tumble dryers

ryder72

mrcow - apologies for being friendly and jovial.

This doesnt change the fact that you are using an exception to prove a rule.

Have you looked at any facts on what levels of reliability BSH appliances offer? What their failure rate is? What their service standards are?

Your sister is entitled to feel bitter from her own experience and may choose to switch brands in the future, but using that experience to cast a permanent shadow on what is otherwise a very good and reliable brand with excellent customer service is a bit unfair.

I dont work for BSH or have nothing to do with them. I speak from experience gained from selling 100's of appliances and some factual data to back it up.

cajef

mrcow wrote: »

My sister had two Bosch machines in a row. Both broke down and were unreliable.

She must have been unlucky our Bosch tumble dryer is twelve years old and has never had a problem.

missprice

A dryer is a dryer surely.
I bought a white knight dryer (small not full size) over 17 years ago and its still working. Cost me at the time about £100, which was a fortune then, it has since been given away to a singleton who needed a tiny dryer and we bought a bigger one. But the white knight one is still working.
But the brand is not as far as I know the best to buy, or most reliable. Yet it coped well with my use which admittedly was winter only.
So maybe people should just buy the best they can afford at the time.

daveyjp

A 'dryer isn't a dryer', but it takes time to realise.

Our last dryer did about 5 years then it became apparent that the plastic wasn't actually heat proof. This lead to the door lock mechanism warping and the door wasn't sealing leading to extended drying times and a house full of condensation. Bought a Bosch and no such problems after almost nine years of use all year round.

mrcow

ryder72 wrote: »

This doesnt change the fact that you are using an exception to prove a rule.

No I'm not. I'm using an example to disprove a sweeping statement that was made.

RealWelshWizard

how much does a tumble drier (condensing) cost to run? (roughly)

tracey3596

Ummm .... something to think about first?
How efficient is your washer on the spin cycle?
Because the more water left in your clothes, the longer ANY tumble drier will take to dry them.

We bought a cheapie Indesit (IDV75) vented dryer & it's "B" energy rated ..... means it uses less power. Together with our new washer, we can dry a full (7kg, in our case) in about 40 minutes - whereas our old 5kg washer would take more than one-and-a-half hours in our old dryer!!! :eek:

tracey3596

Don't know about condensing dryers Gezza, but according to the manual for our Indesit the figures are:
Full load dry = 4.06 kWh
Partial load dry = 2.11 kWh
Weighted Annual Energy Consumption 472.5kWh

So for our electricity at 11.35p/kWh :
Full = 46.08 pence
Partial = 23.95 pence
Annual = £53.63

In the real world though .... :cool:

diywhynot

One vote for gas.;)

tracey3596

Oh if only!
No mains gas here .... oil tumble dryers, anyone? :rotfl: