Value 12L
Pro Breeze OmniDry 12L
A 12 L compressor sold for less than the Meaco equivalent. The tank is 2 litres, with a humidistat, a 24-hour timer and a drain hose on typical UK listings. The headline litre is still a warm-lab figure, and Pro Breeze does not publish the stepped temperature table Meaco does.
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The OmniDry 12 L sits in the same claimed extraction class as the MeacoDry Arete One 12 L and costs less in the rough band we track. Pro Breeze rates it at up to 12 litres per day. That is the warm-lab headline, not a verified take at 16 °C. The tank holds 2 litres. Typical UK sheets also list a digital humidity display, a 24-hour timer, sleep mode and a continuous-drain hose. Operating temperature on those sheets is 5–35 °C. Power is in the 180–200 W region. Weight is about 10 kg.
What you cannot do, from the public spec sheet, is see how that 12 L shrinks at 20 °C or 10 °C. Meaco publishes those rows. Pro Breeze, on the listings for this ASIN, does not. In a heated living room the machine will collect water. In a cold box room it will collect much less, as every compressor does. The missing table does not make the OmniDry a worse compressor; it makes the headline harder to trust at face value, which is why the comparison page against Arete One 12 L exists.
Laundry use is the reason many UK buyers look at 12 L at all. On this model that usually means a continuous mode: the compressor keeps pulling moisture instead of stopping at a humidity target, which is what you want next to an airer in a closed room. It is still not a tumble dryer. A full load of towels will take hours, the tank will fill, and the published noise figure is for ordinary running, not a promise that laundry mode is library-quiet.
The sensible buyer for this machine is someone who will run it in a heated 1–2 bed home, empty or hose the 2 L tank, and does not need HEPA or a five-year warranty. If you want the quieter published dB pair, the extraction table and the longer warranty, the Arete One 12 L is the other half of this class.
Published specification
Extraction figures and room sizes are manufacturer claims, often measured at warm/humid lab points. UK rooms are usually cooler, so real take is lower. We have not run our own lab tests.
- Type
- Compressor
- Claimed extraction
- 12 L (manufacturer claim)
- Room guidance
- Compact home / laundry drying in a closed room; brand room figures are often around 15–20 m²
- Tank
- 2 litres
- Published noise
- Manufacturer and retailer sheets cluster around 36–38 dB(A)
- Operating temperature
- 5–35 °C (typical OmniDry listings)
- Power (manufacturer)
- Around 180–200 W on brand sheets (0.18–0.20 kWh class)
- Weight
- About 10 kg
- Continuous drain
- Continuous drain; hose typically included
- Laundry mode
- Continuous / laundry-style operation on the mode list (auto, continuous, sleep on many listings)
- Filter
- Washable mesh; not a HEPA package like Arete
- Warranty
- Brand protection plans are commonly quoted at three years
A good match if
- A heated 1–2 bed home that needs 12 L class extraction without Meaco money.
- Someone who will use the included hose so the 2 L tank is not emptied twice a day in a wet week.
Skip it if
- You want published extraction at 10 °C and 20 °C, or a five-year warranty.
- The room sits under 5 °C; this is still a compressor.
What the maker publishes
- 12 L compressor class with a 2 L tank on typical UK listings.
- Wheels, a 24-hour timer and a drain hose are usually in the package.
- Humidity settable on the digital panel (30–80 % RH on Amazon copy for this ASIN).
- Sleep / night-style mode and a published noise figure in the high 30s dB(A).
Trade-offs
- No stepped extraction table at cooler, drier points, so the 12 L headline is harder to interpret than Meaco’s.
- 2 L tank is smaller than Arete One’s 2.5 L at the same class.
- Filter package is a washable mesh, not H13 HEPA.
Head to head
- MeacoDry Arete One 12L vs Pro Breeze OmniDry 12L
Two 12 litre compressors for heated UK flats. Arete One publishes a temperature table, HEPA and a five-year warranty. OmniDry sells the same litre class for less, with a 2 L tank and a hose in the box.