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This Best Buy vented tumble dryer from Bosch dries all types of laundry quickly and evenly, and its 8kg capacity can deal with the biggest of loads.
It's a vented dryer which means the warm damp air extracted from the machine is pumped out through a hose. If you're looking to buy a vented dryer, make sure you have somewhere close to the dryer, a window or a door, where you can place the hose to let the air out. You can fit the hose to either the left side or the back of this Bosch.
The Bosch dries quickly - a full load of cottons takes 2 hours and 19 minutes or 17 and-a-half minutes per kg. A cotton half load is one hour and 16 minutes or about 19 minutes per kg and a half-load of synthetics is 57 minutes or just over 16 minutes per kg.
It's an automatic machine, which means that a sensor rather than a timer controls how long drying takes. The sensor works well as the loads tested were pretty evenly dried. You can manually add up to 40 minutes extra time if your clothes aren't quite dry enough.
After drying programs have finished, an anti-crease cycle automatically runs for 60 minutes gently tumbling the load every now and then to avoid creasing - this is automatic, and you can't switch it off. And a 20- minute airing program refreshes clothes by tumbling them without heat.
A 24-hour delay timer means you can dry your clothes at a convenient time and indicators show the status of the program, how much drying time is left and when it's finished. There's also an indicator to show when the lint filter needs to be cleaned.
The Bosch's 8kg capacity is above average, so it should be able to handle a full load from most washing machines.
It's C-rated for energy which means a full 8kg load will use about 4.73 kWh of electricity and cost about 59p or about 7p per kg.
Pros Quick and even drying, large capacity and ease of use
Cons None
Cotton cupboard-dry full load drying time How quickly the dryer finished this load.
Cupboard-dry programs leave clothes completely dry. 4 stars
Cotton cupboard-dry half load drying time How quickly the dryer finished this load.
Cupboard-dry programs leave clothes completely dry. 5 stars
Cotton iron-dry full load drying time How quickly the dryer finished this load.
Iron-dry programs leave just enough moisture in the fabric to make it easy to iron. 4 stars
Synthetic fabrics drying time How quickly the dryer finished this load.
Synthetics programs are for special fabrics that could be damaged if they get too hot or dry. 4 stars
Overall drying time 4 stars
Evenness A poor score indicates that some items typically jeans, pillowcases and sheets were left damper than other items. 4 stars
Condensation unit efficiency Applies to condenser dryers only. We measured how much water from the clothes the tumble driers collected. No stars
Creasing How much ironing was needed on men's shirts dried on synthetics. 3 stars
Running costs Our measurement of the running costs of each machine.
This is intended to give a more realistic indication of differences in energy use than the energy label. 4 stars
Noise The lowest scorers were fairly loud the motor was audible, as was the movement of air and the drum, and the noise of falling linen was quite forceful. 3 stars
Ease of use
Ease of use Includes the ease of using and programing the dryer, and cleaning the lint filter, condenser unit and water bottle 4 stars