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Dehumidifier Pints Per Dollar: Which Unit Buys the Most Water

Name: Dehumidifier Pints Per Dollar (2026 Data Study)
Creator: PickGrade
Published: 2026-07-11
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

By Eran Yorkovsky · July 11, 2026 · Last updated July 11, 2026

Data study · dehumidifiers

We divided every DOE-rated dehumidifier's daily capacity by its price. The best buy delivers 83% more water per dollar than the worst — and the cheapest unit on the shelf turns out to be the worst value of all.

Pints per day, per dollar (pints/day per $)

Higher = better

Frigidaire FHDD5034Y1

0.18 pints/day per $

Midea Cube 50 (with pump)

The Frigidaire FHDD5034 buys the most water per dollar in the category: 0.183 pints a day for every dollar spent.

The Midea Cube 20 is the laggard at 0.100 pints/$ — not because it's a bad machine, but because small units always cost more per pint. You're paying for quiet and footprint, not capacity.

The spread between best and worst is 83%, so buying the largest unit the space can actually use is usually the cheapest way to buy pints.

Three units are held out of the ranking entirely: the Waykar quotes 34 pints at 95°F/90% RH rather than the DOE condition, the Ivation is a desiccant rated at 68°F, and the Pro Breeze is rated in ounces. Blending them in would mean comparing different tests — which is the exact trick this category runs on.

#	Product	Pints per day, per dollar	numerator	price	coverage_sqft	score	Tier
1	Frigidaire FHDD5034Y1	0.18	49.7	$271	4500	8.60	Best
2	Midea Cube 50 (with pump)	0.17	50.0	$300	4500	8.90	Top
3	Midea Cube 35	0.15	35.0	$229	1500	8.40	Mid
4	Midea Cube 20	0.10	20.0	$200	1500	8.50	Skip

Frigidaire FHDD5034Y1Best

0.18 pints/day per $

$271· num: 49.7

Midea Cube 50 (with pump)Top

Methodology

Pints per dollar = rated daily capacity ÷ current manufacturer price; higher is better. We rank only units carrying a 2019-DOE pint rating, so the standings stay apples-to-apples. Units rated under other conditions — the Waykar (95°F/90% RH), the Ivation desiccant (68°F), and the Pro Breeze (ounces per day) — are held out entirely rather than blended in, because the whole point of this category is that the pint number depends on the test it was measured under.

Rated capacity under the 2019 DOE standard (pints/day)
Current price direct from the manufacturer
Pints of daily capacity per dollar spent

Sources:ENERGY STAR certified product database · Manufacturer specifications (Midea, Frigidaire) · Current manufacturer pricing, checked 2026-07-11

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