Whirlpool AD50USR 50 Pint Per Day Dehumidifier

by Whirlpool

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 66 pounds
• ASIN: B0009IN2L2
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,685 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

AD50 ENERGY STAR® Qualified Dehumidifier, 50 pints (23.7 L) in 24 hours. This ENERGY STAR® qualified Ultra Low Temp Basement dehumidifier removes 50 pints of moisture per 24 hours in temperatures as low as 44° F. Ideal for use in wet areas such as bathrooms, laundry rooms, garages, basements, pool houses and summer homes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No louder than my last dehumidifier, May 25, 2006

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Busy Mom (RI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whirlpool AD50USR 50 Pint Per Day Dehumidifier (Kitchen)

I've read nothing but good reviews about this unit from consumer-type magazines. However, when I read the negative review on this site, I decided to buy the dehumidifier (cheaper!) locally in case I needed to return it. I have had the unit operating in my basement for a week now, and have found the sound volume no louder than my prior dehumidifier (a 13 year old White-Westinghouse). The volume is comparable to a small room air conditioner, and is easily drowned out by my washer or dryer which are also in the basement.

Admittedly, Whirlpool must have redesigned the unit, because although the model number is the same, the housing looks different than in the photo. This may have reduced the noise.

Overall, I'm very pleased with it. I'm not giving it 5 stars yet, because I haven't had it long enough to determine its reliability and low-temperature de-icing capability.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It short-cycles, is noisy, and sometimes runs constantly, January 3, 2007

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Robert S Buchhauser (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

I've experienced problems with this unit from day one. First, it's noisy. Second, once the desired humidity level is reached, the unit will kick on and off in 90 second cycles. Third, sometimes it will kick on and run non-stop for days, even when the humidity in the basement is at a normal level. Whirlpool's customer service staff is difficult to work with and refuses to replace the unit after 5 in-person service call and one call I made to another dealer authorized repair company. If you're looking a dehumidifier, look at something other than a Whirlpool.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Been Redesigned, July 25, 2006

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C. Giancola (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whirlpool AD50USR 50 Pint Per Day Dehumidifier (Kitchen)

I just bought this AD50USR Whirlpool dehumidifier, and it must have recently undergone a redesign because I have no problem with the noise level.

I am dehumidifying a basement, and the model I am getting rid of had metal-on-metal construction. I used to be able to hear the unit running when I was on the first floor, but no longer.

The Whirlpool has a thick plastic housing and feels like it's packed with insulation (fair size, little weight). I think the Whirlpool people got the feedback about the noise and did something about it. Nevertheless, this is a unit meant for the basement. You can plug it in wherever you want, but silent operation may have been compromised for low-temperature functionality? I'm no appliance designer, but that's just my sense of it.

My only complaint so far is the lack of a humidistat: it has "normal dry" and "max dry" modes, but no definition of what that precisely means in the documentation in terms of moisture, and no readout to tell you how moist the air is currently.