Please reccomend a decent but affordable condenser dryer

[richardc1983]

For my bedding, king size sheet, duvet cover, and 4 pillow cases took 1.5hours. I had the spin setting set to 1000 as no option for 1100 and thought would be more accurate than setting to 1200.

Put in another load now mixed stuff such as bath mats and jeans and t shirts etc. wondering if should have used the mix load program?

The dryer sheets don't work anyway the heat doesn't get hot enough to activate the wax so will use them for making the rooms smell nice over the radiators.

 

[suds]

Enjoy...

....and try and get some sleep tonight

 

[richardc1983]

Next load was 1:33 long and cost 13p! Question re the cool down at the end the compressor seems to keep running right up until the end of the cycle suggesting no cool down happens. Air temp was thx same also in the dryer 38c and didn't drop.

 

[ronhic]

Richard

13p is great, but for those of us in other parts of the world, how many KW is that?

 

[richardc1983]

Well it uses approx 700 watts per your so hour and half to do a load is approx 1.1kw.

 

[hotpointfan]

Richard

Congratulations on getting your new dryer! The load cycles are very cheap I see!
Anyway, how do you rate Sonic Direct, I noticed you had some bother with them when you returned the Indesit. I was looking at their website and saw that they had a Gorenje 8kg washing machine at a very good price. Would you reccomend them?

Thanks, Jacob

 

[richardc1983]

I would recommend them as customer service was fantastic.

No problems retuning indesit at end of day it was manufactures warranty yet they still could have told me to take it up with them. I got a full refund however.

 

[dyson2drums]

Quite impressed with this Beko heat pump tumble dryer!

Doesn't seem to take too long to dry and especially for the amount of energy it uses. Our Hotpoint ultima takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes or an 1 hour and 40 minutes on very big loads but uses a lot of energy.

If the Hotpoint packs up i'd definitely consider this tumble dryer, woould love to hear how long it takes with a large load (probably will be 2 loads from your Hoover washing machine).

All the best with the new dryer

Jacob, have a look at powerdirect.co.uk for Gorenje washing machines, they seem to have good prices too.

 

[richardc1983]

I will be doing some bigger washes on Monday so will report back back with cost, time & energy use.

Had the dryer fitted into the units today by my partners dad. Had to have one of the cupboards removed to get it in but fellas dad used to be kitchen fitter so he sorted it and used the free space down side to make a cupboard.

 

[dyson2drums]

Excellent use of the space left on the side, we had that done when we first got a dishwasher and a cupboard was removed so the local handyman made a little cupboard next to it to put detergent etc in.

Looks fab!

 

[optima]

Beko Heat Pump Dryer

Great looking dryer but could you not have had it hidden behind the existing cupboard door. I guess the depth of the dryer didn't make that possible.

 

[richardc1983]

Nope the depth wouldn't allow for that and he checked that anyway and it wasn't possible.

Not fussed about it being hidden anyway its a decent looking piece of kit.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Nowthen....

What To Do ?

Stickers left on or off ?

 

[richardc1983]

Hmmm not sure what do u think? I usually leave them on for a few weeks lol.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Double Edged Sword...

Richard, Cant stand them on new stuff (thats my stuff) but want to find them on vintage stuff....LOl - you could take them off and store them on a plastic lever file, then when it makes a vintage age, stick em back on and sell it for your pension pot...Just a thought!!

 

[richardc1983]

Did an 8 kg load of mixed cottons, t shirts, jeans, towels. It took 2:40 minutes costing 23p of electric approx.

Everything wonderfully dry no damp patches at all. Really happy with this machine as it uses a lower temp to dry clothes and drying times are not much more as it is so efficient at condensing the water out of the air inside.

My towels were so fluffy I could not get them back in the cabinet all stacked high! I think clothes feel really fresh and smell fresh too much more than they did on the other which tended to lose the smell of the fabric softener or if you was cooking you would get the smell of the food into the clothes.

 

[ronhic]

Richard

Sounds like a keeper then!

I commented to my partner about your experiences with this and have categorically stated that when our dryer dies, we'll be getting one....

He's not impressed by the initial cost however as it's about $1700/GBP1000...

 

[richardc1983]

Did a load of bedding today Egyptian cotton I have two sets of the same did it the other day they came out cupboard dry did a load today and they came out damp so unsure as to why they came out damp still.

Previous load to that a few t shirts came out damp also filters were clean on both occasions.

 

[richardc1983]

Hope there isn't a problem with it.

 

[ronhic]

The big question is, and I'm not trying to be funny, did you do everything the same as before?

I know you need to 'dial in' the spin speed etc. and did you choose the same programme as previously?