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“The best way to treat babies with a cough is to use a dehumidifier for congested coughs, or a humidifier for dry coughs, and ensure the child is well-hydrated.”

(Source)

Why not just give your baby cough medicine?

I highly recommend you to talk to your doctor before you give your baby any kind of cough syrup. According to a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one third of the 7,000 toddlers who use hospital emergency rooms suffered from allergic reaction every year. Another report from The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
warned parents NOT TO use over-the-counter suppressant, antihistamine or similar products without a prescription from doctor. FDA has also warned parents that cold and cough medicine will cause adverse side effect to children under two years old.

(Announcement from FDA)

Remedies for baby cough?

In addition to a dehumidifier, warm water is also an effective and natural way to cure baby cough. You can bathe your baby into warm water with a few drops of eucalyptus oil. Herbal rub is also a good way cure baby cough. All you need to do is to mix 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 2 drops of eucalyptus oil together, and rub it on the chest and back of your baby. After the mixture vaporized, you will realize that your baby breathes a lot easier than before. Also, the mixture is good to calm your baby down and make him/her a lot easier to sleep. If you find the two methods mentioned above is too annoying, simply grab a plastic suctioning bulb from the supermarket. It is a quick and easy way to help relieve his symptoms.

If you are skeptical about the remedies mentioned above, here is the advice from Dr. Ben Spitalnick (Review of this Doctor):

“This is going to sound old timey but there are some old remedies that do still work, a dehumidifier by the bedside, pushing fluids, help you kids drink that helps. Tylenol and Motrin fever medicine help them feel better and if you think your child is sick enough to need medicine have your doctor check them out.”

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Dehumidifier related news:

A computer program called Smart House Adaptive Control System controls the house’s appliances. This program, designed by students on the project, senses when different appliances need to be turned on or off by the house through a central computer. (Source)

Q. I am writing in reference to replacing my home’s 22 windows. Our home is 17 years old, and during the years we have added two additions; an apartment for my mother-in-law and another one over the garage. We have a very large family: six children, two of us and Nana. We have had a problem with moisture in the main part of the house since we take eight showers a day plus cooking, etc. Our only bathroom is at the top of the front-door stairs and the bedrooms surround it. We added outside venting, run a dehumidifier and try to open the windows daily, weather permitting. Well, our window frames are moldy.

We sanded them, bleached them, treated them, refinished and sealed them, but the mold keeps coming back. We don’t want to replace windows and have the same thing happen. I wrote to Andersen asking if they would custom-make a double-hung, wood window with vinyl casing around both sides. They told me they couldn’t; only the outside of the frame is vinyl. They referred me to a new window company they took over — Skyline, which are all-vinyl windows. I didn’t want to go all-vinyl and wanted to stay wood with a vinyl covering for ease of cleaning and maintenance.

Do you have any suggestions? Do you recommend all-vinyl windows, or do I stay away from them? Do you recommend Skyline windows, or are they an unknown entity?

Milton, Vt.

A. Sorry, I do not know anything about Skyline windows. However, if Andersen has acquired the company and is recommending these windows, they must be of good quality. There are other high-quality, all-vinyl windows. Just be sure that you deal with a time-tested, reputable firm. (Some firms selling windows do not stay around long). You may want to look into the fiberglass windows that Marvin makes, where you have a choice of fiberglass outside and wood inside, or all fiberglass.

The windows may also get moldy since you have such a high indoor relative humidity (RH), but they won’t rot. Dehumidifiers are not too effective in winter. You may also want to look into one or more wall-type air-to-air heat exchangers to deal with the excessive RH; that will be less expensive than a whole-house air-to-air heat exchanger, but the latter will do a more effective job. (Source)

How to save up to $200 on a dehumidifier?

As a site owner of a dehumidifier site, I love to find information about dehumidifiers and share them here at AirDehumidifier.com. There are tons of “price comparison script” (ads lol) on this site that will allow you the get the best bargain in the market, but I am yet to find a hot deal or slick deal to share with you that will pop your eyes. I don’t know how many of you will spend time comparing prices before you buy a dehumidifier, but it is definitely not a bad idea to see what other options you have before you come to the final decision on buying a dehumidifier.

To have a sense of how much money you will save, please have a look at the original price of a Santa Fe Dehumidifier (Click on the pic to enlarge):

Notice that shipping, which costs about $50 bucks, is NOT included in the case. You are expected to pay around $1100 to get this brand new dehumidifier home.

Now let’s have a look at how much it costs:

Yes! The EXACT same model is selling for only $800 (shipping included) on ebay.

So what is the catch?

They are all brand new items. However, if you read the description carefully, you will notice a line saying the “Item may have cosmetic defects (scratch / dent damage) that do not affect its functionality”. My view is that if you are looking for a “brand new” dehumidifier that can function properly without much concern on its appearance, it is a real slick deals for you.

I have included a list of those “slick deals” for you at the bottom of this post. They are updated automatically from ebay, so do bookmark this post and check back on regular basis if you are looking for this kind of slick deals.

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How about a 100% brand new dehumidifier?

Most deals on ebay, which is usually 20% to 30% off the “market price”, are so-called refurbished, open box or store demo item (but brand new in terms of its functionality). If you DO want a 100% brand new dehumidifier, there is still a high chance you can save up to 5% to 7%. Once you have a specific model of dehumidifier in mind (e.g. Soleus CFM-40 or Whirlpool AD70USS), do a quick search on price comparison site like shopping.com or shopzilla.com using its model number to see where you can find a better deal.

A dehumidifier caught fire Saturday in the 5100 block of White Oak Road bringing out 16 pieces of apparatus, including two medical units. (Source)

This is not the first time I heard about the risk posed by a dehumidifier. Not too long ago Whirlpool had recalled approximately 1.4 million dehumidifiers with serial numbers that begin with QG, QH, QJ, QK or QL (More info here). It seems to me that as a site owner of a dehumidifier site, I ought to write more on this issue to let the owners or buyers to keep aware of this potential threat and to lower their exposure to this risk.

For those of you who own a dehumidifier or about to own one, you should always keep in mind that a dehumidifier is as likely to catch fire as other home appliances. Similar to other electrical appliances, the risk of having a fire can be reduced dramatically if proper maintenance is performed on regular basis. If you are worried about the safeness of dehumidifiers after reading this news, here is what a licensed contractor said in response to this news:

A working dehumidifier will not cause a fire if it is working and connected properly. They are no more apt to cause a fire than any other electrical appliance. If the unit overheats it will shut off on the internal overload protection. If it draws to much electricity from the outlet, it will trip the circuit breaker. Those items will prevent a fire. A dehumidifier does use a fair amount of current, so the plug will get warm (not hot), to the touch. If the unit is working, stop worrying about it. It will be fine. Lightning causes many more home fires than dehumidifiers.

I would like to encourage you to take a look at our Dehumidifier maintenance guide article if you are serious about protecting your family and property.

I have also included a free ebook “Safeguarding Your Family’s Health, Wealth & Happiness” for you to download. All you have to do is leave a comment and let me know whether you like this free ebook or not, and let me know what type of free ebook you would like to see in the future.

Summary:

Ok, it turns out that I am writing too much. To put long story short, those who read this post and share their opinion will have a chance to win

a Humidity Meter like this for free:

You can also win a brand new dehumidifier. If you are interested, please read the whole story below. If not, please click here to go back and read our other articles.

======Whole Story Below=======

What is this idea all about?

- I have setup this site (www.airdehumidifier.com) for almost a year but unfortunately, this site isn’t providing so much useful information to the user. When I first created this site, my idea is to

“… combine all the useful information over the internet, so that you can do your own research before deciding what to buy and where to buy.”

To be honest, I am not very satisfied with how things progress. I am expecting a lot more useful information that readers would “love” to read about. The problem is, I am not an expert and I can’t provide any in depth information about dehumidifiers except synthesizing all the information available.

“Why not ask your readers what they are actually looking for?”

This is what my little brother asked me when I talked to him. I will never know better than those who are actively looking for info on dehumidifier. By combining all our questions in one place, maybe we will come up with a good solution. There are many sites and forums where owners of dehumidifiers share their opinion on how good or bad the product is, but there is nowhere a potential buyer can talk to those owners and ask question (except from friends or forums). Here is the plan I have in mind:

1) YOU ask ANY question here about a specific dehumidifier you want to know more about.

2) I will then pick ONE of the sponsors (please refer to the “Why should YOU become a sponsor?” section to see how winner is selected), who are willing to share their opinion, here randomly to carry out a test about that dehumidifier.

3) The one who win the dehumidifier will then write a report about the dehumidifier. In return, the winner will keep the dehumidifier for free (if there is no sponsor) or at a very cheap price (if there is sponsor).

“Where is the money coming from?”

Ok, this site is making $50 - $60 each month and I will use those money + whatever I can do to support this event. For those of you who want to sponsor this event, you can send the money here to support.

Why should YOU become a sponsor?

- You will have the chance to win a dehumidifier. For every one dollar you donate, you have 1 out of N (total number) chance to win the dehumidifier. In other word, a sponsor who donates $10 is 10 times more likely (10 out of whatever the total number is) to win a dehumidifier than the one who donate just $1.

On one hand, you are getting a brand new dehumidifier for a very cheap price (whatever amount you donate) that you won’t see anywhere in the market. But on the other hand, you have to write a report about the dehumidifier.

This is a really good deal for those who love to share information with others and to grab a dehumidifier at a really low price.

For those who don’t want to donate:

You can ask question here about a specific model of dehumidifier you want to know more about. For those who ask question here (comment–> login –> write a question), you will have the chance to win a Humidity Meter for free (I will pick one reply randomly). All you need to do is to share your view.

Your reply should contain the following elements:1) Which model you want to learn more about (visit our main site www.airdehumidifier.com for more info)

2) Ask your question.

3) Say anything you want about this idea or this site.

4) Write something like “I want to be a sponsor” if you intend to become a sponsor. (You don’t have to donate right away. I just want to have a rough approximation on how many people will support this idea.)

Don’t forget to bookmark this page. Come back to check every 1-2 weeks.

To get started, click on the “comment” link on the bottom-right corner.

Or Click here to go back to our home page.

**This is still a tentative idea, so NO donation will be accepted at this time. Once we have enough sponsors, I will start contacting those who want to be a sponsor. You will still win a humidity meter for free by sharing your ideas here. Don’t worry.**