Beko Heat Pump DPU 8360W - Tangling Bedding into a ball

[lavamat_jon]

I washed and tumble dried the whites today, consisting of our duvet cover, 4 pillowcases, fitted sheet, 2 bath sheets, a few t shirts, the bathmat, a couple of hand towels and some underwear,  on the Normal dry setting it dried everything fine without tangling/balling up.  I have to say that despite reversing infrequently, it tangles and balls up less than the old Miele dryer (and also my mum's) that supposedly have "intelligent" drum reversing which reverse whenever it senses the load tangling up.  There hasn't been a load combination yet that the Beko hasn't been able to deal with evenly - but then like I mentioned before probably not even half of our washing ever sees the tumble dryer.

 

Now if only there was a tumble dryer that did the ironing too!

 

Jon

 

[richardc1983]

lavamat_jon

What sensor programme setting do you have the beko on? I have found that cupboard dry leaves things damp. So I set it to Extra Dry which usually adds another 8 minutes onto the cycle which ensures everything is dry.

 

[logixx]

Same with my Siemens - I have it set to Cupboard Dry + 1, which adds five minutes to the heating cycle after the clothes have reached the set dryness level.

Did four loads today (two for the washer but four for the dryer):

- towels, fitted sheets and some small items like underwear etc. -> one small towel got caught in a sheet but everything came out fine otherwise
- first batch of cotton bedding (two pillow covers and two duvet covers) -> no tangling
- second batch of heavier covers -> some tangling but everything was dry... and wrinkled
- third batch of lightweight covers -> didn't even take a minute to roll into a ball. Pointless. Seems the problem is that the fabric gets sucked onto the lint filter and stays there, while the drum twists it into a rope.

Video to follow.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Richard,

I use the normal dry setting, which is between cupboard dry and extra dry.

Jon

 

[suds]

...tangle free...

Well seems I struck it lucky as having read all the above and never having experienced a "balling up" event in my AEG Protex Dryer I though it best to see what it actually does...I like to dry things seperately and never seem to have more than 2-3 kg's in my allegedly 9kg dryer so that things can tumble/move around properly. It does have a "Bedlinen" setting which I add 2 "+'s" to to get it fully dried. It tumbles clockwise for 1 min and then reverses for 30 seconds... thus seemingly being more than adequate to avoid balling up. The other settings (save the wool and gentle) tumble clockwise only. Oh btw that's with drying a super king fitted sheet, flat sheet and 2 pillowcases - which according to comments should be really good candidates for balling....my E-Lux/AEG's may not have the german old school build quality anymore (faultless operation 15 months sofar but still early days) however still seem to have AEG intelligence.

 

[joe_in_philly]

The only thing that sometimes balls up in my dryer is one particular microfiber blanket. If it balls up, I just flip it over so it unwraps itself.

I divide towels and sheets into separate loads, so I can't say if they would tangle in my dryer if dried together.

 

[w5872]

Zanussi

My Zanussi TOL dryer is very good and very delicate. Dries evenly and happy out. It does the reverse for like 10 seconds then back the other way. It does tangle bedding and the sensor drying programmes tend not to be great for the old king sized duvet covers but I find the opposite that If I dry my bedding on its own it will dry evenly.

It's B rated, but I've found it super econical, we line dry all summer long but in winter our garden catches feck all light, and it's on the whoel time. But I've yet to get a high electricity bill. Bi monthly our bill never goes above €80!

There are too many programmes in truth and I wish I could see my laundry drying!
I do miss my old TL61 though.

 

[richardc1983]

Well the results are back... drying without the fitted sheet in means no tangled bedding.

I don't have enough washing to put two loads in on bedding day as the darks takes up the full load and there isn't that many whites so I do try to put as much in as I can.

The fitted sheet was put over the door to air dry while the dryer was on then the sheet put in on its own for half hour after to dry off. Works fine

 

[logixx]

Here's how my Bosch behaves