Customer Reviews

NewAir ADS-400 Mini Dehumidifier With Car Kit

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UPDATE: my unit's external power supply started making a hissing sound a few months after my purchase. I did an internet search and found that this could mean bad capacitors in the power supply which could possibly lead to a fire. i would not recommend this product. this unit is smaller than i was expecting; it is 11" tall and 5.5" in diameter. i have it in our small bathroom at the moment because it was too small to affect the humidity level in the 120 square foot room i had originally put it in (i have a hygrometer in the room to measure its humidity and this unit did not affect the humidity level in 24 hours). i doubt it is adequate for our tiny bathroom. it seems like it might be adequate for a not-too-humid closet. it says it removes 16oz. a day at 86 degrees Fahrenheit, but whose house it 86 degrees? in our humid bathroom it sucks up a mere third of an inch a day.

I bought this to use in the space under my kitchen sink because I wanted to get rid of the musty smell coming from there. It's been fantastic. I don't have to hold my breath anymore when I need to reach in for dish soap. I just empty the water that collects in the resevoir thing every once in a while. There is a little light that comes on to remind me that I need to do it. It came with a car adapter so I'll run it in my minivan to get rid of the damp smell my car has after I left the moon roof cracked open when it rained.

Used this dehumidifier in my bathroom because it's not very well ventilated. This unit works well in that space. Used to have a problem with dampness, but this really has helped control that

This dehumidifier is about the size of a 2L soda bottle. The amazon info says it will remove 16 ounces of water a day. I have it in a warm, very humid bathroom with a sweating water tank and toilet tank, and it only removes 3 or 4 ounces/day. The packaging it comes in says that it is only for cars, pantries, and kitchen cabinets. I'll probably move it under the kitchen sink where I've got just a short section of sweating pipes. Hopefully it can keep up!

The item description also says free ground shipping, but I was charged $4 + change for shipping.

I've owned three different brands of compact dehumidifiers and NewAir is by far the quietest and most efficient. I have a small apartment so the compact size is also a big plus.

... but for it's size it seems to do alright. It's not astounding by any means but after a few days of nasty Washington, DC summer humidity it seems to fill up and keeps the small room it lives in at least tolerable.

I set it up in a rather small room, which had plenty of humidity. After two straight days of running, it had barely collected a few drops of water. IT did not change the relative humidity of the room by even 1%. I tried two other units of the same model and found that they collected just as little water from the air. I can think of no use for this product besides to waste electricity and take up space.

It does what the ad said it would do and I am happy!

This little thing does a fine job for small areas. I put it in a linen closet and there is proof in the water well that it is sucking the humidity out of the air. The metal clip that turns the device on when the well is put in place broke off but I just jammed it back in and it works fine again. It does the job I wanted it to do.

It works wonderfully for drying out closets and cupboards. It is a bit small for my bathroom, but still well worth the price.