We bought this because the house we are renting is humid. The basement would read up to 73% humidity and now this unit can get the number in the high 40’s. The air feels much better now. The unit does produce some noise and air that blows out is not hot but not cool. But we don’t need the unit right next to us in a bedroom or tv room. I like that it kicks off if it reaches humidity setting goal. You can tie it into a drain source if you want, but we just manually empty daily.