Russell Hobbs
Russell Hobbs RHDH1061G Mini
Short answer: we’d buy this mini for a cupboard, a wardrobe or a small enclosed space, not for a damp flat or an airer full of washing. It’s rated at about 300 ml a day at around 23 W, with a 600 ml tank, so it keeps a small space fresher rather than drying a room.
This compact dehumidifier is rated at up to 300 ml of water a day. That’s a cupboard or ensuite figure, not a flat figure. The tank holds 600 ml, the body is a 22 cm grey cube, and the 23 W draw tells you it’s a Peltier plate rather than a compressor.
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The RHDH1061G is sold as a mini dehumidifier, and the numbers match that word. Retailer sheets put extraction at 300 ml per day. That’s the figure that matters for you: a small cold plate that takes the edge off local mist, not a machine that dries a room. The tank holds 600 ml, so you’ll empty it every couple of days of light use rather than every few hours. Power draw is 23 W, and the weight is 0.9 kg. Those figures describe a thermoelectric (Peltier) collector, not a compressor with a refrigerant loop.
That distinction matters more than the grey cube. A compressor in the 10–12 L class is usually rated at a warm, humid laboratory point, and it still expects to pull several litres in a heated UK room. This Russell Hobbs unit is rated at 0.3 L even on its own terms. It can take the edge off a misted bathroom or a musty cupboard. It won’t dry a clothes airer, and it won’t change the humidity of a one-bed flat.
The published room size is up to about 15 m², which is a small bedroom or a large bathroom. Noise is listed around 35 dB(A). There’s an auto cut-off when the tank is full, and a defrost function appears on several UK retailer sheets. There’s no laundry mode, no useful digital humidistat, and no reason to treat it as a quiet alternative to a Meaco or Pro Breeze compressor.
If your damp’s in one small spot, like a shower room or a north-facing box room that already has a radiator, this little one is about the right size. But if your windows stream every winter or the washing never seems to dry, we’d skip this type altogether and start with the 10 L and 12 L compressors.
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
- Compact thermoelectric
- Claimed extraction
- 0.3 L/day (300 ml; manufacturer)
- Room guidance
- Up to about 15 m² / cupboard, bathroom shelf or small room (published)
- Tank
- 0.6 litres
- Published noise
- Around 35 dB(A) (retailer listings)
- Operating temperature
- Not a cold-room machine; includes a frost-protection / defrost function on retailer spec sheets
- Power (manufacturer)
- 23 W (retailer listings)
- Weight
- 0.9 kg
- Continuous drain
- Some listings mention a drain option; this is still a 300 ml/day collector
- Laundry mode
- No dedicated laundry mode
- Filter
- None of note
- Warranty
- 1 year, often extendable to 2 years on registration (brand wording)
Best suited to
- You, if you want a small unit on a shelf rather than a wheeled compressor in the living room.
- You, if it’s a bathroom or wardrobe that mists up, where 300 ml/day is in the right order of magnitude.
Not the right pick when
- You dry washing indoors.
- The room is unheated, or you’re trying to pull moisture from a whole flat.
Specification strengths
- At 0.9 kg it’s light enough to move with one hand.
- The body is 22 × 14 × 14 cm, so it actually sits on a shelf.
- 23 W is a night-light sort of draw, not a compressor draw.
- It shuts itself off when the 600 ml tank is full, and the control is a simple on/off.
Weak points on paper
- 0.3 L/day is two orders of magnitude below a 12 L compressor headline figure.
- There’s no humidistat target in any useful sense. It runs, or it doesn’t.
- Thermoelectric collectors lose more of their already small take as the room cools.
For heated homes, see our best 5 dehumidifiers for UK homes.
Common questions
Can the Russell Hobbs mini dry laundry?
Not really. It’s rated at about 300 ml a day with no laundry mode, so your washing on the airer would win. For drying clothes indoors we’d look at a 12 L or 20 L compressor such as the Pro Breeze 20L.
Is it quiet enough for a bedroom?
Retailer listings put it around 35 dB(A), which is quiet. It’s sized for a small space, though: if your bedroom window is streaming in the morning, it won’t take enough water out.
How much power does it use?
Retailer listings give 23 W. It’s a small draw because it uses a Peltier plate rather than a compressor, and that’s also why it only takes about 300 ml a day.