Comments on: DeLonghi DE400P Energy-Star 40-Pint Dehumidifier with Pump

By: R. Bohart

R. Bohart — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:23:32 +0000

Using this dehumidifer with pump is great! However, it took a little time to figure out the correct way to attach correct hose to pump. Blue cap is covering the connection for the long hose to pump water out of room. The instructions dont tell you that. They say to drill hole in bucket for allowing water to go down drain. If you want to use pump, do not drill!

In the month that has gone by it is working great!
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Chad E. Roberts

Chad E. Roberts — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:19:33 +0000

I have not received mine yet, but by all the bad reviews I regret it already. Just wanted to point out that if you bought this and the pump doesnt work or well as it should. Go to a plumbing supply and get a Little Giant condensate pump 110 volts, about the size of a shoe box, then run the discharge hose. They are reliable cost about $30, after reading all the bad pump issues I wish I would have bought the cheaper NO PUMP.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: S. Mundkur

S. Mundkur — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:54:13 +0000

I am considering whether to buy this product, and should address an earlier review (by someone else) about this product.

40 pints equals 5 gallons. Please measure how much space this will occupy!

The unit dimensions place the unit's physical voume between 2 and 3 cubic feet. 1 cu. ft. of water is 7.5 gallons approximately, so the volume of the unit would indicate between 15 and 22 gallons of water. However, the unit has to house the mechanism/motor etc., so the actual cubic footage of the water holding unit MUST be less (no more than 1 cu.ft). This implies a maximum holding capacity of 7.5 gallons = 60 pints.

We want DEhumidification, so why store that much water in a pail? Since the water is being drained (via gravity or pump), the pail can be much smaller/lighter.

How much water is extracted will depend on the relative humidity indoors and ongoing external conditions (rain).

A 40-pint holding capacity unit will weigh a lot more than 30 pounds without the water! Rating: 5 / 5

By: Robin Poltersdorf

Robin Poltersdorf — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:06:01 +0000

i think it’s great because you guys that i found that have it with the pump, i have it down in my crawl space and it’s works great,the last time i got the first one was at home depot and now i cant find it anywhere so i went on line, i did get the first that was a DE500P witch i dont think you have anymore because i was looking for that one but you only had the 400 with pump so i took that one little smaller but it works great.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: D. George

D. George — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:02:25 +0000

I have had the dehumidifier for one month now and it has worked as advertised, no problems.
Rating: 5 / 5