Is a separate washer & dryer more efficient than combined?

albyota

Do not buy a tumble drier.......buy a £100 dehumidifier......put your washing on a clothes horse in a room, shut the door and in 2-3 hours two litres of water is drawn from the clothes....at a fraction of the cost to run the TD.....works for me, although it is in the airing cupboard.

kjsmith7

albyota wrote: »

Do not buy a tumble drier.......buy a £100 dehumidifier......put your washing on a clothes horse in a room, shut the door and in 2-3 hours two litres of water is drawn from the clothes....at a fraction of the cost to run the TD.....works for me, although it is in the airing cupboard.

That's an interesting one - never thought of that!

albyota

been using one for over a year now bought it from argos for £100 low running cost........brilliant

screamer

cheers albyota, I never thought of that either :-)

markharding557

we had a combined washer dryer but the dryer part was unreliable and broke down a few times so we got a separate dryer.
we still use the machine as a washer only

Pincher

karatedragon wrote: »

I really like my Washer Dryer. I live in a flat so it saves space. Mine's a Miele.

Look out for Five and Ten year warranty offers from Miele.
Keep an eye on the John Lewis website.
Washer/dryers NEVER get Ten Year Warranties.

The integrated washer/dryer has slightly smaller capacity than the non-integrated one due to space constraint, but is more expensive:eek:! I bought a Miele WT2670 non-integrated (£999 incVAT from John Lewis, with 5 year warranty in 2009), and had a facia custom made. This saved a little money, with no compromise in capacity.

The WT2670 is almost as good as a separate dryer, but can only handle half the load.

cally6008

do it the true MSE way and stick the clothes on clothes airers to dry been doing this for 9years

markharding557

cally6008 wrote: »

do it the true MSE way and stick the clothes on clothes airers to dry been doing this for 9years

No this is not for me i can't stand having clothes dreped all over the place

kjsmith7

markharding557 wrote: »

No this is not for me i can't stand having clothes dreped all over the place

This is our current set up - we have two airers that are fantastic for drying most things, it's only the bedding really. I currently live in an attic flat with no garden so can't even put it on a washing line in the Summer, looking forward to having at least a back yard so I can stick them outside (if it doesn't rain!)

emerald_starcat

markharding557 wrote: »

No this is not for me i can't stand having clothes dreped all over the place

Neither do I but I can't afford a tumble drier so just put up with it.