Soleus Air CFM 40 Dehumidifier

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Dehumidifier: Quiet, Efficient, Compact, November 12, 2006
By Compulsive DIYer (Plymouth Meeting, PA United States) - See all my reviews
I think I have purchased nine dehumidifiers over the past ten years since I have them in three locations and they just don't seem to last. I started with the Whirlpool units and was very disappointed with their quaility. They were loud, had a horrible bucket design and a crude connection for hose drainage. When they broke after a few years, I replaced them with Maytag dehumidifiers. The Maytags were better designed but the fan was very loud and they too broke within two or three years. I replaced two of them with an LG and a Frigidaire which are nothing special.

The other I replaced with a Soleus CFM-40. I know it's hard to get excited about a dehumidifier but this one is about perfect. It is extremely quiet (even on the highest fan setting, you have to stand next to it to hear it run). It is about half the size of the other dehumidifiers I've owned and uses about half the energy as well. It is well designed and appears very well made with good quality plastics.

This unit is in my 1,500 sq/ft basement and it has no problem keeping the humidity level at around 50%. Time will tell if it can last longer than the others but based on other reviews I am optimistic.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great For NYC Apartments!, June 25, 2006
By D. Pitt (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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I decided, just before the summer heat started, to buy only one air conditioner for my bedroom and a dehumidifier for the living room to provide some comfort. Believe it or not it works great! At least this brand does. My living room has 10' ceilings and is approximately 400 square feet (including a kitchen.) The room is still warm especially when the temperature reaches 80, but there is no discomfort. The only down side is the warm air released by unit. The living room cools off as long as I have my Vornado fan (best fan in the world) blowing cool air from the bedroom to living room.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent design and whisper quiet !!!!!!!, May 20, 2007
By Joe B. (Oakdale, NY United States) - See all my reviews
Soleus Air CFM-40 E 40-Pint Dehumidifier with Humidistat

WOW! I can't tell you how difficult it was for me to for me to find a quiet dehumidifier. This unit has it all. It's whisper quiet, it sucks water out of the air like a sponge, it's small, it's very nice looking and uses only 330 Watts. Tell me, what more could you ask??

I put this unit in my living room and it covers a total of 4 rooms/700SqFt perfectly.

Within a period of about 6 weeks, before I bought this unit, I tried a Frigidaire Frigidaire FDL601P 60-Pint Portable Dehumidifier and a DeLonghi DE500P Dehumidifier - 50 Pint with Condensate Pump. They were both much larger, very loud and drew twice the power of the Soleus unit.

As an engineer, I really appreciate a well designed and manufactured product. Clearly, this is one worthy of such praise. Almost all other dehumidifiers follow the same model, big, boxy, loud, and for the most part, primitive in design. The Soleus is different. Their folks sat down with a clean sheet of paper a designed a terrific product. I've had mine for 3 weeks and wouldn't want to do without it.

I tried hard to buy this locally, on Long Island, NY, but no chance. I bought mine online from a retailer in Oregon...they were great.