need advice on new tumble dryer,sod being green can't stand wet washing anymore

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it's cold and damp and thats inside my house with all the wet wshing hanging around.
i want a tumble dryer
i need a tumble dryer
help me

I have a candy condenser dryer, it doesn't need a hose so collects water. It's so lovely! If you have a window that opens near where you want to put it then go for a vented one with a hose, they are alot cheaper. I too got fed up of living in washerwoman wendy's house. You are not alone.

I succumbed a year or so ago and bought a cheapo Indesit vented one. It's great. No fancy stuff on it just low/high temp button and a timer. Elec bills are quite a lot higher but I think better than wet washing hanging about. I always hang washing out when the weather is OK so I don't feel that bad about it.

i've got a hotpoint condensor and i think its an absolute essential with three young children in the winter, the amount of washing they create! the only problem is the expense of the electric its v.rarely used tho from april til october really.

im also looking a getting a condensor dryer £200 Beko DRCS68 one from currys,
Has anyone got any experience of this model?

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well that link didnt work LOL!

...I have four boys, and would not cope without a tumble dryer.

Buying the cheaper models seems attractive at first. I bought an Indesit condensor, and sent it back (to Comet. What possessed me to go there I don't know) three times before demanding money back.

...I then bought a Zanussi from John Lewis, which is on 2-3 times a day, every day, without difficulty after 2 years. The build quality is so much better than the cheaper models.

I think equivalent models sell at about £350 now. If this is too much, I think it is better to wait until you can save this much than spend £200 on something that will go kaput the moment the warranty expires..

I have a Bosch condenser dryer and it's fabulous. I think it's worth paying a bit extra for Bosch because they work better than most other brands (unless you can afford AEG/Miele which are really the best).

I have to have a dryer - I live in a basement and we'd be under water if I dried stuff around the house

Oh well that's another reason to get a Bosch then. I empty the condenser thing about once a month and that's just pouring water down the sink (or using it to water plants). The fluff filter is entirely separate. Either job takes about 30 secs. Are they combined somehow in the Hotpoint Waswondering?

thanks girls you have convinced me(like i needed it)
going for a good make,condenser,online and then sit back and wait while they try and work out just how far in the back of beyond(east anglia)they need to deliver to.
Oh my first smiley face...getting the hang of this MN stuff, a newbie playing with my new notebook.

ooh thats alot waswondering? must be something wrong with it, unless you are using loads? mines on at least twice a day, i do the main filter every few weeks/once a month. but roll on spring when it can go outside again.

Am worried now, have just bought a hotpoint vented one from Argos for £200 - does anyone else use a vented one? Do you think it's likely not to work for long? can't afford a better one atm.

vented are fine if you have somewhere to vent them, don't worry! i just didn't so i got a condensor, and im happy with my hotpoint!

Sainsbury's have good ones and you get loads of nectar points if you buy them there (online)! Got my Zanussi condenser there, has been so WORTH it. Am recycling everything now to help make up for it

I've got a vented one - it goes out through a hole in the external wall. It's a cheap model (Proline!) and it's fab. Dearer does not always = better.

I do always feel guilty using the thing though, so use the clothes horse/outside line for the heavy stuff and use the drier for everything else [takes off halo, spits on it and gives it a rub]

We have a vented one, used to vent it out the cat flap then moved it into the shed . It was £170 (I think) 5/6 years ago, has an A energy rated option low heat and slower to dry. It's fab and still going strong.