UPDATE 1/30/23 - Unit is STILL running. Installed in an extremely damp basement and it goes and goes. Have since installed a sump in the basement and the tube goes right into the sump making a much cleaning look. Definitely worth the money.UPDATE 11/28/16 - Control board went on the unit. Called support and they picked up immediately. Within 2 days a new control board was sent to my house which was very easy to install myself. Unit is back up and running. Very impressed with their customer service.Two weeks in and the unit works great. Have an antique home with a damp and wet-at-times basement. Cleared up my humidity much better than the $250 LG I had. Built in pump works great. Built like a tank. Simple operation. Got a humidity control for it, specifically the Dayton 1UHG3 Humidifier Control, Plug In, 120 V here on Amazon. It's another 70 bucks but avoids having the unit on all the time being this unit does not have a humidity control, it just stays on all the time. Note that for me, the power plug from the unit didn't fit into the Dayton humidistat. So I got a beefy short extension cord from Home Depot, the Rigid 2 ft contractor grade 12 gauge outlet, and it works great. Have the tube going out a basement window about 10 feet away going up about 7 feet. Not a problem at all. So far I feel the extra money spent is well worth it. The cheaper unit was fantastic, hung in there for a few years, but never gave me the confidence that it would work long term (even though it did) and the bucket/hose combination caused problems. Cheaper units with a hose tend to not work reliability as well from what I hear so I bit the bullet and got this unit. Time will tell if it was worth it but so far it's flawless.