is not

• -4,000 sq ft claimed coverage, lower than the Midea and Frigidaire claims for the same DOE capacity - a reminder that coverage claims are not a spec
• -No published wattage from GE; the 487 W is computed
• -Hose length is a maximum run, not a lift height, and GE does not state the lift

Who it is for

Someone whose drain is across the room rather than up a wall, who needs distance more than height.

Skip it if

Skip it if the discharge point is more than 16 feet away. Extending a condensate pump's hose past its rated run is how you end up with a puddle and a warranty argument.

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Frigidaire

Frigidaire 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump and Wi-Fi

Best for: Buyers who want a nameplate number in writing

The rare unit in this category whose listing states a wattage at all, which is why it is worth reading carefully rather than just buying.

Average draw

490 W

Computed from the ENERGY STAR certified entry for Frigidaire FHDP5033Y1, the certified revision of this pump model: 49.95 pt/day at IEF 2.01 L/kWh. The retail listing is the W1 suffix; the certified list carries Y1. Separately, Frigidaire's own listing copy states 115 V and 593 W. Those two numbers are not in conflict - 593 W is a nameplate maximum with the pump energized, and 490 W is the average draw at the DOE test condition. Use 490 W for running cost and 593 W for sizing a circuit.

What is good

• +Publishes a nameplate wattage, which almost nothing else in this category does
• +Pump discharges upward into a sink or out of a window
• +Stated to keep working down to 41F, which matters in an unheated basement in shoulder season
• +Programmable 24-hour timer and auto-restart after a power cut

What is not

• -The listed 593 W and the computed 490 W measure different things, and the listing does not explain which is which
• -Retail suffix W1 does not match the certified suffix Y1, so the mapping is by family rather than exact
• -Wi-Fi setup depends on Frigidaire's app remaining supported

Who it is for

Someone sizing a circuit as well as a room, or anyone who would rather buy from a maker that prints numbers.

Skip it if

Skip it if you will never open the app. You are paying for connectivity, and the same drainage and capacity are available without it.

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Frigidaire

Frigidaire 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump

Best for: A large room where you want the bucket as a fallback

A long-running Frigidaire pump model with a large bucket, still sold, and one of the few where the tank is big enough to be a genuine backup rather than a nuisance.

Average draw

Not published

Frigidaire publishes no wattage for this model, and it does not appear by name in the ENERGY STAR certified list - the entries there are the current FHDD and FHDP generations. The median certified 50-pint unit computes to 488 W, and every certified 50-pint model in the list falls between 443 W and 490 W, so that band is the honest answer. We are not going to print a sibling model's number under this one's name.

What is good

• +1.7 gallon bucket is among the largest here, so a failed pump means a full bucket rather than a wet floor
• +Pump, gravity and bucket all available on one machine
• +Washable antibacterial filter rather than a consumable
• +Long-running model, so parts and hoses are easy to find

What is not

• -No published wattage and no exact ENERGY STAR entry, so running cost has to come from the class band
• -Older platform than the Wi-Fi FHDP generation above
• -Physically large for the capacity

Who it is for

Someone who wants a pump but does not trust one, and would rather the machine fail into a bucket than onto the floor.

Skip it if

Skip it if you want a printed wattage. Its Wi-Fi sibling states one and this one does not.

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hOmeLabs

hOmeLabs 50 Pint Dehumidifier with Pump

Best for: The cheapest way to get a pump

Usually the least expensive pump-equipped 50-pint unit on the shelf, with the same inflated coverage claim as its non-pump sibling.

Average draw

Not published

No published wattage and no 50-pint hOmeLabs entry in the ENERGY STAR certified list. Class band for certified 50-pint units is 443-490 W, median 488 W.

What is good

• +Pump at a price closer to the gravity-only units from the bigger brands
• +All three drainage modes on one machine
• +Same familiar controls as the rest of the hOmeLabs line
• +Auto shut-off and continuous drainage set-up out of the box

What is not

• -7,500 sq ft coverage claim is the highest here and the least supportable
• -No ENERGY STAR certification at this capacity, so no published IEF to compute a draw from
• -Pump lift and hose length are not stated

Who it is for

Someone who needs a pump on a tight budget and is willing to ignore the coverage number entirely.

Skip it if

Skip it if efficiency matters to you. Without a certified IEF there is no published basis for a running-cost figure, and over a season that is real money.

How a pump model fails, and what to want

Two failure modes. The good one: the pump stops, the reservoir float trips, the machine shuts itself off and you find a dry unit that has done nothing for a week. The bad one: the pump stops and the tray overflows onto the floor.

Which one you get depends on the design, and no maker advertises it. What you can control is the fallback. A pump model with a genuinely large bucket - the Frigidaire FFAP at 1.7 gallons, the GE at 1.8 - can hold several hours of condensate if the pump quits, which turns a wet floor into a full bucket. That is worth more than any smart feature on this page, and it is the reason both of those units rank where they do.