Out of the blue, this just showed up, ready to be shipped:
https://www.lg.com/de/waeschepflege/trockner/rt18vt/
Now, it's actually kind of impressive.
In the Eco rating cycle, the usage is pretty much linear. It's rated at 18kg (close to 40lbs!) so 9kg is a half load. At half load, it's pretty much as efficent and as fast as any other 9kg A+++ dryer by LG. A full load does take 6:20h on the rating cycle - but dosen't even use 3kWh for 40lbs of clothing.
And it can be WAY faster. The manual states "just" 4:50 and 4,12kWh for 18kg Extra Dry. It doesn't say which setting that is on (Eco, Balanced, Speed), but the way the manual is written I would be guess Balanced.
That means a continous heat pump power of something like 700-800W, probably higher on the Turbo setting.
A weird and sad downside: The condenser clean out door is just gone.
Why? The US got it, why not the EU?
Guess you'll want to run the condenser cleaning quite regularly.
https://www.lg.com/de/waeschepflege/trockner/rt18vt/
Now, it's actually kind of impressive.
In the Eco rating cycle, the usage is pretty much linear. It's rated at 18kg (close to 40lbs!) so 9kg is a half load. At half load, it's pretty much as efficent and as fast as any other 9kg A+++ dryer by LG. A full load does take 6:20h on the rating cycle - but dosen't even use 3kWh for 40lbs of clothing.
And it can be WAY faster. The manual states "just" 4:50 and 4,12kWh for 18kg Extra Dry. It doesn't say which setting that is on (Eco, Balanced, Speed), but the way the manual is written I would be guess Balanced.
That means a continous heat pump power of something like 700-800W, probably higher on the Turbo setting.
A weird and sad downside: The condenser clean out door is just gone.
Why? The US got it, why not the EU?
Guess you'll want to run the condenser cleaning quite regularly.