New White Knight Dryers

[aquarius1984]

Has anybody seen the new white knight dryers? How GORENGEfied maybe a touch of the BELLING WASH WIZE are they? Sharp angled panels and a chunky timer dial. Have to admit im no fan of white knight dryers in general but for the money they do a reasonable job and i notice nobody here seems to have a WK DRYER but if anybody does please let me know what you think. nick

 

[samsungfl]

I Have One lol

Hi, yeah i have one of those Compact White Knight dryer's. I must addmit it is very quick and isnt too loud either. it only gets light useage (on rainy days lol) but it does a good job everytime.!!!!

Richard

 

[glamwales]

I have the full size reverse model and I am happy. Yes, it is loud and the reverse is a joke... But it works well and most clothes dont need ironing.

I originally had a Hotpoint Aquarius Reverse dryer which only lasted 8 months. After 8 failed repairs (THEY HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES WITH DRUMS ) I decided to go for a white knight as it was cheap and I did not want another Hotpoint / indesit machine as the store would only refund in vouchers and there is not a big choice in my local store.

 

[chrisbsuk]

the reverse action on my new Zanussi Condensor Dryer is a joke as well... it does reverse for about 10 seconds, then back the normal way... i am not technically minded but i suspect this might be when it is pumping the condesed steam into the tray?

i also had a condensor hotpoint dryer... it was louder than anything i had ever heard in my life... but lasted about four years, and serviced the five of us when we lived together (everything got dryed as we had no garden) so that was not bad going!

 

[glamwales]

what better use for a spare hotpoint drum ... heheheheh

 

[sparkcymru]

hotpoint drums

Glad you pointed that out i'm just looking at a Hotpoint aquarius silver dryer or the Indesit. Don't want drum troubles unless they've sorted it out by now.
Steve

 

[chrisbsuk]

Steve, i would spend the extra £30 or so and get a Zanussi dryer

 

[sparkcymru]

zanussi

OOOh yes the Zannusi. i'll have a look for one of them. you don't see many of them in the shops, certainly not a silver one.i'm not sure they do a silver full size vented dryer. there isn't one on the zanussi website.

Steve

 

[chrisbsuk]

i bought a silver full sized one less than a month ago...

 

[sparkcymru]

zanussi dryer

where you get it from Chris and what model is it?
Steve

 

[chrisbsuk]

I got it from Gardiner Haskins in Bristol

it is model number TC7114 S

here is a picture as well

It is in the current Argos book as well

 

[sparkcymru]

thats a condensor dryer though isn't it. its a vented one i need in silver. there doesn't seem to be one in Zanussi.
Steve

 

[chrisbsuk]

sorry mate... yea, it is a condensor one

 

[aquarius1984]

balanced assessment

Well on top of my Hotpoint stands a full size white knight belonging to my friend. I put this thread up to see what everybody else said about them first before i made comment. Now ive had time to use it plenty and get to know it i would like to put my views forward. Its well built dont get me wrong but i have one major gripe. Why does it take 110 plus minutes to dry 5kg cottons on high? Any other dryer i have used by any other make does it in 80. Even my old zamussi condensor. My mums creaky hoover does it in 70 and my granddads philips from early 80s which is virtually the same inside can do it in 80 to90 minutes. It has no detectable air flow and certainly does not heat like other dryers. Glamwales how are your timings compared to mine? Nick

 

[glamwales]

Hi Nick

Yes it does take longer - Usually about 70 mins after a 1500 spin. Personally, I believe this is down to the plastic door which must allow for more heat loss than glass.

For soaking clothes ( yes i still like to wash in the bath ) it can take upto 2 hours.... I know im naughty and should spin them first but I dont !

 

[sadose]

I have a white knight compact like Richard's (exact model) and that will dry a "full" load (ie 3kg) of cottons in around 40-45 mins. My ex mother in law bought the full size version and she spends no more than an hour drying a full load of towels. Only thing that I can say is bad about mine is it is not too good on jeans (patchy drying ability) and not too good on sheets, (tends to ball up due to poor reverse) but for the price I can't really fault them.

Regards

Saj

 

[lavamat_jon]

The chalets we visit in Norfolk every now and then have a laundry with a Zanussi Jetsystem RSi 1250 and a White Knight unidirectional dryer... not as fast as teh Bosch dryer which dries towels in 30-40 mins, but the White Knight did dry 1250rpm spun towels in about 70 or 80 minutes. Still a lot faster than my AEG condenser takes to dry a load of towels spun at 1600rpm!!!!

Jon

 

[lavamat_jon]

Value for money

I have to say that for the price the performance of White Knight dryers can't be beaten, and that they seem to be better built than the low end competitors from Indesit and whatever. Would buy one in a heartbeat, if they only made a sensor model at a similar price point. (I know they make that A rated one but it sells for the same price as a Zanussi or Bosch sensor dryer so isn't really worth it).

Of course, they do that stupid reversing, but so does my £400 AEG condenser dryer & I always have to divide one bedlinen load in half if I want to use the dryer so that they don't ball up. So more expensive dryers don't really seem to do any better in terms of the balling up issue. Though Miele is supposed to have an anti-tangle feature which reverses the drum if it senses the load has balled/bundled up, I remain skeptical as they don't seem to receive a high rating for evenness in the Which? magazines. Those new Bosch dryers do look promising with their specially shaped paddles, but again they only go one way (claiming that the larger drum and uniquely shaped paddles prevent balling), so in terms of reversing it seems that the more expensive dryers aren't really anymore of an improvement.

Jon

 

[Bearpeter]

Don't waste your money on.....

a zanussi!
Whilst this is my opinion, i have been so disappointed with mine. Model ZDC5350. It's a condensor which works well and also the sensors are spot on. However, there is an intermittemnt squeak which can go on to a grind. the problem is the service engineers (service Force) have not been able to find the fault. As it is intermittent dependant on usage, it has been impossible to track down the problem.

The thing that really pee'd me off was that the last engineer to come and check it, did not replace the top correctly so now it is "Skew whiff!" The annoyance about that(other than the incompetence) is that they dont use straight or Philips screws, more like a tiny spanner.

Whist the drying ability of the dryer is excellent, I obviously got a Friday night/Monday morning appliance which after paying 350.00 for, makes me a little mad at Zanussi.

Take from this as you wish.......

Peter