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Hi
I may need to replace my tumble dryer, and I need to choose between a vented and a consenser machine. Consensers seem about £100 more expensive and use a bit more electricity, but I don’t have to knock a hole in the wall and run a fat pipe out. Everything else (features, load weight etc) appears the same.
But, will (say) a Miele vented machine dry faster or better than its consensor equivalent? ie. are condensers inherently inefficient, or have I covered the main differences above?
All opinions welcome – many thanks.
SimonRe: Vented vs consenser tumble dryers
there is not much difference, apart from as you said, no hole in the wall, just a bottle to empty.
If you had an airvented, you can buy a condensor box, which is just a plastic tub which the hose fits onto and empty that when it needs. But you will probably get quite a bit of fluff!
or you could put the pipe out of the window!! 😉
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kandl-appliancerepair wrote:
If you had an airvented, you can buy a condensor box, which is just a plastic tub which the hose fits onto and empty that when it needs. But you will probably get quite a bit of fluff 😉which dont work and are a waste of time and money
Jack
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I could be wrong here and, things may have changed, but I seem to recall reading that a condensor dryer was less efficient than a vented one.
K.
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No contest.
Vented every time.
More efficient and quicker.
Not according to the November issue of Which? magazine – the most energy efficient dryer they tested was a John Lewis JLTDC01.
“This A-rated condenser dryer is one of the best we’ve tested. It’s considerably more energy efficient than any other dryer on test, dries swiftly and evenly…”
Comes with a 3 year guarantee as well.
Ian
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It would be interesting to know what make that dryer actually is. Why didn’t Which test that instead, or perhaps they have and decided it isn’t as good as itself. 😛 😥
For reasons I will not go into here, I have a very jaundiced view of Which reports, a large pinch of salt is often required. 😉
kwatt wrote:It’s an AEG heat pump dryer, so neither of the examples given.
K.
Thanks Ken, so its not a condensor dryer in the true sense of the word and will no doubt be more expensive than either of the other two options.
Jim.
EDIT, Yep £499 from John Lewis 😯 a lot of money for a Zanussi.
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Vented, vented, vented, everytime!
Quicker, cheaper, less maintainance, and far more realiable 😀
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I wonder if Ken has already done the calculations, at a cost of £499 how many years of ‘average’ use would you need to do before it actually showed a saving against a decent £200 vented dryer or a good quality £250/£300 condensor dryer. I’m guessing 10 to 15 years. 😥
Jim.
I haven’t, no. But I would expect it to come out around that TBH in terms of cost.
In terms of environmental footprint, well that’s an unknown, but I’d expect more components which introduces more points of failure. Also bear in mind that it is new technology and unproven as far as we’re concerned.
K.
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