Waykar 80 Pint ENERGY STAR

The number problem, stated once and clearly

Since June 2019, US portable dehumidifiers have been rated at 65F and 60% relative humidity under the Department of Energy's test procedure. That is the number on a certified unit and the only one comparable across brands.

An 80-pint headline on a portable in 2026 is not that figure. It is a capacity measured at a hotter, wetter condition - the same convention that lets a crawl space unit be sold as 113 pints while its certified DOE rating is 36.33. Waykar's certified 50-pint entries compute to between 443 W and 488 W, which is where this machine actually lives. The full explanation.

Quick picks

#	Product	Best for	Draw	Price
1	Waykar 80 Pint ENERGY STAR DehumidifierSold on an 80-pint headline that is a saturation figure; the DOE rating behind it is in the same 50-pint class as everything else on this page.	A large open basement or a shop floor	Not published	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
2	Waykar 34 Pint ENERGY STAR DehumidifierOne of the few units at any size that will set below the usual 40% floor, which is the difference between a dry basement and a merely less-damp one.	Drying below 40% relative humidity	Not published	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded

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Waykar

Waykar 80 Pint ENERGY STAR Dehumidifier

Best for: A large open basement or a shop floor

Sold on an 80-pint headline that is a saturation figure; the DOE rating behind it is in the same 50-pint class as everything else on this page.

Average draw

Not published

No published wattage. Waykar's certified 50-pint entries - JD026CE-150, CHWA150A/B/E, CTH150A/B and the YD-150 family - compute to between 443 W and 488 W. The identity of the exact certified model behind this listing is not stated, so the band stands in for a number.

What is good

• +Sets to 30% RH, lower than most units will go
• +90-degree auto swing louvre, which genuinely helps in a long open basement
• +Continuous drainage support and a larger tank than Waykar's smaller units
• +Auto defrost for cold running

What is not

• -The 80-pint headline is not a DOE rating and should not be compared against one
• -No published wattage and no single certified model to map to
• -5,000 sq ft is the second-highest coverage claim in this registry

Who it is for

A large, open, genuinely wet basement or shop, where air movement matters as much as extraction.

Skip it if

Skip it if you are comparing it against a 50-pint unit on the strength of the 80. They are the same class of machine - the numbers are measured differently.

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Waykar

Waykar 34 Pint ENERGY STAR Dehumidifier

Best for: Drying below 40% relative humidity

One of the few units at any size that will set below the usual 40% floor, which is the difference between a dry basement and a merely less-damp one.

Average draw

Not published

Waykar publishes no wattage and sells this capacity under several certified model numbers rather than one. Its certified 35-pint entries - JD025CE-120, CHWA120A/B/E and the YD-120 family - compute to between 342 W and 362 W, clustering at 345 W. That band is the honest figure; picking one of those model numbers to print under this listing would be a guess.

What is good

• +Sets down to 30% RH where most units stop at 40%, which matters for storage and post-flood drying
• +Automatic defrost, so it keeps working as the room cools
• +Drain hose in the box rather than a separate purchase
• +A 2,000 sq ft coverage claim that is at least in the same universe as its capacity

What is not

• -No wattage published and no single certified model number to map to
• -0.66 gallon tank is small - on bucket duty in a damp room this is a twice-a-day machine
• -Gravity drainage only

Who it is for

Storage rooms, workshops and basements where 40% is not dry enough and you have somewhere for the hose to go.

Skip it if

Skip it if you plan to empty a bucket. At 0.66 gallons and 34 pints a day, a full tank is roughly four hours of work.

What it actually adds over a standard 50-pint

Two things, and one of them is genuinely uncommon:

• A 30% humidistat floor. Most units stop at 40%. Going lower matters when you are drying a space out after a leak rather than holding it at a comfortable level - and it is the same capability that makes Waykar's smaller units interesting. For everyday running you would set 45 to 50% and never use it.
• A 90-degree auto-swing louvre. In a long open basement, distributing the dry air rather than pointing it at one wall is a real advantage. Air movement is genuinely part of the job in a big space, and most portables just blow straight ahead.
• A 1.14 gallon tank, larger than Waykar's smaller units, though still a bucket you would rather not use.

The wattage, and the same model-number ambiguity

Waykar publishes no power figure, and as with its 34-pint unit it sells this capacity under several certified model numbers rather than one. The certified 50-pint Waykar entries - JD026CE-150, CHWA150A/B/E, CTH150A/B and the YD-150 family - compute to between 443 W and 488 W.

We do not know which of those this listing corresponds to, so the band is what we publish. It is worth noting that the low end of that band, 443 W, is among the better figures in the 50-pint class - the class median is 488 - so some Waykar units are genuinely efficient. We just cannot tell you whether this is one of them. How the wattages are computed.

The coverage claim is the second-highest we track

5,000 square feet. Only hOmeLabs claims more for a comparable machine, at 7,000 and 7,500. As always there is no test procedure behind any of these figures, and units with identical certified capacity claim numbers 1.9x apart.

Treat it as a signal that Waykar considers this a large-room unit - which it is - and size from the room's measured humidity instead. Why coverage claims are not a spec.

Who should buy something else

• Anyone whose drain is above the machine. Gravity only. No pump. Pump versus gravity.
• Anyone buying it because of the 80. If the headline is what sold you, the comparison you made was not a comparison. A standard 50-pint unit is the same class and often cheaper.
• Anyone in a small or partitioned space. The swing louvre and the capacity are for open volume. A bedroom wants a 30-pint unit. The 30-pint roundup.
• Anyone who needs a specific efficiency figure. The band spans 443 to 488 W and we cannot narrow it.

We have not run this unit, measured its noise, or verified the swing louvre's effect on distribution - which for a machine sold partly on air movement is the thing we would most like to have measured.