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washer dryers so expensive, want advice

  • 08-11-2008 6:45pm
    #1
    CodeMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I am looking into buying a washer dryer at the moment and find them to be quite pricey so want some comments before I hand over the cash. I am looking at this hoover washer dryer in particular cause it seems to have a decent load size (8kg for washing, 5kg for drying). Is that a good price for something like this? Could I get something else that's cheaper from somewhere else? Anyone have one of these? Problems? Thanks.


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  • #2
    miju
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭miju


    put simply if you have the room get a seperate washer and a seperate dryer (condensor or vented).

    The drums in washer/ dryers are nowhere near the size of a standalone dryer which mean ALOT less air circulates around meaning you dry feck all clothes OR they are still slightly damp.


  • #3
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    I'd have to agree with miju. Washer/dryers are not the best at drying - they do get the job done, eventually. We had a washer dryer in our last house as we hadn't the space for separate appliances. Clothes took ages to dry. This means that you can't wash another load until the first load is dry. That wasn't much of a problem until we had our first child when we found that washing was backing up due to the time the washer/dryer took to dry the clothes. It was more of a problem in the winter than the summer for obvious reasons. We moved house and then had space for both and we got a vented dryer. The difference was amazing. Clothes were dried properly and the cycle from laundry basket to hot press was so much quicker.

    The other pain in the butt with the washer/dryer was the constant noise as it was in the kitchen (where I use to surf the net and listen to/play music).

    The fluff filter is also easier to clean on the dryer as there is no water involved.
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  • #4
    Dizzyblonde
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    For that price you could definitely buy the two separate - in fact it would probably cost less. I agree with the others, I wouldn't touch a washer/dryer.


  • #5
    Whispered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,772 ✭✭✭✭Whispered


    I have a 2 in 1 and find it brilliant. As other people said, you wont dry nearly as much, but who dries their whole wash anyway? And if you do, shame on you :p


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