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Re: drying time of a combo, how much worse?
Penguin45 wrote:Iadom, Hotpnt and myself have all basically told you the same thing and we’re all professional repairers with years and years of experience. If you want to be told that they’re wondeful and efficient, I suggest you pop into your electrical retailers and have a chat with the sales staff.
Penguin45.
No, not at all. In fact I had mentioned that I found your words very helpful and especially the point that in case of any problem you get fault status and wait… I was just wondering about the drum sizes and drying times. Anyway, thanks a lot
Re: drying time of a combo, how much worse?
Penguin45 wrote:
The basic problem is that the drum is too small to get the clothes to fly through the airflow properly.Thanks p45, hotpnt. The “digitally controlled / leave you with nothing” point was very interesting. I will check again my options.
But regarding the drying efficiency due to small drum size I am not fully convinced. Does not a 8/5 combo has a big enough drum for a descent 4kg wash+dry load ? How smaller is a 8/5 combo drum compared to a standalone 6kg dryer?
Thank you.
Re: drying time of a combo, how much worse?
iadom wrote:The simple answer is don’t buy a washer dryer full stop.
Useful article HERE
If you think you need a bigger load size then read THIS and think again.
Not sure of the exact figure but it was reported that the average wash load size throughout the whole of the UK was below 3.kg.
Mind you, as you seem to be posting from Greece, do you really need a dryer at all. 😉
Jim.
Thanks Jim. If I didn’t have lack of space, of course I wouldn’t think about a combo.
I know these articles, but I also see that quite a lot of people like these machines and there are also opinions saying that although no doubt are less reliable, the failure rate is not that bigger compared to those of similar price standalone washer plus standalone dryer (http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/buying-advice-9.html).
Re drum size , the only reason that i like the idea of a 8kg is to be able to wash blankets and duvets.
And of course because with the 8kg wash /5kg dry combo the problem of “you must dry half of the washing load” is not a problem anymore with a typical 4kg load.About the need of a dryer, it will not be used continuously, the weather here in Greece helps but I know that a dryer can help freeing time by less ironing. So occasionally will free time( that can be used to go out and enjoy the good weather) 8)
Anyway, the question was about the drying time of such machine compared to standalone CONDENSING dryer. Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks
