10 Proven Reasons Why You Definitely Need a Dehumidifier

Firstly, What is a dehumidifier?

– A dehumidifier is an electrical appliance which reduces and maintains humidity level in the air. A dehumidifier is portable, comes with small wheels and can be moved around in different rooms very conveniently.

– Dehumidifiers protect you and your family from health problems and safeguard your valuables from humidity damage contributing to a healthy indoor environment.

Now you might ask, what’s the benefit of dehumidifier?

Here are 10 Proven Reasons why you surely need a Dehumidifier :

• Health Concerns

Humidity leads to moisture, moisture leads to dampness, and dampness becomes a breeding ground for fungus, molds, bacteria and viruses to grow. These can cause some serious health concerns to you and your loved ones, especially to the ones with breathing ailments or difficulty.

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• Allergens

There are many harmful bacteria, viruses and dust mites that are airborne. These are always present but unseen. They tend to grow more in high humidity areas. These can cause breathing problems to senior citizens or people with asthma or such ailments. One of the advantages of dehumidifier is that it helps keeping humidity in control and keeps allergens away.

• Damage to Clothes and Valuables

Excess humidity can cause fungus and molds to grow on your clothes and accessories, or even items of leather like shoes, belts, bags and jackets. Ever see those white spots on your clothes when you have left them in the wardrobe for too long? That’s that.

• Damage to Food and Sweets

Food and Sweets have a very short shelf life. If kept unchecked, humidity can cause our food to be infested with fungus and bacteria. It may lead to wastage of food, or worse, if we eat such food, it can cause some severe health problems. The benefit of dehumidifier is that it preserves Food and Sweets from moisture damage.

• Damage to Interiors

Excess humidity can cause fungus and molds to also grow on your interiors! Ever seen black spots on your walls that come out of nowhere? Those are molds that grow there because of dampness and humidity.

• Damage to Furniture

Do your wooden doors get jammed often during monsoons?

Moisture can inflate your wood and will leave white spots on the surface. Furnishings like curtains, upholstery on sofas and chairs tend to also absorb moisture and if retained for long will form fungus which look bad and are hard to clean.

Many of our home clients use Origin Dehumidifiers to keep their lovely furniture and upholsteryshine like they just got it yesterday.

• Damage to Electronics

Humidity can cause condensation to Electronic Items like TV, Home Theatre System, Computers, Laptops and other such devices.  After we switch off the AC, the air temperature in our room increases along with the humidity, and it settles on circuits leading to corrosion and break in circuits.  Thus, frequent breakdowns and added maintenance costs. In second homes in hill stations with high rainfall, electronics deteriorate due to moisture settling on them.

A big advantage of dehumidifier is that it prevents moisture from settling on circuits and lenses.

• Damage to Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments made of wood, are sensitive to moisture and must be preserved, as they can swell and sound different.  Humidity can also damage the strings as they start rusting and this can affect their performance and also shorten their life span. Many of our clients use Origin Dehumidifier to protect their Musical Instruments by maintaining humidity in the range of 45 to 55% RH.

• Damage to Paintings

Humidity can cause fading of the colors used in Paintings and it can also affect the canvas of the Painting with molds, fungus and white spots. That can possibly ruin an expensive Painting. A big advantage of dehumidifier is that it can keep humidity upto 50-60% which is ideal to preserve Paintings.

• Damage to Books and Documents

Humidity can often lead to yellowing of the Book pages, fading of the ink, molds and even insects to grow all over your Books. This severely affects the quality of your Books and your reading experience. Our customers use Origin Dehumidifier to protect their Books and Home Library from moisture damage.

Since 1998, Origin Dehumidifiers provides portable moisture control solutions from renowned dehumidifier manufacturers like – Novita from Singapore, Aerial from Germany and Fral and HiDew from Italy. We are one of the most trusted brands of dehumidifier in India.

We provide dehumidifier for industrialand home use , and with over 14,000+ dehumidifier installations, 18+ years of expertise and 4 global brands, we strive each day to provide our customers with the highest quality products and services.