Lol, I'm on a similar journey right now. I was looking at Honeywell TPFIT but I read someone's comment praising their Meaco and the algorithm led me here. May I ask, which one did you end up buying?
@@aniljayakarmeaco is better at marketing than building good reliable dehumidifiers, I haven't looked at the honey well but my guess it would be a far better choice. This video is marketing hype that's all probably back handed by meaco or a distribution company selling them. I've took one apart, nothing special I've other Chinese made dehumidifiers so better to buy a cheaper one
i bought a electriq cd10l had for over a year. got text saying it being recalled by appliance direct. phoned them and they sent a brand new to replace the refurbished one i had bought. great company. and it never has a problem getting humiditity down to 50%. i set it on 45% 5 min later room at 50%
My meaco is not as quiet as I thought. In fact, it is very loud. But it might be my own error. I test-run it immediately after the delivery but then 5 minutes later, I noticed in the manual that it is supposed to stand upright for 6 hours before its first usage to let refrigerant settle down. I then stop it and waited for 6 hours to run it again. The humming noise does not go away. But would my error have anything to do with humming noise? Its water extraction is still impressive.
A Meaco was our 3rd dehumidifier, and though it was quiet, and shifted a lot of moisture, it was worse for noise when the compressor kicked in - a horrid whistle that forced us to switch it off when in close proximity. It was like this from new and Meaco said there was nothing wrong with it noise wise. This was maybe 4 or 5 years ago. Would have I have a Meaco again? Only if the compressor was silent as the quoted db. All the other well known manufacturer dehumidifiers had noise, but noting like this horrendous whistle.
I've had the arete in a conservatory since it's launch. Non stop now with no issues. Have it on the wall mount. Meaco seem to be a good buy, got the fans too for most rooms.
Oh yes. My tumble dryer broke down this weekend and an engineer is coming to fix it in 5 days. So I put a load of wayside on the clothes dryer and after 14 hours it was still not dry. Then I remembered I had my Meaco dehumidifier that I bought last Black Friday. So I fired up our another load of washing on the rack and it’s dried it all completely in 4 hours!!
*Note everybody: the Meaco plummets in performance below 18C (I have one). In the winter, in a damp property, get a desiccant dehumidifier. Only draw back is they use more energy. Sup to you.
Which Meaco model do you have..? According to a Meaco short TH-cam video comparing Compressor vs Desiccant dehumidifiers, they stated that their top of the range models perform just as well at lower temperatures.. Researching atm to purchase the right machine for me..!
It's easier to keep humidity down in winter provided that you do the sensible thing and have some air circulation. The heat indoors will bring the humidity down but circulating air is a must to remove indoor sources of humidity. The summer is a bigger problem because the outdoor air can get very humid in the UK and it's not possible to remove it via heating during the summer, therefore a dehumidifier or dehumidifying air conditioner is a must.
Depending on your heat source in winter, the heater can increase humidity. I have a propane wall heater (in TX) and my windows will sweat on the inside. Water vapor is a byproduct of the combustion. Cracking open some windows will let cool, dry air in, but my (expensive) hot (moist) air leaks out. Good and bad.
Both units are small. Also you guys didn't even mention that there are TWO technologies - absorption and condenser type. That is NOT PROFESSIONAL COMPARISON. I think you guys are comparing two products and that is all. This appears to be all advertisement.
Exactly my thought mate, once I was done with the video I searched both dehumidifiers to see what type both of them use and it's a compressor. It seemed to me that these guys are a bit biased towards the more expensive.
Useful and interesting experiments - thanks! Will there be a more like-for-like comparison between two units from these brands with similar specs, e.g., the Meaco unit against the similar ElectriQ 12L Low-Energy Quiet Laundry Dehumidifier?
Meaco is running on 50 db on low fan , not even close to the 35 advertised. Not much difference between low fan and high fan to be fair in DB. I am running the Meaco Arete 12L . Quite noisy .
- The Meaco is twice the price but only performs ~20% better across the board - Seeing as the cheaper option is almost half the price, why not buy 2 and run them at the same time? Also, we don't know how well they function after 300+ uses, do they have worse performance after a year?
They will have differing selling models as well. If you are selling something at 70-80 quid you won't have a customer service team worth calling. To be honest, you are better off not using customer service when you buy electrical appliances, you are just going to end up on hold to a person in another country who has been trained to make you go away and buy the cheaper version when you get disappointed that your superior dehumidifier is just as crap as the inferior one.
Agreed. Had mine for a while and use the laundry mode loads. I keep it on in the bedroom at night and no damp on windows and room gets slightly warm. I do not put any heating on while running this.
They didn't for me, they sent a brand new one and a couple of days later I received it. I then put the old one in the new box and took it to my local delivery office, postage paid too !
I have a Meaco 12l and it consumes 200w (think 3 and a bit old lightbulbs) significantly cheaper than a tumble dryer and as pointed out by Modi-Drink-Moot it's British made
Bad decision to not put a Timer on the Neaco, that's the basics a Dehumidifier should have. The main reason I could not purchase the Neaco unfortunately.
We had two Meaco units. One lasted 1 year and the other 1.5 years so clearly proudly made in UK, just like the Hoover appliances. We also have a 15 year oldSiemens washing machine and a Miele vacuum cleaner. Really boring things, they just dont break down so you are stuck with the same appliance for decades. Boring but they have excellent performance.
Sorry but that is rubbish, all it was was cheaper, not better value. Meaco - 5yr Warranty; Elelectriq - 1 year Warranty. Neither were the correct size of dehumidifier for the rooms they were used in anyway. They should have been using 18L, 20L or even 25L models. Whilst 25L is quite a bit more expensive to start with the strain on the components is far less.
This is clearly a propaganda for Meaco which is actually a very overrated Chinese manufactured, I've taken one the very same one apart that is feature in the video, the compressor is a danfoss knockoff named danfu, how blatant is that? It's an old style compressor which uses propane gas R290. The starter winding is poem circuit and would appears to have came from the Chinese factory without even testing. My advice if you think your buying British or European tech is a wild dressed up as sheep. It's over priced for a Chinese knock off, do yourself a favor ignore this meaco funded video and go into B & Q or screwfix but a much advanced scroll compressor model which has better efficency for less money.
Thanks for adding details , much appreciated. Could you suggest an alternative brand /model from BnQ /SF /others that has better compressor etc please?
@@michald4224 your wrong i work for meaco in Guildford british parts family company also based in the same area !! they were using chinese but all made now in the uk !!!!!😃👍
@@stuartellis2006Are all parts made in UK? I’ve worked in a UK factory making English products. Every single component apart from the cardboard packing box came from China. We assembled and tested.
One unit costs twice what the other one costs and even allowing for the fact they were comparing apples with oranges, the 'expert' claims that the meaco is better value for money. Look into the number of returns are done for ALL dehumidifiers and I know which one is better value for money the one that costs half the price of the other one because we all know when it breaks we can (if we want) look for a 'dehumidifier engineer' to fix it or we can throw it in the trash. All of these machines are made in China and when the solder goes or the motor goes its buy a new one time.
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This has made my exciting evening of researching dehumidifiers slightly quicker
Lol, I'm on a similar journey right now. I was looking at Honeywell TPFIT but I read someone's comment praising their Meaco and the algorithm led me here. May I ask, which one did you end up buying?
@@aniljayakarmeaco is better at marketing than building good reliable dehumidifiers, I haven't looked at the honey well but my guess it would be a far better choice. This video is marketing hype that's all probably back handed by meaco or a distribution company selling them. I've took one apart, nothing special I've other Chinese made dehumidifiers so better to buy a cheaper one
😂...yuuuup
@@martinmuldoon603 chill out 😂 your just trolling the comments section with your dribble and repeating your "claims"
i bought a electriq cd10l had for over a year. got text saying it being recalled by appliance direct. phoned them and they sent a brand new to replace the refurbished one i had bought. great company. and it never has a problem getting humiditity down to 50%. i set it on 45% 5 min later room at 50%
My meaco is not as quiet as I thought. In fact, it is very loud. But it might be my own error. I test-run it immediately after the delivery but then 5 minutes later, I noticed in the manual that it is supposed to stand upright for 6 hours before its first usage to let refrigerant settle down. I then stop it and waited for 6 hours to run it again. The humming noise does not go away. But would my error have anything to do with humming noise? Its water extraction is still impressive.
@@naratipmath is it on a hardwood floor ?
Oh I didn’t know this. But mine has been standing upright in the box for 11 months before I first use did 😂😂
No, mine is seriously fking loud. They lie!!!
@naratipmath I've got two, and they run well .
Got one definitely makes a difference in laundry drying times, don't think it was mentioned but that Meaco is also an Air Purifier.
same as electriq i own one
A Meaco was our 3rd dehumidifier, and though it was quiet, and shifted a lot of moisture, it was worse for noise when the compressor kicked in - a horrid whistle that forced us to switch it off when in close proximity. It was like this from new and Meaco said there was nothing wrong with it noise wise. This was maybe 4 or 5 years ago. Would have I have a Meaco again? Only if the compressor was silent as the quoted db. All the other well known manufacturer dehumidifiers had noise, but noting like this horrendous whistle.
I've had the arete in a conservatory since it's launch. Non stop now with no issues. Have it on the wall mount. Meaco seem to be a good buy, got the fans too for most rooms.
Mine is Meaco 10L it’s amazing and also has laundry mode too ! Laundry is dry in no time 👏🏻 well worth the money A+++++
Oh yes. My tumble dryer broke down this weekend and an engineer is coming to fix it in 5 days. So I put a load of wayside on the clothes dryer and after 14 hours it was still not dry. Then I remembered I had my Meaco dehumidifier that I bought last Black Friday. So I fired up our another load of washing on the rack and it’s dried it all completely in 4 hours!!
*Note everybody: the Meaco plummets in performance below 18C (I have one). In the winter, in a damp property, get a desiccant dehumidifier. Only draw back is they use more energy. Sup to you.
Which Meaco model do you have..? According to a Meaco short TH-cam video comparing Compressor vs Desiccant dehumidifiers, they stated that their top of the range models perform just as well at lower temperatures.. Researching atm to purchase the right machine for me..!
@@chrissyayles7175 MeacoDry Arete® One 12L
Did you find the right machine yet? @@chrissyayles7175
with central heating on i dont think that would be as big an issue as you make out. i probably would switch it off during night.
It's easier to keep humidity down in winter provided that you do the sensible thing and have some air circulation. The heat indoors will bring the humidity down but circulating air is a must to remove indoor sources of humidity.
The summer is a bigger problem because the outdoor air can get very humid in the UK and it's not possible to remove it via heating during the summer, therefore a dehumidifier or dehumidifying air conditioner is a must.
Depending on your heat source in winter, the heater can increase humidity. I have a propane wall heater (in TX) and my windows will sweat on the inside. Water vapor is a byproduct of the combustion. Cracking open some windows will let cool, dry air in, but my (expensive) hot (moist) air leaks out. Good and bad.
3:56 video starts
Both units are small. Also you guys didn't even mention that there are TWO technologies - absorption and condenser type. That is NOT PROFESSIONAL COMPARISON. I think you guys are comparing two products and that is all. This appears to be all advertisement.
This is how an avg person would compare it IRL. But yes not very informative for a channel doing research
The gadget show has been just one long advert for years now
Exactly my thought mate, once I was done with the video I searched both dehumidifiers to see what type both of them use and it's a compressor. It seemed to me that these guys are a bit biased towards the more expensive.
You should be building homes with in built ventilation. It's 2024 after all.
Great, what about all the homes built 10 years ago or 20 years or 30 years, my house is 400 years old, unfortunately we can't all live in a new home.
Useful and interesting experiments - thanks! Will there be a more like-for-like comparison between two units from these brands with similar specs, e.g., the Meaco unit against the similar ElectriQ 12L Low-Energy Quiet Laundry Dehumidifier?
The problem with the Gadget show tests is there is no testing for durability. A modern cheap machine will often do the same job, but for how long?
maeco is also poorly built but it comes with 5 years of warranty.
Meaco is running on 50 db on low fan , not even close to the 35 advertised. Not much difference between low fan and high fan to be fair in DB. I am running the Meaco Arete 12L . Quite noisy .
They probably quote the dB on night mode.
That all depends on where you measured it from. How far was your microphone from the unit?
Can the Meaco be scheduled to run for instance two hours every night?
what about noise?!
- The Meaco is twice the price but only performs ~20% better across the board
- Seeing as the cheaper option is almost half the price, why not buy 2 and run them at the same time?
Also, we don't know how well they function after 300+ uses, do they have worse performance after a year?
They will have differing selling models as well. If you are selling something at 70-80 quid you won't have a customer service team worth calling. To be honest, you are better off not using customer service when you buy electrical appliances, you are just going to end up on hold to a person in another country who has been trained to make you go away and buy the cheaper version when you get disappointed that your superior dehumidifier is just as crap as the inferior one.
I can tell u the meaco is top notch especially this model
Agreed. Had mine for a while and use the laundry mode loads. I keep it on in the bedroom at night and no damp on windows and room gets slightly warm. I do not put any heating on while running this.
@mhoobag1 same here my heating comes on after certain temperature but with this on it hardly needs to come on,much cheaper with this on too
I had a Meaco but I sent it back. It worked but the compressor was noisy.
@@kevinmills5293yes it is
You can put the Meaco against the wall.
this is surprisingly well shot and produced. gj
this is a clip from "the gadget show" its broadcast on national tv
@@standardtuning4guitars423oh I thought this was a youtube thing
Meaco support is poor, they will charge you for a warranty claim and expect the original box when returning, even if they accept the fault.
They didn't for me, they sent a brand new one and a couple of days later I received it. I then put the old one in the new box and took it to my local delivery office, postage paid too !
I still open my windows, in October.
How much do these actually cost to run in the UK.
My meaco its on 12 h a day .little expensive
I have a Meaco 12l and it consumes 200w (think 3 and a bit old lightbulbs) significantly cheaper than a tumble dryer and as pointed out by Modi-Drink-Moot it's British made
MEACO is British owned and designed jot made in the u.k, Ebac is uk manufactured and uk owned
Bad decision to not put a Timer on the Neaco, that's the basics a Dehumidifier should have. The main reason I could not purchase the Neaco unfortunately.
They have
Is there a new series?
In February its new areta 2
We had two Meaco units. One lasted 1 year and the other 1.5 years so clearly proudly made in UK, just like the Hoover appliances.
We also have a 15 year oldSiemens washing machine and a Miele vacuum cleaner. Really boring things, they just dont break down so you are stuck with the same appliance for decades. Boring but they have excellent performance.
Meaco made in China, cheap plastic parts that won't last, e.g. the handle which bends and then cracks at the joints/uprights.
@@roger4880 yet here I am with a meaco 12l that has been on constantly on for just over 3.5 years at mines. Go figure!
This is just an advert for meaco 😂
Advert for Meaco. Best value was the cheaper one.
Sorry but that is rubbish, all it was was cheaper, not better value. Meaco - 5yr Warranty; Elelectriq - 1 year Warranty. Neither were the correct size of dehumidifier for the rooms they were used in anyway. They should have been using 18L, 20L or even 25L models. Whilst 25L is quite a bit more expensive to start with the strain on the components is far less.
This is clearly a propaganda for Meaco which is actually a very overrated Chinese manufactured, I've taken one the very same one apart that is feature in the video, the compressor is a danfoss knockoff named danfu, how blatant is that? It's an old style compressor which uses propane gas R290. The starter winding is poem circuit and would appears to have came from the Chinese factory without even testing. My advice if you think your buying British or European tech is a wild dressed up as sheep. It's over priced for a Chinese knock off, do yourself a favor ignore this meaco funded video and go into B & Q or screwfix but a much advanced scroll compressor model which has better efficency for less money.
5 year guarantee on the meaco
Thanks for adding details , much appreciated. Could you suggest an alternative brand /model from BnQ /SF /others that has better compressor etc please?
instead of using flashy names would have been better if you actually told us a model
This was a test of two devices NOT where they come from.
Old style compressor ? I've looked at a few dozen dehumidifiers and all of them use r290. So they are all obsolete? What gas should they use then ?
Meaco is also british made u should always support british brands instead of Chinese rubbish
Designed in Britain, made in China🤣
@@michald4224 your wrong i work for meaco in Guildford british parts family company also based in the same area !! they were using chinese but all made now in the uk !!!!!😃👍
@@stuartellis2006 I have just purchased a 12L Arete One direct from Meaco through Amazon UK. Is it likely to be all British parts?
@@stuartellis2006Are all parts made in UK? I’ve worked in a UK factory making English products. Every single component apart from the cardboard packing box came from China. We assembled and tested.
One unit costs twice what the other one costs and even allowing for the fact they were comparing apples with oranges, the 'expert' claims that the meaco is better value for money. Look into the number of returns are done for ALL dehumidifiers and I know which one is better value for money the one that costs half the price of the other one because we all know when it breaks we can (if we want) look for a 'dehumidifier engineer' to fix it or we can throw it in the trash. All of these machines are made in China and when the solder goes or the motor goes its buy a new one time.