Heat pump tumble dryer

sully1311

2pints said:

I own a Beko heat pump and according to the manual it's 2.47 kwh per full load, so I multiply that by the unit cost (52.6) to give me my price to dry the washing, approx £1.30 per load. Doesn't seem that cheap (hate using the dryer but don't have space to dry in the house come winter time)

I find that my heat pump dryer never takes as long as what the manual states it will do for a full load (along with the kwh), so maybe yours uses less than your manual states too?

sam1974_2

I’ve just brought a Samsung Heat Pump dryer and really happy with it. 

My old Zanussi condenser dryer used 2.291 kWh for a standard dry, whereas my Samsung only used 0.461 kWh. 

Basing this on my current 27p per KWh, the Zanussi cost 61p and the Samsung only 12p. 

Also to add, the Samsung says 3 hours when you first out it on but was done in an hour! So about the same drying time but for a fraction of the price. 

JohnB47

We have a a John Lewis badged AEG heat pump drier, bought around 5 years ago. It uses 2kwh per load.

I measured this over two different load types. First was towels and tea towels, the second was shirts and underwear. Both times were 2Kwh. Haven't measured for sheets but that is probably less consumption.

Not too bad, I think.

PennineAcute

I have a Samsung A++ heat pump dryer, which I got in June to replace my Beko vented dryer which gave up the ghost.

Two washes and drys a week use to use 5 kWh of electricity.  Now it uses 3 kWh.  Two washes use 2 kWh, which means my heat pump dryer uses around 500 W per dry.

Alnat1

I think if the people who dry clothes all over the house were to measure the energy used ironing them/running dehumidifier it would come out fairly equal to the energy used by a heat pump tumble dryer.

Anyone up for testing that?

k_man

Alnat1 said:

I think if the people who dry clothes all over the house were to measure the energy used ironing them/running dehumidifier it would come out fairly equal to the energy used by a heat pump tumble dryer.

Anyone up for testing that?

Just done that for you.
No ironing costs.
No dehumidifier costs since last winter.

Alnat1

Fine, you're obviously happy in crinkly shirts and crispy underpants 

k_man

Alnat1 said:

Fine, you're obviously happy in crinkly shirts and crispy underpants 

All part of the look 😁.

But on a more serious question, do people really iron all of their clothes/washing, e.g every shirt and all their smalls?

I honestly haven't ironed any clothes for years, aside from a formal/dress shirt a few times for special occasions (suit and tie events).

I suppose it also depends on what you are required/expected to wear to work.

Mstty

Alnat1 said:

Fine, you're obviously happy in crinkly shirts and crispy underpants 

I agree we don't iron anymore with the Tumbledryer and for most people that is a saving on the iron to be factored in.

I roughly calculated a week for the Iron would be 3kWh and the exact tumble dryer usage 5 times is 5.6kwh.

So 2.6kwh and 5 hours ironing saved. I'll take that even at 52p kWh which it won't be until sometime in 2024 now.

MWT

Mstty said:

Alnat1 said:

Fine, you're obviously happy in crinkly shirts and crispy underpants 

I agree we don't iron anymore with the Tumbledryer and for most people that is a saving on the iron to be factored in.

Same here, the iron is almost redundant these days.

Between the high spin-speed washing machine, a tumble-dryer and a drying rack (which uses no additional heat or dehumidifier) even my business shirts need no ironing.