Does anyone have suggestions on a dehumidifier? The LG I bought to replace my Danby was a piece of crap and used double the electricity. It sucked about .5 kWh per hour of usage. I am trying to find one under 600 watts to keep my electric bill down. This will be for a basement. Thanks.

Tired of daily taking buckets of water out of our existing dehumidifier, we are replacing it with one that comes with a built-in drain pump. It's a small 55 pint unit good for 400 square feet. Do I have to go thru all of the trouble of installing a trap, air vent, etc. for this tiny amount of water that will be going into an existing drain pipe that is located in our basement ? There is an existing drain 2" copper drain pipe coming from the kitchen sink that can be easily tapped. Alternately, I could drill a hole thru the basement wall and drain to the outside. However, that option would max-out the unit's pump capacity (10')....so it's a bit risky.