The downstairs front bedroom with 3 windows never gets any sunlight and always feels damp and cold with lots of condensation and mould especially appearing on edge of mattress and walls around window frame. I think there’s a typo in the section about running costs, where it quotes “… and around 56p/hour if you run it for 8 hours a day”. Shouldn’t that be 56p/day? Smaller items will be delivered by our courier delivery service and generally will be 2-4 working days.

Established in 1991, Meaco are specialists in the field of humidity monitoring and control. With an international reputation, the company are recognised for their high quality products as well as their excellent customer service. Meaco has made the Arete One easy to use. Via the control panel on the front, you can set the target relative humidity, between 40% and 70%. I’d aim for 50% in most cases, although a higher setting, such as 60%, can help reduce running costs. When running, it shows the current humidity level.We have not included a free hose in our dehumidifiers for a few years now because more than 90% of users told us that they do not use them, so they just end up in landfill. Our aim is to reduce plastic waste, so we changed the way we do things. I soon discovered that operation couldn’t be easier. There are just four buttons placed on the top of this machine and they’re all accompanied by an image to correlate with the function, so it's really simple to figure out how to use it. There's a hose adaptor clipped onto the water tank should you wish to add a pump and hose – available separately. With this, you can plumb the Arete One in and enjoy continuous draining rather than having to manually empty the tank. Most people will opt for manual emptying, however, and for them, there are two ways to know when it's time to empty the tank. It'll beep to let you know it's full, and switch itself off, or you can see the tank's water level through the window in the front of the machine. Once you've slid the tank out, there's a handle on the top to carry it, and a spout on each side so you can empty it by tipping it in either direction.

I had the MeacoDry Arete One running whilst I worked and watched TV and it didn’t bother me at all. The official stats say it runs at just 35dB, and it certainly felt very quiet in practice. Besides, can I put the dehumidifier in bathroom during a shower (Of coz not under the showerhead)? As my bathroom is just like a sauna room after my girlfriend use it. In fact, this is the quietest compressor dehumidifier I've tested, far outperforming any of the other models we've tested on this front. As well as being a dehumidifier, the Arete One is also an air purifier and it can be used as a stand-alone air purifier during months when humidity levels in your home may be lower. It comes with one free H13 HEPA filter in the box and you can buy replacement filters as you need them. Note that you don't have to use a filter if you'd prefer not to, as there is also a washable dust filter in the machine. The control panel on Arete One has simple and clearly laid out controls. The buttons that you use most often are larger; the buttons that you hardly ever use are small. Large buttons include controls for Smart Humidity Control and Smart Laundry either of which can be set by pressing just one button.

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It does a superb job of getting rid of excess moisture in the air, the automatic Smart Humidity Mode works perfectly, and in my tests, it reduced the moisture in my damp-prone rooms to the ideal humidity level in a very short period of time.