Russell Hobbs
Russell Hobbs RHDH1061G Mini
A thermoelectric collector rated at up to 300 ml of water a day — 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 is the giveaway that this is 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 specification sheets put extraction at 300 ml per day. That is the buyer-relevant figure: 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 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 design. A compressor in the 10–12 L class is usually rated at a warm, humid laboratory point and 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 cannot dry a clothes airer, and it will not 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 is an auto cut-off when the tank is full, and a defrost function appears on several UK retailer sheets. There is 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 is local — a shower room, a north-facing box room that already has a radiator — this is a proportionate object. If you came here because windows stream in winter or the laundry never dries, skip this class entirely and start with the 10 L and 12 L compressors, or a desiccant if the room is cold.
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
- 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
- A renter who wants a small unit on a shelf rather than a wheeled compressor in the living room.
- 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 are trying to pull moisture from a whole flat.
Specification strengths
- At 0.9 kg it is 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.
- Auto shut-off when the 600 ml tank is full, plus a simple on/off control.
Weak points on paper
- 0.3 L/day is two orders of magnitude below a 12 L compressor headline figure.
- No humidistat target in any useful sense — it runs or it does not.
- Thermoelectric collectors lose more of their already small take as the room cools.