Frigidaire FAD704DWD Energy Star 70-pint Dehumidifier

This Frigidaire FAD704DWD Energy Star 70-pint Dehumidifier unit WORKS, and it does what it's supposed to do. It will extract a full 2-gallon reservoir of collected water out of the air every 24 hours. Those who've purchased humidifiers tend to understand that humidifier reliability is often a random walk even for the nominally 'good' brands, and Frigidaire isn't any different. A super quiet low speed button would be pretty nice (if that exist anywhere).

The unit is very good and it works better than expected. My basement if approximately 1800 sq ft and this unit draws moisture out of the room like a charm.

You have to choose consumer and then buy parts options so that you can BUY an adapter kit (plug for the drain hole inside the bucket and a vented adapter for the hose hook up) that wasn't included with the unit. It's EA155D part # 201126690193...........If the kit arrives and works, I won't bother adding to this review. The adapter should have come with the unit or been free. The sales rep was a broken record about how the new units have this built in and the older units it's an accessory.

Mi Casa Verde VeraLite Home Controller

My main focus was on automating the lighting in my home and this unit does the job. I have installed several Intermatic dimmer switches (CA600), on/off relay switches (CA3000), on/off outlets (CA3500), and scene controllers (CA5100). Enter the Mi Casa Verde VeraLite Home Controller...I has a nice, clean polished GUI that makes life easy when adding or programming devices.

I am happy I selected this controller. It seems like a great foundation to a sophisticated home automation system

Adding devices has been very straight forward, walk the battery powered Vera Lite over to the device, click a button on the device you are adding and you are done - literally takes seconds. Controlling the devices via the Vera is very simple as well, click on devices, then what you want to do to the device, ie on/off, dim etc. To pair devices with the Vera you simply disconnect the power and network cables from the Vera then push the battery button to power the Vera up.