Pro Breeze® 20L/Day Dehumidifier with Digital Humidity Display, Sleep Mode, Continuous Drainage, Laundry Drying and 24 Hour Timer - Ideal for Damp and Condensation

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And, on testing, I found the Pro Breeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier with Special Laundry Mode performed exceptionally well. Digital LED Display: The Digital LED screen displays the current room humidity level and allows you to control 5 dehumidification modes including strong, continuous, normal, ventilation and laundry. Discover the multi-functional solution that combines a dehumidifier and clothes dryer, equipped with sleep and fan modes, alongside automatic humidity control for a set-and-forget approach to maintaining a comfortable living environment. It uses a high-powered compressor to remove up to 20 litres of moisture per day, making it ideal for use in large rooms with persistent damp issues. Featuring a digital LED screen with smart light indicators, it monitors current room humidity and lets you choose from 5 operating modes including two fan speeds as well as continuous, ventilation and laundry modes to speed up the drying of clothes. An oscillating louvre helps to distribute wind across the room, while the removable carbon filter catches dust particles and bacteria to create an instantly healthier environment.

Automatic Humidity Sensor: The built-in humidity sensor allows you to set your desired room humidity between 30%-80%. Living in a Victorian terraced house, our home does suffer with damp and mould, and this dehumidifier extracted enough moisture from the air to fill the water tank in just four hours when I first powered it up. Strong dehumidifying mode will set the target humidity at a very low 30%. (Usually between 40-60% humidity is recommended). Although a word of warning; in this mode the fans run at high speed and cannot be adjusted, so this is an extremely noisy setting. However, I don't think you'd really need to operate it in Strong mode in normal circurmstances within the home.

The ProBreeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier promises to radically reduce condensation and damp in a matter of days. I put it to the test in my damp home office to see how well it delivers

Cost-effective operation: The ProBreeze is an energy-efficient workhorse, extracting up to 20 litres of water daily, costing as little as 14p/hour to run. Special Laundry Mode: Reduce the drying time of damp laundry indoors by absorbing moisture in the air from wet clothes. Using the latest technology, it's capable of extracting up to 600% more water than similar-sized dehumidifiers. The smart humidity sensor features LED indicators that constantly observes the moisture levels within the room (Image credit: Gabriella Dyson/Future) One thing I really like about the Pro Breeze 20L Premium is that it has a couple of different automatic modes so you don’t have to worry about manually choosing the right setting.

The Normal dehumidifying mode will work to bring a room's humidity to whatever humidity level you prefer (between 30% and 80% humidity), before switching off. Costs as little as 14p/hour to run: Using an energy-efficient compressor, our dehumidifier has low power consumption. Pre-ProBreeze, our home office was practically uninhabitable at times with damp walls collecting mould and condensation. But after one week of introducing the ProBreeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier we've experienced a marked improvement. There is visibly less dampness, a palpable freshness to the air, and crucially, dry floors and walls. The Pro Breeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier with Special Laundry Mode has a generous 5.5L water tank, so keeping on top of emptying it isn't too much of a chore.Running costs vary depending on the size, make and model of dehumidifier you opt for. However, despite Pro Breeze making efforts to lower the running costs of the Pro Breeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier with Special Laundry Mode when compared to its predecessor, the Pro Breeze 20L Dehumidifier with Laundry Mode, the latest model still uses a fairly hefty 440W to operate. As a long time damp sufferer, I absolutely recommend The ProBreeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier. Not only has it protected our belongings from the pervasive menace of mould but it has helped us to reduce humidity levels, and allowed us to use our home office again without worrying about our belongings being ruined by damp.

The Pro Breeze Premium 20L Dehumidifier with Special Laundry Mode arrived in a large cardboard box. This isn’t a light machine, in fact, it weighs in at 13kg, but thankfully, there are cutouts on the side of the box, which made lifting it and bringing it inside a whole lot easier. There are just a couple of things that I think let this dehumidifier down. For a start, the handle is really difficult to get to grips with, so if you’re planning on moving this appliance around the home frequently then you may want to consider another model that has a proper handle. If you’re just moving it from room to room, you may not find it such a problem as the castors do work well on a range of flooring. That said, you may not need to move this dehumidifier around too much. It has a generous 35sqm range, so if you’re in a small to medium-sized home, it should do its job if placed in one central location. Maintenance After use, I definitely found the room felt 'cleaner' and 'lighter' feeling. The Pro Breeze also did a good job of removing the damp smell that can occur after heavy rainfall, and when I used it in the kitchen area it captured the lingering smells from cooking, making the house smell much fresher.

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At 13kg, this is one of the heavier dehumidifiers in the Pro Breeze range. However, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t easy to move around. Special Laundry Mode: Reduce the drying time of damp laundry indoors by absorbing moisture in the air from wet clothes.

The main bug-bear owners of the bestselling Pro Breeze 20L Dehumidifier with Laundry Mode note is its noisy operation which is reflected in its decibel rating of 48dB. The Pro Breeze Premium promises reduced noise levels of 42dBin comparison. The other area the Pro Breeze 20L Premium Dehumidifier with Special Laundry Mode aims to improve upon the performance of its predecessor, thePro Breeze 20L Dehumidifier with Laundry Mode, is in noise levels. Costs as little as 12 p/hour to run: Our dehumidifier has been designed to be energy-efficient with low power consumption. Overall, I found this one of the easiest dehumidifiers to use out of all the options I've tested. Especially thanks to its Smart humidity sensor which automatically controls the dehumidifier for you to achieve your desired humidity level. More on that later. Performance The bit that this dehumidifier really struggles with is the handle. Rather than a fold-up handle like you see on other models in the range, such as the ProBreeze 12L and the ProBreeze 30L, this 20L Premium model has recessed hand-holds in the body of the dehumidifier.For comparison, at current energy costs, the MeacoDry Arete One Dehumidifier uses around 6p of electricity per hour, and the Pro Breeze 20L Premium uses nearly twice that at roughly 12p per hour. Inside the box, you’ll find the unit, an instruction manual and a small piece of plastic pipe, which can be used if you want to run this dehumidifier in continuous mode, but more about that later. I found this made it really difficult to carry the weighty appliance up and down stairs. It’s not too bad just transporting it from room to room, but between floors, it’s awkward. This isn’t a small dehumidifier by any means, and as well as weighing 13kg, it’s tall. So if you’re trying to carry it up and down stairs you have to lift it quite high to avoid tripping. I think a handle works so much better in these situations.