Tumble dryer! Recommend yours??

[Mosschops30]

Needs to be £250 or less
Don't want a condenser
Quite robust as with 3 dcs it gets a lot of use

Not heavily used but our White Knight has definitely given us value for £110 15 years ago !

Wow which one??

Do I need an 8kg drum or will 7kg do?

I've looked at Hoover, hot point and zanussi, are these still good brands or am I just paying for the name? White knight and indesit come in much cheaper

I have a white knight one I bought about 18 months ago, and have to say it's doing it's job very well.

I also have a white knight one had for 4 years and it's still going like new, highly recommend.

My 10 year old Hotpoint Aquarius is still going strong. I live in a flat with the world's smallest balcony. We therefore can't hang anything outside so it gets used almost every day... DH "irons" his shirts with it... 5 minutes on hot with nothing else in the machine and they are crease free

I'm interested in this- do you all have permanent pipes for the steam to come out? Or do you just put the pipe out the window?

Are they massive? Could you put one in a hallway(with window)? Or do they have to go into a plumbed / utility space? Kitchen already stuffed with appliances...

The joy of holding a load of warm freshly tumble dried washing in your arms knows no bounds... I just did that, it were well nice.

I have a little plastic box thing that cost me about a tenner, which is a poor man's condenser. You fill it with water, the hose goes into it and it stops your kitchen filling with steam and/ or fluff. It's aces.

Will Google and get back to you on that.

My tumble dryer could live anywhere with said condenser box thingy, but it fits in my kitchen ok

It's sort of like this, but was definitely less than a tenner

They come in different sizes mine is the same size as a washing machine so can go under counter, a condenser one you don't have a tube, mine has the tube and if you don't have a vent for it you can hang it out the window or get one of the boxes the post above has mentioned.

Thanks lovelies!

Watching with interest as dh has just given me the go ahead to get one! :)

Need to find someone to put a massive hole the the wall first though. not sure I trust dh

mosschops - did you choose a tumble dryer yet? :)

Have decided that we should get a vented one but not really sure what to do next in terms of choosing one.

Bought a White Knight one this morning! 7kg drum capacity, vented - will be going in the garage

dog where did you get yours from? Could you show me your model?
Also did you get a vent fitted or did you have one already?

I'm very new to tumble drying - I will be the first in my family to own one!

I have had condenser dryers for years. Vented is such a faff. Miele for me all the way I'm afraid. Expensive to buy but cheap to run.