Best Dehumidifier with a Pump for a Basement
A built-in pump pushes water up a hose to a sink or out a window, so a basement with no floor drain never needs the bucket carried upstairs.
My pick is the Midea Cube 50-pint with pump. It costs less than the Frigidaire, ships with a 16-foot drain tube, and its 4.2-gallon tank holds about two-thirds of a day’s rated output if you switch it to bucket mode. The trade-off is owner ratings: the Cube averages 3.4 stars on Amazon, the lowest owner rating on this page. Pick the Frigidaire 50-pint with pump if the unit has to sit in a shallow spot; it is 9.9 inches deep. Both are listed at about 16 feet of lift and rated down to 41°F. If your basement has a floor drain lower than the unit, you don’t need a pump at all; the plain Midea Cube 50-pint drains by gravity through the hose in its box.
| Midea Cube 50-Pint with Pump (MAD50PS1QWT) | Frigidaire 50-Pint with Pump (FHDP5033Y1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Advisor Score | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Rated water removal | 50 pints a day | 50 pints a day |
| Pump lift | 16.4 ft | 16.4 ft |
| Drain hose in the box | Yes, 16 ft | Not listed |
| Bucket | 4.2 gallons | 1.9 gallons |
| Lowest rated operating temperature | 41°F | 41°F |
| Rated coverage | 4,500 sq ft | 4,500 sq ft |
| Size (W x H x D) | 14.8 x 15.0 x 14.5 in | 18.9 x 19.1 x 9.9 in |
| App and voice control | Wi-Fi app, Alexa, Google | Wi-Fi app, Alexa, Google |
| Warranty | 1 year | 1 year, parts and labor |
| Buy | Midea Cube with pump on Amazon, 16-ft tube included | Frigidaire with pump at Abt, $298.00 Frigidaire with pump on Amazon |
Do you need a pump?
Only if the water has to go up. A dehumidifier’s continuous-drain port relies on gravity, so the hose has to run downhill the whole way to a floor drain or sump. If the nearest drain is a laundry sink, or the water has to leave through a basement window above the unit, you need a pump to push it there.
How far each pump lifts
Midea’s spec sheet for the Cube with pump lists a lift of 16.4 feet. That figure comes from the sheet for the Canadian version, MAD50PS1QGRC; Midea’s US page for MAD50PS1QWT doesn’t give one. Amazon’s listing for the US model says the pump drains vertically or horizontally and includes a 16-foot drain tube, so a route longer than that needs extra hose.
For the Frigidaire, Total Home Supply’s listing gives the same 16.4 feet. Frigidaire’s own pages for FHDP5033Y1 don’t list a lift height or say whether a hose comes in the box, so check before you count on one. If the hose runs out through a window, keep it from kinking or freezing; a blocked hose stops the drainage.
Capacity and cold
Each is rated at 50 pints a day, which puts both in the class the basement sizing guide points to for a very damp basement or one over 2,000 square feet. Midea rates the Cube for 4,500 square feet; Frigidaire doesn’t publish coverage for this model, and retailers list 4,500.
Midea’s sheet for the Canadian Cube gives an operating range of 5 to 32°C, or 41 to 90°F, and Frigidaire rates its unit down to 41°F. For a moderately damp basement that drops to 38 to 40°F, the Hisense 35-pint compact is rated to 38°F, though it has no pump.
Size and noise
The Cube is close to 15 inches on every side and weighs 41.54 pounds. The Frigidaire is wider and taller at 18.9 by 19.1 inches but only 9.9 inches deep, and weighs 41.89 pounds; it fits against a wall where the Cube would stick out.
Frigidaire lists 49 dBA on low and 51.5 on high without saying where it measured. Midea’s Canadian sheet gives 48.0 dB(A) on low and 49.5 on high from the front, and 54.5 from the back on high, so the figures don’t compare directly; on the Cube, point the back away from where people sit.
Owner reviews
On Amazon in November 2026, the Midea Cube with pump averaged 3.4 out of 5 from 219 reviews and the Frigidaire 3.7 from 34, with Abt as the seller. On Abt’s own site the Frigidaire averaged 4.7 from 114. On the same store, the 0.3-star gap rests on 34 Frigidaire reviews against 219 for the Cube.
Where the Advisor Scores split
The Advisor Score averages four 1-to-5 marks. Only drainage differs: the Cube scores 5 for its included hose and a bucket over 3 gallons, and the Frigidaire 3, because Frigidaire doesn’t list a hose in the box and its bucket is 1.9 gallons. The score doesn’t count a pump, so it can’t separate these two on the feature this page is about.
Measure the spot first
If the space you have is at least 15 inches deep, buy the Midea Cube with pump. If it is shallower, the 9.9-inch Frigidaire is the one that fits. With a floor drain below the unit, skip the pump and see the basement roundup; if a 50-pint unit can’t keep up, the whole-house vs portable guide covers the next step.
Specifications come from Midea’s and Frigidaire’s spec sheets and product pages and were checked against retailer listings in November 2026; owner reviews are from Amazon and Abt. This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, Dehumidifier Advisor may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. See our affiliate disclosure for details.