Side by Side Comparison of: Gurin vs Eva-Dry

Bought two last year, and have been very happy with their performance. They are great for small problem areas in our house during the summer (under sink, in children's bathroom...). Bought this one for the laundry room. They remove just enough moisture to keep the air dry and keep mildews from growing in the small spaces where we use them. I was pleased enough with my purchases last year to buy this one. A little tricky to remove the water tray the first few times, but once you get the hang of it, it is simple. Water pours through drain with small plug, which takes a little longer than if the plug were not there, but since I use the water on my houseplants, this doesn't bother me. Very satisfied with purchase.

First let me say that I almost didn't order this because the positive reviews just sounded incredulous. There is no way this tiny little thing could take the humidity out of somebody's room overseas that had damp bedsheets, etc. and that was just ONE of the positive reviews I read among many. However, I have a utility room floor that is on a slab. The brick tile sweats in high humidity and it is so slimy that it will actually mold if I don't get down on my hands and knees and wipe it everyday when I get home from work in summer. Enter the Gurin DHMD-210 Compact Dehumidifier.When I first opened the box, I almost sent it back it was so ridiculously small. Instead I reread the reviews and decided to put it in my utility room expecting nothing. Boy, was I wrong!!! This tiny little thing did the trick. No more slimy floor. It is bone dry in there. I waited to write this review because I wanted to see if it could handle several high humidity 90 degree plus days in a row and it did. Plus I left the door wide open to the utility room. There is no need to keep the door closed in the room you are trying to dehumidify which I was worried about as my cat litter box is also in that room. So as happy as what I was over the performance of the Gurin I also discovered, when I got home the other night, and we had had blistering hot temps and my house had been closed up all day, that the humidity level was actually lower in the entire house which is not small. As crazy as this sounds this tiny thing really does make a huge difference and the funny thing is that when I go to empty it there might be an inch of water in the bottom after a couple of days and I do leave it running all the time when the humidity is high. This thing is awesome!!!!

Update at 2 & 1/2 years: The power supply cord quit working on one of our units (we bought 5 total). We contacted Gurin via their website support interface and they sent us a replacement power supply within 2 days. Their customer service is fantastic and so is the product.Update after 2 years: This unit ran almost constantly and worked great for two years. Then the fan it started making a grinding noise which sounded suspiciously like when a fan goes out on a desktop computer. My talented husband took the unit apart and found that, yes, the fan inside was just like those on a desktop computer and he ordered a replacement fan for about $6 on Amazon. He installed the new fan and the little Gurin is back hard at work keeping our laundry room dry and fungi-free. We live in a very humid, rainy, coastal rain forest near a large river and it is crazy damp here and the perfect moderate temps for mold. I have to keep bread in the fridge or it molds within 3 or 4 days, if that gives you any idea. The Gurin sure is a workhorse even in this environment. So glad it was an easy fix!- - -I had to add another star after using this in my laundry room for about a year. This little dehumidifier takes out enough water to keep my uninsulated, unheated, unvented laundry room mold-free. There's a window, but it is too humid and chilly to leave it open most of the time. I empty the collection tank on the Gurin every couple of days.I realized just how well the Gurin worked after removing it when we did some remodeling, switching out toilet and sink, and then forgetting to return it to its place. Within a couple of months I had mold and mildew growing in there and I finally remembered to get the Gurin and plug it back in. It has kept it mold and mildew free since then.

I purchased this product on April 3rd, 2014 and haven’t unplugged it since. This thing has been a lifesaver, literary. I live in a very wet part of the country. My apartment bathroom has horrible ventilation where mold can grow in hours if it goes unchecked. I have been trying to battle the mold issue with a variety of moisture reducing products, none of which truly handled the issue.I decided to try this dehumidifier out due to its compact size and (honestly) cheap price. I honestly did not expect too much at first and planned to use it together with other moisture reducing products.I plugged it in… and never had to look back. This tiny beast of a machine can suck all of the moisture out of my bathroom in minutes. I keep this thing on 24/7, and the bathroom remains mold and moisture free, even after a 3 hour hot tub soak that happened to splash water all over the floor.I empty the plastic container (piece of cake to empty, there’s a black plug on the top that you have to pull out) when it’s half-way full, about every three days or so.DO NOTE that the dehumidifier WILL NOT function effectively if the water tray is not emptied.This thing is a little beast and is probably better than some of the much more expensive products on the market.

This is exactly what I needed for a downstairs powder bathroom in my townhouse in Dallas, TX. The room is small and does not get enough air circulating. The toilet bowl would mold every 4-5 days after cleaning it due to humidity level. Every since I placed the Gurin in the bathroom, the toilet bowl has yet to mold. Used to get a red ring in bowl every 3-4 days after cleaning. Not now, Gurin intakes the water and keeps bathroom humidity at a much lower level. Easy to use and easy to quickly empty water. Very quiet unit and does exactly what it needs to do.b great price too.

I ordered this along with a Gurin mini & a DeLongihi regular dehumidifier/s. These are all for our vacation home in Florida. Dampness & mold is a big problem.It's small and my original plan was to put it in the closet, but have it instead in my home office for now.I plugged it in at 3:30 & came to look at it at 4:30. The 16oz tank had collected approx 1 tbsp of water. By next morning around 10a.m. it was up to 1/2 a cup. And today at 10:30 its 1 cup. I just measured it. The box says it collects approx 8oz of water per day @ 86F. It is end of April. The room temp probably gets up to 82F in the afternoons, but I think it will stay at collecting 1/2 a cup per day.When I started this review, I had given it a 5 star. Reason for changing it to 4 stars is this.I pulled the detachable water tray out to measure the quantity of water. Rightfully so, the tray has a cover with a hole in the middle where the water pours into. BUT!!!! No where does it say in the manual or labeled on the tray as to how to open to pour the water out from the tray. I thought the reason being, because it is quite obvious the full top cover had to be removed from the tray. Well, I tried that and it wouldn't budge. I broke a nail trying to pry it open. I heard a "tick' sound and didn't proceed any further, afraid I might break it. The top feels as if it should not be opened. I Finally just poured/shook the water out thru the small hole on the top.My home office space is 250sq feet w/high ceiling (approx 14 ft) & carpeted. The unit is very quite. Its like a small fan running. Its not an eyesore either. I do like it, and will order a couple of more to put into my closets.But If anyone knows ( I will write to the company as well) please let me know, how to pour the water out. I still think the top has to be pried open, but I'm not taking any chances.Updated to 5 stars. received an email ( wow. in a matter of a few hrs) from what looks like a customer service, telling me how to remove the water. Its the black washer on top of tank that needs to be pulled.

I have purchased 2 of these so far and have used them in a small bathroom without a vent. Works very well and isn't noisy (there is a hum). You can tell it's working by the amount of water that is collected in the reservoir.

I would let it run though after your done with the bathroom, maybe turn it off later when you have to go to the bathroom again.

This is probably one of the best alternatives to a ceiling fan or opening the window.

Wow, this TINY little machine really does pull water out of the air. I didn't want a big, noisy dehumidifier - it's for the bedroom in my apartment that's growing mold along the exterior walls. I decided this would work faster than the silica gel packets that I'm also using.

I've been using the Eva-dry for over two months. So far, so good. It's really very quiet. It will take about 6 days to fill the water reservoir but the room smells less musty than before. I also cleared some clutter out of my clothes closet and left the closet doors open to allow the air to circulate. So far, no new mold.

We have two closets in our bathroom that tend to build up moisture. We have been using DampRid for years, then found these little guys. We have had them for a few months and they work great. I got tired of emptying the water tray, so I headed over to Home Depot and got a 3/8" ID and 1/2" OD plastic elbow. Using a spade bit, I drilled a hole in the side of the tray, and used some silicone to make it water tight. I got 10' of clear plastic hose and hooked it up to a milk container that I drilled a hole in the cap. Works great and I only have to empty the water every couple of months. Eva-dry might want to consider adding these kinds of trays as an option to what is now available.

This little dehumidifier really works! I tested it in the house and was amazed by the amount of moisture it pulled out of the air. It is quite. Just a soft fan sound. I purchased it to use in my camper. One thing they omitted from the instructions: there is a black rubber stopper in the top rear corner of the water tank. Turn unit OFF. You pull the water tank straight out the front of the unit (use other hand to hold unit still). On top of tank pull the black stopper up enough to free it, it has a "T" to retain it. Pour water out. Replace/Reseat stopper. Slide tank straight into front of unit and turn ON.

This little unit is extremely quiet, and has now been in my bathroom for 3 hours. After that short amount of time, there's 1/3 of a cup of water in the tank. Yes, I have a disgustingly wet apartment.

The only thing I can see that might be a negative is that the cord is a bit on the short side. This doesn't affect me, as there aren't any outlets in my ridiculously ghetto bathroom anyway, but if you live in a NORMAL place, you would not be able to set this on the floor if your bathroom has counter-level outlets.
I'll update this review after we've been running it for a little while.

***24 hour update***
The container is now about half full after just over 24 hours. Our bathmat is dry for the first time since August, and after the morning round of showers, the walls and ceiling were dry after about 45 minutes, as opposed to the usual 3 hours. Our bath towels, wash cloths, and toothbrushes are all dry as well. They usually never dry, which is really unpleasant. Needless to say, this little unit would be getting more than 5 stars from me right now if it were possible. Hopefully it will last quite a while. If it continues to work this well, we'll buy 2 more for the other really damp areas in the apartment.

*** 9 months later and still going strong. Still quiet, still sucks the moisture out of the air like mad. We have run it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since we got it. I did think it had died last week, because after we emptied it, it started to make an atrocious noise, but I unplugged it, flipped it over, and cleaned out the fan with some q-tips, and now it's good as new. If yours has started to make death rattles, clean it out!

**** It's now March of 2017. It's still working just as well as it did new. We do have to clean the dust and lint out of it about every 6 months with a combination of q-tips and compressed air. Not a lot of maintenance for an item that has been running 4+ years now.

This is a compact and efficient dehumidifier. We have used these in some of our closets and they make a big difference. We have had some issues with the plugs; some of them have quit working after a few months. However, the customer service at Gurin has been wonderful. We have notified them and they have promptly replaced the plugs and the units continue to work. How can you tell it is the plug and not the unit itself? If you turn the unit on and the light blinks, but the dehumidifier does not come on, it is the plug. Again, great customer service!

This was a good product. I have had it in my boat cabin for 22 months running almost continuously for most of that time. It died on me today, but that's a good life-span for a $40.00 dehumidifier. Here are my findings: 1. If your expecting it to pull out 7oz. of water a day not going to happen, it's closer to 5oz.. It fills up in about 3.5 days. 2. I have 2 units in the cabin and have to empty them every 6-7 days. 3. They do not work well if the temperature falls below 45 degrees. 4. They are extremely quiet. 5. No maintenance required, just dust off the air intakes every few months and they keep on running. Not bad for the price!!!

I can't compare this unit to other dehumidifiers, but I have used damp-rid in my bath/laundry rooms for several years and this machine is far superior. It is small and quiet, but collects about 8 oz of liquid in my bathroom per week. The only downside is the power adapter, which has begun to separate at the join, and I will need to apply electrical tape to make sure it doesn't break open eventually. This is odd because I have only unplugged it from the wall a few times and therefore have barely handled the power source. I wish that part of it were better constructed, but the unit itself is good.

I like it & am glad to have it but have a few gripes. The (power) plug gets & stays extremely hot. I really do not like that & don't see why a unit running on so little power has such a hot plug at all x's while unit running. I had in a more open space originally bcuz I live w/ ppl who don't understand when it's humid outdoors not to let it in via open windows & that it only creates a disgusting swampy environment that is far from healthy, but moved it to my tiny room where I spend little time due to lack of space & it's hot in there. I thought being in an appropriate sized rm for unit that it'd pull more moisture from the air than it does. Don't get me wrong, it does pull moisture from air, but i had hoped it'd b closer to the advertised 8oz per day than it does. 16oz tank still isn't full after a wk or more of at least 80 degree temp & 70% avg. humidity lately. Some x's higher. I know it says 8oz per day in high 80's temp & same in humidity percentage, but it's not far from that & I'm barely at 10oz of 16oz tank. It's been at least 7 days, i think more like 9 days. Perhaps my unit is not functioning properly, hot plug included. I am glad it sucked up 10oz but i should b closer to 72oz, at least 60oz for my temp & humidity percentage. Perhaps I will contact company & see. For price & low power consumption, its still a nice thing to have & it was rated well on sites that reviewed these types of units. Maybe mine is a dud or partial dud.

UPDATE 9-2016 The unit has a 9V 3Amp power supply which went bad resulting in the green light flashing which this code is not indicated anywhere in the manual. You can purchase an off brand replacement power supply online. In fairness I left this unit on 24/7. It's a LOT cheaper to replace the power supply and I will update if this works.UPDATE: I wanted to upload some pictures, but the option isn't there, so until I can provide a link, please read on. I put my sneaker next to the unit to show the size, but before you write it off as a dollar store item for not a dollar store price, It's well built and actually works. (and yes ladies, adorable) Within a half hour of plugging the Gurin Compact Dehumidifier in my 11 x 14 bedroom with the door open, it was collecting water. It collects about a cup in two days.If you look at the pic of the damp rid bucket I was using before it shows how much water was collected from my closet area YUK! P.S. the damp rids with the pink lid (sold here) don't have that funky smell, employ charcoal and work pretty well for about $7 a pcThe Gurin DHMD-210 has helped keep my apartment dry and I even tried it out on my 8x5 bathroom after a shower. Takes a couple hours but it does the trick. This is a great thing to keep on your bathroom shelf.A few notes :SIZE - Yes, it's tinier than I expected. (8.5" H x 6" W )Had I known, I would have gone the extra $40- and bought the larger unit, but I was skeptical of spending the money until I saw that it was worth it based on mixed reviews. Ill probably keep this for the closet and get the larger one in the Summer when the heat is no longer helping keep the place dry.WALL WART - yes it gets warm, not incredibly so and I've left it on while out all day and overnight. I would reccomend as with anything that heats up, avoiding plugging it in behind curtains or anything where the heat could collect,however, mine is plugged in behind a pc of furnituire above a baseboard and it's just fine.HEAT - NOISE - TANKThere is no heat from the unit as with a traditional dehumidifer. (You can read about peltier technology online) It's about as quiet as an ultrasonic humidifier and no breezeis apparent unless you put your hand right over the top vents.The tank as you can see from the picture slides in and out completely like a drawer and has a small black stopper on the top left. If you've had a watergun as a kid you've seen this stopper. Frankly I'm not sure why ppl had a problem with emptying this.My original review is below and as I greatly appreciate product updates, I thought I'd share mine. ~ Cheers, SummerAfter reading all the positive reviews even for a space larger than a bathroom, I decided to purchase the Gurin DHMD-210 compact Dehumidifier. It just arrived with Amazon's usual fast shipping and good packaging.First impression is that its a LOT smaller than I expected. About the size of a large box of Kleenex upended. It's super silent. All you have to do to get started is unpack, plug it in and flip the little switch to on. There is an instruction booklet included that explains both how to empty and clean the unit. All the pieces (tray, cleaning cover and adapter) fit well and it is a sturdy little thing. It's actually adorable....I live in an apartment that is on a slab (no basement) so its been a bit damp in here which was solved over the Summer with a10K BTU air conditioner in the 15 x 11 bedroom. Now that the a/c season is over I need a good solution without the heat on constantly yet. I will post back in a week to say how well this unit worked in a larger space and I would definitely say this is perfect to put in a closet (if you have an outlet right outside like I do) as its no larger than a shoe box.

UPDATE: The seller contacted me and sent me a replacement unit, which works perfectly. Original review is at the bottom. This dehumidifier is compact and quiet enough (it's not completely silent, but the sound is soft enough to ignore easily). You may find yourself replacing the reservoir pretty often, but it is easy to do. Remove the clear plastic portion on the front, pull up the black rubber plug on the top, and pour it out. Replace the plug and the reservoir should slide right back inside. There is a switch inside which works kind of like the lightswitch in a refrigerator that will turn the unit off and on when you remove and replace the reservoir (if it is working properly, see my original review below).The only downside is that the plug for this thing is surprisingly big for such a little device. You might need to make sure you have enough room on the outlet for it.----When I can get this thing to turn on, it works great. Unfortunately, the switch that triggers when the reservoir is inserted into the dehumidifier is very loose, and nine times out of ten will not align correctly to close the circuit when the reservoir is inserted. It usually takes me multiple attempts to get the switch to be activated correctly, which on a dehumidifer this small means quite a bit of fuss.

keeps the bathroom dry. I just keep it on 24/7, doesn't rack up the electric bill from what I can tell. When in use my tub is dry after work, if not in use there are still water droplets after work.

Keep in mind these things are like space heaters or a/c units, its just not going to do anything if you keep windows and doors open and allow airflow to pump in humid air. With its size, it does well in a small bathroom with the door cracked open over the course of a day, its not going to do jack keeping your entire house dry or even a well ventilated room like a living room or basement.

This is much smaller than I thought, about the size of a volleyball. I think if I'd known I'd have bought the 2200. Despite it's size it actually pumps pretty effectively in our bathroom, which has little air flow. It can drop the humidity level from 89 down to about 65 in a few hours after a shower. I empty it every couple of days. I would rate it "good for 1 room if you have a minor humidity problem". If your humidity problem is major, get the more powerful one.

Summer in Boston can be humid. I had an Eva-dry rechargeable small hanging dehumidifier for one of my bathrooms, which I love. When mold began to appear on my other bathrooms, I decided to give this petite dehumidifier a try. I received it two days ago and it has been working to suck the moisture out of the said bathroom. It is very quiet, and has gathered almost half a container of water. I will update in a few months to see if it's working effectively against the mold.

I bought two of these... one for our main bathroom to help dry it out after showers, and one for a truck I keep covered in storage for parts of the year.

The bathroom unit pulls a lot of water. I empty it about once a week at least, although now that winter is here I'm not doing it as often. My one gripe is the same as others, that it's noisy. The fan is definitely noisier than when it was new and seems to keep getting worse. I'm sure at some point it will fail and I'll probably take it apart and put in a new, quieter fan. I've done that on other devices and I know where to get good quality computer fans that won't die or make a lot of noise, so that's helpful.

The one I keep in my truck doesn't need to be emptied as often. I check it every couple weeks and it's about 3/4 full at that point. Probably because I'm not opening and closing the truck doors all the time, once it pulls out excess moisture it's not really getting a whole lot extra in there so it stabilizes. Works for me. I just run an extension cord into the truck and *gently* close the door so the rubber seal at the bottom of the door frame won't crimp the extension cord. Works in my case... might not be a great solution for others. I could plug it into an always-on 12V outlet in there and find a suitable adapter with the right power tip... I keep the truck on a battery charger so in theory it would be fine, but I didn't want to cause the battery to be constantly draining and charging while in storage, so I went with the extension cord method.

My husband's hockey equipment stinks. Really bad. He tries it on a coat rack inside the tub of a spare bathroom. While we have the vent/fan on nearly constantly, we live in VA now and the humidity is a factor, so I bought this to pull some of the moisture out of the air.
This little unit does a good job. The water collects in the pan (the blue/clear part of the unit) and when it collects enough water, that entire part slides straight forward out, then you pull the little plug on top, pour it out, put the plug back in, and turn it on again. This is low-maintenance! There are no extra parts to purchase (no extra filters, etc.). The plug does get a bit warm, but nothing alarming. The fan makes a little noise, but its the steady hum of a fan, nothing too loud in my opinion.
The only thing it doesn't do is pull the stench out, but I put a bit of activated carbon in a pouch in the room and it smells better. The two together make a perfect pair!

I put it in our bathroom as we have a middle cottage unit of 3. In two weeks I had about 1/4 cup of water. I feel I should have had more. We do have a vent fan which may be stronger then I think and live in Colorado which is very dry having a 4 in deficit of rain presently. It just seemed very stuffy moist after showers. I placed the unit close to the shower. Maybe the size was too small for my expectations, I don't know never having used a room dehumidifier. Unit runs quietly and is most likely of use where there is real humidity! But not here in Co!

I love the size, the quiet and it very slowly achieves the point of a dehumidifier. However, it is so very fussy about placement of the plastic dish that collects the water, I thought it was broken after the first few days. It needs to have an easier contact after dumping the water and turning it back on. I found that it takes about 3 to 4 minutes of finessing to get it to turn back on.

Worked great until this morning, when it failed to turn back on after I emptied the tray. This would occasionally happen before but usually fixes itself after I reset the tray and unplug the unit for a few minutes. Not today. Got 5 months of use out of it... Not worth the money.----UPDATE!---I went to the Gurin website and filled out a warranty/contact form, and they responded immediately saying they'll send me a new unit. It arrived today and is chugging well! The way the first one broke suddenly certainly doesn't inspire much confidence in the durability of these units (as other reviews seemed to endorse similar issues), but I'm very pleasantly surprised by their customer service and response, which is deserving of one more star than what was originally given.

I'm sort of conflicted on how to rate this item. It works OK I guess, but maybe my expectations were a bit too high. We have this in a damp bathroom in the Southern Miami area (tropical to say the least) and after a week or so it's only taken about a half a cup (4oz) of water out of the room. I fully understand that it's not a refrigerated unit and runs on the Peltier principle and that takes time to work. But still, it's a damp room, and you can feel the dampness...yet this hasn't really made much of a difference in that week. I'm not looking for complete dryness, but just a subtle difference and I haven't felt that yet. I don't have it too close to a corner or wall, I read & followed all the recommendations. We'll keep running it and if things change for the better, I'll definitely update this review.

I bought two, one for my bedroom, 11' x 10', and a living room 12' x 20'. They do pull moisture from the air, but not even close to the 8oz/day advertised. More like 2oz in a 75F room with 65%-70% humidity. So yeah, they work, just not as well as I had hoped. They are quiet, when the tv is going I cannot hear the one sitting right next to me. They seem to have a negligible effect on the humidity in either room, though I put them closest to areas I had issues with mildew, and I've noticed those areas have remained dry and clean smelling.I read a lot of reviews on here about them suddenly stopping working. I found one of mine did that when I replaced the water tray, but it was just a matter of jiggling it to align some poorly designed contact. Also try jiggling the power cord, it is sensitive if the machine gets bumped it might stop.Overall: A little pricey for the performance. I would not buy them again as I would probably go with a larger model.

I have two of these units. The first one I bought a month ago and has been working very well in a steel cabinet where I store my photo equipment. It's quiet and works effectively for the small space. I bought a second unit for back up. This unit arrived defective right out of the box. The ac adapter had a part rolling around inside of it and the unit itself also had a part clanking around. I guess somebody on the assembly line was having a bad day. The green light went on, but the small fan didn't work and after a day, there was no water in the pan. Since I knew what to expect from this unit, I knew right away it was poorly assembled and must have sneaked past the QC guy at the factory. I guess he was having a bad day as well. I can't get a replacement, but Amazon will refund me once they receive the unit. I already have packaged it and will now drop it off at UPS. Amazon has it together about returns. I will order another one soon because I think it beats the other brand like this(Eva-Dry) because there are no issues with an undersized ac adapter over heating.

I've had this for a couple of months now and it's OK. I had it in a small and I mean really small closet that always had a mold problem. I would check everyday for any moisture problems. Sometimes it wouldn't get all the moisture out which kinda sucked, but it was better than before. I upgraded to a better dehumidifier now that does my whole studio and there is such a huge difference. I can breath better and even my closet is dry. This was definitely a temporary fix.

The unit itself is quiet and easy to use. But it doesn't seem overly effective. I had a RH of anywhere between 60-85% in my master bathroom. I thought this unit would fill up quickly given those levels. I could leave it on all day and only find a millimeter of water in the tank with no change in the RH of the room. So points for aesthetics and quiet noise levels, but not optimum on functionality.

UPDATE 2: After mysteriously stop working in 45 days of use, I tried to plug and unplugging several times but it wouldn't work. Three to four days after being completely disconnected from electricity and wiped out, I plugged back in and it started working again. Now, it works better and fills about 40% to 50% capacity of reservoir in 24 hours. So far, it is still holding as of July (six months from purchase).
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UPDATE: Product arrived in January and early March stop functioning. No warnings. In the morning the On Light was off. Very unreliable and not worth it!
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I don't know why this is called quiet. It is pretty noisy! Other than that, it works well. In 24 hours it typically fills 1/3 of the reservoir in a bathroom without windows on the ground floor.

I have a few of these. One stopped working (green light blinking) and not sure why. The other works decently. The third will be arriving shortly to replace the broken one. These work it seems but the reliability is sketchy at this point. They do collect water and are whisper quiet. Will update my review if I can figure out why the one stopped working and the green light is blinking.
**update...not sure why it stopped working but the others are working like champs. Occasionally one of the motors make a noise but if I re-seat the dehumidifier on the counter the noise stops

I bought this from Amazon in June 2010 for use in our only shower-room in the house to aid in drying the room out between showers. I was a bit wary due to reviews I had read about the short life of this unit, but our bathroom is very small and narrow so a larger unit just wouldn't have worked. I have been waiting to write a review to see how long this thing lasted. Based on others reviews I wasn't expecting it to last too much longer than a year. Well, I pretty much got what I expected.

This unit worked very well for about the first year. I was emptying the unit about ever 2 to 3 days. Slowly it started filling up the tank slower and slower. It also started out fairly quiet. Our bath connects to our bedroom and we leave the door open most of the time, but I couldn't hear it at first. After about a year the unit started to get a noticeably louder buzz to it. Especially for several minutes after we emptied the tank; it would buzz very loudly (about as loud as one of those handheld vacuums) and then it would settle down to a fainter buzz that was not too bothersome, but still much louder than when we first bought it. We had just passed the 1.5 year mark when the unit pretty much stopped working. It still makes noise and lot's of it, but the tank has stopped filling. I am giving this three stars because I really liked how small the unit is and it worked really well for the first year. However, I do think for the price tag the unit could last at least 2 to 3 times longer than this one did.

Now I am again in the market for a new humidifier. I think I will seriously look into other units or go without the dehumidifier altogether, before I would consider buying this one again.

I am giving this item 2 stars because initially I liked it. It was quiet and I liked the design. Although small it seemed to work effectively for the space I had it in. I read other reviews about its durability and I should have listened. After a year of use it starting making a loud noise similar to a lawn mower, then it just stopped working. I did contact the manufacturer but it had been 14 months since the purchase when I contacted them and they said I was out of their one year warranty period. Now here I am back on Amazon looking for a replacement. For the price of the item I think it should have lasted more than a year. I will not buy this brand again.

This small dehumidifier worked beautifully in a home office/study, where lots of books require humidity control, for nearly two years. It worked well--until it didn't. One day a few weeks ago it just quit, and that's that. It seems highly overpriced for something that doesn't last any longer than that. I didn't remember what I'd paid for it, and when I looked it up, I was shocked. I feel sure I can find something more dependable for that price.

I've owned a three of these units for more than a year. Up until the 10 month point I would have have given them 4 stars. However at month 10 one unit failed. And at month 11 another failed. Both, I think had some sort of fan failure (they started to get noisy) which then caused too much current draw and also burned out the power supply unit. At that point they dropped to one star in my book -- I mean, less than a year of service life? That's no good.Luckily for me, both items were replaced without hassle from the folks at Gurin. Yay! Great customer service means a lot. So I probably would have bumped them back up to three stars for starting fresh again. However, the replacement units have a couple of new issues that give me pause. First of all, there's no warranty on these new ones. Also, they've *lowered* the amperage rating of the power supply (and the unit) from 3 amps to 2.5 amps. On one hand that gives me hope that they're aware of the fan failure and changed fan units to something that is more efficient. On the other hand, I can't but help think that the lower-current unit is just a cost cutting measure. I guess time will tell. I'll update with whether or not these make it a year.A bigger daily-use issue for me is that they've replaced the red "full" LED on the older unit with a very faint amber LED. My family loved the red LED because it was very easy to see at a glance (or even just out of the corner of your eye) if the dehumidifier was full, just walking into the room. The amber, by contrast, might as well be invisible. The color is so close to the green "power" light and so faint -- even in a darkened room and looking directly at it -- that we often don't realize the dehumidifier needs emptying until we remember to visually go look in the tank.I don't really understand the logic for the change. If a customer doesn't like a bright indicator light, it's easy to mute (a piece of tape works nicely). But a too dim light means you're stuck. You can't magically boost it somehow.For these changes (lower amperage + dim indicator light), I'm taking away a star, bringing them down to 2 stars.Update: Even though I have three of these units, Amazon will only let me leave one review. My original unit is still chugging along after about 14 months. I expect a failure at some point soon (the fan has become really noisy) but so far it's still going. That one gets three stars (originally four stars, then I take away one for the noise and impending failure). If it fails within the next year it'll go down to one-star because there's no warranty coverage after a year. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an appliance like this to last at least two years.

I would have given these units 5 stars if they kept working--but the two I bought stopped removing water from the air after 5-9months. (First unit worked for 9 months, second unit worked for 5 months). The units still appear to operate just as before--the light comes on and the fan works. They just don't collect water any more. I don't know if they have a warranty, but buyers should beware that these units don't work for long.I cleaned the intake and exhaust and vacuumed the dust from the interior metal workings. They both just stopped collecting water.Any ideas as to how to fix them or whether they are warranted, would be appreciated.

The product arrived on time, with great instructions. I bought it for my condo as it has humidity issues in the winter. Beads of condensation form on the windows & if left unattended form pools of water that goes onto the wood window sills that then turns black. The instructions & description on line seemed to be for small spaces. I bought & tried from Ace Hardware a larger dehumidifier last year, but it made so much noise & seemed designed for basement use only, so I returned it & hadn't found anything since, so I was so hoping that this product would be my answer. I ran it for almost a day & was thinking I was going to have to be emptying it al lot, but the truth be that there was maybe a drop after that amount of time, not even enough to get a q-tip wet when I was planning on returning it. So wished that this product worked for my needs, will look to see if Gurin has something else, I like the fact that they are a small company, so would like to support them & forgot to add it was quiet, which other reviewers had said too. Quiet is good.

You get what you pay for in most cases, but this dehumidifier really just doesn't work. It may work for a closet that's super small, but that's about it. My bathroom is only about 6' x 5' (30 sq feet), and this dehumidifier does nothing for it after a shower.After a shower, my RH % is at 90 based on my accurate meter. I turn this device on, and even after an hour, it only accrues a few millimeters of water in it's small container. The RH of the bathroom is still in the high 80s. I ended up returning both devices I received (I got another one to see if my first one was just broken).I'd highly recommend only getting this product for extremely small rooms that do not have any steam running through it. If you're thinking about using this for a bathroom, you definitely need to get a larger dehumidifier.

looks great and quiet but, hmm it has been 5 days and the water level is not even a half inch high yet! i have it in regular size upstairs bathroom that has moisture issues that has caused mildew stains on walls and doors and now started to grow mold on back shower wall. i know there is plenty of moisture for this thing to suck up during & after our daily hot showers but, nope it has chosen to only suck it up at a snail pace, leaving plenty of time for moisture in air to continue doing its damage. getting returned!

Upon using this in our 200sq ft RV to help with condensation it has not helped at all. I read reviews prior to purchase that were used in a larger RV or space and they have this item good reviews now I question the validity of those reviews. Of you purchase this item be sure out is for a very small space such as a bathroom.

I bought this some years ago for a bathroom with no ventilation. While it did collect water it was no where near powerful enough to keep mold at bay.

After a short while the motor started making a lot of noise and I would have the whack the unit until the fan popped back into place. Cheaply made.

Save the outrageous $45 and put it toward the Frigidaire dehumidifying unit bad boys. They are more cumbersome but they actually work!

Not the best product in my opinion. Ok, here is what it does do. It does remove moisture from the air and is very quiet. I gave it 2 stars because it is only good for a small closet. It will not dehumidify a room. I live in Florida and like my humidity level to be around 48-50% for my comfort. I placed this in my bathroom which has poor circulation and retains moisture and there was no change in the humidity after running it for a whole day. I started the unit and my hygrometer read 59% the next morning it read 59% no change. There was about a capful of water in the tank but it was obvious to me this would not work. I think the issue is in the air flow, there is barely any air that come out of the vents. I will be returning this product.

I bought an Eva Dry Dehumidifier, Model: EDU-1100 for storing my RV (travel trailer with less than 650 cubic feet interior). It removed about 1 cup of water each 24 hours, but that is not the whole story. On numerous checkings, I found that it lowered the humidity only about 3 percentage points, compared to the outdoors humidity. For example, when the outdoors humidity was 75%, it was lowered to 72% inside the RV. 72% is not an acceptable level of humidity. Next, I tried it on a trip. With 2 of us sleeping inside, the windows were steamy on the inside when we got up in the morning and the inside humidity was 76%. Back home, I put my Frigidaire condenser type dehumidifier inside the RV for 18 hours and found 4 cups of water. Condenser type dehumidifiers cost more, produce more heat and noise, and use more electricity, but they remove much more water. If the noise bothers you, just run it when you are not trying to sleep. By the way, you can buy a good humidity guage for about $10, to see what's really happening. You may find Eva Dry-1100 is adequate for a small closet, but nothing much bigger. If you are just trying to save money, don't waste it on Eva-Dry-1100 for an RV.

BUYER BEWARE: I purchased 2 of those. They were different brands (One was this Gurin, the other was Ivation) but the exact same product (other than the brand logo), so probably from the very same factory. They both died within a week of eachother, in the exact same way (stops working, light blinking), and precisely 1 year after the date of purchase (and the 1 year warranty). Talk about planned obsolescence.Other than that, it might be worth noting that this Gurin dehumidifier was removing water from the air twice slower than another dehumidifier with the same specs, so that was also disappointing.

 After only having this for four months the motor is extremely loud to the point we cannot turn it on. Sounds like it is on it's last leg.Not impressed for the price. Should have spent another $50 and got a higher quality unit.

I was skeptical when I purchased this due to the number of five star reviews followed by disclaimers of people who had received the product for free in order for their review. However, I really did (still do) need a humidifier, so I went against my gut instinct. Sure enough, the thing wouldn't even turn on at first. After a few minutes of plugging/unplugging it, I got it to work, but I'm lucky if I can keep the thing running for more than five minutes before it mysteriously shuts off. There's no timer on it and I've tried all outlets in my house. In fact, the product works best when you hold it at a 45 degree angle - obviously not a feasible solution since it turns off when you set it down. Don't waste your money - buy a different product!

** UPDATE **After approximately 15 months, it quit working. Since I've seen the inside of my share of devices I had no hesitation opening it up to figure out why. The answer came quickly; the wall adapter failed. The old one says it's 3 amps; but it feels a little lightweight for that label to be true so no surprise.Since it worked well otherwise, I'll probably attempt to replace the wall wart, but most folks would end up chunking the whole thing, and be out the money.** ORIGINAL **I have this inside a medium size gun safe, and it's a perfect match. Keeps the humidity below 45%, typically more like 35%. Note, I have the power supply inside the safe as well, so it warms the inside a few degrees as well (this also helps with controlling condensation).It's very easy to use and empty. Runs quietly. I need to empty it once a week in the worse conditions, far less other times of year.

UPDATE 2015 03 19The unit has been running continuously and without problems since it arrived. We really liked it ... until yesterday, when the motor died. After less than two months use, it just stopped. My father-in-law is going to see if the motor can be fixed, but a unit driven by an electric motor that fails after less than 2 months is a failure. Adapter and switch still work fine, but the motor was just non-functional.ORIGINAL REVIEWOur nearly 100 year old home does not yet have a venting fan in the bathroom, and so a shower or two tends to make it very humid. Even with the window open, unless it's a breezy day, the dampness tends to linger there. To help get ahead of this condition, we purchased the Gurin DHMD-210. We plugged it in to an outlet between the basin and toilet and have been running it for several weeks now. It's very quiet, stays out of the way of normal traffic, and knocks the humidity levels down to acceptable levels very noticeably and keeps them there. Of course right after a shower, it takes a while for the room to dry out again, but not nearly as long as it used to. I really like this unit and will be buying a 2nd one for a damp closet we're trying to dry out. Excellent product.NOTES - the indication that it takes about a week to fill up the reservoir is about right in our experience. It's easy enough to empty that we usually do so when it's about half full, but it's nice to know the unit will shut off automatically when it fills up.

I bought this small dehumidifer because the reviews suggested that it would be perfect for something like a closet. Since my closet is used to air dry hockey gear (shirts, pads, gloves, etc.) I thought the dehumidifer would be able to help with the fact that sometimes the closet feels like a sauna when you open the door.I realize that the dehumidifier isn't supposed to draw water out of the air very quickly, so I wasn't surprised when at first there was only a little bit of water build up in the container. But then later on I went to check on the container and the water was GONE. It had evaporated... and ever since then the dehumidifier has remained completely dry.Doesn't work at all.

I've had this unit plugged in and turned on for three days straight and there is not a single drop of water in the tank. Not less than I was expecting, it is totally dry. It was in the unfinished storage portion of our basement. I've used other units that consistently pulled moisture out of the air, so its not that its just a super dry room. Not sure what the issue is with this unit, but back it goes.

I bought this for our little 21" trailer that we keep in storage in our yard. Even though the trailer is small and very tight, (under 150 square feet, molded fiberglass, double-pane windows, extra spray-foam insulation, etc.), this little dehumidifier doesn't knock down the humidity one bit. I run it 24 hours a day but it just isn't up to the task. It might work for my gun safe, but not for anything much larger or not completely sealed to the environment.

This device is not effective in dehumidifying. I could turn on this device whole night and the humidity delta would be at most couple percent. In the description it claims that it can remove up to 1100 cubic feet. I think it's extremely misleading mention only the the coverage (it's not even coverage in sqft!) and not mention water removal capability anywhere. If you are planning to use it in a very small room and not so damped area, this dehumidifier might work. But this is definitely not for a normal bedroom in humid weather.

We bought this for our master bathroom to help with the humidity that led to mold.
When we first bought & received this, towards the end of the summer 2014, it worked well. Somewhere between 1 and 2 months of use however, it just didn't collect water anymore. This was the same time the weather got cooler and dryer here in Maryland. I thought maybe the air was dryer and it wasn't the Dehumidifier fault. When I started to use it again this past month (May 2015), I realized it is the Dehumidifier. The air is very humid but the extra moisture is not being collected in it.
I am very disappointed in this product and wouldn't recommend it. I appreciate products that do what they say they are going to do as well as last. A dehumidifier is not a disposable product.

I have a basement room that is 9 x 9, a perfect size for this supposedly. The temperature is always about 70 and the humidity is around 65%. This unit does pull a small amount of water out, but not enough to ever lower the humidity on the gauge. My guess is the tiny bit of fresh air from under the door is enough to equalize any moisture this unit removes. I was hoping to at least lower it a few points! I like that it's quiet but I wish the fan was adjustable, it seems like it would work better with a little bit stronger fan. I also think it would work better in a warmer room so there would be a greater temp difference for the unit to work with.

Update: Two died within days of each other after 5 months. They make you pay for shipping, not sure it's worth my time to even bother if they are going to fail every six months...