There is also the option to mount your dehumidifier to the wall - ideal for offices, studios, garages and laundry areas. Find out more here . There is nothing worse than your dehumidifier breaking down just after the Manufacturer's warranty has expired. Here at Buy It Direct Ltd we want you to get the most out of your dehumidifier, which is why we offer a5 Year Warranty plan. Importantly, the DD8L allows you to select a quiet fan speed independent of the relative humidity that you might wish to select. This ensures that the DD8L will stay in quiet mode whenever you want absolute quiet, for example at night, so that your sleep or peace is not disturbed. The Meaco DD8L Zambezi features an intelligent Meaco Laundry+ system, which will help you dry your washing faster. You can also set when you want your DD8L to run with the built-in timer. We mentioned this fact to Meaco founder and CEO Chris Michael who agreed that the extraction rate of the Zambezi is indeed larger than that of the Meaco Compact.

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The Meaco Compact features a timer that you turn on and can set for a 1,2, 4 or 8 hour running time.

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This gives you the perfect balance between protecting your environment and keeping costs to a minimum.

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This provides a level of accurate dehumidification that is over-kill for domestic applications, however. The alternative provided by most compressor dehumidifiers is for the dehumidifier to turn off when the relative humidity target is reached. This saves energy but does mean that the dehumidifier potentially misses increases in relative humidity and could allow organic materials in the home to absorb the excess moisture and mould to grow. Bottom line: The Meaco Zambezi has a more powerful extraction than the Meaco Compact. Meaco DD8L Water Tank The Zambezi however contains a daily timer feature through which you can set the dehumidifier once to come on and turn off at the same time every day. The Zambezi remembers the timer settings that you program into it. The inside of a compressor dehumidifier needs to be colder than the air within the room and the colder the room is the harder the dehumidifier has to work. As the temperature starts to fall towards 10°C then the chances are that the inside of the dehumidifier will get close to freezing, increasing the chances of ice forming on the dehumidifier’s cooling coils. This is why below around 15°C compressor dehumidifiers are programmed to spend up to two thirds of their time defrosting themselves rather than dehumidifying. The Meaco DD8L Zambezi is a desiccant that works consistently well at temperatures below 15 degrees. The Zambezi water tank holds 3 litres of water versus 2 litres of the Meaco Compact. For a (mainly) domestic type of dehumidifier this is a very large water tank.Should the RH reach 45% again then the Zambezi will toggle into full power to bring the RH down to 35% again. Ionizer For Allergies This Meaco exclusive control logic is available on the Meaco DD8L, the whole Low Energy and ABC range, the Meaco DD8L Junior and the Meaco DD8L Zambezi and only Meaco make desiccant dehumidifiers that do this. In general a desiccant works better at low temperatures, and extracts more water than a compressor. The average dehumidifier ionizer covers an area of up to 1 metres around the dehumidifier. The Zambezi ioniser covers an area up to 10 metres around the dehumidifier. However a 3 litre water tank is ideal if you want to run the dehumidifier throughout the night to fight condensation.

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If you struggle with moisture in the air and humidity levels at your home, buying a dehumidifier is a perfect solution to your problem. There is nothing worse than your dehumidifier breaking down just after the Manufacturer's warranty has expired. Here at Buy It Direct Ltd we want you to get the most out of your dehumidifier, which is why we offer a3 Year Warranty plan. Meaco Turn Me On function - DD8L will ask you to turn it on when the relative humidity in the room goes above 70%rh (when mould grows) Therefore while the DD8L may run on fan-only mode for 10 minutes out of every hour competitor dehumidifiers run their fans for the full hour.

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As it has an internal heater, and higher wattage, a desiccant will add warmth to a space, particularly useful in the winter months, and for spaces that do not have any heating like garages and sheds. They are often used as an alternative to installing heating. The Meaco DD8L Zambezi has two heater settings at 330 watts and 650 watts. By setting the dehumidifier to single fan speed the heater will never go above 330 watts and by selecting a humidity setting of 60%rh you will minimise the dehumidifiers running time. When we use our Meaco DD8L Compact we usually do so by placing it upstairs on the hall landing. Downstairs we usually have either the heating on or the stove burning which keeps the downstairs sitting room nice and warm. The temperature on the landing upstairs would be well below 20°c (around 16°c – 18°c actually) so a desiccant dehumidifier is perfect for this type of usage.