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Midea Dehumidifier (Midea LAN)

Name: Midea Dehumidifier (Midea LAN)
Brand: Midea

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budget HA: good local: good Wi-Fi

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Midea dehumidifier controlled locally via Midea AC LAN in Home Assistant

Owner’s hands-on review ★★★★☆

It's a Dehumidifier - It has Matter. It works well for both.

Our basement gets pretty swampy here in the midwest Summer, with humidity indoors sometimes going over ~70%. After almost 20 years of living here, and before that living in the humid South, you’d think I’d learn to bring out the Dehumidifier in the Spring/Summer, but I don’t. So instead I found this and bought it right away. And you know what’s nice? Having it off all winter when we want the humidity, and automatically turning it on based on outdoor humidity + temperature.

Saved me a couple weeks of being miserable while I forget to turn one on - and it pumps directly into the sink.

If you are less forgetful than me it might not be worth buying the smart version.

Site owner · 2026-06-07 · in the owner’s words

Quick verdict

Like the Hisense AC, this Midea dehumidifier lands in the good column because Midea AC LAN controls it locally over your network - target humidity, mode, fan, and live RH - with the cloud needed only once for the token and key. Great for set-and-forget basement humidity automations that keep working offline. It is a community integration, so factor that in.

Standout: A common dehumidifier turned into a fully local Home Assistant humidity device via Midea AC LAN.

Last checked: 2026-06-10

Compatibility snapshot

Home Assistant good

Apple Home none

Google Home fair

Alexa fair

Works offline yes

Setup intermediate

Extra hub needed no

Power mains

Why it stands out

Local humidifier/dehumidifier entity in Home Assistant: target humidity, mode, fan speed, and current RH
Runs without internet once configured - ideal for humidity automations tied to local sensors
Pairs well with mmWave/leak/temperature automations without any cloud round trip

Reasons to hesitate

Community custom integration (HACS), not official
One-time cloud login required to retrieve the token/key
Local control depends on the unit using a Midea-protocol Wi-Fi module

Best for

Basements and crawlspaces where you want local humidity-driven automation
Owners who want a local alternative to a cloud dehumidifier app

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Avoid if

You will not run community integrations
Your unit only supports a cloud app with no Midea LAN protocol

Privacy and local-control notes

After setup, Midea AC LAN controls the dehumidifier entirely over your local network. The Midea cloud account is only needed once to fetch the token and key, after which it can be removed and control remains local.

Home Assistant support: supported · integration path: Midea AC LAN (midea_ac_lan custom integration, HACS) - local control over the LAN via a persistent TCP connection.

Buying reality check

Price notes: Midea sells these widely and cheaply. The owner's unit (HA shows model id 00000Q1B) runs through midea_ac_lan as a local device. The retail model number is not confirmed from that id, so it is named by category. No affiliate link listed.

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