Tumble dryer help....

lostinrates

I bought my first tumble dryer last year? Maybe the year before.


We don't use it very often and while its a god send in bad weather there are some things I haven't got to grips with.

Ours works mainly on the following settings:

Synthetics
Cupboard dry
Ready to wear


( there is also ready to iron, great for shirts and slightly damp and a few others like cool tumble)


Now I guessed that cupboard dry would be the driest of dry, on the basis you would only put things away if they were bone dry, where as ...I know I have put things On that are 'almost ready to wear' on less organised days!

But we disagree and my husband and resident parent thing the ready to wear setting leaves the machine dryer.


I have a limited sensation of touch at times, and so I do have to defer to their better sensation but.... Well, neither of them are natural housekeepers and .....it doesn't make sense to me.

bluebag

Your doing it, your rules. No one criticizes anything I do in my house, that would result in them doing it themselves.

They are free to offer suggestions and I am free to take them or leave them.

lostinrates

bluebag wrote: »

Your doing it, your rules. No one criticizes anything I do in my house, that would result in them doing it themselves.

They are free to offer suggestions and I am free to take them or leave them.

Oh, I'm not worried. I just want to get it right and not be putting away damp clothes

glitterkitty

on my tumble dryer (its a Beko) I have the cupboard dry setting and things really do come out bone dry, ready to give a shake, a fold and put away.
I don't know what the ready to wear one would do - perhaps give it the shake inside the dryer?
I suppose if you have a limited sense of touch, and they are saying that the ready to wear setting is the dryer one, then perhaps stick with that?

bluebag

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh, I'm not worried. I just want to get it right and not be putting away damp clothes

Oh I get ya. No I wouldn't want to be doing that either.

I just have acrylic, polyester and cotton.

I wonder if the ready to wear setting has a longer cool down period at the end to prevent creasing. This would still leave the clothes bone dry but feeling cooler perhaps than the cupboard dry.

JulieGeorgiana

I thought cupboard dry was a tiny bit damp, I use extra dry on mine.

I think each machine can be different. I remember my sister telling me cupboard dry was for the airing cupboard to 'finish it off' and as she used to sell appliances I figured she was right.

Can you write to the manufacturer and ask?

mummyroysof3

I don't have any fancy settings on mine I jus guess how long it needs to go on for

Ms_Chocaholic

I'm the same as mummyroysof3 - I turn the dial and hope for the best!

mummyroysof3

Do you ever get it right though? Lol

lostinrates

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

I thought cupboard dry was a tiny bit damp, I use extra dry on mine.

I think each machine can be different. I remember my sister telling me cupboard dry was for the airing cupboard to 'finish it off' and as she used to sell appliances I figured she was right.

Can you write to the manufacturer and ask?

That's EXACTLY what resident parent said, but I said surely people don't expect the faff f airing cupboard if they have these fancy machines :rotfl:


I don't have an airing cupboard, nor rads to finish stuff off on, nor any heating....which is why I bought the tumble dryer!

I guess I'll check the settings on an online manual tomorrow. . I have to admit I cannot remember th make tonight, and its cold in the utility room and I don't want to check.

lostinrates

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

I'm the same as mummyroysof3 - I turn the dial and hope for the best!

But I have no real experience on which to turn the diAl you see. I have no idea how long to expect things to take, and I certainly do not want to burn money by putting it on for too long:o