Need a Tumble Dryer...

[SidewinderINC]

Hi All,

It's come to that time of year where we can't dry the clothes inside anymore and any laundry has to go to the laundrette dryers at a cost of a about £5 per week! (the dryers here are a lot more than in Portsmouth :p)

I figure the cost of running a home dryer is high, but not that high, and after a while it'll have paid for itself.

Can anyone recommend a good condenser dryer, on a good budget of <£300 the lower the better without compromising on quality :)

Cheers :D

Matt.

[Zirax]

Well I have a Bosch one that has been shoved in the garage for 4 years and it hasn't blown up. I tend to use this site as a rough starting point when looking for stuff:-

http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/cl/17/Tumble-Dryers

I think mine was £300 ish.

[Fayshun]

...and it hasn't blown up.

Always a bonus. ;D

[SidewinderINC]

I was looking at a Bosch one this morning actually, I think 4 years is a good time and at that point it's payed for itself and the convenience is so much better than hefting stuff to the laundrette.

[Desmo]

They're probably all much of a muchness and you'll get good and bad in all makes. Our Hotpoint is about 5 years old now and just keeps chugging along.

[Pheebs]

Couldn't help you with make buuuut whatever you do get, get a pair of balls too! (fnar fnar!)

They're tumble drying balls... about ten squid each and they help mix up the clothes/bedding/towels when you're tumbling them and do take half the time to dry!

/saving tip of the day

:)

[Pheebs]

Tumble dryer balls Linky (http://www.cookability.biz/dryer-balls-chemical-free-fabric-softener/b_2196.htm?SRC=GB1)

For 9 pounds not bad for a pair :)

[Desmo]

Yeah, we've got some of those too :)

[SidewinderINC]

Just done a load at the laundrette and found out they're upping their price in december from 50p for 8 minutes to 50p for 6 minutes :eek:

Time to get looking for one quickly!

Seems like the A rated ones are half the cost to run than the B rated ones. might fork out the extra for an A rated one :)

Cheers for the tip on the balls ;)

[Roberta]

I just bought one a few weeks back!

We did have a White Knight one and it lasted 10 years with onky the filter needing to be repleced (external fluff filter so easy peasy!) in the whole 10 years, replacement costing about a tenner, so was a fab buy! Was this one:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4809025/c_1/1|category_root|Kitchen+and+laundry|14418476/c_2/2|14418476|Tumble+dryers|27103980/c_3/3|cat_27103980|Condenser+dryers|27544746.htm

It finally gave up the ghost 2 months ago, and as my kitchen is now all black I replaced it with this little baby which was on offer at the time, plus I bought through Quidco, costing me a grand total of £197 (incl delivery) without Quidco moneyback. I chose this one because it takes a big 8kg load - vital withthe amount of washing that gets done here!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4754819/c_1/1|category_root|Kitchen+and+laundry|14418476/c_2/2|14418476|Tumble+dryers|27103980/c_3/3|cat_27103980|Condenser+dryers|27544746.htm

[Roberta]

Doubt you'll like mine with energy rating c!

[Tak]

Never had a tumble dryer - clothes stand and a couple of over radiator hooks and sheets and towels go over the bannisters ... (Aitch and MB's fault for being so tall ... :p )

[Kitten]

you can get those balls for about 1.50/pair in discount stores like bodycare/home bargains/instore. I couldn't live without my tumble dryer, supersoft sweet smelling warm bedsheets and towels, which always dry crispy without tumbling (or smell funny), bliss! Love putting jumpers in for a minute before putting them on, snuggly!

Think mines a hotpoint, A rating and was sub~200.

[Desmo]

And if you hang your clothes up straight away, there's no need to iron anything :D

[SidewinderINC]

Never had a tumble dryer - clothes stand and a couple of over radiator hooks and sheets and towels go over the bannisters ... (Aitch and MB's fault for being so tall ... :p )

We have stuff standing at the moment, but where we don't have central heating here and only a few convection heaters we can't do that.
Clothes take longer to dry properly than we can afford to leave them, more washing builds up quicker than they can dry.

You know what model it is, Kitten?
Mostly because hotpoint don't appear to have an A rated one http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/hotpoint/2/selector/index.jsp#/p/Tumble_dryers/pline/44/startMode/catalogo/

I've not found a decent A rated one for sub £350 yet.