what tumble dryer

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Mine seems to have given up, and I'm not sure what would be a good replacement. Firstly, it will need to have a matching kitchen unit door screwed on, is this called 'fitted' unit, as AO doesn't have any, which seems odd. Secondly, it has a big hose out the back, for the hot wet air...would a condenser be better? How often does the water container need emptying, and is it a palaver? As they don't have to leave room for a hose at the back, can be bigger, more capacity?

Here are some links for integrated tumble dryers. Lots of reviews and various prices. Hopefully there will be something to suit your needs.

markselectrical.co.uk/integrated-tumble-dryers.html

www.johnlewis.com/search?_requestid=332568&search-term=Integrated+tumble+dryer

GASP! Integrated, that's a much better word, thank you!

I don't know about integrated dryers specifically but Beko is a fantastic brand when it comes to tumble dryers. I had one that was well over 10 years old (used a couple of times a day due to a large household) and it started making noise (still worked though). We were thrilled to find that Beko still made the very same model. I guess they knew it was still desirable. We bought it and it's just as good if not better than the last.

Vented are always better than condensers in my view. Also I don't think you would find an integrated condenser dryer anyway. They're usually freestanding only.

I have a friend who loves his Hotpoint washingmachine. "we always buy Hotpoint, whenever the other one dies".
I dread to think how often that might be...
(It wasn't hotpoint, I can't remember the brand)

If you can vent outside and have a gas source, a gas tumble dryer is soo much cheaper to run. Larger drum so you can do more in one load and somehow less creasing.

@justasking111 do you have a gas tumble dryer?

I would love to have one so please may I bombard you with a few questions? Do you need it serviced annually, or is there maintenance that you can do yourself? How long have you had it, has it ever broken down? I understand it can be hard to find anyone to repair them?

Apologies to OP for hijacking the thread, though hopefully my questions may be of use to you too.

Have had my gas dryer over twenty years, needed a new gas jet after many years, they tend to go, there is nothing else to go wrong. We lived in the country so I had to use gas bottles, now we have moved to suburbia, it is in the garage still running on bottled gas. Never had it serviced. If you have your boiler serviced yearly they could look at it for you I guess. It does need to vent outside, you do find fluff build up, so we hoover the pipe, and at the bottom take the cover off and hoover inside. It stops working if there is a fluff build up underneath or in the pipe going outside, a safety feature.

I think White Knight is the only one you can buy here, which is what we have.

My DIL has had one installed, she has three small children, her washing machine is going all the time. She is pleased.

@justasking111 thank you very much for the info, I am now definitely convinced that I want one.