DeLonghi DE400P Energy-Star 40-Pint Dehumidifier with Pump

by DeLonghi

Product Features

• 40-pint dehumidifier with pump automatically removes water from the tank
• Electronic controls; digital display; adjustable humidistat; air filtration
• Safety system prevents overflowing; fan-only option; smooth-rolling castors
• Energy Star compliant; 3-foot drainage hose and 16-foot pump hose included
• Measures approximately 15-2/5 by 14-2/7 by 23 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Product Details

• Item Weight: 49.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 52.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0006N2O3C
• Item model number: DE400P
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,606 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

DeLonghi model DE400P Dehumidifier with 40 pint capacity is ideal for room sizes up to 2,200 square feet. A patented heavy-duty pump system automatically removes moisture from the collection tank. Just attach the 16-foot hose (included), and the unit can be easily drained through a window or down the drain. This unit features electronic controls with a digital display. It is fully portable with durable caster wheels, you can easily move the dehumidifier from room to room. Features a fan only operation which is great for summer ventilation. Comes complete with connector hose to drain unit. This unit is Energy Star Rated.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lack of quality controll, June 18, 2005

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Peter G. Colby - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DeLonghi DE400P Energy-Star 40-Pint Dehumidifier with Pump (Kitchen)

New, out of the box, I turned this dehumidifier on and what a noise it made.

I removed the cabinet from around the unit and found that the fan blades were striking the top of the compreser. Because the threads of two of the three bolts that hold the compresser in place were stripped and the nuts could not be tightened down on those bolts thus the compresser leaned over to get itself under the fan blades. I added washers to the bolts so that the nuts didn't have as far to go to tighten and re-applied the nuts which pulled the compresser upright and now the fan blades don't hit. The person who installed those compresser nuts had to know they had stripped the bolts but sent it out to the customer anyway.

Now, two days later and the pump doesn't pump.

I've written DeLonghi telling them that I will ship the unit at my expense to either DeLonghi or Amazon, their choice but that I wanted my money back.

I'll keep you posted.

Pete

76 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great Dehumidifier, September 14, 2005

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Suzie Cue "Suzie" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DeLonghi DE400P Energy-Star 40-Pint Dehumidifier with Pump (Kitchen)

Despite the negative review of this product, I decided to try it since it had all the features I was looking for. Especially the pump. I bought this for my Mom who recently moved and the basement was damp and smelly. The previous owner left a Sears dehumidifier but it did not remove a drop of water from the air. I had an old Edison one that I lent my Mom. It worked fine but if you didn't put the bucket in the exact proper position, it would overflow. Since my Mom is a senior citizen, I wanted one that would automatically pump the water into the utility sink she had in the basement. So, this Delonghi met this important criteria to me.

After about three weeks of use, I have nothing but praise for this product. It is very quiet and has a long hose. It can pump the water up to ten feet high and it does this magnificently. You can also program it and adjust the amount of humidity you want to remove.

The basement no longer smells and you can set this dehumidifier up and forget about it. It removes a lot of water within a short period of time (depending on the humidity level you set it for and the amount in the air) and then shuts off when it reaches the setting. Since we got it we have not had to even concern ourselves with it at all. There was absolutely no problem setting it up. I would recommend this product to anyone.

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 2 broken out of the box, June 15, 2005

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alan chan (Rochester Hills, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DeLonghi DE400P Energy-Star 40-Pint Dehumidifier with Pump (Kitchen)

I originally bought this unit because it claimed to be quiet. Quiet doesn't matter if it doesn't work. The first unit ran for 2 days and collected only a cup of water, while my older unit on the other side of the basement fills in 3 days. The second unit keeps freezing up. It would blow out super hot air and the humidistat would display an unusually high %; when you turn it off, the coils would melt and drip water. The box claims that it has a self deice cycle, but it did not work. The box also claims it's good for basements because it can work at temps as low as 50deg. Their tech support said that at 70deg. you need to set it to 50% or higher or it will freeze, and the deice cycle can not be relied upon. My basement smells pretty bad at 45% and higher. My new Frigidair works great.