6 Best Dehumidifiers to Fight Mold and Muggy Summers (2026)

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Mold is no joke. Neither is a mid-Atlantic summer. Whether you live in humid-heat New York or humid-winter Oregon, the best dehumidifiers can bring your humidity to livable levels and help mitigate the most obvious ill effects of damp climates.

What ill effects? In hot weather, humid climates can make it difficult for your body (or your air conditioner) to cool down appropriately and attain homeostasis, potentially worsening cardiac issues. Closer to normal room temperature, oh dear lord, there's the mold—the ancient foe of asthmatics, hypochondriacs, record collectors, and clotheshorses.

WIRED reviewer Lisa Wood Shapiro discovered the salutary effects of dehumidifiers after life in a damp Maine cabin where her air quality monitorsoften registered 80 percent...

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