Pints Per Day product guide
Waykar JD025CE-80 ENERGY STAR Dehumidifier
A damp basement with a floor drain below the unit
Waykar's 80-pint figure is measured at 95°F and 90% humidity. The EPA's ENERGY STAR listing for the same model, matched by UPC, rates it at 24.9 pints a day under the DOE test method, with 299 kWh a year and HFC-32 refrigerant. The 1.14-gallon tank is small, so plan on the gravity hose.
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Published specifications
- Maker page: capacity 80 pints/day at 95°F and 90% RH, up to 5,000 sq ft
- ENERGY STAR: 24.9 pints/day under the DOE Appendix X1 test method
- ENERGY STAR: 299 kWh/year, integrated energy factor 1.7 L/kWh, HFC-32 refrigerant
- ENERGY STAR: certified yes, Most Efficient no; Waykar's FAQ says Most Efficient 2023 only
- Maker page: 1.14 gal tank, gravity drain supported (3.3 ft), auto defrost
- Maker page: 13.86 x 10.71 x 21.89 in, 33.55 lb; Amazon table gives different figures
Fit and limits
Strengths
- An EPA ENERGY STAR record exists for this exact model and gives the DOE-rated capacity
- Gravity drain hose and a standard 3/4 inch garden hose fitting are supplied
- Waykar publishes a per-model manual and a second warranty year on registration
Caveats
- The advertised 80 pints is a 95°F saturation figure; the DOE-rated capacity is 24.9 pints a day
- The maker's manual is a scan we could not read, so clearance and filter intervals are unverified here
- Maker and listing disagree on size, weight and hose length, and gravity draining needs a lower drain
The most important number on this page is not 80
Waykar sells this as an 80-pint dehumidifier, and the maker's own specification line says exactly what that means: "Capacity (at 95°F, 90% RH): 80 Pints/Day". Ninety-five degrees at ninety percent humidity is close to saturation. It is not a federal test condition and it is not what a basement looks like.
The same unit is listed by the EPA as an ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifier, and that listing publishes the figure measured under the Department of Energy's Appendix X1 test method: 24.9 pints per day. The ENERGY STAR record carries UPC 860008911704, the same UPC as this Amazon listing, so there is no ambiguity about which machine it describes.
Both numbers are true; they answer different questions. Use 24.9 pints per day when you compare this against any other current dehumidifier, and treat 80 pints as a best-case figure for a hot, soaking-wet room. The listing's phrase "DOE compliant" refers to meeting the rules, not to an 80-pint DOE rating.
What the ENERGY STAR listing adds that the retail page does not
The EPA record gives an integrated energy factor of 1.7 litres per kilowatt-hour and an integrated annual energy consumption of 299 kWh per year for this model. That annual figure covers dehumidification, fan and standby modes together, under typical conditions rather than your conditions, but it is the one number that lets you compare running cost fairly across models.
It also names the refrigerant: HFC-32, with a global warming potential of 675, which the EPA flags as one of the lower-GWP options for this product class. The unit is classified as a portable dehumidifier, it is not connected-capable, and its market availability date is listed as 10 February 2025.
One nuance Waykar publishes itself, in the FAQ on its product page: this model carried the ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2023 label but does not meet the tougher 2025 criteria. The EPA record agrees, showing ENERGY STAR Certified: Yes and ENERGY STAR Most Efficient: No. The Amazon title's "2025 Energy Star" wording should not be read as a 2025 Most Efficient badge.
The tank is small for the capacity, so plan on the hose
Both the listing and the maker's page give a 1.14-gallon (4.3 litre) water tank. Against a machine that can pull tens of pints a day in a damp basement, that is not much; a tank that size holds about nine pints. If you are buying this for a basement or crawl space, assume you will be running it on continuous drainage rather than emptying a bucket.
Drainage is gravity only. Waykar's specification line says "Gravity Drain: Supported (3.3 ft)", and the listing's bullet says a 3.3-foot drain hose is included with a standard three-quarter-inch garden hose connection so no adapter is needed. Amazon's Included Components field instead says a 6.56-foot drainage hose and a hose connector. Those cannot both be right; measure the drop from the unit to your drain before you count on the hose in the box reaching it.
There is no pump. Gravity draining needs the drain to be below the outlet on the unit for the whole run of hose.
Size and weight are published two different ways
Waykar's specification block gives the size as 13.86 by 10.71 by 21.89 inches and the weight as 33.55 pounds. Amazon's table gives 19.29 inches deep by 13.58 wide by 12.6 high and 31 pounds. Those are not the same box, and the Amazon height of 12.6 inches is hard to square with a floor-standing 80-pint unit.
We cannot resolve it from the documents we read, so treat the maker's figures as the ones to measure against and leave yourself margin. If the unit has to fit a specific alcove or crawl-space hatch, ask Waykar for the dimensions of the exact carton before ordering.
Waykar states 42 dB as a noise level and the listing repeats it. That is a maker claim with no stated test method, and it is not something we measured.
Controls, defrost and what we could not verify
The maker's page describes a touch control panel with a humidity range of 35% to 85% and a timer that can switch the unit on or off up to 24 hours ahead, and lists Auto Defrost as supported. The listing goes further and advertises a 30% to 80% range and a 90-degree auto-swing louvre, so the two disagree about the bottom of the humidity range; the maker's own page is the more conservative source.
We want to be straight about a gap. Waykar's exact-model manual for the JD025CE-80 is a scanned document with no text layer. We rendered it and confirmed the cover, the table of contents and the instruction to stand the unit upright for 24 hours before plugging it in, but the specifications and installation pages would not render legibly enough for us to quote. That means we have not read this model's clearance requirement or its filter-cleaning interval, and we are not going to invent either.
If those matter to you — and for a unit going into a tight crawl space, clearance certainly does — the printed manual in the box is the place to check them, before you cut a platform or pick a spot.
Warranty, registration and the condition of the offer
Waykar's product page states the coverage as a 30-day money-back guarantee, a one-year warranty, a second-year warranty extension and lifetime technical support. The extension is conditional: Waykar's page says the second year comes with registering the product, and Amazon's warranty field words it as "1-year exchange plus 1 year upon registration".
That means the two-year figure in the listing bullets is not automatic. If you want it, register the unit when it arrives and keep the confirmation with your receipt.
Amazon's table gives a manufacture year of 2024 while the ENERGY STAR record gives a market availability date in February 2025, so the same model name may cover more than one production run. Check the nameplate and the seller and condition of the offer you select before assuming warranty eligibility.
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Primary sources
- Waykar product page and specifications for the ENERGY STAR home dehumidifier JD025CE-80
- EPA ENERGY STAR certified product details for Waykar JD025CE-80
- Waykar exact-model user manual for JD025CE-80
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