LG PuriCare 50-Pint Smart Dehumidifier Review: The Dehumidifier That Texts You When It's Full

The Dampest Room in the House Has Always Been the Same One

Look at a photo of a basement laundry room from decades past and you can practically smell it: concrete walls, a line of drying clothes, and air so heavy it fogged the little window. Laundry rooms, basements, and closed-up guest rooms have always been where a home's moisture goes to hide — breeding must, mildew, and that smell that towels get. The fix hasn't changed: pull the water out of the air. What's changed is that the machine doing it got smart.

The laundry room, 1990 — every era's dampest room (photo: Wikimedia Commons)

What Smart Actually Buys You

The LG PuriCare DT501BWR0 is a 50-pint-per-day, Energy Star compressor dehumidifier rated for spaces up to 4,500 square feet — and it's on LG's ThinQ Wi-Fi app, which means the two eternal dehumidifier failures are solved: you know when the tank is full because your phone tells you, and you can check the humidity and change settings from the couch, the office, or vacation. Prefer to never think about it at all? Connect a hose and it gravity-drains continuously.

40 dB on its quiet setting — library-quiet, bedroom-approved

• 50 pints/day, up to 4,500 sq ft — whole-floor coverage from one rolling unit
• ThinQ Wi-Fi app control — full-tank alerts, remote humidity control
• ~40 dB quiet operation — runs in a bedroom without earning eviction
• 14.3-pint tank or continuous hose drain, washable filter, caster wheels, LED display
• Energy Star certified — LG build quality, 120V standard outlet

Smart vs. Big: Pick Your Fighter

Honest comparison from our own shelf: if you need maximum raw coverage per dollar, the Vellgoo DryTank Pro (140-pint, 6,000 sq ft) out-muscles this LG for about $56 more. Buy the LG when the machine will live where people live — bedrooms, living areas, laundry rooms — and the app, the 40 dB hush, and the LG badge matter. New retail on this model runs $280–$330; ours is $220.99.

From Our Warehouse to Your Laundry Room

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