Tumble Dryer Recommendations

Matt-Page · 13 Oct 2020 at 17:53

I'm looking to buy a Tumble Dryer. After reading threads on here and various articles, in the long run it seems to be better to go for a Heat Pump Tumble Dryer because they are cheaper to run.
With a household of 4 I suspect it will be well used most/every other day throughout Autumn/Winter.

We've currently got a Samsung EcoBubble(?) 9KG Washing machine, so thought it would be good to try and match them up as they will sit next to each other.
I've looked around on AO, Currys, JL (sorry if I'm not allowed to mention these retailers?) and there seems to be quite a variety on Heat Pump models available from Samsung @ 9kg...

Is there a particular feature I should be going for on these? they all seem to be the same load/energy efficiency...

EG: DV90M5000IW vs DV90T5240AW - Is one just a newer version of the other?

Should I consider another brand/model? anything else to look out for? What make/models have others got that they would recommend? I think my max budget would be £750 unless spending more would get me something much better or offers an option/feature that is really good.

happy_2008 · 14 Oct 2020 at 10:07

I'll probably look to swap my condensing tumble dryer to a heat pump one as they cost lower to run.

cheesyboy · 14 Oct 2020 at 10:11

Matt-Page said:
in the long run it seems to be better to go for a Heat Pump Tumble Dryer because they are cheaper to run.

Matt-Page said:
I think my max budget would be £750

I don't know what the efficiency difference is, but I suspect you would need to run it an awful lot over many, many years to save the difference between a cheap £250 condensing dryer and a £750 heat pump dryer.

gailjon · 14 Oct 2020 at 11:09

cheesyboy said:
I don't know what the efficiency difference is, but I suspect you would need to run it an awful lot over many, many years to save the difference between a cheap £250 condensing dryer and a £750 heat pump dryer.

Which say that the average priced heat pump dryer versus the average priced condensing dryer would take six years to make up the price difference between them in fuel savings.

cheesyboy · 14 Oct 2020 at 11:19

gailjon said:
Which say that the average priced heat pump dryer versus the average priced condensing dryer would take six years to make up the price difference between them in fuel savings.

That's actually about half what I was imagining. 6 years is still quite a long wait to pay for the difference, but at least you could reasonably expect the dryer to last that long.

I wonder on the lifespan of heat pump dryers vs condensing dryers. I had to replace the heat pump on my dishwasher last year, at about 7 years old. That said, I've had to do a couple of more minor repairs on my condenser dryer too, so I guess everything breaks anyway

Psycho Sonny · 14 Oct 2020 at 11:36

Heat pump dryers are crap.

They take 3-4 times longer to dry than a normal dryer.

They also only work well indoors. So not in a garage type setting.

They are also ridiculously expensive.

Condenser is best of both worlds. More efficient than vented and fast and cheap to buy.

Candy own hoover and a host of other makes in the market. If honestly pick up a decent cheap candy. A decent one with 10kg capacity, WiFi, etc is around £300-£400.

If you want a Samsung with that type of capacity and heat pump it's easily £800+.

It's better to buy cheap and have it last 5-10 years then buy again as technology gets better than buy expensive and have it last 15 years.

Candy give you a 10 year warranty on parts of you register it.

the shadow · 14 Oct 2020 at 14:02

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewi...dryer-8kg-load-a-energy-rating-white/p3897444

eviled · 14 Oct 2020 at 22:32

I’ve had mine for few years, pay back is 4 years over the same brand equivalent condenser (£200)

this is it still for sale, £20 cheaper than I paid 3 years ago
https://ao.com/product/dtlp71151w-beko-heat-pump-tumble-dryer-white-77816-126.aspx

happy_2008 · 15 Oct 2020 at 09:50

eviled said:
I’ve had mine for few years, pay back is 4 years over the same brand equivalent condenser (£200)

this is it still for sale, £20 cheaper than I paid 3 years ago
https://ao.com/product/dtlp71151w-beko-heat-pump-tumble-dryer-white-77816-126.aspx

How have you found the heat pump? Some say they are absolute rubbish but others like it

the shadow · 15 Oct 2020 at 10:58

heat pump is great only paid half price red ticket JL instore

found one for someone this year browsing hotpoint 9kg for 200
look instore yourself

pp111 · 15 Oct 2020 at 11:37

Depends on where it will be. Some modern units ( just like some fridges and freezers ) do not work well in a garage.

eviled · 15 Oct 2020 at 15:35

happy_2008 said:
How have you found the heat pump? Some say they are absolute rubbish but others like it

Its great, put clothes in, 2.5-3 hours later they are dry and the lower heat means you don't have to worry as much about damaging/shrinking items

mid_gen · 15 Oct 2020 at 16:23

Personally I use a clothes horse and a dehumidifer, been about 10 years since I last had a drier, and I don't miss it!

Dehumidifier is very effective, doesn't wear your clothes out or shrink em, and...is also a dehumidifier, so I tent to alternate which room I dry the laundry in so all the rooms get a good drying out from time to time.

cheesyboy · 15 Oct 2020 at 16:27

eviled said:
Its great, put clothes in, 2.5-3 hours later they are dry and the lower heat means you don't have to worry as much about damaging/shrinking items

Wow, they are a bit slow then.

robj20 · 15 Oct 2020 at 16:29

Psycho Sonny said:
Heat pump dryers are crap.

They take 3-4 times longer to dry than a normal dryer.

They also only work well indoors. So not in a garage type setting.

They are also ridiculously expensive.

Condenser is best of both worlds. More efficient than vented and fast and cheap to buy.

Candy own hoover and a host of other makes in the market. If honestly pick up a decent cheap candy. A decent one with 10kg capacity, WiFi, etc is around £300-£400.

If you want a Samsung with that type of capacity and heat pump it's easily £800+.

It's better to buy cheap and have it last 5-10 years then buy again as technology gets better than buy expensive and have it last 15 years.

Candy give you a 10 year warranty on parts of you register it.

Get a better one then, mine works fine in the garage.

Razor-BladE · 15 Oct 2020 at 17:57

We bought a Grundig GTN38250 for £450 at the end of last year. Sits inside the house and outputs a lot less humidity than what I remember my parents condenser dryer put out. For a full load it takes about 1-1.5 hour to dry, so not too bad really.

Psycho Sonny · 15 Oct 2020 at 20:17

robj20 said:
Get a better one then, mine works fine in the garage.

It may well do.

Would yours work fine in a colder climate?

Because I'm up in Scotland where it's significantly colder by roughly 5-10 degrees all year round.

Heat pump just don't work

Bounce · 15 Oct 2020 at 20:37

£750 on a tumple dryer, jezz you must be made of money!

robj20 · 15 Oct 2020 at 22:28

Another plus I've found with heat pump dryer is you can dry clothes you normally can't in a dryer because of the cold air settings.

200sols · 16 Oct 2020 at 09:56

robj20 said:
Get a better one then, mine works fine in the garage.

Nothing to do with a 'better one' it is the technology, they need an ambient of at least +10c to work..