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| Spec | hOmeLabs 50 Pint with Pump (HME1004) | AprilAire E100 |
|---|---|---|
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| Our score | SCORE5.5 / 10 | SCORE7.2 / 10 |
| Our take | The cheapest built-in pump here, with 16.4 feet of lift, but its 50 pints is an 80°F rating, so treat it as a smaller machine. Buy it on a deep sale or when the water has to climb higher than the Cube pump's 14 feet. | The whole-house dehumidifier we'd duct into a humid forced-air house or put in a large sealed crawl space above the mid-50s: 85 pints/day at 73°F, ENERGY STAR Most Efficient. Standalone, it mostly dries its own room. |
| Capacity (old 80°F test) | 50 pt/day | 100 pt/day |
| Lowest operating temp | 41°Fbest | 50°F |
| Built-in pump | Yes | No |
| Pump lift | 16.4 ft | n/a |
| Noise (maker figure) | n/a | 55 dBA |
| Type | Portable | Whole-house |
| Warranty | 1 yr | 5 yrbest |
| ENERGY STAR | n/a | Yes |
| Watch out for | The 50 pints is the old 80°F test; ENERGY STAR's rough table puts an old-test 50 near 30 pints on today's 65°F test. hOmeLabs calls it ENERGY STAR rated, but we couldn't find either 50-pint model in ENERGY STAR's certified data. The MAX 120 pint figure in the Amazon title is measured at 95°F and 90% RH, above the unit's own 90°F operating limit. Amazon carries the HME1004 under two listings; one (B0D1HMXQTB) had only a used offer. Confirm the listing says HME1004 and is sold new. | ENERGY STAR's 85 pints/day is at the 73°F whole-home test; don't line it up against a portable's 65°F rating. Dehumidifies only above 50°F inlet air and a 40°F dew point; a crawl space that drops below that in winter leaves it idle. The 5,500 sq ft coverage claim is the maker's; size by moisture load, and duct it if you want it to dry more than its own room. Amazon's "E100 Pro" and "E100P" are listing and bundle names, not AprilAire models. |
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