The search for the most energy efficient tumble dryers

Alnat1

I know I keep repeating this but clothes from a tumble dryer don't need ironing, hung on a rack or outside they do. 

People need to factor in the cost of ironing.

k_man

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markin said:

Many use a dehumidifier and a rack, faster in a small room, You can also buy tents to cover the drying racks.

Dehumidifiers start at around £150-200.

I know that my dehumifier (dessicant type) uses 0.66KW/hr at full blast and produces a small amount of heat as a by-product.  I know it dries rooms out (kitchen and bathroom) pretty quickly.  Perhaps I need to do an experiment to see how much it would take to properly dry things out and then compare that to getting an equivalent load dried using the heat pump tumble dryer I have.

I suppose another factor to take into consideration is how the stuff feels when dry.  Towels can and do come out hard if dried naturally but feel softer out the dryer.  Makes absolutely no odds to me but SWMBO needs clothes/towels to not feel like they have been left to dry in The Sahara.

Do you mean it uses 660w?

If so, that is quite a beast of a dehumidifier!
Typically they use around 150 - 300w.

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k_man said:

DerwentMailman said:

markin said:

Many use a dehumidifier and a rack, faster in a small room, You can also buy tents to cover the drying racks.

Dehumidifiers start at around £150-200.

I know that my dehumifier (dessicant type) uses 0.66KW/hr at full blast and produces a small amount of heat as a by-product.  I know it dries rooms out (kitchen and bathroom) pretty quickly.  Perhaps I need to do an experiment to see how much it would take to properly dry things out and then compare that to getting an equivalent load dried using the heat pump tumble dryer I have.

I suppose another factor to take into consideration is how the stuff feels when dry.  Towels can and do come out hard if dried naturally but feel softer out the dryer.  Makes absolutely no odds to me but SWMBO needs clothes/towels to not feel like they have been left to dry in The Sahara.

Do you mean it uses 660w?

If so, that is quite a beast of a dehumidifier!
Typically they use around 150 - 300w.

Yes I believe so but am happy to be corrected,

I have a Meaco unit

 https://www.lakeland.co.uk/content/documents/25128_Meaco_Dehumidifier_IB.pdf

Draws 30/330/650W depending on the mode.  Used it very sparingly last winter and probably not at all this winter ;(

page3

We’ve just had delivered a new Samsung heat pump tumble dryer and from a vast sample of one cycle (full load, mixed, sensor dry) it used 600 watts total according to the app. That’s pretty impressive.

k_man

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k_man said:

DerwentMailman said:

markin said:

Many use a dehumidifier and a rack, faster in a small room, You can also buy tents to cover the drying racks.

Dehumidifiers start at around £150-200.

I know that my dehumifier (dessicant type) uses 0.66KW/hr at full blast and produces a small amount of heat as a by-product.  I know it dries rooms out (kitchen and bathroom) pretty quickly.  Perhaps I need to do an experiment to see how much it would take to properly dry things out and then compare that to getting an equivalent load dried using the heat pump tumble dryer I have.

I suppose another factor to take into consideration is how the stuff feels when dry.  Towels can and do come out hard if dried naturally but feel softer out the dryer.  Makes absolutely no odds to me but SWMBO needs clothes/towels to not feel like they have been left to dry in The Sahara.

Do you mean it uses 660w?

If so, that is quite a beast of a dehumidifier!
Typically they use around 150 - 300w.

Yes I believe so but am happy to be corrected,

I have a Meaco unit

 https://www.lakeland.co.uk/content/documents/25128_Meaco_Dehumidifier_IB.pdf

Draws 30/330/650W depending on the mode.  Used it very sparingly last winter and probably not at all this winter ;(

Seems the laundry mode is the high power one.
I assume on laundry it only needs to be run for a short period.
Otherwise, it is getting towards tumble drier power usage.

QrizB

Desiccant based dehumidifiers are more effective at reducing humidity than compressor-based ones, particularly at low temperatures. The downside is that they are have a somewhat higher energy requirement.

Spies

My Logik 8kg A++ HP tumble dryer is due on Saturday, I'll plug it into a tapo plug to see what it peaks at

Coffeekup

I use one of these in the winter. On the landing hallway above the top if the stairs where the tends to congregate. Clothes/towels are dry within 8 hour's even with the heating off.
A number of people have commented saying what a good idea it is and how good it looks.

Evan3020

How many kwhs?

greyteam1959

Coffeekup said:

I use one of these in the winter. On the landing hallway above the top if the stairs where the tends to congregate. Clothes/towels are dry within 8 hour's even with the heating off.
A number of people have commented saying what a good idea it is and how good it looks.

Just inherited one of these during my late father's house clearance.
An original 1960s one.