I use it as a stand-alone dehumidifier. Doesn’t seem to draw as much moisture from the air as my previous, similarly-priced dehumidifier. Perhaps because it doesn’t have a min/max gauge, instead it has a ‘how much ideal moisture in the air’ gauge. Also, it is very loud and I have it in the living room on an external timer throughout the night because of the noise it generates, I couldn’t have it running with the TV on. I haven’t used the inbuilt timer. There is a ‘silent’ button that has the effect of bringing the number of decibels down but is, by no means, silent.

Works well and gets the job done , helped me stop the spread of mould in bathroom. Con it’s deffo not quite enough to sleep with it on fairly noisy but you get used to it .

Compact, silent mode (which isn’t silent but is better), blows cool air into the room impacting temperature rather dramatically, but dose remove the moisture! Window condensation no more!