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f666 said:
this looks simpler than the samsung

the samsung has the double filter in a similar position, then there is also the HE which needs brushing, (
) not a great design, I think the bosch ones can be removed and cleaned better
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It once popped up that it wanted to do a clean cycle. I had to put some warm water in the tank and disconnect it from the drain so it was a closed circuit and run it through the clean cycle and a bit of fluff, I wouldn’t say a great deal ended up in the water tank to be thrown out.

Brilliant machine. We love it.
 
Based on some very rough figures it'd take me approx 6 years to recover the cost of replacing my condenser with a heat pump
  • Annual energy savings: 561 - 236 = 325 kWh/year
  • Cost per kWh: 24.86 pence
  • Dryer cost: £499
Could probably sell the current one to bring it down a bit
 
Aka not worth it at all.

Keep your current one until it breaks and then buy a heat pump dryer. If you need a new one, buy a heat pump one.

That said, my candy heat pump dryer was not quite that much. Candy was not the first choice but at the time of purchase it was one of only two models on the market that could be integrated.
 
I have the LG FDV1110B Heat Pump dryer.

I had a Grundig Heat Pump which lastest about 9 years before it gave up, which wasn't bad. Got this LG one just under a year ago.

Like this specific model because it recyles the water to self clean the condenser fins. You can also re-direct the waste pipe to go directly into a drain rather than the collection drawer.

Really happy with it.
 
Measured my 10 year old Samsung heat pump dryer earlier and it used 0.97 kWh for a full 2.5 hour cycle on driest setting. I'm not sure if modern ones are much better now. Seems decent enough. We've definitely had our money's worth from it. When I bought it we literally needed a dryer as old on broke so had no choice. We stumped up the extra and have no regrets.
 
f666 said:
3. bed sheets get knotted up, something our older indesit vented one never did. Might be putting too much in, but same than previous smaller load dryer
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Have you tried those wool laundry balls? I’ve been researching making the condenser to HP switch recently and saw your comment again and again. A few people said this solved it.
 
jaybee said:
That's decent consumption. How long does a load take? I remember measuring mine once and I recall it was at least twice as efficient as an old vented one. Actually some of the vented ones can use 3-5kwh a load apparently.
I'm measuring consumption for a load now. Ours tends to take 2.5 hours ish. It comes up with 2hrs30 but then auto senses and sometimes is less. I swear sometimes it's more as well. It's noisier than I'd like but meh.
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I'm not sure tbh - probably 2.5 - 3 hours? I've never paid much attention as I've never been in a rush to dry a load.
 
Coran said:
Have you tried those wool laundry balls? I’ve been researching making the condenser to HP switch recently and saw your comment again and again. A few people said this solved it.
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We have two blue spiky plastic balls. Not really. Main solution is to less in the dryer
 
That looks basically the same as the Candy one we bought 3 years ago, granted that was pre-inflation but the near identical Hoover version was never £650.

I think we paid £380 for ours and seems to be roughly that price still. I think the hoover was ~£400. So yes it is a good price but it is not £300 off.
 
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I'd like to get a heat pump drier, but as it's in the garage, vented is the only way through winter.
We have solar, so it offsets costs luckily.
 
Rob_B said:
I though heat pump was by design also condenser?

We went heat pump, great decision, the best part is emptying the water tank and seeing how much water DIDN'T go into the house. If you enjoy the pleasure of emptying a dehumidifier you'll love a heat pump drier :D
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Yes a condenser and heatpump drier will both generate water that needs to be drained or emptied if that's what you're asking. The main difference is that the condenser still uses a heating element that consumes a lot of power; the heatpump is just a reverse cycle air conditioning compressor and exchanger and uses the heat in the air in your home as an energy source, resulting in heatpump driers using 50% less energy than a condenser
 
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I got one of these a couple of years ago. Not the kind of machine to impress, but it's been a faultless white good for not a lot of money. It's got a massive drum, much bigger than the washing machine so it can easily fit a full load from the washing machine directly into it without the cloths being all scrunched up. I've got it draining into the same outlet as the washing machine.

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SoundsGood said:
Based on some very rough figures it'd take me approx 6 years to recover the cost of replacing my condenser with a heat pump
  • Annual energy savings: 561 - 236 = 325 kWh/year
  • Cost per kWh: 24.86 pence
  • Dryer cost: £499
Could probably sell the current one to bring it down a bit
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How many times a week is that usage based on?
 
Just replaced our 5 year old Hisense Heat pump dryer with a newer Hisense Heat pump dryer. Our dryer is on pretty much all day, every day (family of 5), so we definitely noticed the difference in running costs compared to an electric condenser/vented.

Yes, they take longer to dry a full load than a condenser - we previously had an old gas powered commercial dryer, which was incredible (a 10kg wet load took 20 minutes to dry fully!), but the parts to fix it were going to cost more than the entire, new heat-pump machine.

Don't be afraid to use the "ready to iron" & "linen storage" settings - the only things we run completely dry are the kids' school polos & my t-shirts, as they're folded and put in drawers. Anything that hangs in the wardrobe or needs ironing is okay to not fully dry.
 
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