Excellent tumble dryer
5/5
I absolutely love this tumble dryer. It was a Which Beat Buy (shout out to my 97 year old grandmother for researching this for me!) and within my budget so it was an easy decision to make.
It has a very large door and drum so can take a full washing machine load with ease. When you take your drying back out, there is a light inside the drum to make sure nothing gets left behind.
It has a double filter so all the fluff and little things get captured easily.
There have been some reviews which mention the fiddliness of choosing the correct programme, but I don’t understand that as when you turn the dial, the little light next to the programme lights up. However, as a precaution I kept the little arrow sticker which was cellophaned to the dial as part of the original
Packaging and stuck it on the dial so the arrow also points towards the selected programme. If that falls off I might draw an arrow on with a marker pen but I don’t really think it is needed.
The dryer is much quieter than my old condenser one. I do recommend making sure it is absolutely level otherwise the fan (in the bottom right) will whine a bit.
I know it is much more energy efficient than my old one. I was worried that everything would take hours to dry but that has not turned out to be the case. It seems to run for a similar time to my old one, even if it starts with an alarming three plus hours!!!
It does seem to be much gentler on my clothes etc. there’s a lot less fluff generated and my clothes feel soft. When they initially come out of the dryer, they do feel like they might still be damp, but once they have cooled down they feel dry. Certainly I have not had to put anything back in.
I have emptied the water drawer after every use but I had to do that on my old one. I am careful with that as I feel that if I don’t hold that with two hands when I empty it that it might break. However, you can also just connect it straight to your sink outlet so you don’t even have to do that) it just isn’t an option for our layout). I have also emptied the filter after each use.
I haven’t tried all the programmes yet but I have used the ones that I am going to use 99% of the time and I have no complaints.
It’s also good that you can choose your own drying time in 20 minute increments.
It has the standard delay feature as well as anti crease. It has a great range of programmes and I have no reason to believe that they won’t work. The display is bright and shows how long is left.
I really really like it.