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.

Of course the most humid level is the lower level where the unit is placed, and of course heat rises ... Since the nights are cooler, I only run the unit at night, keeping the occupied bedroom doors shut with windows open. The fan does run continually when the unit is on, even if the desired humidity level is reached (50%, for ex.) and the unit is not removing water from the air. The unit stops when the bucket is full. I do not have a good place to drain the unit using a hose.

Unlike other dehumidifiers I've had (which blew dehumidified air out horizontally from the back or front), this Frigidaire FAD704DWD Energy Star 70-pint Dehumidifier unit's fan blows the very warm dehumidified air out the top to the right. The humidity on our lower level is kept at 55-60% by just running this unit for 8-10 hours at night (and by running small fans continually in small lower level rooms open to the central area where the dehumidifier is placed.