how long would it take to dry 1 large bathtowel in your tumble dryer?

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i think my dryer is taking far too long to dry stuff. it had the element changed about 4/5 months ago so i dont think this is the cause. it's definitely heating up. i always use the high heat setting, never fill the drum more than a third full and i'm never drying heavy stuff like denim, it's always pyjamas, towels and sock/pants etc but it alway takes hours. last night i decided to test it and i put in 1 large bath towel that had been spun at 1400 in the machine. i set it for and hour and went to bed but when i came down this morning it still wasn't dry. i have just set it for another hour. i think it will take this long at least to dry it. this is far too long for a towel right?

If it was in on its own, I'd say 25-30 minutes.

Is the drum of your dryer rotating properly?

yes i think it is, i can hear the clothes tumbling and it stops to change direction.

It is properly de-fluffed?
I bung everything in mine and the usually all dry within 2 hours, and the time is shorter if they don't need that long. It has clever sensor things.

How warm are they getting? We had to replace the thermostat as well as the element. Ours would dry a towel in about half an hour i guess.

it gets really hot in there! i have opened it mid cycle to check and it was roasting. i'll check the lint collector thing and empty out the water tank just so i know that isn't the problem although i usually do them every couple of loads anyway so i dont think it is that.

About 10 - 15 mins in mine.

About 15-20 minutes in mine, but I am super impressed with my tumble dryer and would recommend it over any other. And its new, which probably means its performing as well as it ever will. Its a Bosch, cost about £350 from either Currys or Comet.

I's say about 30 minutes or less. Mine (Phillips I think - it was a cheapo replacement bought in a hurry) dries a full load in 60 minutes, of which 10 minutes is the cooling down period.

Is it properly vented so the hot damp air can leave the machine?

Have a look on Youtube - there's bound to be a helpful video.

I'd say about 25 - 30 mins

Oh, just spotted it's a condenser - have you taken the condenser unit out/defluffed & rinsed?

About an hour, but it's the dryer of a 10 year old washer/dryer, so not as good.

Try wiping it out on the inside with a bit of descaler or diluted vinegar, then wipe it over again with clean water. Hoover every bit of the thing you can reach, get every scrap of fluff off, and clean out the heat exchanger within an inch of its life. That might help. However condenser models are notoriously unreliable.

ok so i put more in the machine and it dried a full load in 2 hours as opposed to 2.5 hours for 1 towel!

i guess i was just putting too little in the machine at a time. will also do the hoovering thing today (thanks boffinmum). everything else is as it should be.

I agree mrs condensers are fine!

Well, both I and an engineer had stern words with the last two condenser dryers in the Maison de Boff, as they were misbehaving, and he explained to me both times that they see more problems with condensers that use evaporation techniques via fridge-type compressors than vented dryers and other kinds of condensers, if that makes any sense. So I bought a Miele that uses a slightly different technology this time.

We should ask Piglet John what he thinks.