Dehumidifier?

[joe8]

Does anyone here have a dehumidifier?
Do you find that it works well?
From what I've read, there are various benefits to having drier air in your house.

 

[kernow]

You need more than that to get the water off your brain

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

Move to the desert. Become a professional camel hunter. Problem solved.

 

[ggallegos1]

We use Levoit air purifiers for the house and same brand humidifiers for the baby's room. They work well to keep per dander and dust out of the way, I definitely notice when the filters are full.

 

[herb]

I sleep with one on and it's definitely helped with my congestion

 

[ChuChu Flamingo]

Air purifiers are the natural enemy of unstable air.

 

[JoeAwesome]

Air purifiers are the natural enemy of unstable air.

You leaned in too hard.

 

[roker]

I have one near my vinyl and video games. Humidity can destroy your prized possessions.

 

[NeoSneth]

I have 3 in the basement. Not all are active at once, it's more of a redundancy thing. They are only for the spring and summer months here.
In the winter I actually have humidifiers running with the furnace.

 

[promking]

I use a big dehumidifier in the basement, keeps everything dry.

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

I have 2 of them but I'm not going to answer Joe. Oh wait...

 

[SML]

I had one in the lake cabin I was renting, but the house across town that I'm in now isn't humid enough, at least with the polar weather we've been having.

It's 1905 construction so I have to figure out how to do this without trapping moisture in the walls and inviting mold and woodrot.

 

[NeoSneth]

What's everyone's target humidity level?
In summer we have ambient 80-100% humidity, so I set them to 60% otherwise they would run forever.

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

It needs to be under 60 unless you live in a basement. Over 60% always leads to mold.

 

[Neo Alec]

All you goobs with game collections, The Library of Congress recommends a humidity of 35% for optimal book storage:

Care, Handling and Storage of Books - Collections Care (Preservation, Library of Congress)

How to care for your books, including how to find a book conservator.

www.loc.gov

 

[HornheaDD]

I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier. I put em in the same room and let em fight it out.

 

[sirlynxalot]

I run one 24/7 in my basement, which is an old dirt and stone cellar. Too much moisture comes up from the ground otherwise. Always thinking in the back of my mind when I should bother replacing it, and whether the dehumidifier might somehow cause a fire one day by running that much.

 

[Johnny16Bit]

I got windows that can open.

 

[StevenK]

I got windows that can open.

And a dry sense of humour

 

[Azra113]

You could of made a poll

 

[roker]

You could of made a poll

In Joe's defense, you can't in Unrelated for whatever reason.

 

[Azra113]

so thats why I couldnt do it. my bad, but i gotta commit to the bit

 

[Fygee]

I've lived in Vegas my whole life. I'm dying for humid air, especially in the winter.

I don't know what benefits there could be from dry air, unless you live somewhere where you don't have HVAC and it gets muggy as hell when it's warm.

 

[Heinz]

During the summer here it can get pretty wet and humid so we're almost always running the aircon. Keeps things nice a dry inside.

 

[HellioN]

A blazing out of control fire can dehumidify things...