Tumble dryers

Lauralou79

I'm looking at buying a dryer for my new house.Looking for opinions on what's better the condenser or vented type?
Thanks

glentoran99

Depends do you want to drill holes in your walls to vent the tumble dyer?

thescouselander

In my experience vented dryers service faster than condensing ones so that's what I'd recommended. Also condensing dryers never seem to completely dry the air which then leads to condensation in the room where the dryer is situated.

Jonesya

If you're going to be using it regularly then look at the new heat-pump condenser dryers - they're much more energy efficient that conventional condenser and vented dryers.

Ebe_Scrooge

I have to agree with the above. Purely subjective ... but in my experience, vented dryers seem to dry quicker and more thoroughly than condensing ones. Plus they're cheaper to buy. Plus there are less gubbins inside to go wrong.

Yes, you have the hassle of sorting out the vent hole in the wall - but that's a once-only job. As long as you're in the house, even if you need to buy a new dryer down the line, odds on you can use the same vent hole.

Just my opinion.

theonlywayisup

Have you thought about a heat pump dryer?

Lauralou79

To be honest I can't afford the most high tec or expensive. Theres only two of us so it won't be constantly used. Can facilitate a vented one of needs be. Just wondered what was better

DigForVictory

I prefer the condenser type as the hole in the wall let other things in as well as hot wet air out.

However, with three lads there's a lot of laundry...

trailingspouse

Condenser dryer every time - it means your tumble dryer can go anywhere with a power socket and doesn't need to be vented through an outside wall. Keep the filter clean and empty the reservoir as necessary.

Grenage

We have a heat pump model, very pleased with the rubbing costs and results.

getmore4less

Heat pump will pay for itself in just a few years, there are relatively affordable models now.

We went for the Grundig with 5y warranty.

price watch for a while and use pricespy,
https://pricespy.co.uk/category.php?k=514

the prices change by £100s on a lot of models depending on which sale cycle they are in.

our purchase was £400 but the price goes up to £550+ at times

The other advantage it can go just about anywhere only needs a power source, they do have a plumb in option for the water waste.

Speed of drying is not an issue if you plan. still only take 2 mins of real time, one to load and one to unload.

the 2 things to look at on condensers are the energy and the condensing efficiency(the amount of moisture they vent into the room)

For the standard 160 cycles typical HP will be around 250kwh regular condenser/vented 600kwh


start with Beko and price/performance/brand against them.
http://www.beko.co.uk/appliances/laundry/tumble-dryers

Grundig are Beko+ with 5y warranty.


It might be that for you use, only 2 and if you can get you drying outside a lot of the year the saving per cycle may not be enough to justify a HP.

£150-£200 will buy a decent dryer a HP will be up around £300-£400 and up from there.

don't scrimp on the size go 8KG min to take a full double set of bedding.