Updated 2/1/24Spoke too soon. This DD1 didn't last five weeks. I've revised this review to knock off a couple of stars because it started leaking a few days ago and I'm returning it. I found it standing in a puddle – just as well I decided not to risk running it in a carpeted room. At first I thought I might have overlooked some water that had spilled on emptying because of the shallow tank, but it was the same every day after that. The tank wasn't overflowing, as you can see from the low level in the picture. Water seemed to be pooling in the tank space instead of the tank itself and running out from both sides. (The tank was fully in place and I couldn't find any cracks in the plastic.) So maybe what I thought was a spillage problem right at the start was actually the leak, and it might even explain some of the other performance issues. Two out of three dehumidifiers I've bought from this brand have had to be returned. I've now ordered a compressor model from another manufacturer.Original review (3 stars)This is the third Eco Air dehumidifier I've bought in the last few years. As the first one – a DC18 compressor model that's now been running pretty much daily since November 2016 – was so good,, I decided to buy Eco Air again a couple of years ago. That was a Vebo, but it had to be returned with a fault within days. I shelved the idea of a second machine for a while, but a few weeks ago I opted for for a desiccant type because the house is can get pretty cold.I always think less is more with appliances because too many bells and whistles equals more things to fail, but in this case, less really is less. There are so many things that could have been better, like including some basic features that my old machine has. I'm assuming this one isn't faulty (yet) but it's not something you can set and forget for a while like the old one. To be fair, I could see the dial was going to be guesswork before I bought it, so I bought a hygrometer to check what it was actually achieving, but the other issues only became apparent after running it for a while. If there's an engineering reason for any of its omissions, or I've missed some important point about using it, I really do want to know what they are, because I'd rather be wrong about this than regret how much I spent on it.Here's the comparison. The old DC 18 has a digital RH display, and an illuminated button to tell you the wall socket is switched on. You press that button to actually operate it. When it's full, it beeps and the flashing red light stays on until you clear it. Its tank is deep and narrow, so the water doesn't slop around when you remove it, and you can set your desired humidity in 5% intervals that you can easily see.The Simple desiccant model doesn't do any of that, it seems.Pros:* it's light and it has a proper handle* it's quieter than the compressor on the low setting (but I still wouldn't call it quiet – I can hear it two rooms away)* the louvre feature is usefulCons:* no power light, just an operating light, so you can't see if there's power to it when it's not active* no on-off switch – you just turn the dial to the lowest RH position, which might be fine for some but I want some indication that it's really off* unhelpful dial with just three broad ranges – a numbered one would have made it easier to set the right RH position (assuming that it's actually graduated and hasn't just got three fixed settings)* doesn't switch on or off when I expect it to – I used the hygrometer to work out roughly where 50% is on the dial, but sometimes the machine starts working at that RH, and sometimes it doesn't come on until it passes 60. Or it'll keep going down to 45.* the tank is broad and shallow, so when it's full (or even half-full) the water slops around no matter how carefully you remove the container* there's no audible warning or persistent indicator light for the tank – when you notice it's been silent for some time, you have to check if it's just standing by or if it's shut down because it's full, and the only way to do that with a red light that doesn't stay on is to turn the dial clockwise until the machine either starts up again or the red LED comes on* it doesn't appear to perform better than the DC18, even a cold roomI'm making allowances for the fact I've not had it long, so I'm likely to check it more often, but the inability to see the exact RH when it switches itself on or off, and the apparent inconsistency in when it does that, aren't going to be solved by getting used to it. I'm around all the time to keep an eye on it, but if I was working elsewhere, I doubt I'd leave it running unattended with the same confidence that I do with the old DC18.Whatever the reason for making the water tank the shape it is, wide and shallow containers are inherently unstable even before they're full, and that's not rocket science. Anyone who's tried to carry a washing-up bowl finds that out. The water level is very near the top of the tank and there are openings where the water can slop out. I find the tank too tightly fitted to pull out smoothly, so I've had to move the appliance to a tiled floor rather than risk soaking the carpet. I always have to wipe out the interior cavity when I've removed the tray.Summary: this machine has too many missing basics that I now realise matter quite a lot. For £235, I'd rather have had any one of those than a silver nano filter. When the DC18 finally goes to its reward, I'll buy a different brand to replace it. If they were still making that model, and to the original spec, I'd have been better off with another one of those.