Washer dryer recommendations (heat pump?)

Haggisman

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Sadly our 10 year old LG washing machine sounds like it's finally on its way out, thinking a washer dryer would be a good replacement, given we have a 10 year old and 18 month old who generate vast mountains of washing, and this time of year means radiators constantly covered in damp clothes, causing lots of moisture, condensation etc. in the house along with taking ages to get everything done. Unfortunately we don't have the space for separates.

Really have no idea what I'm looking for at the moment though. Have been looking around £400, and so far either the Hisense WDQY1014EVJM or HOOVER H-Wash 500 HDB 4106AMBC are the top contenders. Happy to up budget to max ~£600 if spending the extra is worthwhile

Apparently heat pump dryers are a thing and give much lower running costs, but i'm struggling to find any heat pump washer dryers - any recommendations (this could potentially push the budget up a bit more if the cost savings make it worth while) ?

Thanks!
 
Decided it was worth spending a bit extra for the 5 year warranty so picked up an LG FWV696WSE direct from LG for £605 with a 5% voucher for signing up, I did spend another couple of hours trying to find a heat pump model, but the only one I could find was an AEG at £1.3k and decided it really wasn't worth it, £700 pays the difference in electricity for a lot of drying cycles!
 
yeah heat pumps are slow to dry stuff and cost a fortune for anything decent .. just got a condenser dryer delivered today .. it's gone in the shed :)
 
I've seen heat pumps significantly cheaper than 1k?

I looked up the cost Of running. Definitely was a good idea for me to get a condenser. At 1 load a week it's the best bet.
 
after just watching/scanning the latest gadget show (there's more interesting segments than top gear)
hotpoint active care 82xb sub £500
aeg 700 senisdry 549
samsung 9 s1 optimaldry 859

hotpoint won with energy use for the drying it delivered .. so I (still) wouldn't be spending out on samsung
 
jpaul said:
after just watching/scanning the latest gadget show (there's more interesting segments than top gear)
hotpoint active care 82xb sub £500
aeg 700 senisdry 549
samsung 9 s1 optimaldry 859

hotpoint won with energy use for the drying it delivered .. so I (still) wouldn't be spending out on samsung
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All of which are tumble driers not washer driers.
 
We've had washer dryers for 10 years now (first one was LG and lasted 6 years, second one is a bosch one and still going strong). I think the hate surrounding them is exaggerated.

They do a decent job of drying clothes and are nowhere near as bad as people make out. It's always nice to be able to set a wash and dry and come back to clothes that are ready to be put away.
 
DanTheMan said:
We've had washer dryers for 10 years now (first one was LG and lasted 6 years, second one is a bosch one and still going strong). I think the hate surrounding them is exaggerated.

They do a decent job of drying clothes and are nowhere near as bad as people make out. It's always nice to be able to set a wash and dry and come back to clothes that are ready to be put away.
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We had one in our last house and it was pretty terrible, but the alternative in our new house is having a drying rack up in the kitchen 5 days a week. I'm quite happy with having it out to dry tshirts and larger clothes, but if you just want your underwear or your towels, or your bloody bedding dried, a washer dryer is probably going to do a great job of that - ours always did. I'm so sick of seeing the drying rack - we'll be buying a washer dryer next year.

One question - do you need to have it venting to outside? I don't think our previous one did.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
One question - do you need to have it venting to outside? I don't think our previous one did.
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Nope, it drains down the washer waste pipe

So far so good, done about 20 loads through it already, mix of different wash types, drying etc. It washes well, dries well, only real problem I've had so far was my fault really - it has no fluff filter, and I put on a black wash straight after drying some light coloured towels... Needless to say ended up with fluff on everything :p
 
Haggisman said:
Nope, it drains down the washer waste pipe

So far so good, done about 20 loads through it already, mix of different wash types, drying etc. It washes well, dries well, only real problem I've had so far was my fault really - it has no fluff filter, and I put on a black wash straight after drying some light coloured towels... Needless to say ended up with fluff on everything :p
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Oh god, I hate that with a passion! Glad it's working though.
 
The only issue I've ever really encountered is the fan that removes the hot air / moisture can get clogged with fluff. They aren't as accessible to clean as on separate washing machines / dryers and cleaning them is a nightmare.

I spent about an hour removing everything to get to our a few months ago but it was worth it for the satisfaction of removing big clumps of fluff and lint that had built up in there. Is was like cleaning a pc fan that hadn't been touched in a decade.
 
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