Heat pump tumble dryers? Take too long? Any good?

[Inyournewdress]

I have never brought a dryer, but I am looking for a freestanding tumble dryer since we rent, and have heard that the heat pump kind are quite good and cheaper to run, though cost a bit more to buy initially.
Has anyone got one or got any recommendations? I would like it to be on the quieter side because it will be in an open plan lounge/kitchen.

i have heard that they can take longer to dry things, so I am wondering how much we are talking here, don’t want to have it going for hours longer per load, 30 mins maybe.
Any advice really appreciated.

I've got a Samsung - it's fine but it is quite noisy, fortunately mine is in a utility room, it's ok with the door shut. Takes quite a while for a load - but I'm not sure it's significantly longer than the conventional vented Miele it replaced (that was in the garage so I didn't take much note of how long it took)

Thanks @ErrolTheDragon good to know you find it ok. Love utility rooms!

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My Bosch heat pump dryer takes nearly 5 hours on a cotton cycle and clothes still come out damp. I would avoid!

Not sure any tumble driers on the market will dry a load of washing in 30 mins unless there are only a handful of items in the drum...

I ditched mine and went back to condenser. It took too long and got longer as it got older . It had a self cleaning condenser and the engineer told me that was the issue as fluff & esp dog hair clog the condenser and it therefore takes longer.

I use my dryer less and supplement with heated air dryer / or a dehumidifier. Both of which I bought to ‘help’ when the heat pump was at its worst.

Mine takes a long time but the standard cotton cycle uses less energy than for the length of time I would need my heated airer on to dry the same amount of washing so it makes sense. We use non heated airers and the type that hang off the radiator too too minimise tumble dryer use but for us it makes sense. In the world of laundry long cycles often mean lower energy use than the equivalent quick cycles.

Thank you to everyone for the advice, I am hesitating now! I found a couple that seemed to have really good reviews and thought they might be ok but now not sure. My worry with a condenser is whether it will make the room hot or steamy. It’s an open plan kitchen/lounge and already very hot in summer.

My heat pump costs less than half per cycle to run than my old condenser dryer.

The whole point of either is that they condense the steam back into water and capture it in the tank so neither will make a room steamy.

The condensers to give off heat though, which the heat pump models have been designed not to do. They are more efficient because they reuse the heat.