Recommendations for a heat Pump Dryer ?

sam1974_2

My current tumble dryer is on its last legs and will need to be replaced before the winter, so it probably makes sense to buy a Heat Pump Dryer now. 

Any recommendations for a decent one for around £600 ish ?  Ideally a ‘direct drain” one that can be plumbed in rather than having to empty the water all the time. 

wigglygiggly

We have just bought this (about a month ago)

https://ao.com/product/ntm1182xbuk-hotpoint-activecare-heat-pump-tumble-dryer-white-60353-126.aspx?ef_id=CjwKCAjwmJeYBhAwEiwAXlg0AZ_DDBYmgv3VTJ6c-0nODpxBe7WcMcYJ4XbpYSZj_n0dQC4SE0qcohoCLD8QAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!8149!3!546446800987!!!u!1436210258385!&&utm_medium=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=mda - tumble dryers - smart|tumble dryers - smart&utm_term=smartshopping|NTM1182XBUK_WH&utm_content=pla-1436210258385|paidpla&gclid=CjwKCAjwmJeYBhAwEiwAXlg0AZ_DDBYmgv3VTJ6c-0nODpxBe7WcMcYJ4XbpYSZj_n0dQC4SE0qcohoCLD8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

and I couldn't be happier with it. It has the option to be plumbed in or empty via a drawer but honestly the container is at the top of the machine and is so easy to empty. I was concerned it would take longer to dry than my old vented tumble dryer but honestly I do not see much difference. I just click the cupboard dry button and press start, no guessing how long I have to set a timer.

I am so glad we bought this as like you said, it makes sense to go down this route now due to energy saving costs.

koalakoala

I bought a new Samsung and love it

jonnydeppiwish!

I also have a Samsung https://www.samsung.com/uk/washers-and-dryers/dryers/9kg-white-dv90t5240aw-s1/
it’s really good, drains either into the box or the main drain. 

Doozergirl

I don't remember which model but we have a Bosch, 18 months old, which drains like the washing machine through the waste pipe.  

It also has a self cleaning filter, you know, the big concertina type thing at the very bottom of the machine tht you usually have to pull out and rinse every so often.  I like not having to do that as I used to forget.

Price tag would definitely have been in your area.  
 

JohnB47

We got a John Lewis badged AEG one about four years ago. Very happy with it.

One thing though - as Doozergirl mentioned, some have a fixed condenser unit right at the bottom and others have a removable one. Mine is fixed and is a bit of a pain to clean, every 6 - 8 months. Doozergirls sounds ideal if it is self cleaning.

If I was looking to buy one again, I would pay particular attention to how this unit is cleaned. I didn't even know it had one when I bought ours.

We use the internal method of waste water storage - it's a big bottle and not really a bother to empty.

Every now and then I save some of the waste water and strain it through coffee filter paper. I store the filtered water and use it to fill my steam iron. The lack of scale in the water means my iron is as good as new.

sam1974_2

wigglygiggly said:

We have just bought this (about a month ago)

https://ao.com/product/ntm1182xbuk-hotpoint-activecare-heat-pump-tumble-dryer-white-60353-126.aspx?ef_id=CjwKCAjwmJeYBhAwEiwAXlg0AZ_DDBYmgv3VTJ6c-0nODpxBe7WcMcYJ4XbpYSZj_n0dQC4SE0qcohoCLD8QAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!8149!3!546446800987!!!u!1436210258385!&&utm_medium=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=mda - tumble dryers - smart|tumble dryers - smart&utm_term=smartshopping|NTM1182XBUK_WH&utm_content=pla-1436210258385|paidpla&gclid=CjwKCAjwmJeYBhAwEiwAXlg0AZ_DDBYmgv3VTJ6c-0nODpxBe7WcMcYJ4XbpYSZj_n0dQC4SE0qcohoCLD8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

and I couldn't be happier with it. It has the option to be plumbed in or empty via a drawer but honestly the container is at the top of the machine and is so easy to empty. I was concerned it would take longer to dry than my old vented tumble dryer but honestly I do not see much difference. I just click the cupboard dry button and press start, no guessing how long I have to set a timer.

I am so glad we bought this as like you said, it makes sense to go down this route now due to energy saving costs.

Thank you. That’s good to know it doesn’t appear to take much longer to dry as reading some reviews, they say they take 3 hours which seems a bit 😮 but then really nowadays to more down to cost to run so as long as they are saving money then I guess the time is irrelevant 

koalakoala said:

I bought a new Samsung and love it

Seems Samsung are popular! Thank you. 

jonnydeppiwish! said:

I also have a Samsung https://www.samsung.com/uk/washers-and-dryers/dryers/9kg-white-dv90t5240aw-s1/
it’s really good, drains either into the box or the main drain. 

Thank you. Another vote for Samsung! 

Doozergirl said:

I don't remember which model but we have a Bosch, 18 months old, which drains like the washing machine through the waste pipe.  

It also has a self cleaning filter, you know, the big concertina type thing at the very bottom of the machine tht you usually have to pull out and rinse every so often.  I like not having to do that as I used to forget.

Price tag would definitely have been in your area.  
 

That’s good to know about the self cleaning, thank you. Yes we have to clean out our current Zanussi condenser thing and it’s a pain!  That’s not a feature I’ve seen with Samsung so might be an added plus! 

JohnB47 said:

We got a John Lewis badged AEG one about four years ago. Very happy with it.

One thing though - as Doozergirl mentioned, some have a fixed condenser unit right at the bottom and others have a removable one. Mine is fixed and is a bit of a pain to clean, every 6 - 8 months. Doozergirls sounds ideal if it is self cleaning.

If I was looking to buy one again, I would pay particular attention to how this unit is cleaned. I didn't even know it had one when I bought ours.

We use the internal method of waste water storage - it's a big bottle and not really a bother to empty.

Every now and then I save some of the waste water and strain it through coffee filter paper. I store the filtered water and use it to fill my steam iron. The lack of scale in the water means my iron is as good as new.

Thanks, yes we are aware of the condenser thingie and we too used to recycle the water for our Shark steam mop as it stopped it scaling up (we now have expensive new flooring so no longer steam mop it) think I might also look into the self cleaning ones though as that does sound more my thing - not enough hours in the day sometimes is there! 

sam1974_2

Decided to go with Samsung in the end as they have a promotion to include a 5 year warranty, whereas everything else was 1 or 2 years. 

So many mixed reviews online for all the makes so 🤞🏼 

We decided to buy the matching washing machine aswell 🙈 

koalakoala

Those are the ones I have, same colour. Love them

getmore4less

You still have filters to clean.

We went grundig, Beco with 5y warranty

Works a treat.

Make sure you have a decent washer with  efficient spin(not speed).

There have been various tech changes on HP so compare carefully.

Hybrids that have heater as well can work out better for a lot of use cases.

Spies

Logik one from Curry's works absolutely fine. £299