Stupidly / accidentally bought a sensor tumble dryer!.. any tips ??

[bizzey]

Thats it really !
I had an old one that had twistey timer knob..
It died !
15 months later ...i went for it again! Got a nrw one .
How do you know when it its done ??
Do you trust your machine ?
Any hint or tips .

I know it’s done when it beeps. Sometimes I have to untangle it and turn it on again to dry the bits it’s missed.

Obvs..when it finishes..but rough time estimates?

Anathema Pulsifer
Thank you .

I love my sensor one, I don't need to worry about leaving it over heating the clothes

UglyHoose..thank you...
So are youbsayimg I can really put the stuff in there...and thats it ?

The new ones are all sensor ones because it saves energy to stop as soon as the clothes are dry. Mine sometimes stops too soon but there are buttons to select how much drying you want and then you can trust it.

I love mine. I clean the sensors regularly with white vinegar as recommended in the manual.

@bizzey

UglyHoose..thank you... So are youbsayimg I can really put the stuff in there...and thats it ?

Yes.

Mine are never dry when the sensor says it's done. And there's something about this machine (Bosch washer/dryer) that means drying clothes starts by adding water or something, so you can't just put things back in for another 10 min or whatever.

However I have found that there is a way to set it by time.. 15 min is possible by isn't a heated setting, just fluffs things up I think. But you can set 60 min or 120 min, so sometimes I just do that instead. Might be longer than needed but at least they are dry - especially for towels and bedding, as they're not harmed by a bit longer. So worth reading the instructions to see if you can find this sort of setting.

Just turn it on, it'll turn off when dry.
Most have an anti crease program after drying so no need to rush to get stuff out (it turns it occasionally on cool).

I had a sensor dryer for years before I knew you were supposed to clean the sensor

Ours has different settings so we sometimes put it on for the second to duets one, pull out the T-shirt's etc and hang up so they don't need to iron then finish off the underwear etc on the driest setting

Love mine, but had to play around with the settings as cupboard dry leaves them still bit damp.... I cannot fathom this as surely they will go musty. Anyways on my grundig one, it's cottons extra dry that works. Obviously with wools and delicates I use other options.

The timer will default to 2hrs when it senses the weight but that generally isn't the true drying time, it's less and then just stops.

Like above I do also have to intervene with bedding and untwist it....

And the trick is not to rush and take clothes out when it first stop. It lets the clothes cool down and then tumbles again if it senses damp. That's why cupboard dry feel damp...leave it for a while and it will intermittently tumble them until dry.

But I am never usually that patient and only worked it out when playing with the dog and the dry started up out of nowhere! I then RTFM

We've had two sensor ones, they just stop when it's dry. We only ever use the driest setting for colours or synthetics. If laundry is only slightly damp (eg line dried but caught in the rain) then I just put them on the 30 min set time setting as the sensor needs things to be properly damp to start with.

Mine's probably about 12 years old now, but it has 4 settings (iron dry, cupboard dry, very dry and extra dry). I always keep it in the same setting (I find very dry is the best for me) and it just stops when it's got to the correct level of dryness.

Take it back, get rid of it. I just bought a non sensor one, to replace a broken sensor one. Now takes one hour to properly dry rather than approx one hour 40 min of not at all dry which I then have to put on for an extra 20 min (and even then that didn't always work).

You can't trust any drier by leaving the house when they are on anyway, the belt went on the senor dryer and it was still heating the clothes!

@hennaoj

Take it back, get rid of it. I just bought a non sensor one, to replace a broken sensor one. Now takes one hour to properly dry rather than approx one hour 40 min of not at all dry which I then have to put on for an extra 20 min (and even then that didn't always work). You can't trust any drier by leaving the house when they are on anyway, the belt went on the senor dryer and it was still heating the clothes!

^^ This, especially if it's the Indesit one, which is utterly shit.

Ahhh ..hate when I post alot ...and then I lose it !
Might have to fo this post in stages!

Thank you all so much for taking the time to reply .
I am feeling a bit better about my new toy .
Nothing in the manual about cleaning the sensors.
Just the usual maintenence of hose and lint collector thing.

It has a " 1 hour " button .
Is this what i would use for line dried ..but not quite ready to put away?

Will it be ok if i switch it off after 30 minutes?
Thanks again .

As for getting rid of it !
I think my son would rather get rid of me !
It is in my bedroom ...he had to take the old one out on his own ..and help unpack and put this one in the room .

If i ever did get a new one ...I would pay the extra for installation!!

We've had a sensor drier for about 10 years and it's amazing. I love it, it works perfectly, I've never cleaned a sensor. Just set it on cupboard dry and off you go. Actually it does have a timer mode where you can put it on for 30 minutes but I don't think I've ever used that.

No problems with mine. Didn't know I was supposed to clean the sensors. Don't know what the sensors look like!
I would avoid just randomly stopping it during the drying though, it has a cool down bit when it's on the timer and when my last one broke I was told the thermostat didn't like me opening and closing it during the hot part.