Did we know Kenmore put their name on a combo?

[cuffs054]

https://www.sears.com/kenmore-elite...SellerId=Sears&prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2
http://https//www.sears.com/kenmore...SellerId=Sears&prdNo=2&blockNo=2&blockType=G2

 

[appnut]

An LG Combo.  Appears to have been around a while given it was added to Sears' web site February 24, 2017

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[wayupnorth]

But then when you go to look at it, every place you go after on line has a Sears ad directed at you. Next door neighbors just bought a condenser dryer and 2 1/2 hours to dry a load of towels and a big jug of water to empty out, I dont think so. Give me a simple 45 minutes max and just a screen to clean.

 

[frigilux]

A friend's 24-year old son and his new husband moved to a rental house with an awful basement, accessed by a steep, narrow set of stairs. Guess where the washer and dryer were! At the boys' request, the landlord installed new laundry equipment in a little cove by the kitchen. That appliance? A new LG combo (condenser dryer).

 

They are happy with it so far, but are adjusting to having to wash and dry a load before continuing on to the next.

 

[wft2800]

wayupnorth, the payoff with a condenser dryer is that it's more efficient and that slow, steamy drying gives you lovely fluffy towels. I went from a vented dryer to a condenser and would never go back to vented...

 

[foraloysius]

Well, a condenser dryer is not more efficient, a vented dryer always uses less energy to dry a certain load than a condenser dryer would use for the same load. Somehow European manufacturers were able to get a B rating for efficiency for their condenser dryers and a C for most vented ones. Probably due to fooling around with the capacity and so making it look more efficient.

 

[henene4]

Normal condenser dryers are less efficent then vented ones kg by kg.

The reason vented dryers got a C rating a condensers got a B rating was that while a condenser actually heats up the room it is in, a vented dryer not only blows all the used energy in form of heat outside, it actually pulls in cooler air from outside, significantly increasing heating costs if a vented dryer is located in a heated room.

But that gap is pretty close by now anyway...

 

[foraloysius]

That's why I used a vented (AEG) dryer in the summer and a condenser one (Miele) in the winter season in my previous apartment. Due to less space I needed to downsize and decided it was best to get a heat pump dryer. But here I am line drying more things than in the old apartment because I have a good sized covered balcony, so even more saving on the drying front.

 

[lordkenmore]

adjusting to having to wash and dry a load before continuing on to the next.



 



<strong>This may or may not be a problem depending on the person...
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<strong><strong><strong>Historically, I've tended to spread laundry out through the week. Why should the fun of laundry be restricted to one day? I can easily get by doing a maximum of one load a day. So having a machine tied up from start of wash to the conclusion of drying wouldn't be a huge problem.</strong></strong></strong>



 



<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>But, of course, a person who does multiple loads a day would find it a pain (at best) or impossible (at worst) to adjust to having one machine tied up for the entire process.
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