a washer dryer that actually dries?

[BlueyTuesdays]

And if your washer drier does do drying, please can you tell me what make it is?!

moving house - space means we need can only fit in a washer drier but so many reviews say that the washing machine bit is good and the drying rubbish. If anyone’s got one that works well, please say!! 🙏

Following as ours is also rubbish. With a 3yr old who has a nursery uniform and a 6month old, we are contemplating sticking a tumble dryer in the corner of the (rarely used) dining room, unless we can find a washer dryer that actually works properly.

No such thing

No but have got a small dryer, a White Knight, which works well.

I had a crappy one too.

I have a Hoover washer dryer and reasonably happy with it. Have a old White Knight dryer in my shed which dries faster and smoother but the Hoover is better than expected.

They do not exist.

Hoover here too. It does take way longer than a standalone dryer but it does dry things.

Miele not bad but expensive
It works as long as you don't over fill it

Mine is an Indesit and it dries fine. It's second hand too and still got lots of life in it.

Im renting and built in washer /dryer is fine at washing, hopeless at drying.
Currently using clothes horses with dehumidifier. 🤦‍♀️

DD had a Bosch one. I never heard her moan about it and she moans about everything 🤪

The problem is that the washer has the capacity to wash a larger amount of washing than the dryer can handle. Who has time to take half the washing out and put it aside until the first half is dry and then swap over with the still wet half.

They use a completely different method of drying than a tumble dryer, and it's nigh on impossible to get bone dry clothes. It will get you so far, but things will (most likely) still need to be aired.

Many people make the mistake of putting a full load in to wash, and not noting that the dryer capacity is much less than the washer capacity, so things will never get dry. As a back up option, or something to do the bulk of the drying (to get things like bedding and towels almost dry) then they're OK. But they will never do the job of a proper tumble dryer.

I’m surprised at all these comments saying t doesn’t exist or is impossible… I’ve got a Samsung ecobubble, cost about £700 and is absolutely perfect —- knows exactly when the clothes are dry and stops

Don't buy a Hisense WDQY1014EVJM 10Kg / 6Kg Washer dryer as there is a design fault that whilst it does dry well, the fluff from clothes quickly clogs its and it stops working until an engineer takes the top off and clears the fan.

I bought a separate dryer and just use the Hisense now to wash

I do. I have plenty of things I've washed that I don't want to tumble dry so I have to go through everything before putting the drier on.

Hm, which may take my suggestion out because I don't tumble dry large loads.

@Strictlymad I have a Samsung ecobubble and it’s rubbish at drying. Sometimes run it 3 times for 3 hours each quarter full and clothes are still damp!

Ah. Thank you all, you’ve confirmed my fears. I can see that if you put a full load in to wash you shouldn’t expect it to then dry the whole lot well on a consecutive cycle.

But do they not dry very well even if you put in the max drying weight to the wash, or if you take out half the washing and put that in to dry?

Are you putting it on the cotton dry setting (instead of synthetics setting)? Filter blocked? Thick fabrics like jeans?

I had one and it was fine, whenever clothes were still damp it was one of those things. It’s not AS good as a proper dryer but I would use it to cut down on having tons of laundry hanging up for days in winter.

We have an LG one, I find it works well.not like a standalone dryer but I use a lot in the winter. You do need an excellent 1400 spin cycle before you start. Mine is built in.

I rarely set to wash then dry direct. I always take out a few things that I don’t want to tumble / reduce the size of the load for drying and if I’m at home I usually open it part way through a dry cycle a couple of times to shake / condense the hot clothes in the air. Only takes about a minute and saves half a hour of more drying time I reckon. Clothes do basically get boiled dry!