Meaco
MeacoDry Arete Two 12L (Wi-Fi)
Short answer: pick the Arete Two 12L over the One only if you’ll use the Meaco app, the timer or the faster laundry fan. It keeps the 12 L compressor class and adds a DC motor, a third fan speed and an LCD display. You’re paying for control and airflow, not a new litre class.
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The Arete Two 12L is easy to misread as a more powerful dehumidifier. Meaco still rates it in the 12 litre class. The compressor, tank and HEPA filter match the Arete One 12L. Refrigerant charge is R290 / 45 g on both, and the operating window is still 5–35 °C. The published take at 20 °C / 60 % RH is 5.4 litres on the Two. On the One it’s 5.23 litres at the same point. That’s a rounding-error difference next to the gap between a 12 L and a 20 L machine.
The real changes are the fan and the controls. The Two uses a DC motor with three speeds: 80, 100 and 140 m³/h. The One has two speeds at 80 and 100 m³/h. Meaco says that extra airflow is the laundry improvement. It also publishes a third noise figure, 44 dB(A), for that high speed. The quieter settings remain 35 and 38 dB(A). There’s a manual louvre, a 1–24 hour timer and a laundry timer. The LCD adds a WET indicator and a target-humidity heart.
App control (the Meaco app, Alexa and Google) is the other reason the Two exists. You can see the humidity and change the mode without walking to the machine. That’s handy if the dehumidifier lives in a spare room. It’s unused value if the unit sits next to the sofa and you only ever press night mode.
Power at 20 °C / 60 % RH is 136 W on the Two versus 151 W on the One, which Meaco translates to the same few-pence-per-hour running-cost story. Warranty is five years on both. If the question is which 12 L Arete, we’d answer it by whether you’ll use the timer, the app and the third fan speed. If the question is which 12 L at all, the money comparison is still the One versus the OmniDry. The same app step-up in the 20 L class is the MeacoDry Arete Two 20 L. Same Arete shell family, a larger tank and higher laundry airflow.
Published specification
Extraction figures and room sizes are what the maker claims, and they’re often measured at a warm, humid lab point. Your rooms in the UK are usually cooler, so that’s a lower real take. We haven’t run our own lab tests.
- Type
- Compressor + HEPA
- Claimed extraction
- 12 L (manufacturer claim; same class as Arete One 12 L)
- Room guidance
- Flats / 2–3 bed; app control
- Tank
- 2.5 litres
- Published noise
- 35, 38 and 44 dB(A) (Meaco — third figure is the extra fan speed)
- Operating temperature
- 5–35 °C
- Power (manufacturer)
- 136 W at 20 °C / 60 % RH (Meaco)
- Weight
- 10.9 kg
- Continuous drain
- Continuous drain on 12.5 mm garden hose (hose not included)
- Laundry mode
- Yes, with a laundry timer on Two; night mode; third fan speed up to 140 m³/h
- Filter
- Washable dust filter and H13 HEPA included
- Warranty
- 5 years
A good match if
- You, if you’ll use scheduling or Alexa / Google on a dehumidifier.
- You, if you dry laundry often enough to want the third fan speed and the laundry timer.
Skip it if
- If you’ll never open the app, the Arete One 12 L is the simpler spend.
- If you need cold-room performance, this is still a 5 °C compressor.
What the maker publishes
- It’s the same 472 × 319 × 237 mm shell and 10.9 kg weight as the One 12 L.
- It’s the same 2.5 L tank, H13 HEPA and five-year warranty as the One 12 L.
- The DC motor has three fan speeds: 80, 100 and 140 m³/h.
- You get a manual louvre, a 1–24 hour timer, and WET / target-humidity indicators on the LCD.
- Meaco quotes about 5.4 L/day at 20 °C / 60 % RH, the same everyday band as the One.
- Power at that point is 136 W, a little less than the One’s 151 W.
Trade-offs
- The extra fan speed is published at 44 dB(A).
- You still supply the drain hose.
- The step up in money is for features, not a jump to 20 L class extraction.
For heated homes, see our best 5 dehumidifiers for UK homes.
Head to head
- MeacoDry Arete One 12L vs Arete Two 12L: what changes for a UK flat
It’s two MeacoDry compressors in the same 12 litre class for your heated UK flat. Both keep a 2.5 L tank, H13 HEPA and a five-year warranty. Arete Two adds the app, a timer, a louvre and a DC motor with a third fan speed. Extraction at everyday indoor conditions stays in the same band.
Common questions
Is the Arete Two 12L louder than the One?
Only on its extra fan speed. Meaco lists 35 and 38 dB(A), like the One, plus 44 dB(A) on the third speed for faster laundry drying.
Does the Arete Two 12L dry laundry faster?
Its third fan speed moves up to about 140 m³/h and there’s a laundry timer, so it pushes more air over your washing on the airer. The extraction class is the same 12 L as the One.
How much power does the Arete Two 12L draw?
Meaco lists 136 W at 20 °C / 60 % RH, a little under the Arete One 12L’s 151 W at the same point.