Dehumidifier Essentials - Why Buy When You Can Rent?

Dehumidifier Essentials - Why Buy When You Can Rent?

The optimal relative humidity for a home is between 30 and 50 percent, but for a number of reasons interiors may experience higher humidity and occasionally need to be dehumidified. For occasional, ad hoc dehumidification tasks many people opt to hire a unit for the job rather than investing in a purchase. There are a number of good reasons for hiring rather than buying.

Choose the best unit for the job
Dehumidifiers come in all shapes and sizes designed for different. What might be the perfect unit for one job could be inadequate for another, so purchasing a dehumidifier comes with a certain risk: it lumbers you with inadequate equipment if today's dehumidification task is not the equal of yesterday's, last month's or last year's. Hiring a unit enables to you to select the most appropriate equipment for the job, every time.

Affordability
Dehumidifiers do not come cheap and for one off jobs, it is often more convenient and cost-effective to rent a unit for a set period - perhaps a week or even just a day - to get the job done. Ownership comes at a higher price than rental and may include other costs such as maintenance and insurance which the rental customer avoids.

Staying current with the latest technology
As with any modern tool, the manufacturers of dehumidifiers are constantly investing in research and development to upgrade their equipment and come up with ever more effective systems to dehumidify environments. If you buy a unit, not only does its performance deteriorate over the years, it is also superseded by better equipment. Superior units are brought out every year and opting to rent rather than buy gives you the pick of the latest crop.