Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
product great for about 5 mins hasn t work at all since. what a ripoff.First, I have other DeLonghi products and they’re great. This one might be, too, but if you buy it from Amazon, it’ll arrive damaged. They ship it in the original packaging; this heavy piece of electronics gets bounced around enough to shatter plastic. My advice is trust Amazon with books, CDs and DVDs, but NOT big electronics.The item comes in a flimsy box that is falling apart. This results in shipping damages causing structural damage to the air conditioner. I had to rebuild the shipping carton so I could return the item. Amazon is very helpful in arranging UPS pick up and replacement. However the work involved ruins the shopping experience. I can’t believe that Amazon does not regulated shipping standards. A better box would have saved all parties a great deal of effort..This looked good “on paper” after I researched portable a/c’s.
The one I have doesn’t cool well, its being returned. I made a test where it was on for several hours, and couldn’t lower the temperature below 75, when it was only 80 out, but set to 66. I expected to freeze, not be merely comfortable. It won’t be good enough for 90+ days.
There were missing parts to connect to the window outlet (I used duct tape workarounds to test), and Delonghi said the serial number indicated it was manufactured over a year ago, and suggested it may have been returned. They seemed quite willing to send the parts…
The good; it looks made well, no cheezy parts. No signs of the water bucket filling (which seems to happen dehumidify mode only), its relatively quiet. It moves fairly easy on the rollers. With separate air intake and output hoses, it should work better (but…).
Con; no side to side adjustment for airflow. You seem to need to point the whole thing in a direction. Its very big and heavy. And it didn’t cool well, but perhaps mine was returned by someone else.The A/C unit puts out a tremendous amount of cool air and works as advertised. Previous reviews mentioned that it was noisy and that is indeed the case. However, that is a small price to pay after a hurricane has knocked out our power, the generator has been turned on, and it’s a humid 95 degrees out without a breath of wind. The price was right, too. I’m very pleased with the purchase. Setup is easy and the manufacturer quickly replaced a minor plastic part that got broken during shipping. read more.
Tags: 11000BTU, Conditioner, Dehumidifier, DeLonghi, Integrated, Portable, T110P
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
I have had the dehumidifier for one month now and it has worked as advertised, no problems.i think it’s great because you guys that i found that have it with the pump, i have it down in my crawl space and it’s works great,the last time i got the first one was at home depot and now i cant find it anywhere so i went on line, i did get the first that was a DE500P witch i dont think you have anymore because i was looking for that one but you only had the 400 with pump so i took that one little smaller but it works great.I am considering whether to buy this product, and should address an earlier review (by someone else) about this product.
40 pints equals 5 gallons. Please measure how much space this will occupy!
The unit dimensions place the unit’s physical voume between 2 and 3 cubic feet. 1 cu. ft. of water is 7.5 gallons approximately, so the volume of the unit would indicate between 15 and 22 gallons of water. However, the unit has to house the mechanism/motor etc., so the actual cubic footage of the water holding unit MUST be less (no more than 1 cu.ft). This implies a maximum holding capacity of 7.5 gallons = 60 pints.
We want DEhumidification, so why store that much water in a pail? Since the water is being drained (via gravity or pump), the pail can be much smaller/lighter.
How much water is extracted will depend on the relative humidity indoors and ongoing external conditions (rain).
A 40-pint holding capacity unit will weigh a lot more than 30 pounds without the water!I have not received mine yet, but by all the bad reviews I regret it already. Just wanted to point out that if you bought this and the pump doesnt work or well as it should. Go to a plumbing supply and get a Little Giant condensate pump 110 volts, about the size of a shoe box, then run the discharge hose. They are reliable cost about $30, after reading all the bad pump issues I wish I would have bought the cheaper NO PUMP. Using this dehumidifer with pump is great! However, it took a little time to figure out the correct way to attach correct hose to pump. Blue cap is covering the connection for the long hose to pump water out of room. The instructions dont tell you that. They say to drill hole in bucket for allowing water to go down drain. If you want to use pump, do not drill!
In the month that has gone by it is working great! read more.
Tags: 40Pint, DE400P, Dehumidifier, DeLonghi, EnergyStar, Pump
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
I bought a DeLonghi HHP 1500 space heater last winter and was pleased with the purchase. However, the DeLonghi HHP800 space heater I purchased this year is considerably smaller and provides far less heat than that purchased last year for seemingly the same price. Too, I like the look of the black model more so than the new white one. Recommend one stick w/ the HHP1500 to get more bang for their buck (though I don’t actually know what that one is selling for these days). This was an instance where I would have been better off buying at a “brick & mortar” store. There I would have recognized the difference as opposed to doing insufficient research and pulling the trigger on-line. Got this for our bathroom because the description says “it even works well in a bathroom thanks to its water-splash protection and GFI safety plug.” Package arrived, but the box and instructions says nothing about this, and in fact says not to use around such fixtures, etc. Perhaps it is only good for bathrooms that don’t have any fixtures. I bought this heater for my bedroom (15×24) and it works perfectly. The first couple of nights I was so warm I had to get up to turn it down. The 6 thermosat settings work very well. I love that it is silent – but of course that also means that it does not heat the room quickly (takes about 30-60 minutes). My wife now moves this heater to her office each day to stay warm. I would definitely recommend this heater to anyone looking to efficiently heat a room in their home.I bought this for my office (10′x12′) It is cold sitting here by the window. This heater works really well. It make a slight crackle noise when it turns on or changes heating cycles. Ilove the fact that it is almost completely silent.
Also, It does have a slight smell the first time it turns on and heats up. I’ve read other reviews about these types of heaters and posters suggested doing the first heat cycle in a well ventelated area. I just turned it on in my office and it did have that new electronic heater smell, however it went away after a short period of time. I think it was money well spent. read more.
Tags: DeLonghi, Heater, HHP800, MicaPanel, Space, White
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