Just the same as with washing machines, this is one of the most common questions that repairers get asked; what we’d recommend and that’s more true of the independent repairers than any others because they’ve no real skin in the game as it were as they often don’t sell them or make anythi…
Category: Tumble Dryer Buying Guides
Do you know which tumble dryer is best for your needs? Which one saves the most energy or if it is worth the extra investment to buy a low energy use tumble dryer? Is a heat pump tumble dryer worth the money?
In this section you will find impartial tumble dryer buying advice and help written by the engineers that repair them to help you buy a good tumble dryer that fits your needs.
Heat Pump Dryers Part II
A number of years ago we published an article asking if heat pump dryers were worth the extra costs, it was almost eight years ago in fact and the bottom line is that we said that, for most people, most of the time, they probably weren’t. Eight years on has that changed? The short answer is not…
How Much Should A Tumble Dryer Cost
All the hullabaloo over tumble dryer safety and the subsequent comments that we’ve made got us to thinking more about tumble dryers and the value of them. We started to think on what we’d done previously in an article called How Much Should A Washing Machine Really Cost and so, here we are ba…
Tumble Dryer Load Capacities
Tumble Dryer Drum Sizes Should you care about the rated capacity or not? As with washing machines almost invariably all you will see the it comes to load capacity on a tumble dryer is the old kilogram rating which, in our opinion at least, isn’t really all that much use to most people…
Are Heat Pump Dryers Worth It?
Heat Pump Tumble Dryers Are they any good or is it a waste of money, we look in depth at heat pump dryers The latest fad in tumble dryers and, we don’t see it changing anytime soon, is what are known as heat pump tumble dryers which is a term that most people are probably not…
Tumble Dryer Installation Requirements
Dryer Installation Requirements Installing your tumble dryer correctly and in the right place is essential for safety Most people think that you can install a tumble dryer just about anywhere, much as is thought about most appliances but sadly this isn’t the case and you have t…
Tumble Dryer Buying Guide
Dryer Buying Advice Our guide to things to think about when shopping for a new tumble dryer For the most part tumble dryers are desperately simple devices, you have some thermostats, a heater, a drum, a motor, a timer and some other bits and bobs to make it all hang together. B…