Small Dehumidifier Reviews

Thus far we’ve only tested five different small low capacity dehumidifiers (compared to 34 units tested in the high capacity category). We’ve limited our testing in this size class for a reason:

We generally don’t recommend low capacity compressor based dehumidifiers.

As we discuss in our general buyer’s guide, many consumers look into buying a smaller capacity dehumidifier for the wrong reasons.

For example, some consumers think that small (20, 22 pint) dehumidifiers are more energy efficient than their larger (35 pint and 50 pint) counterparts. This simply isn’t the case. Small dehumidifiers are in fact much less energy efficient (as we discuss here) as their larger capacity counterparts.

The only reason why you should be considering a small dehumidifier is if one, the space you’re going to be dehumidifying is very small or if two, the environment that you plan on dehumidifying isn’t severely and/or perpetually humid.

As a final blunt warning do not buy a small low capacity dehumidifier if you’re trying to save money. Not only are they less energy efficient (costing you more in energy costs over time), but they also do not cost much less on average than medium capacity dehumidifiers.

The average cost for the medium capacity dehumidifiers we’ve tested is $212 while the average cost for the low capacity pint dehumidifiers we’ve tested is $198. High capacity (50 pint) dehumidifiers are substantially more expensive, on average ($254), but more budget-friendly 50 pint options like the GoveeLife H7151 can be bought from reputable merchants online for close to the price of the average low capacity (20, 22 pint) unit.

For a list of our top rated 50 pint dehumidifiers click here and for our list of top rated 35 pint dehumidifiers click here.

Best Rated Small Dehumidifiers – 2024 Overall Rankings

Limiting our recommendations to units we’ve tested we can only recommend:

#1 Frigidaire FFAD2233W1

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If we include models we haven’t tested yet, our rankings would be the following:

#1 Midea Cube MAD20S1QWT

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#2 Frigidaire FFAD2233W1

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#3 hOmeLabs HME020030N

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The Frigidaire FFAD2233W1 is by far the best small dehumidifier we’ve tested. Three of the four other small dehumidifiers we tested all had major issues and flaws that keep us from recommending them.

If we don’t limit our recommendations to units we’ve tested, we would rank the untested Midea Cube MAD20S1QWT above the FFAD2233W1, based on our testing of its larger counterpart – the Cube MAD50S1QWT – and how it compares to the FFAD2233W1’s larger counterpart – the FFAD5033W1.

In other words, the 50 pint Midea was tested to be far better than the 50 pint Frigidaire, so we would expect the 20 pint Midea to be better than the 22 pint Frigidaire, if we were to test it.

The Rest of the Tested Rankings (Dehumidifiers We Do Not Recommend)

Below you’ll find the three other small dehumidifiers we’ve tested, listed in order of their overall composite score (shown in parentheses). This score is obtained from adding up each unit’s score (out of 5) in each respective review category.

Hisense DH-35K1SJE5 (47)

GE ADEL30LR (45)

Haier DM32M-L (34.5)

Again, we do not recommend any one of these dehumidifiers for purchase.