Where to get a new tumble dryer cheap? Or on good finance?

jadex91

Can't find any good deals!

HappyMJ

How cheap? How energy efficient? How many kg capacity? Is new important?

You could pick one up for less than £50 from the classifieds section of your local paper or a local second hand shop in your area.

A new 6kg C rated machine might cost about £150 using 3.4kWh per cycle.

A new 6kg A rated machine might cost about £400 using 1.6kWh per cycle.

Although it would take about 1,000 cycles to see a return on investment on the more expensive machine. Used twice a week and that'll be about 10 years.

jadex91

Well I was looking at second hand ones but they're about £60 - £70, so I then looked at new ones but it's about 150 in a sale for a 6kg, don't really understand about the energy sort of thing so not really fussed. I don't have that much to pay for a new one so I was looking to see if there's any good credit deals on or anything! X

HappyMJ

Jadex91 wrote: »

Well I was looking at second hand ones but they're about £60 - £70, so I then looked at new ones but it's about 150 in a sale for a 6kg, don't really understand about the energy sort of thing so not really fussed. I don't have that much to pay for a new one so I was looking to see if there's any good credit deals on or anything! X

You'll soon know about the energy sort of thing when you get your electricity bills. They are very expensive to run.

An A rated heat pump/condenser dryer will help heat your house in winter as the dry heat goes into the room with the dryer so you could save even more than quoted as you can turn the central heating in that room down. They also have a sensor and will turn off as soon as the clothes are dry.

A C rated dryer must be vented to the outside so it could take heat out of your house which you then need to pay to replace that heat by turning the central heating up. Do you have a hole in the wall to vent it outside? You might need to get someone to put a hole in the wall for you which might add to your installation costs.

jadex91

HappyMJ wrote: »

You'll soon know about the energy sort of thing when you get your electricity bills. They are very expensive to run.

An A rated heat pump/condenser dryer will help heat your house in winter as the dry heat goes into the room with the dryer so you could save even more than quoted as you can turn the central heating in that room down. They also have a sensor and will turn off as soon as the clothes are dry.

A C rated dryer must be vented to the outside so it could take heat out of your house which you then need to pay to replace that heat by turning the central heating up. Do you have a hole in the wall to vent it outside? You might need to get someone to put a hole in the wall for you which might add to your installation costs.

Thank you, I thought I read on the argos website before that condenser ones are dearer to buy and also dearer to run? I'd prefer one of those if it'll save me money in the long run, but I don have money upright to pay, I have a vented one now in my garage but we are moving home and don't know where yet so I don't know about a vented one! X

HappyMJ

Jadex91 wrote: »

Thank you, I thought I read on the argos website before that condenser ones are dearer to buy and also dearer to run? I'd prefer one of those if it'll save me money in the long run, but I don have money upright to pay, I have a vented one now in my garage but we are moving home and don't know where yet so I don't know about a vented one! X

Dearer to buy yes...much cheaper to run.

If you need finance of £150 you will be much better off putting it on a credit card. Shops that give you finance on the product tend to charge double and are not worth it.

jadex91

I can't seem to get credit cards as I don't have a great credit rating, it's ok but I don't have much so seem to get declined but don't know why! Lol x

ash28

Jadex91 wrote: »

Thank you, I thought I read on the argos website before that condenser ones are dearer to buy and also dearer to run? I'd prefer one of those if it'll save me money in the long run, but I don have money upright to pay, I have a vented one now in my garage but we are moving home and don't know where yet so I don't know about a vented one! X

There are 2 types of condenser dryer, there is the heat pump condenser dryer and a standard condenser dryer - a normal type of dryer that doesn't vent outside, it collects the water in a plastic container that you would probably have to empty.

The heat pump condenser dryers are cheaper to run than standard condenser dryers which are usually more expensive to run than a vented tumble dryer.

Vented dryers can be up to 20% cheaper to run than a standard condenser dryer.

Heat pump condenser dryers have a much longer drying time than a vented dryer......but will reduce energy costs by at least a third.

You would need to look at the cost to purchase and cost to run to see how long it would take a heat pump condenser dryer to pay for itself.

And then you would need to look at the cost of repairs.....a vented dryer is the most simple machine and the cheapest to have repaired - the it's the standard condenser dryer which is more complex than the vented dryer and then it's the heat pump condenser which far more complex.

And you could look at the cost to own over 7 years including purchase price and energy costs.....then you will find the condenser heat pump dryers which are the cheapest for energy costs are not so cheap.

A Panasonic heat pump condenser dryer costs around £725 to by and uses around £37 a year in electricity......cost over 7 years is £988.

A budget vented dryer from Hotpoint is around £170 to buy and costs £80 a year in electricity.....cost over 7 years is £740.

PasturesNew

Is there any reason you need a drier? I've never used/owned one. It seems madness, to me, to buy something you can't afford, to borrow money (which means it costs you more) to buy something that's a well-known expensive item to use.