Washer Dryers

djenks_2

HI, I have a silly question - with washer dryers do you need to vent the dryer as you would with a tumble dryer? I need a new washing machine and am think ing of getting one of these.

Thanks, Dawn

crossleydd42

Depends - with some you do and with some they are self-condensing, if you catch my drift. Ask when you purchase.

Hunnymonster

I have had a washer-dryer for 4 years and it was undeniably the biggest mistake of my appliance purchasing life. It's unreliable, slow and the wash performance is dire.... My mum bought one around the same time and we've come to the conclusion that W/D are built to self-destruct - there's usually no way of getting the fluff out that the dryer action creates - and that clogs up the mechanism somewhere inaccessible.

Mum has no choice if she wants a dryer - no room for a separate (my problem at the time - no longer the case)

lolly5648

I've had a Zanussi washer/dryer since 1992. It is a condensing one and is great so long as there are not more than two of you in household.

It washes a full load but only dries a half load which is fine for me as there is a lot of stuff I dont tumble dry. For sheets and towels I usually dry the full load for around 60 mins then take them out and shake them and put them back in for another 30 mins and they are completely dry.

You have to clean the filter - we thought our machine was broken as it wouldnt spin but turned out we hadnt cleaned the filter for about 3 years and it was completely clogged up.

I would go for it

crossleydd42

Another two penn'orth from me. I helped my son to buy one and we found an Indesit which took a much larger tumble load than usual, which meant the machine could wash a reasonable amount, then go straight onto drying without human intervention taking out some of the wash load. I have to say that my wife and I have a small stand-alone (White Knight) tumbler in the garage that's more flexible in conjunction with our simple washer in the kitchen.
So try and get one which washes a larger load than usual, so that the minimum wash at least matches the maximum dry. And get one with a fast spin so the washing is drier before it starts the tumble-drying phase.

Cagey

If you have the space always go for seperates.

november

I had a washer and small separate dryer which when they expired I replaced with a washer dryer (Indesit I think it was).

Never ever again.

The dryer took twice as long to dry anything as my previous separate one. It was also one of those that took full loads for washing and half for drying so to dry a complete load took hours. Drove me crazy and must have been twice as expensive.

When that expired I bought a washer and never did get round to replacing the tumble dryer. I occasionally say I need one but seem to manage without most of the time so its not exactly on my urgent list. I currently use a washing line or clothes horse and radiators when necessary

eta as it may be relevant - we are a family of 4 including a 12 yr old and 16 yr old so I have a fair bit of washing.

Sheel

I have a washer dryer as I don't have the space for seperates and I don't want to be without a dryer as there's nothing like tumbled dried towels for me! Also it's unbelievable the amount of wahing my family produces and it's bad enough trying to find somewhere to hang washing that can't be tumble dried as it is :rolleyes:

I've had a couple of Hotpoint w/d's and a Hoover which all kept breaking down so I recently got a Bosch hoping that it would be better. So far so good , keeping my fingers crossed. Probably put the mockers on it now , you watch , it''l break down in the next week or so just before I go on holiday :rolleyes:

John_Jackson_2

I think that all modern washer dryers are the condensing type. Some early ones had to be vented, but I'm not aware of any that are these days.