Condenser tumble dryer

[ineedaholidayandwine]

Can anyone recommend one?
My normal tumble dryer lives in the garage (too hard to fit the vent through the house walls or the utility room windows) but it's now died.
A condenser dryer would be easier.

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I have a Bosch condenser dryer. Had it for 11 years now and it is used pretty much daily. The only issue we’ve had is a common one with Bosch dryers - the handle on the door snapped. DH bought a spare and a special tool to be able to fix it, and it’s been fine since. I think it was £350-400 or so eleven years ago. Couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

Got a new bosch one recently - it’s a nightmare due to the ‘high tech/energy efficient’ sensors….stops drying stuff well before it’s dry so you have to keep putting it back on the 20mins timed programme to get anything done 🤬….just avoid!!!!

Ours is a Bosch Classixx 7, and I am very pleased with it. When I empty the water tank after drying towels there are several pints of water in it, and it brings home how much you need to ventilate the room you are drying clothes in if you are using an airer.

Just to say my old bosch one was great - it’s the new ones that are crap!!

Heat pump tumble dryers cost 3 or 4 times the amount of a condenser or vented model and take twice as long to dry the clothes

I have a Miele condenser "stacked" on top of the washing machine (it's on a cupboard-like thing with a pull out shelf to hold a laundry basket).

As we were putting in new plumbing for the utility, we make the tumble dryer condensate/extracted moisture drain into the same pipes as the washing machine. That way we don't have to keep emptying the water container. It's been up and running for about 12 years now, possibly 13.

I am not sure whether all tumble driers have that draining option.

The room still gets warm if the dryer is on for a while, but not damp.

Get a heat pump one. They are so much better on electricity costs! They are like condenser driers in other ways so still don't need venting.