New dryer - Living in student-heaven

[rolls_rapide]

Again, thanks.

I did see 'in the flesh' recently, a Blomberg 'hybrid heatpump' machine, at about £500. I presume it was that variant?

"Blomberg call centre was adamant that the appliance was a washer..."

What was the outcome of that? Seems odd they can't tell apart their apples from their onions. Somebody must have goofed up the Blomberg database.

Gas bill of £29?! I wish!

 

[henene4]

Variant

Yes, Acrelik makes a lot of stuff today...

 

[liamy1]

Rolls

Sorry for delay in reply, been on long shifts this week.

I think it’s either that one you saw, or possibly the one below (It was £379, with £30 cash back, which the applicance dealer took off the price there and then (so don’t know why it was offered as a “cash back” really))

I’ve put the one I *think* it is in the link, but could be slightly out on the model number (will check for you later), it does state “with heat pump technology” but I can’t see how mine is a HP machine in any way, it looks the same as any condenser I’ve had and it runs so blooming warm!!!

Re Blomberg insisting it was a washer, the only outcome of that was a delay on the repair, as the engineer thought he was coming to fix washer, he didn’t have any idea of any parts that were going to be needed to fix dryer fault, so didn’t have any in advanced, so on first visit said he needed to order a capacitor I think, and then went away,

Which has actually just made me remember the other issue, after a 2 week window had passed and no revisit, I called the call centre to be told the engineer had cancelled the job!! Anyway a few days later when he came back, he was very sheepish (I think he thought we were going to have a go at him, don’t know why as we wouldn’t have) and explained he hadn’t cancelled the job, but that the office hadn’t sent the part to him/or reassigned the job back to him.

So yes a few issues with Blomberg service and a repair that took 3 or so weeks, whilst not the worst service I’ve had surprisingly, it’s still not ideal, and whilst I know they operate as their own business, they still come under the Beko umbrella

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[ozzie908]

@Rolls Rapide

In winter the shower room where the washer and dryer reside is slightly cooler than the rest of the house but not by much and it never goes down anywhere near 5c as I have read they don't work too well in really cold places.

It must be affected by warmer rinse water too as it must knock a good 20 mins off the drying time I only notice its shorter when I realise the dryer is doing its anti crease bit much sooner than I am used to.

I also have a vented dryer in the shed for doing dog bedding as the hairs in the inside machines drives me nuts so have a separate one its an old Zanussi from 2001 - 2002 still going strong.

Prefer the gentleness of the HP on clothing though as why wash warm and cook to dry

 

[rolls_rapide]

Thanks again.

@liamy1:
Blomberg probably kept the model numbers quite close to each other, but changed the technology. I seem to remember Bosch had very similar model numbers for their full-size washing machine and the slim-depth version.