Kenmore 54701 Dehumidifier Review

This review is for the Kenmore 54701 Dehumidifier, but it can be applied to many other (maybe all) dehumidifiers, as we've certainly tried our share. In a sentence, while removing humidity they throw hot air throughout the room.

Many of us that need humidity removed from our homes, also would like the heat, even though it would be dryer heat, to also disappear - therefore a dehumidifier will not only make your air conditioner run longer, on a higher setting, it's a case of one appliance running against another.

Also, though this along with others have auto-shutoffs on them, when the water reservoir is full, keep an eye on them just in case, well, because you just never know. Once the reservoir is full, if you let it just sit there full of water that's been pulled from the air, (for example if you're not home and the dehumidifier is left running), and it stops, you'll not only have hot air from when it was running, you'll possibly have a moldy watery mess that's very full inside your dehumidifier - and don't forget those filters - inexpensive they are not!

We've found an additional (and cheap) fan works far better as it evaporates the humidity, and works side-by-side with the air conditioner, rather than throwing hot air into the room.

Rest assured, your electric bill will go up.