Tumble dryer

bayo000 said:
Yeah that's what I was thinking, we're already invested into Bosch system and already have several appliances as she can get 30-40% discount on Bosch through work
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Yeah spot on... the Bosch stuff seems the most reasonably priced too. I went Samsung for similar reasons (works portal + 5 year warranty).
 
Merlin5 said:
I'm a bit worried about clothes shrinking or being mishapen like t-shirts and knitwear. Is that mostly avoidable? I did have a Hotpoint washer dryer years ago and I seem to remember some clothes getting misshapen. But perhaps dryers are much improved today.
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Generally speaking you can't put knitwear in a tumble dryer. In case you didn't know, there is a symbol on the clothes label which will show whether something can be tumble dried or not. It's a symbol of the machine for ok, and if it's crossed through you can't tumble dry it.
 
Thanks very much for all the replies, chaps.

Bug One said:
I got a Candy HP tumbledryer last year for £350. Works great, and uses 350watts while running. Candy/Hoover are identical except a bit of chrome bling and a £50 mark up.

I usually leave cloths to dry for a day or two depending on the weather and then put them in the HP dryer to finish them off overnight.

The Candy can deposit the water into the door - or can be plumbed into a drain (as I've done).
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That was a good deal. I popped into Currys today to check out the dryers. I can get a Candy HP for £399 but it seems to be in white only and I'd prefer graphite to match my Samsung, or even black. £379 gets me a Graphite Hotpoint Condenser dryer, plus £20 delivery. It's going to work out only about £80 or less per year to run it on a condenser so tbh, a heat pump doesn't seem that essential for my needs. I'll take a look at the AO website and see what they've got.

Does anyone know if most of these dryers have a moisture sensor that tells the dryer when to stop drying?

radderfire said:
Generally speaking you can't put knitwear in a tumble dryer. In case you didn't know, there is a symbol on the clothes label which will show whether something can be tumble dried or not. It's a symbol of the machine for ok, and if it's crossed through you can't tumble dry it.
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Ah, thanks, good point. That's no problem, I don't wear much knitwear and can just let it dry naturally.
 
radderfire said:
Generally speaking you can't put knitwear in a tumble dryer. In case you didn't know, there is a symbol on the clothes label which will show whether something can be tumble dried or not. It's a symbol of the machine for ok, and if it's crossed through you can't tumble dry it.
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Heat pumps are great for this too. They don't get hot enough to damage (at penalty of longer run time). Mine even comes with a tray for those annoying wool jumpers that ask to be dried flat lol.
 
Merlin5 said:
Does anyone know if most of these dryers have a moisture sensor that tells the dryer when to stop drying?
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The Candy ones does. The symbol on the panels let you set how dry you want the cloths and it'll just run till it hits that dryness.

I suspect most modern dryers are similar.

Fortunately my dryer is in a utility room, so looks were least of my priorities.
 
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Bug One said:
The Candy ones does. The symbol on the panels let you set how dry you want the cloths and it'll just run till it hits that dryness.

I suspect most modern dryers are similar.

Fortunately my dryer is in a utility room, so looks were least of my priorities.
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Thanks. I'm going to look for an HP dryer in my budget with ideally the colour I want. If not, hopefully condenser dryers also have moisture sensors.
 
I'm now questioning if we don't wash enough, maybe a wash every other day (occasionally 2 a fay if we're doing an 'extra' like the sheets). 2 kids so 10 uniforms, rugby kit x 2, gymnastic x 1, swimming x 2, I keep my jeans for a week but everything else is fresh everyday, mrs has new everything everyday. We probably do overload the washer, but I want it to die :cry: . If you group stuff together it's not too bad, for instance my son had rugby tonight so it's muddy stiff, but that's not all that goes in there. We do only tumble towels normally, but I've done the odd sheet when we've needed them quick like the kids being ill.
 
This time of year, it's only when the weather is bad for a few days and to finish stuff off - especially now that the central heating is off.

Cottons take a bit of extra work to get dry and if you leave them too long they'll start to smell musky. Modern polyester is fabulous stuff. Almost comes out dry from just the spin.
 
Bug One said:
This time of year, it's only when the weather is bad for a few days and to finish stuff off - especially now that the central heating is off.

Cottons take a bit of extra work to get dry and if you leave them too long they'll start to smell musky. Modern polyester is fabulous stuff. Almost comes out dry from just the spin.
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Yeah my sports clothes are wearable in summer straight out the washer.
 
Merlin5 said:
Thanks. I'm going to look for an HP dryer in my budget with ideally the colour I want. If not, hopefully condenser dryers also have moisture sensors.
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My hoover has a moisture sensor.

The program will say 1hr30 or whatever for ages. Then suddenly drop. Sometimes to 10 mins.

A lot of my clothes I won't put in the dryer. So no sensor is not really an option. Critical. For my use.
 
the shadow said:
£424.15

Pardon our interruption...

www.ebay.co.uk
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Thanks. Actually, I've decided to up my budget. Costco do a Samsung 8kg heat pump dryer for £550 in graphite which matches my Ecobubble washing machine in colour and capacity. So that seems to be the one for me. I'm going next week with a friend to our nearest Costco.
 
Merlin5 said:
Thanks. Actually, I've decided to up my budget. Costco do a Samsung 8kg heat pump dryer for £550 in graphite which matches my Ecobubble washing machine in colour and capacity. So that seems to be the one for me. I'm going next week with a friend to our nearest Costco.
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Have a thorough search as the Samsung stuff often comes up with a 5 year parts and labour warranty. I got mine from Samsung direct on micro finance (40/mo for 12 months at 0%).
 
dLockers said:
Have a thorough search as the Samsung stuff often comes up with a 5 year parts and labour warranty. I got mine from Samsung direct on micro finance (40/mo for 12 months at 0%).
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Yeah, as far as I've seen they all seem to come with the 5 year warranty. In fact, there's this one as well.


It might be the same model I saw on the Costco website, I'll have to check. But yeah, the 5 year warranty is a big part of my decision for peace of mind.
 
Merlin5 said:
Yeah, as far as I've seen they all seem to come with the 5 year warranty. In fact, there's this one as well.


It might be the same model I saw on the Costco website, I'll have to check. But yeah, the 5 year warranty is a big part of my decision for peace of mind.
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That's the one I have. It's brilliant. You do have to clean the door filter each time you use it (it comes with its own brush) and it'll nag when the proper filter needs cleaning. Works brilliantly. Washing used to be a right headache but now we just do a wash about 5pm, and then when it's finished whack it in here on time delay for 0730.
 
I found this Today 2 years peace of mind :cool:
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