To not have known this about tumble dryers? (Fuel bill related)

[HinchcliffeandMurgatroyd]

Not terribly exciting subject , sorry. I’m quite excited about possibly saving £££s though.

I’ve just worked out that my (fairly new) condenser tumble dryer costs about £1.25 a cycle to run, despite the fact I’m on a less-bad fixed rate.

A good heat pump dryer would apparently cost ~50p per cycle.

So £500 now for a better machine would pay for itself in 10-24 months. Tempted.

I knew there was a difference but thought it was a small difference. It took me 15 minutes tracking down the performance data and doing the maths to come up with those numbers.

I use mine a lot due to dogs, dodgy spine etc. So that’s potentially a massive saving.

Did everyone else know the difference between condenser and heat pump dryers was so dramatic?

YANBU = I had no idea.
YABU = Doh, it’s common knowledge.

15 loads a week sounds excessive unless you have 6 teenagers playing rugby 3x a week. We do 2 or 3 loads a week and that's with 4 of us. I suspect you are washing stuff that's still clean.

@HotDogKetchup they are definitely not really inefficient and mine makes my utility room lovely and warm in the winter.

Doesn't work in winter though. (I don't have a tumble dryer)

I have just had a new dryer and I wanted a heat pump one, however we have it in the garage so had to rule it out as it would be too cold in winter.

Aargh! It doesn't bode well if your MP can't even understand a simple email

We bought a heat pump one from.bosch about 3 years ago...middle of the range. It made the most god awful noise overnight and we couldn't sleep. It was downstairs in kitchen and our rooms are upstairs. Sent it back the very next day - I cannot cope with that level of noise and apparently they are all noisy due to the pump! Stuck to condenser

Re "where do you think the fluff comes from" - I think that's likely dust that isn't going on my floor. Absolute win. The bedroom used to be terrible when I was drying clothes in it all the time.

Why are you using dryers/dishwashers/slow cookers all these other unnecessary gadgets??

Being against gadgets for the sake of it is daft. Some are unnecessary, some are brilliant. Slow cooker can be a fantastic way of saving time, depending on your lifestyle. Dishwashers are efficient and save water and energy compared to washing up. But tumble dryers are energy-hungry and there are better ways (with some exceptions).

you seem to be ok with whatever gadget you’re using to go online.

I have a vented dryer with the vent going through the external wall.
It dries stuff pretty quickly and it goes on almost daily.
I have no idea how much it costs to run. As long as it dries my laundry I don't care either.

Aargh! It doesn't bode well if your MP can't even understand a simple email

it’s telling that he immediately assumed I’m wanting to ban washing lines as that’s probably the kind of thing he usually gets. Not people wanting to un-ban something for environmental reasons.

but why aren’t the Green Party all over this? I’ll try again.

Are you all weighing your laundry? I have no idea how many kgs my washing weighs 🤔😬

@leannetta I don't. I only half fill both the washer and dryer anyway, so the laundry gets a good swishing and it doesn't come out of the dryer all creased up.

This is true. I bought one a couple of years ago and it takes ages to dry stuff a lot longer than a normal dryer. I wouldn’t bother

Not read whole thread but here's my top heat pump tips.

Empty lint trap for every load and WASH your lint traps once a week - clean around the door seal and anywhere lint gathers - more lint - slower drying. I bought a horse hoof brush from Decathlon and use that to brush lint out of the seal and around where the lint trap sits.

Split your washed load to dry it- dry light weight fabrics first - while they're drying, start air drying any heavier fabrics then finish them in the dryer. Yes, it's a bit more of a faff than just shoving the whole load in but it gets a whole wash load dried quicker.

Get a hand towel specifically for this job - put it in clean and DRY with your wet washing, it helps to dry the load slightly quicker - wash that towel now and again too.

@IvyPlant I made my own laptop from a couple of old baked bean tins and a 1920s crystal radio kit, of course, doesn't everyone? 😉

I have a heat pump dryer (bosche brand) and it takes an absolute max of 3 hours to dry a large load so seems not all machines are the same.

I barely use my dryer anyway - only for towels and bedding and I'm planning to use the outdoors a lot longer this year as long as it's dry. I'm lucky to have an airing cupboard where the rest of my washing dries very well and there's only one of me.

Please - you do you. Let me do me.

Bought a Bosch heat pump recently, it’s not any noisier than previous one and takes less than 2 hours.

No, but the capacity of your washing machine is likely printed on it and is roughly comparable to the size of the drum. So I have a 6kg machine and assume a wash load is probably about 6kg. I think my dryer is 7kg capacity but don't use all of the capacity as it wouldn't fit in my washing machine.

I have no idea what jobs or upbringing has to do with it?
Shall we all tootle off down to the local river to bash our laundry against the rocks too?
Remember that more mothers work now more than they've ever done, so if they want to use appliances that save them time and effort, then they should do.
Your household can't be compared to another.
Who on earth, apart from a martyr, wants to spend their precious time off work running round like a blue arsed fly when a machine can do it for you!
Stop being silly.

We have one whilst takes longer it's a lot cheaper to run, though of course they're more expensive to buy. We have dogs too. We also have solar panels.

Do t subscribe to which. A lot of information I hav3 found to be outdated, biased or downright misleading.

a number of years ago prior to the adoption of shared ownership pipes by water companies they had an article saying not to buy cover because your water board will sort it for you, when it wasn’t the case ( there were a lot of reasons not to get it but that one was wrong)

the subscription is predatory and looks to ensnare older people, the recommend companies with dubious ratings, give bad advice I would trust them with a barge polec

*wouldnt

We've had the same heat pump dryer for 9 years. It normally takes 1 and a half hours to dry 9kg washing and it's 8kg, so I'm putting too much washing in. I don't really think thats too awful. It's not too loud. You can barely hear it with the door closed in the laundry room, the washing machine is far louder. We've thought about upgrading to a newer model, ours is only an old A+ model and we'd prefer an A+++.