Vremi 4500sqft 50-Pint Dehumidifier

I moved from IL to MS, and bought my first house in my life in MS, a tiny fixer upper, nothing major. But noticed that one year the interior got to 85% humidity, YIKES, so I bought this on a whim, since I couldn't find a good dehumidifier from Lowes (the nearest hardware store by me) that commanded a large sum. This was about $300 less than the Lowes equivalent, meaning of course I pounced on it. Pros: -Works like a charm and works fast, I have the 1500 unit in my living room, and the 4500 in my kitchen since those are the only two rooms that don't have a second floor over them, or even an attic. -The continual mode connector is a standard garden hose connector, so picked up a short flex hose and then ran it through my window, used a pool noodle cut in half and to the width of the window with a slight notch cut out to feed the hose through to seal off the window (works amazing and is a simple fix to an otherwise annoying problem). -It seems to drop 10%/hr until it shuts off at 50% for my needs, but given how poorly sealed this house is, it usually levels out at around 54% and is constantly running. So, I don't know how Energy efficient it is. LUCKILY I rarely need it in the winter, even though our winters resembles Northern Falls. And that's the tiny unit, the big unit can do the same rate of work in a much larger space. The Kitchen dehumidifier I don't have rigged up in continual mode, and that actually gets quite annoying since the hopper fills up within about an hour or two. So that gives you a slight idea on how powerful these things are. The small one even in the smaller room fills up much faster. Leading me to believe that power-wise there really isn't much difference, probably also why there isn't that much difference in price point. Meh: -While I love that the connector for the continual flow is a nice standard hose connector, I'm not so much a fan of it being plastic, afraid that it could wear easily. -Noise is meh, it's audible, but when I have my TV on (which I usually keep at 75-100%) I easily tune it out. It's also made less annoying since it's a "whooshing" sound and not a shrill screech. So, as someone who needs fans on to sleep, doesn't bother me. If I had to guess since I don't have the proper measuring equipment, probably put it at 50-60 decibels or just under normal human speaking volume (of about 70 decibels(). Cons: -The wheels, Yes, it's great for canister/bin mode, but as soon as you want it to be used continually, then you run into a bit of a problem. Since the wheels are tiny and not visible, meaning there isn't a way to lock the casters. So you have to rig a system to steady them on whatever you're using to prop it up to get the hose lower than the unit to allow proper draining. -It has a slight bit of a condensation issue. To the point where I have to employ a catch bowl under mine. Over a course of a day, about 2oz of liquid will leak from it, which points to a condensation issue. That can be fixed by just employing a penny or two worth of pipe insulation. It happens to the left of the unit by the middle left edge. Notes/Observations: -4500, 3000, 1500 should say CUBIC FEET not square feet, but that's the sellers saying square. Since my house is 4700 square feet. 4500 is as decent sized house, it's not going to cover a full house especially with that size of a hopper. -Looking again at the dimensional differences between the three variants, my suspicion that these three all share the same motor seems to be correct since the size differences are minimal, meaning, if you're like me and just running a hose out of it, you probably could go for the smallest guy and be more than fine. But the price points are also relatively negligible as well. Conclusion: At $200, this was very much worth it. It looks sharp, like it doesn't look cheap, the plastic feels quality and the design is classy enough. Compact, effective and has a decent set of features. I've bought two of them. 1500 for the living room and 4500 for the kitchen. So, yeah would recommend it.