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  • January 24, 2007 at 6:13 pm #24459
    maca52
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    hi guys thinking of buying one of these for the misses what do you think any good are the worth the money any problems with them thanks maca

    January 24, 2007 at 9:59 pm #202180
    Penguin45
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    Re: hotpoint ctd85 dryer

    Better have a read of this:
    http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … ight=ctd85

    Penguin45.

    January 24, 2007 at 11:27 pm #202181
    iadom
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    Re: hotpoint ctd85 dryer

    maca52 wrote: any problems with them

    None, apart from belt, thermostats, seals, drum bearings, float switches etc, etc, it pains me to say this as an ex Hotpoint engineer but there are far better quality dryers out there for not much more than you will pay for this. 😥

    Jim.

    January 24, 2007 at 11:40 pm #202182
    helo_75
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    Re: hotpoint ctd85 dryer

    then theres the fans, capacitor, motor conversion, jockey pulleys.. even the cabinets are crap, vibrating, not fitting right, warped condensers, blocked drains… the list is endless

    would be easy to list the good things about these dryers

    ill start with

    erm…
    erm…
    ahem,
    erm

    is there ANYTHING that lasts on these dryers?

    January 25, 2007 at 12:50 am #202183
    Penguin45
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    Re: hotpoint ctd85 dryer

    I’m afraid it’s cost engineering at its worst. The Indesit Company has taken the traditional Creda/Hotpoint dryers of recent years and re-engineered them down and down in order to reduce costs. They were never the greatest machines, but they have now gone from “simple and adequate” to “complex and unreliable”. Almost all the problems can be brought back to the products now being built on a plastic chassis, which has little rigidity. Everything shakes and rattles, ultimately working loose or dropping out of alignment.

    Zanussi and Whirlpool are better. The mid price range Bosch driers are excellent, Miele is the business, but you pay. If budget really is a problem you should consider the White Knight machines. Pretty simple in most regards, but won’t have a particularly long life.

    Penguin45.

    January 25, 2007 at 9:33 pm #202184
    helo_75
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    Re: hotpoint ctd85 dryer

    bet u wished ud never asked now huh

    regards,

    helo

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