Midea 50 Pint EnergyStar Smart Dehumidifier for Wet Rooms with Pump

Great machine. It's easy to use and does an outstanding job. It is fairly heavy duty. I was surprised at the quality for the price. I use a hose to drain the water into a reservoir emptied by a sump pump. I'm very pleased.

The unit has a rating of 79 from consumer reports, only behind Honeywell at 81, but the Midea has 5 star rating for RELIABILITY and Honeywell 3 stars and the price of Midea was 40% less. The Midea is by far the quietest I have had over many brands for the past 25 years.

I needed a dehumidifier for my new home . I researched brands and prices and found the Midea Dehumidifier at Sam's to be priced lower than other similar brands. It was easy to order online and pick up at my local Sam's . It was easy to set up and uses an app that can easily schedule timing of cycles. The pump feature is a plus for easy drainage of water.

Works great! Pulls the water out of the air! Quiet, easy to empty, timer and auto shut off. One negative, it generates a lot of heat. From the description I thought it would blow room temperature or a little cool, but it heats up the room.

Works well. The operating instructions and the control buttons aren't intuitive, but if you keep playing with it you get it to do what you want. The pump function doesn't work the way I expected either, but it pumps over a wall to the sink in the next room.

Seems to work fine and not too noisy. Has a bad smell for the first two days. When you send it the warranty info it gets returned to sender because Midea is no longer there?

We purchased four units for work and so far they are all operating properly. The only issue we had is that three of the four were used before we got them. There were obvious signs of use and some of the drain hoses had already been cut down to length. They were definitely not brand new units. Since they work we just kept them but we are very disappointed with Sam's Club for selling used machines as new product at full price.

Had this unit for three years and the pump stopped working. The unit still works w/o the pump but I decided to purchase a new Midea and use this one as a backup. Note that the pump on this dehumidifier like those on virtually all dehumidifiers, appears to be made by the same manufacturer (not Midea) and all are trouble prone. Now, on to this unit.. Compared to my new Midea of the same capacity, this unit was quieter and has a larger water reservoir. The unit operates well in "comfort" mode effectively lowering humidity while not raising the room temperature too much. The unit intakes air at the rear and discharges it from the left side. Regarding noise, the new MIdea I purchased has a great deal of air noise that drowns out the compressor and other mechanical noises. This unit has a reasonably quiet compressor and a reasonably quiet fan. While you'll hear both while it is running, it is reasonably quiet.

I bought this about a year ago and used it for a couple of months off and on before the pump stopped working. Getting tired of dumping the water out manually twice a day. Not a bad unit other than that..

I bought this after reading a multitude of positive reviews it receives. It's #1 on just about every review site. Unfortunately, this thing is great in concept but a hot mess in execution. I've had nothing but problems with it since installing it, even in bucket mode. First, the humidistat is just plain wrong. I have other humidity gauges that agree with each other. The Midea's seems to be off by 20%. That means it keeps running way too long before it shuts off. If I set it to 50% it will keep running even when it's under 40% in reality. Using it in bucket mode is a bad idea long term. The unit is very heavy and the bucket itself is extremely unwieldy and doesn't empty cleanly. You will drip water everywhere. Most people buy this knowing they will use either the drain or pump, that's the only way it would work long term. Also, I have experienced several error codes and issues right from the start, for example, the control panel fan wouldn't go from low to high. I had to unplug it and re-start it, and apparently that fixed itself. The app needs work as well. I really wish this would have worked, since I have a Midea A/C window unit that works fine. It would have been nice being able to control both via the app, but I'm returning this dehumidifier. If you read experiences from other users, there are too many issues with this model. I'm actually surprised it receives so much praise.