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Heat pump Vs vented dryer

  • 27-12-2017 10:20AM
    #1
    hairyslug
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    We have a vented dryer at the moment, it decided to crap out as soon as we sold our perfectly good, newer condenser (vented one was a present from someone moving house)

    Anyway. Looking for recommendations for a dryer, preferably vented and can someone tell me if the heat pump or vented is better.


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  • #2
    OU812
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    Replaced a condenser with a vented earlier this year (candy 9kg model). Clothes seem to dry faster. Much happier with it


  • #3
    Tails142
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    hairyslug wrote: »
    We have a vented dryer at the moment, it decided to crap out as soon as we sold our perfectly good, newer condenser (vented one was a present from someone moving house)

    Anyway. Looking for recommendations for a dryer, preferably vented and can someone tell me if the heat pump or vented is better.

    Heat pump are more efficient, I'd expect they're more expensive, we got one for 600 a couple of years ago. You can see by looking they are higher energy rating, e.g. A++, so cheaper to run. Less of a fire risk with heat pump too which is something to consider.


  • #4
    hairyslug
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    Tails142 wrote: »
    Heat pump are more efficient, I'd expect they're more expensive, we got one for 600 a couple of years ago. You can see by looking they are higher energy rating, e.g. A++, so cheaper to run. Less of a fire risk with heat pump too which is something to consider.

    Thanks, did you find they dried the clothes just as fast as a regular vented


  • #5
    DublinDilbert
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    hairyslug wrote: »
    Thanks, did you find they dried the clothes just as fast as a regular vented

    No they will take a much longer, they operate at a much lower temperature.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    We Got a Bosch Heat Pump dryer today, highly impressed, took about 2 hrs for a full load and consumes about 500-600 watts, about half or less than a normal condenser / Vented dryer, It includes a pipe to connect to the waste so you don't have to empty the drawer. :-)


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  • #7
    deandean
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    I have a rare animal which is a gas-fired vented tumble dryer. Very few of them around. It works really well, it has an automatic dryness sensor, it is fast, and cheap to run. And completely reliable 9 years later. Happy days! as long as you have mains gas into your house of course.


  • #8
    DublinDilbert
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    We Got a Bosch Heat Pump dryer today, highly impressed, took about 2 hrs for a full load and consumes about 500-600 watts, about half or less than a normal condenser / Vented dryer, It includes a pipe to connect to the waste so you don't have to empty the drawer. :-)

    Which model have you got? I have not been overly impressed with new Bosch heat pump dryer.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    It's the WTH83000GB, THE BOSCH manuals are crap but I read that the Humidity sensor can be adjusted for those complaining of clothes not completely dry but that could be because they're not using the correct program.


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