I really need dehumidifier recommendations

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We have a tanked out cellar to maximise space in our tiny house, it doubles up as a pantry. It's still very humid and damp and we have used a smartiq dehumidifier which did a good job but conveniently died barely a few weeks after the 2 year warranty ended - and that's with only being used for about a year and a bit as we bought it in advance before the cellar was finished and ready to go.

The dehumidifier needs to run very often to keep the levels pretty ok. Could anyone recommend an affordable option that will last longer than the one we've had?

Meaco dehumidifiers get great reviews. I’m not sure what your budget is, but the ongoing costs are meant to be quite reasonable. When my current one stops working I plan to replace with a meaco that has the laundry mode.

We have a Mitsubishi one that we got when ds was born to use on laundry mode. He's 14, and the dehumidifier is still going strong

We've got a Meaco one and I'm really happy with it - we have it running probably 50-75% of the time over winter to help dry washing and I haven't noticed a significant jump in our electricity bills.

Another Meaco fan here - it's very quiet in action. I have the 20L low-energy model which is fine for my largeish 2 bedroom flat. The only thing I don't like about the design is that it's a little tricky to get the water holder detached to empty it, as it's all quite smooth - difficult to get a grip.

In my old very damp house we had a delonghi & it lasted for years. I bought a larger size than we needed and it did a very good job

My ds has had a meaco for about six years used a lot with no problems.