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The stand-alone ones are pretty much set-it-and-forget-it, as long as you have the drain properly set up (which you’ll also need for a permanent one). I recommend one with a humidity setting and then let it run as needed. Most are probably like that.
There is a product at Lowes/HD/BBB that helps get rid of moisture also. Damprid I think. You can hang them in a closet, etc. We used those for a while until we figured out we had a leak behind a finished wall, so opened things up to patch the foundation wall. They are effective but really too expensive to be a permanent solution for a big area. Would have to check cat safety for those too, just to be sure.
Which gets to the key issue: how is your space getting moist? If it is just colder there and you’re getting some condensation from your household air, maybe there are flow adjustments your HVAC folks can make to balance that better, or set your thermostat fan control to “circulate”. If there is a leak somewhere, like we had, you’ll want to address that properly of course. We always had some seeping and our house was old enough that the basement floor didn’t have a vapor barrier. Sometimes you have to use these mitigations instead of fixing the underlying problem due to cost, but it is always worthwhile to know what the cause is.
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