Midea Cube 50 Pint Dehumidifier for Basement and Rooms at Home for up to 4,500 Sq. Ft., Built-in Pump, Drain Hose Included, Smart Control, Works with Alexa (White), ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2022

I've used the Midea Cube 35 pint dehumidifier for 3 summer seasons. Pros: - Removes moisture from a large basement room well - Relatively (compared with other dehumidifiers I've owned) quiet - This was an important purchase consideration - Humidistat is accurate - Remembers all settings when power is removed - 4 settings to control the maximum volume of water in bucket - Fairly compact - Unique design collapses to about 1/2 height for storage. - Not an advantage for me, but may be for others - Easy user interface Cons: - Lifting the dehumidifier off of the bucket may be difficult for some due to the weight - At the bucket's max water volume setting, lifting the bucket to empty it may be difficult for some due to the weight - Midea thought ahead and added the limit feature, of course this means it needs to be emptied more often - Removing the air filters for cleaning is more difficult than it should be I use this dehumidifier on a Hubitat smart home outlet switch to control when it operates. I'm pleased all of the dehumidifier settings are retained when power is removed; this is also an advantage if your power goes out occasionally. Longevity of dehumidifiers has not been very good lately, so we'll see how long this one lasts...

I was looking for a dehumidifier to solve a humidity problem in my home and this came to the rescue! It works like a charm and brings down humidity levels in a matter of no time. I find its compact size to be perfect. It’s small enough so that it doesn’t take up too much space but, at the same time, stores enough water so that you don’t have to constantly empty it out. I also appreciate that there is a timer mode, so you can set the number of hours (in 30min increments) you’d like the dehumidifier to run for.

Update: the unit I bought in October iced over and died in December. BUT, when I contacted Midea customer service, they replied the same day, asking for several additional pieces of information. Within 3 days they informed me they will reimburse me for the unit. I'm hoping the problem was a fluke, and ordered another one, as I really do like they way they operate. Midea customer service was 5-star in dealing with my complaint - a rare wonder these days. This is my second Midea Cube 20 dehumidifier. First one lasted 3 years, then refused to condense water. Motor and fan ran, but no result. Internet said probably the coolant, and that it was toast. Other reports said generally most people expected a dehumidifier like this to last 2 years. Mine runs constantly, and I empty once a day. This is fairly quiet, which is good, because it needs to be in my bedroom. Consumer Reports praised this model as being one of the quieter units. Chose the 20 because internet articles said getting a bigger dehumidifier may cause to cycle more often, which is harder on the system than continuous operation. Also, I have to carry the bucket to the bathroom to empty. Water is heavy. I can set the water level turn-off to something lower than max capacity so it's easier to carry. I have mine set on 3 (out of 4). Having a larger capacity container would not be useful for me. I can set it to run continuously, have a set point humidity shut off, or set it on a timer. I have it set to 50% humidity, and in FL, that means it usually runs continuously. Only problem is a design issue. Controls are on the top of the unit and easy to push. One of my cats will sometimes sit on top of the dehumidifier and reset it for me, and I have to go back and reset, which fortunately is not hard. Oh, cats! I find the compact size, ability to dehumidify, and easy controls of this product very good, and did buy another when the first one gave up.

This is a decent dehumidifier. It seems to work effectively, it looks pretty good and the bucket capacity is more than my last dehumidifier. It would be great if it simply executed on a few basic functions. Which it does not. -When it is on the bucket, it can drain into the bucket or in "continuous mode" via a drain hose. While hooked up the bucket I can set a target humidity percentage--say 55%--but when the bucket fills up, due to some flaw it continues to run and the bucket overflows. Disappointing. There must be an inadequate or malfunctioning fill sensor. Anyway, water runs out onto the floor. -No problem. I'll hook up the hose. But the hose can only be used when set on the bucket when operating in "continuous mode". This works fine, but I don't want it to run *continuously*. I want it to dehumidify when the humidity is high and stop when the humidity is low. This is not possible with the drain hose while attached to the bucket. -No problem. I'll simply operate in Bucketless Mode. In this mode you can use the hose AND set a humidity target. But it turns out that the drain hose only gets about 95% of the collected water. Around 5% of the water still drains down, as if it were going into the bucket. Which sucks, because in bucketless mode, down is the floor again. And if you put it back onto the bucket, it stops using the drain hose. And then it overflows. Onto the floor. This product is either a little over-engineered or a little under-engineered depending upon your perspective. I'd definitively rather pay another 25% in price to get one that worked either a) in bucket mode without leaking b) in drain hose mode without operating continuously or c) in bucketless mode without leaking. Any of those options would work for me and none are available. I chatted with tech support a bit and they weren't really able to offer much help. I have it running in bucketless mode over a Home Depot bucket to catch the drips, which will work fine I expect until I bump it and the whole thing falls over and breaks.

I bought two of these to try to knock down the ~67% winter humidity in my Florida house, which sits next to the water. This can occur for a month or so where the temps drop but outdoor humidity remains in the 80%+ range. I can't run the A/C because it's already mid 60's indoors, so I thought let's try dehumidifiers. I set one up on each side of the house and set the HVAC to just run recirculate for ten minutes of each hour. Within six hours both units had pulled over a gallon of water each out of the air and dropped the house humidity almost 10%. By morning the house was down to 50% humidity, towels in the bathrooms were already dry where normally a shower would leave them damp until the next afternoon, it felt so much better. I've found a spot for one where it can continuous drain into a utility sink, but the other has such a massive bucket that it won't require emptying probably more than once a week now that the initial knock-down has been completed. Keep in mind that bucket size. If you do let it fill completely, you're talking about 40+ pounds of water. Fortunately the console and the phone app both allow you to configure it to do a high water shut off far earlier than the physical bucket becoming full, if you want to stop it at 25%, 50%, 75% for weight reasons. It defaults to the lowest setting, so if you plug the thing in without further configuration, it's going to auto shut off at maybe ten pounds of water, far earlier than it would have to if you do want it to fill the bucket. They are loud, have no doubt about that. These are large dehumidifiers designed to tackle thousands of square feet, so they have a large compressor and evaporator grid, and a large fan to pull a lot of air through. Even in low mode they put out a good bit of noise. It's not an annoying noise though; I slept fine with one of them fifteen feet from me in the same room, but those sensitive to any amount of elevated volume may not like it even if it does sound like white noise. The base comes with casters in case you want to wheel them around a hard floor; may make it easy to wheel one over to a step-in shower for emptying if you don't want to lug 40 pounds of water by the handle.

I have three Midea U-Shaped Air Conditioners. So when it came time to get a dehumidifier for our 1300sf basement, the 1500sf Midea Dehumidifier was the obvious choice for me. I will note, when using the bucket mode, the bucket only filled about 1/4 full of water before the machine turned off and said that the bucket was "full". This would not work for me, as it only took about 6 hours to get 1/4 full. So I switched to continuous drainage mode, and hooked up a hose draining to the sump pump in the basement. There may be a way to change the sensitivity of the bucket fill mode, but I cannot find it at the moment. This would be the only downside I see, and not worth taking a star off for. This is something that is hard to find online, but you may be interested in. The device is drawing about 300 Watts. I'm always interested in the electric draw of my devices, as I try to be as efficient as possible. I think 300 Watts is completely reasonable for a dehumidifier, I just wish the manual or any of the marketing material was more transparent about the expected electric usage of the device. This goes for any manufacturer. These are things a home owner, or utility payer would like to know prior to purchase, I shouldn't have to hook a meter up to it in order to find out. Midea devices, both A/C's and the Dehumidifier are very efficient, and so far have been a pleasure to use. I appreciate the app functionality, and would only recommend to Midea that they work on making more of the products "matter" enabled, so they have native functionality with Apple HomeKit. Currently two of my A/C's are matter enabled. The other A/C and the dehumidifier are running through Homebridge in order to be added to my Apple HomeKit. This is a work around, and I am satisfied with it, but obviously being matter enabled should be a simple and obvious feature with any smart appliance these days. So far, the humidifier is working as expected. We have 80% humidity to start with in the basement, and within a couple hours it was down below 70%. I'm working on getting it down to 50% and will report back if the device is not capable of that. But I also understand our basement is on the larger size for the device I chose, and it is not well insulated, so it is likely that the device will have to work for quite a few hours to get the level down to the target 50%. All in all, happy with the product, and looking forward to seeing more from Midea in the future.

I needed a set it and forget it type of dehumidifier for the basement. We have wildly fluctutating humidity levels throughout the year so I needed one that allowed you to set a desired humidity level and it would automatically start and stop as needed to maintain the level. Design: This dehumidifier is very well designed. For those who need a bucket, this one has a large bucket with optional castor wheels and a folding handle. The dehumidifier unit sits on top of the bucket and is removed when emptying, which reduces the weight. I use the bucketless method where it drains into the sump pump hole and requires no regular check ins or maintenance. It comes with a drain tube, which is very short (about 2-3 feet long) but you can attach any garden hose to the unit. One minor annoyance is that in bucketless mode, you can't stack the device on top of the bucket, because putting it back on the bucket stops the bucketless mode automatically. I see how that can be considered a feature, but since bucketless mode requires that the entire drain hose remains lower than the hose connector, and the hose connector ir close to the bottom of the unit, one has to put the unit on top of something to make sure the hose can successfully drain. I had to put it on top of tupperware while the bucket sits idle nearby. It would be nice to be able to put it on top of the bucket without disabling bucketless mode. Basic usage: I set the humidity target to 50%. When it reaches 55-56%, it kicks in and reduces it to 49-50%. Then it enters sleep mode where the fans are turned off. Noise: The fan is fairly quiet even on the high setting. Power consumption: When it is running, it is around 250W When it first stops, consumption seems to stay at 19W for 3 minutes, then drops further to 1.3W (probably some kind of deep sleep) Smart features: I set it up via the recommended MsmartHome android app, which was very straightforward. It seems to be a Tuya compatible app. Not sure if the unit has bluetooth or something like that apart from wifi, but once I created the acct in the app, it autodetected the dehumidifier, asked me for wifi details and within 15 seconds, the dehumidifier was connected to my lan. I then set it up with HomeAssistant locally via the Midea AC LAN integration from HACS. It used the MSmartHome app login info to detect and connect to the dehumidifier (retrieves the necessary key/token from the service). After that point, I believe HA can locally access the unit without needing the MSmartHome remote service. The only nitpicky comment I have is that neither the android app or the HA integration shows whether the device is actually running or sleeping. They show it as "on". I do have it connected to a zigbee plug, which shows me power usage and that's the only way I can remotely tell whether the unit is running or sleeping. And most importantly, the device passes the power loss/restore test where it successfully retains the last settings and maintains operation. This is truly a set it and forget it type of dehumidifier with the added bonus of remote monitoring and control.

This gets the job done. The humidity in my 1600 square foot house was regularly above 60%, and this dehumidifier keeps it around 43% when set to the 40% humidity setting. It is a bit noisier than I expected when running on high, but the white noise is not unpleasant. It is about the volume of conversational speech. It is a good buy for the money. There isn’t any smell as long as you keep the filters clean and empty the tank regularly. It comes with a drain hose for continuous running ( I haven’t tested this) and casters to make it easier to move when full. It can run for 2-3 days without emptying when the fill level is set to high. I can’t speak to the durability yet, but it does come with a registration card for a manufacturer warranty.