[Sleuth]

Originally Posted by chocolatekisses

we have a 3 bedroom apartment.. how big and what type of dehumidifier should we be looking for? .. i dont feel very humid in the house but our floor start to peel and wall bubble i'm not sure if that's cause by humidity , any suggestion?

Required size of a dehumidifier depends on cubic footage of space and the placement of interior walls.

Like Lammarite, I think our Delonghis are blue but I am not swearing to that.

[chocolatekisses]

our place is about 1175 sq,ft do u just get one turn it on and open every door or do u just wheel it to every room? i've no clue~ never own one or needed one before

[Sleuth]

Originally Posted by chocolatekisses

our place is about 1175 sq,ft do u just get one turn it on and open every door or do u just wheel it to every room? i've no clue~ never own one or needed one before

Going to depend on the placement of the interior walls. A big capacity unit could suck one room dry and then leave far-flung areas behind walls wetter.
Best to sort of divide your space up into sections and buy a unit for each section. We have one floor that is pretty wide open, so we have one (bigger) unit. Another floor has a lot of interior walls so we use one on each end.
And you need cubic feet, not square. Granted that it only becomes an issue if you have really high or low ceilings.
Is your place that wet? The AC units will also dehumidify when they are running.

[moti]

We were recommeneded the rowenta - and so far so good but must admit it is noisier than what I was led to beleive

[jgl]

I think that there is some pot luck involved with dehumidifers (the cheaper ones, at least). When I picked up a Rowenta RE150, I tried out two different units and took the quieter one.