Shit! Dead tumble dryer 💀 Anyone have Which?

I would go for a heat pump dryer - much more efficient than a condenser, cheaper to run. LG are good. Wouldn't touch Beko appliances ever!

I have that Beko condenser model too - it’s very good and I would recommend despite not really wanting a Beko originally as I’d had a Beko fridge previously which was awful

@Chaosclassici joined which again last month - I went through TopCashback and there was about £35. So it worked out about £35/40 for a years sub which I decided was well worth it.

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My mum bought a Hoover vented tumble dryer a couple of weeks ago, apparently from October you will only be able to buy Heat Pump dryers as all the others are being outlawed for Environmental reasons. I had to ring several places to even find one in stock.

I literally just bought this one too. I ordered it online from curry’s and could collect it an hour later.

Just a rough costing of energy. I have had dryer on all day today and it has cost between £2-3 on its hottest setting. DS is going back to uni tomorrow so I have been doing a mammoth washing session.

I bought a Miele heat pump dryer at the beginning of the year. It takes a bit of getting used to because it drys at a lower temperature, but because it recycles the hot air it uses less energy and doesn’t dry things to a crisp.
I do a lot less ironing and clothes that do need ironing are much easier to iron. Clothes feel a little damp when you take them out but this is just because you are used to bone dry clothes.
Mine is connected to an app on my phone and b cause it lives in the garage I get an alert when it’s finished or if the lint trap needs emptying. You can connect the drain to a waste pipe but I just empty the water reservoir when it’s full. I just haven’t got round to connecting it and altering the settings.
Mine was on offer from John Lewis when I bought it. Delivery service is good and they take away your old one if you want. I think you can also pay to have them connect it.
Because it doesn’t need a drain or is vented you can put it anywhere. There are no problems with damp and it has a two step lint filter. One you empty after each cycle and another that traps fine lint and needs cleaning after every 50 cycles.
If the lint is too full it won’t work. A good safety feature to prevent fires.

And it doesn’t trash our clothes!

I’m the opposite. I had one but on moving house didn’t really have room for it so I gave it to friends. That was in 2013. I haven’t had one since. I have a dehumidifier instead. It’s brilliant. Dries out the house as well as clothes. Much better for the environment too.

It didn't just shrink them, it ran so hot that it imprinted creases all over the clothes that were so ingrained that I couldn't even steam press them out. It even managed to melt the buttons on the cardigans. Four sets of uniform - completely trashed. I'm still bitter about that.

What @BagGreen24 says I have this and love it.

I’m fairly sure mine is a Hoover…..about two years old, and I am so looking forward to the day it dies. Never again! When you open the door the condenser pipe leaks onto the floor, the towels are so hot you can’t touch them, and it doesn’t reverse tumble. Clothes have to be untangled frequently. Plus the programmes aren’t simple to understand. Never ever again.

Just a quick recommendation, if you buy through Boots appliances (which I had no idea existed until a few yrs ago when I was on the hunt for a cooker) you get points!
Plus from memory my my item turned up via ao delivery.

Hth

I have a very similar one.

Simple, does the job. We've had it a decade now, no issues at all.

I got a Bosch condenser tumble dryer earlier this year which I have to say is faultless, everything drys perfectly, such an improvement on my old AEG one.

I have an 8yr old Beko condenser dryer, I'm not a fan. It will only dry one sheet at a time, because it knots things so badly, shirts end up with the sleeves all tangled up. The sensor has never been reliable, it never properly dries things without an extra 20mins.
Predecessor was a Bosch, which was faultless, or if I had the cash I'd buy a Miele.

I've had a Logik condenser for a few years now, it's been brilliant and was quite cheap at the time.

I avoid Beko like the plague after buying one of their dryers that ran so hot it ruined all my children’s school uniforms on its first outing. Curry’s refunded the price, but Beko refused to pay for the new uniforms.

@Chaosclassic Another vote for the Beko I have basically had 2 of these, replaced the last one I had with a new version I think last year. Great machine for the price.

The main thing about drying times is the spin on your washing machine. Mine is a 1600 so clothes dry (mixed t shirts, joggers load) in about an hour. I love this one as it senses when the clothes are dry.

I think heated airers put all the moisture into the house just like a radiator with wet washing on would. I would only use one in conjunction with a dehumidifier.

Damn right I would rush to replace my tumble dryer, I don't want to use laundrettes for very long as it's inconvenient and expensive. And if you think I'm going to have wet washing strewn around my house - and how would I do that anyway, I've only a couple of racks on rads and they're for towels - for weeks on end you're having a laugh. I don't have washing lines and it's constantly peeing down now. Like @Needtosoundoffandbreathe says, I can't do without it now and only managed without because there was just my own laundry to deal with...

FWIW, I have a Miele TDA, love it. The Beko sounds very good and would be considered if I needed new (I used to have a budget White Knight TD years ago and that was basic but great for the money).

Heated airers are the gamechangers, well only cat and I, double bedding so ok

Nah - tumble dryers are like dishwashers: once you've had one you use regularly you do not wait to replace. Wet washing around the place when the weather is like this is depressing and not healthy.