Heat pump tumble dryer

[herewego9]

Hi, we’re on our second heat pump dryer and once again it’s stopped drying clothes after nearly two years. Is this a thing with them? Should we switch to a normal dryer?. The machine will do a full cycle but the clothes are still wet - I’ve tried rubbing it up to three times and the best we are getting is damp. Any knowledge on this would be appreciated!

See if this works.

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They really aren’t. I got one about a year ago, it’s absolutely brilliant. It’s a Bosch and has a 5 year guarantee so expect it will last a while.

I’ve got a Bosch one too - it’s almost 13 years old

I've just got a Samsung one, seems great so far, going to take up the free insurance.
I bought it for the A++ rating

Echo others on the Samsung heat pump dryer, had ours just over a year and half and its still going strong. Even plays a little jingle when it's finished, although we turned this feature off as it was getting annoying 🤣

I was going to say that when ours come out damp it's usually because the water container has become full and it won't do anymore. Other issue is whether the filter at the bottom of ours needs a wash, we have three filters on ours to clean out. But I see you're on those two things. Mine is Miele, it is really good but at over £1k I'm hoping it'll last. Never had any problems except when I'd forgotten to empty the water had it just under two years now.

I need to take time to learn the settings on my Miele one, it's fancy but too many options. I use cotton and bedding settings, and then a refresh one just to freshen an item up, but haven't a clue how to do all the rest (and my bedding would come out damp on the cotton setting, until I realised about the bedding one and now it's perfect)

We have an LG Heat Pump Dryer , had it plumbed in so we don’t have to keep emptying the reservoir. It’s 3 years old and fantastic , it was pricey , I won’t lie but it if worth every penny x

Dud not know such a beast existed! WOW. Heat from the centre of the earth drying my smalls. How cool and organic is that!!!

Does they dry quicker qnd hotter when a volcano goes off.

Just asking
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My last was an AEG heat pump dryer which I had for more than 15 years, it started making a grinding noise so we decided it probably wasn't worth repairing. I've bought AEG again as they do well in consumer tests, it has a tube directly into the drain so I don't need to empty the water. The one I have is a bit complicated (it's "smart" which is really not necessary) and I think I could have bought something more basic, though I'd stick with AEG. I have a five year guarantee with mine which was free.

I have a Miele heat pump dryer which is working well so far. Everything dries quickly even on a gentle dry so I tend to dry everything on gentle apart from towels and bedding

I also use various settings on my Miele such as Denim, bedding (which turns left and right to prevent it getting tangled up) I use warm air / dry fresh for feather duvets because it really freshens and plumps them back up. I did permanently manually reset the heat settings up by one so everything comes out bone dry unless I change it to minimum iron on the panel. There are panel settings I don’t use but probably should but I tend to chuck everything in on cotton and use gentle dry because it’s quick and nothing shrinks so that’ll do me most of the time.

When I first used the Miele I found the factory setting didn’t leave items as bone dry as I wanted so I changed it which was really easy to do just by following the instructions in the booklet. It’s a very easy machine to use. Easy to remove fluff and easy to empty the water which is at the top of the machine so no awkward bending. Mine is only a 7kg one but it fits loads in.

Sorry but I think it's the brand, I wouldn't buy a candy or a hotpoint.

I did buy a bosch, it was expensive but I think it's 10 yrs old and been worth every penny!

We’ve had ours for 3 years no problems. Have you emptied both filters? We have one in the door seal and another one at the bottom of the dryer behind a vent - this bottom one often gets missed and traps damp

We have an AEG. It’s excellent. It’s about 8 year old and dries all our small Bed and breakfast accommodation bedding, towels and other laundry as well as our own in that time. So a really work horse. On changeover days it easily does 4-6 loads.