If your tumble dryer actually DRIES clothes please let me know what kind it is!

[BoilYerHeid]

We bought a fairly expensive Samsung tumble dryer two years ago and I've cursed it every day since as it is utterly rubbish. It does not dry clothes except on one setting (took a long time to find that setting) and even then it only works if you put it on twice in a row, so it takes about 6-7 hours to dry a very normal load. It got good reviews at the time but has since been discontinued and has a smattering of reviews from those with the same experience as me. The 'sensor dry' aspect is clearly hopeless.

We need a new dryer before baby number 2 arrives (v soon!). I'm happy to go cheap and cheerful and ideally don't want any sensor crap, I'd be happy with 'hot, warm, cold' and a time setting. Not sure if that kind even still exists?

Anyway if you have a dryer that actually dries clothes can you let me know what kind it is? Thanks!

PS not Samsung

---

This thread is quite old now so some of the suggestions may be out of date, but if you’re looking for tumble dryers, we’ve recently updated our best tumble dryer page with lots of great options rated by Mumsnet users, plus info on whether a heat pump or condenser dryer is best for your home. We hope you find it useful.
MNHQ

Mine is a washer dryer by hoover that was new last year and dries ok on a long cycle

My parents have a Siemens condenser dryer that dries exceptionally well in 40 minutes from well spun wash

We have a 10kg Candy condenser one in the garage and it's amazing.

Bosch classix here. Condenser one. It’s brilliant. I did have a white knight but it was so noisy!

If It's only a couple of years old is there any chance it's still in warranty? Sounds like something's not working properly and perhaps the sensor is faulty?
We have a John Lewis (ie rebadged AEG) condensing tumble which is now over 9 years old and works a treat.

I brought a Miele tumble dryer 13 yrs ago, still dries amazingly well now - I would definitely buy another!

Beko 7kg condenser, had it about 8 yrs now and it's great. Wasn't expensive.

I can't help, my washer dryer used to get things dry....-ish, but now it just runs for about 10 mins then gives up, flashes all the lights, and provide warm, steamy clothing.

Hoover infinity is great. About £280.

I have the Bosch condenser and its brilliant but you need to clear the fluff after every use and rinse the actual condensing unit itself out every week otherwise it wont dry your clothes.

I have a Miele one and love it. We liked it so much we went Miele on the washing machine when we needed to replace that too. The dryer was a trial item courtesy of mumsnet the washer was something we had to save hard for but don't regret.

It's a bit plug in and play. I do a mixed wash tip out into an Ikea blue bag, tip that into the tumble and it sorts out how long to dry things for me. I tend to use the cotton programme for everything. It just works it all out for me.

I love the defluff thing it does. With a spaniel and dd and I having long hair its nice for everything to be defluffed. Completely revolting at first to see how much fluff is in the filter but then at the same time satisfying too.

We did use the scent you can add for a while but ran out and got out the habbit.

It's great for towels/ bedding/ sheets too. If you're quick to get stuff out the drum just dry (still warm) you can get away without ironing lots of it, especially cotton/jersey based stuff - I stick it straight on hangers in the utility.

The only thing it doesn't pick up on to dry in a mixed load is DS1's supper comfort padded smell resistant, thermal socks. Don't know what they're made of but they take over 24hrs on a radiator to dry.

Oh and it fluffs quilted stuff like pillows and jackets really well too.

I wonder what a company like Miele would do if you tried it and didn't love it - many higher end companies seam to have higher end customer service. There may be some kind of satisfaction guarantee.

Ours is a White Knight as well. Got it when we were brassic 7 years ago, thinking I hope this lasts for more than a year or so... Seven years later it's still going strong, touch wood. It was something like £120! It has two settings (ie high/low heat, that's it) but it gets everything really dry. And it's UK made.

I've got a beko, few years old now works perfectly.

Cheapo zanusi dryer-work brilliantly!

Hotpoint First Edition FETV60 (vented - my experience of condensing ones wasn't great). The cheapest one John Lewis sell, and it's absolutely brilliant. Will dry a mahoosive full load of towels in 70 mins.

Miele. Utterly fantastic. Guarantee last twice as long as other products too, not that I've ever needed to use it because it has worked perfectly for over ten years, unlike the Zanussi we had before it.

P.S. My hotpoint has two settings - high and low. And a 'how long do you want stuff to dry for' dial. I vent it through the cat-flap. Can't fault it.

PPS Interested to read, Reed, that AEG is JL re-badged, as I have a JL dishwasher...

Indesit, inexpensive, as per the PP about be it's only got two heat settings and you turn the knob to the time you want.

It is a condenser dryer. It has only ever not dried a load properly when a) condenser drawer fills up or b) I've put a load of towels in it (because they're so absorbent they fill up the condenser drawer as per a) above!)

I'm in love with it and I would leave DH for it if it could love me back!

White Knight but a gas one because they are so much cheaper to run. Very basic but they last years. DIL`s electric one caught fire the other week so I am still not keen on electric ones.

I did the numbers on my Miele when we were first reviewing it. Over 10 years it stacks up suprisingly well against a cheap dryer that maybe you'd replace once in that time. If you look at lifetime cost i.e. outlay plus the energy consumption per drying cycle and compare that on different dryers then multiply by the number of times it's on a week it's interesting how it changes the playing field.

I have only lived in my house for 8 years and I am on my third tumble drier!

Hotpoint dryer (and washing machine) were crap and didn’t last.
Beko developed s dangerous fault and my electrician told me to get rid.
Now on Hoover it is cheap the water collector is a faff but it dries clothes in 1 hour.

We have a vented Hotpoint sensor one and it’s excellent .

Bosch condenser here, bought 14 years ago and still works perfectly!

Sensors are infuriating - they're LIARS!

We have a cheap (£200) indesit (or hotloint does one too) simple on/off condenser. One with a simple dial. 8 or 9kg. Look at currys.

it's the BEST!

I'm sure you're more sensible than me, but have you cleaned out the filter (not the lint filter - the other one)? I didn't realise I needed to do this on the condenser dryer until it stopped drying the clothes. Cleaned it and it worked fine.