BLACK+DECKER BXEH60002GB 2L Dehumidifier with Air Purifier, White

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If you're wondering how to get rid of mould in a poorly ventilated room, or trying to combat excess moisture or humidity inside the home, then a dehumidifier can be a useful tool in your arsenal. In our tests, it also performed brilliantly in normal conditions, making quick work of drying wet washing.

A desiccant dehumidifier differs in that it uses an absorbent material or chemical dessicant to extract moisture from the air. It isn’t a light machine, weighing around 15kg, but it does have castors, so pushing it from room to room isn’t an issue.We test dehumidifiers between October and March in real-world conditions in a damp-prone, three-bed detached home. This multi-purpose appliance also has an air purifier function with a double filtration system that can remove dust and other allergens from the air, plus a dedicated Laundry Drying function. However, if you want to get rid of condensation or even excess moisture when you’re cooking, it’s perfect. We also found this a great option to place by windows, as it sucked up all the condensation that usually appeared by morning. Dehumidifiers work by drawing excess moisture from the air, before collecting it in a drip tray and pushing warm, dry air back into the room.

However, it did a great job of clearing condensation on windows and managing moisture levels in a small bedroom when left running overnight.We found setting it at around 40 per cent would remove most moisture from the air, making it ideal if you’re using it in the kitchen to battle condensation or if you have a particularly damp space. In our tests, Peltier condenser dehumidifiers proved the quietest, which is why the Peltier-powered ProBreeze 1500ml Mini Dehumidifier is our top pick for the bedroom. However, it’s a good performer for its size, reducing humidity in a damp-prone living room by 9% in the first hour and by nearly 22% within two hours.

This unit will work well in small properties with around three bedrooms, as it has a powerful extraction rate.

Some low-energy machines feature a humidity sensor, which allows them to turn on and off when the room reaches your desired humidity level.