Friedrich D70BP 70 Pint Dehumidifier with built-in drain pump, Front Bucket and Continuous Drain

Had this product for a month. Worked fine the first two weeks on continuous flow then the bucket started filling up. Tried suggestions on various discussion boards including the reviews on Amazon. Gave up after two weeks and tried the pump systems. Thought it was working then same result. I am away frequently and the bucket dumping system isn't an option. Since the unit is near a sump pump didn't want to pay for electricity and future replacement of the internal pump. Called Friedrich and what other reviewers said, their customer service is non existent, is true.They suggested the nearest repair facility that was two hours away. Really? Called them anyhow and they are no longer in business. The product is made in China so their facility in Texas won't take it. Tried to return product to Amazon. Two days too late for that. Why won't Amazon allow zero stars? I read every review on Amazon before I bought and decided the good ones outweighed the bad before I purchased. Big mistake. If you do the same thing you do so at your peril.**UPDATE** Bought it to a repair facility after only having the unit for about 3 weeks in early July. The drive was about 2 hours away. It was finally "fixed' in early October! They replaced a circuit board. Well it turns out that after plugging it in the problem still exists. Called the repair facility back a couple of times and they promised to call back but never did. Contacted another repair facility and they were more sympathetic to our plight. They gave me a number at Friedrich to call and they were also very responsive. The upshot was that they would send a new unit for free.Friedrich is probably a good product but in the future If I purchase any dehumidifier I will ascertain where the repair facilities are located before I buy. Perhaps someplace like a local Sears.

Bought this for the basement, which used to sit around 70% humidity in the summer. Arrived on time and in great shape.Pro's:1. It works extremely well to remove the humidity. I was advised to get the biggest unit I could. This was indeed good advise. It brought the large basement down to 50% humidity in short order and is keeping it there.2. The pump function is super. Very well thought out. Exit is from the back, which is great. You push the special fitting (with hose) into the back of the unit and it automatically senses you want it to start pumping. No settings to fiddle with, it just knows. So nice to not have to empty the bucket.3. The unit is attractive4. The digital readout of temperature and humidity is great to have.5. The controls are easy and intuitive.Con's:1. It cycles way too often. I don't understand why it does not wait until the humidity has increased to a certain level, say 5% above your setting, then run till it is 5% below. That way it cycles less. Right now, it turns on when its just barely above the setting and turns off when just below. It cycles about every 3 or 4 minutes, runs for about 4 minutes, then shuts off, only to turn back on 3 or 4 minutes later. Since the fan is loud, its really distracting. No way to adjust this setting that I can find.2. The fan is quite loud. Not much you can do about this and every other unit I have owned suffers the same issue. I would guess since that is the basics of a dehumifier. i.e.run a big fan over a coil. Just be aware you are not going to be able to listen to mozart while this thing is on.3. Even if you turn the fan to the low setting, it does not remember that the next time it fires back up. Right back to hurricane strength.On the whole, its a good unit.Followup - September 2013:The unit suddenly stopped working after about 12.5 months. Bucket full light/alarm was on, even though I don't use the bucket. Nothing I could do to make it realize the bucket was empty. I called customer support and they were great (yes real people, located in the USA). After confirming that, indeed, nothing could be done on my end and that there was no service techs in my area, they agreed to give me a little grace on the 12 month warranty window and sent me a new one. It arrived about two weeks later and I was up and running again. This is a class outfit folks. I can't recommend more highly.

I purchased this unit to replace a Danby unit that was getting very noisy; this model looked very similar and was probably made in the same Chinese factory. The condensate pump did not work and it was VERY noisy. The instructions explained that the condensate would accumulate in the reservoir up to a certain level then would pump out. There was no pick up tube inside the container, this comment made no sense.This was my first return to Amazon; I dropped it off to Canada Post after lunch and my account was credited by end of day; very impressive !!

Bought this at the start of the summer and have had it running continuously since taking it out of the box. It has worked perfectly. I only have a 1000 sqft basement but it was constantly damp due to ground moisture. This has kept the humidity down to about 50 all summer long (down from 80-90). It isn't whisper quiet but for my needs that doesnt matter. It might be annoying if you are using this in a bedroom but then again it is designed for large spaces. The pump works great and is a nice feature especially if you don't have a drain in the floor.Very happy with it so far, and i hope to have it for years to come!

This dehumidifier is perfect for my needs, which are keeping the humidity low in my basement during the humid summer months. With the built-in pump it requires very little attention, keeping the humidity down to the percentage value I set, starting and stopping as needed, and clearing out its water reservoir automatically into the nearby sink. It will even restart automatically in the event of a power outage!During operation it is not very loud (perhaps 50 or 60 decibels) and since the noise is constant it doesn't stop people from sleeping (unless they're very sensitive I suppose). However, when the unit starts the sudden lurch of noise can wake up a sleeper. To solve this problem, we set the timer to leave the dehumidifier on for several hours at the start of the night and then the unit shuts off automatically and stays off for the rest of the night.I've owned this unit for over a year and it's still working well.

Work perfectly and has expected... Been couple weeks now and it's not very noisy compare to my previous one I had, and over that, I connect the pump so I don't have to bother emptying it.Update: Before a year, the pump was not working properly, just like trying to pump out water but nothing coming out. Now I need to manually empty the bucket myself. I checked everything, and all is correctly connected! Defective pump maybe!

I have old dehumidifier about 25 pint I had little problem down my basement. It's damp and moisture . Well I tried to put the hose on wouldn't come out of the hose kept filling the bucket . Everyday I go downstairs dump the water out lots of water out of the bucket. Old dehumidifier.I just got it today. New dehumidifier 50 pints.Working great came with hose it's a long skinny hose reaches the drainage and happy to see the water coming out with out filling the bucket worries free . I think this would be great for who have damp /moisture in the basement don't have to worried about dumping the the water out of the bucket . I would recommend 50 pint or 70 pint for the basement