Customer Reviews

Bionaire BDQ01-UC Mini Dehumidifier

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3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I bought this dehumidifier yesterday and in less than 12 hours it has collected about an inch of water. I used before products that use some crystal balls to absorbed water and these crystal balls get dissolved so you don't know how much is water and how much is the crystal balls. With this product I know this water is all from the room. It is pretty quiet and the price is not bad at all. I am planning on buying additional ones for the other rooms in the house since I live in a very humid city in Cartagena, Colombia.

This dehumidifier works quite well in small spaces (as designed). I've been using it in a larger bedroom with significant reduction in the humidity. Noise level is less than a window ac unit. There are no frills. Just on or off. Good product overall.

Between 55 and 62% humidity, it took six weeks for this tiny thing to fill. What really chaps my hide is that the power converter in the middle of the cord measures about 3"x4.5"x7", which totally negates the compactness of the unit for me, and pretty much defeats the purpose of the long cord. It's two units to think about when placing it it in the tight spaces for which it's purposed. In short, it's ineffective, and much bigger than I expected.

I purchased this at a discount store for 34.99 and liked the Bionair brand since I bought a room air cleaner by the same company and it works really well. I moved to a 2nd floor apt. and have a large window air conditioner. I placed the dehumidifier on a table by the air conditioner and within 2 days it had about 2 inches of water in it. I emptied it and we had 3 days of 93 degree weather and after 3 days of this hot and humid weather, it had about 4 inches of water in it. I don't understand the bad reviews and why the other people aren't getting any water collected in the unit. Either they got a defective unit or they don't have any humidity in the room. I would return the unit if I was them and get another one. Granted this unit is not made for large spaces but I had read that an air conditoner doesn't have to work as hard if you have a dehumidifier. It is really extremely simple and easy with a indicator light that shuts off if full and handy handle on top and easy out water container. I would purchase more of these if I had the funds at the moment and put one in the bedroom.

First of all it did what it is suppose to do. It did collect water at a reasonable rate. The noise level is acceptable to me but it could be better. Bought this item 6/2010 and for the first time just recently the automatic shut off kicked in because the bucket was full and needed to be emptied.
Unfortunately this event caused the machine to be much lounder then ever, so I'm guessing the automatic shut off must have had an impact on the fan or some other mechanism inside. Called Bed, Bath and Beyond and although I did not have the receipt I did have the box so I brought it back and they ordered another free of charge. BTW this item has a two year warranttee but they never asked me about that. I had paid $52 when I bought it so I did not expect miracles but overall it did the job before the noise started.
This ia another reason I buy from this store they are very accommdating.

This is perfect for a small space, we have a normal 1950's giant walk out basement with two back bedrooms for guests, the first couple of years it was hard to keep it dry for guests. With the addition of these little devices the rooms are kept dry and mustless!

I put the Bonair Model BDQ01 mini dehumidifier on my 29 foot boat to help control the moisture and the smell. It worked great for a year. After a week I would return to the boat and the reservoir would be almost full. But after a year, the fan started acting crazy. If I hit it hard the fan would come on and run...This worked for a couple months. Going try another brand in hopes it lives longer.

On January 31st, we put our Bionaire BDQ01-UC Mini Dehumidifier in a large walk-in closet. Even though this is our dry season, we are pleased with the amount of moisture this unit pulls from that closet. The two year warranty is the best we could find for this type of product.

We have this on all the time in our bathroom in a coastal town. It fills up consistently in just over a week. Emptying the bucket is super simple. I also like the handle to be able to move it around easily. The noise it makes can be somewhat annoying- we close the door to the bathroom so we can sleep at night. The lights would also be annoying if they were on in the bedroom.

But the bottom line for us is that it works in taking moisture out of the air, so we approve.

I picked up the Bionaire BDQ01 from a local bath-n-everything store and got a very good deal on it (it was a display model, so I paid half of the current price). Since I have a huge dehumidifier in the basement, i figured a small one I could move from the main floor to the upper floor would be a great idea.

The Bionaire is lightweight and has a handle for picking it up and moving it around. It has a basic on-off switch in the back, which is where the water "bucket" can be removed. It also has an LED light on the front to let you know when it's working; not that you wouldn't know, since this dehumidififer runs at about the same noise level as a desk fan.

Two problems I have with the Bionaire BDQ01:

1) the "black box" on the extension cord gets extremely hot. Hotter than a laptop/netbook extension cord "box". So make sure if you buy this dehumidifier that you have a place to rest the cord where it won't pose a fire risk.
2) the Bionaire BDA01 doesn't pull out a whole lot of water. I have a humidity gauge in my kitchen and it read 70% humidity when I plugged in the dehumidifier. 5 hours later? The gauge reads 68% (possibly because I turned the a/c back a few degrees) and the Bionaire has just a few drops of water in it. Meanwhile, my 65-pint LG in the basement is almost ready to be emptied, and the humidity downstairs is 55%.

It seems that dehumidifiers are a real gamble, with one person getting a decent machine and another getting the same machine but one that doesn't work as well. I'm not too upset about this dehumidifier not really working but I didn't pay much for it. Until there are overall quality standards for these machines I guess it can't be helped.