Arthur V.
yet another product of cheap China labor
I purchased a dehumidifier in September 2011 that worked fine when I first got it. The following calendar year it also worked fine. However, the third calendar year problems started to occur. A small leak developed - water was on my basement floor. Then frost developed on the coils. Finally, water stopped collecting in the bucket even though the unit was turned on and it was running. When I took the unit to a appliance dealer to get it repaired, he said his store didn't repair dehumidifiers - it would cost less for Frigidaire to buy the unit back from me than to pay for the cost of parts and labor to get it fixed under the warranty. And that's exactly what happened- I contacted Frigidaire and they refunded the full purchase price. I was now left with a dehumidifier that was a piece of junk- only 20 months after I had purchased it. I had no other choice but to call the junkman and have him haul it away. The point I want to make is that I have bought other products made in China that have been of shoddy, poor quality (light bulbs, electric pencil sharpener, alarm clock) This dehumidifier that had a useful lifetime of less than 20 months was made in China. I would suggest that if your company really wants to maintain quality in your product, it might be a good idea to move operations from overseas back to the United States.