
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
We lived for years with moderate humidity problems in our basement which made it tough to use the space for a family room, or for storage. We've tried using smaller dehumidifiers from Sears, but they just run all the time and don't do a great job.
We finally decided to spend the money and get a large dehumidifier for the entire basement. After quite a bit of research we settled on the Aprilaire 1700FS primarily because it was claimed you could just plug it in and go (which is true, by the way - it was a breeze to install).
After installing the unit our humidity issues disappeared in just a few days. The air downstairs is just as fresh as the air upstairs, and we're comfortable storing holiday decorations and family photos in the basement.
The Aprilaire 1700FS is pretty quiet (you have to really focus if you want to hear it running in the unfinished part of the basement), and was a really easy way to make our basement usable again.