AlorAir Sentinel HD90 Dehumidifier – Review

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This unit has a horizontal design with white and black colors. This dehumidifier comes with epoxy coated coils, which protect them from corrosion and thus prolonging their lifespan. The epoxy coating also improves the heat transferability of the coils.

• Length– 23.2″
• Width– 15.2″
• Height– 17.7″
• Weight– 57.3 lbs

This dehumidifier consists of robust premium materials covered in a five-year extended warranty.

The AlorAir Sentinel HD90 Dehumidifier removes 198 pints of moisture per day from areas with highly saturated air and 90 PPD as rated by AHAM. This dehumidifier provides the dehumidification for areas as large as 2,600 sq. ft., without breaking a sweat.

It features a hot gas valve defrosting system (HGV) that provides a quick and efficient defrost on the coils, enabling this dehumidifier to work in areas where the temperatures go as low as 36 degrees Fahrenheit optimally. This dehumidifier is Energy Star rated, hence it promises not to cost the user too much in the form of electrical bills.

The unit comes with an intuitive control panel with easy to use touch controls and humidity level display. This dehumidifier has an Ethernet port for remote control, which allows the user to make adjustments without having to go to the device’s location.

• This Dehumidifier comes with four adjustable feet whose height can be decreased or increased to ensure that the unit is leveled up on sloping floors.
• This dehumidifier has a built-in humidistat that monitors and displays the RH levels, which allows the user to customize their settings accordingly.

• It also comes with an auto-restart feature that turns the unit on automatically after a power outage, and also allows it to resume operation with the previous settings.
• This dehumidifier also has a duct adapter that allows the user to provide dry air directly into a room while the dehumidifier is located in another.

The AlorAir Sentinel HD90 Dehumidifier doesn’t come with a condensate reservoir, but it supports continuous drainage. It comes with a drain port on which the user should attach the supplied 12-inch hose and place the other end in a drain system. If the provided drain hose is too short to discharge the condensate into a drain system directly, the manufacturer recommends the use of a PVC pipe as directed in the instruction manual.

The AlorAir Sentinel HD90 Dehumidifier is quite a large unit, also it weighs 57.3 pounds, making it quite heavy to carry from one room to another. However, it comes with a couple of handles for two people to carry it around. Besides, the unit features a ducting adapter that allows the user to direct dehumidification to different rooms without moving it.

• To clean the exterior parts of the AlorAir Sentinel HD90 Dehumidifier, the user should use a soft damp cloth.
• You should use a vacuum cleaner to remove dust and debris from the air inlet and outlet grills.
• You may also slide the filter out of the unit and vacuum or wash it with warm water.
• The coils should also be cleaned with an approved self-rinsing coil cleanser once a year.
• No soap or solvent should be used to clean the filter or dehumidifier’s body. Also, the user should ensure to allow the filter to dry out completely before re-installation.

• This dehumidifier is ideal for use in large spaces measuring 2600 sq. ft.
• This dehumidifier comes with a horizontal configuration, meaning that it has a long low body that makes it ideal for confined areas like crawl spaces.
• Its ability to remove 90 pints of water a day also makes it ideal for high humid areas like basements or flooded regions.
• This dehumidifier’s HGV system enables it to be used in areas whose temperatures go as low as 36 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Its accurate humidistat makes this unit perfect for extracting moisture from areas like music-equipment rooms, the grow spaces and libraries where the user needs to maintain a particular level of relative humidity.
• The remote control and duct adapter allows the user to utilize this dehumidifier discreetly or direct dry air into hard to reach spaces.
• This dehumidifier’s auto-restart feature with memory makes it ideal for use in areas where there’s are frequent power outages or regions where the user doesn’t frequent. These may include crawl spaces and vacation homes.

With the AlorAir Sentinel HD90 Dehumidifier, homeowners can achieve their ideal indoor humidity levels without much hassle.

This dehumidifier comes with an accurate humidistat that displays real-time RH levels, and hence the user can adjust the settings accurately.

Its ability to remove 90 pints of moisture from large areas measuring 2,600 sq. ft., and work optimally under low temperatures makes it ideal for basements and crawls spaces among other cold areas where there’s a lot of humidity.