ISE CD60W Tumble Dryer

I’m going to buy a tumble dryer as we now have 2 children and do at least one load every day, regular drying clothes in the attic room during winter is creating too much damp.

I am impressed with the ISE concept and the 10 year guarantee makes it good value for money in the long term.

My other preferred options would be Miele or Bosch. The best guarantee I can find on these is 2 years without paying for extended warranty and then its only 5 years.

I have looked around for reviews on the ISE dryer and found very little opinion except ‘Which?’ had reviewed it, however they criticised it for:

being ‘very noisy’ (it will have to go in the cellar under our lounge so don’t want much noise transfer). (The ISE brochure says 69dBA which is hardly back ground noise in my experience, Bosch don’t seem to use SI units on their website but prefer incomparable descriptions such as ‘very quiet’, Miele say nothing on theirs.)

and not being particularly efficient at collecting water specifically ’30{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the water from your washing never makes it to the reservoir’ (Again i don’t want to swap damp washing in the bedroom for a damp cellar)

I would value your engineering opinions on these particular points as they are deal breakers at the moment.

Any other recommendations other than ISE?

I can vent rather than condense. I looked at the Bosch WTV74307GB Exxcel Vented dryer which is only £300 (and a Which best buy). I read your article on dryers and the engineering seems simpler on vented so presumably should be reflected in the price. The next range up of Logixx vented dryer is too big.

Miele seem very reliable although the out of guarrantee costs put me off

Thanks, keep up the good work!