[ktmracer]

we go to the oregon coast in the winter, and it rains, so humidity is a problem. We carry along a Heier small compressor based dehumidifier. It will remove about 3 gallons of water/day if needed. Cost was about $120, has wheels to roll around. Usually I empty it twice the first day, then once/day. It is designed so you can run a dump tube directly to an drain if you want. Reasonably quite and does a good job. The smaller non compressor driven units (thermoelectric modules) are quieter, but do not remove near as much water. We use it at the coast since in the winter there is no reason to run the A/C. If your in a place where you run the A/C, it will do a pretty good job of dehumidifing by itself. All the portable compressor driven dehumidifers are is a self contained small heat pump that runs air across a chilled coil to lower the air temp below the dew point and extract moisture then blow it back across the heated side of the heat pump back into the air.