I was debating for a long time to buy and try this dehumidifier. The plan was to find a dehumidifier for my small bedroom to help with my allergies. I live in Southern California pretty close to the beach. Which gave this product a great test: my thermostat told me I had 72% humidity in my room, so I started the dehumidifier. With less than 4 hrs the humidity went down to 62% and I had about 2 cups of water in the collection bin. As long as you are okay with humidity around 60%, I haven't been able to get it lower than 60%. The only draw back is, it is not too quiet. This is why I didn't give it a 5 Star. For me it works well due to sleeping during the daytime, so it actually cancelled out some of the outside noise. Overall, I think this product is worthwhile the price and size.