Bought a new heat pump drier, 3 hours still not fully dried.

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#3011950 19-Dec-2022 12:14

I got an 8kg LG heat pump dryer in the November sales. Many reviews complained of clothes coming out wet after endlessly long loads and sheets tying themselves into wet balls. My experience has been great. On 'normal' dry, clothes come out initially feeling slightly damp but are genuinely dry after 30 minutes in the washing basket. On 'Extra' dry they feel completely dry immediately. Sheets can ball up a little bit but still get fully dry.

The lower energy consumption is highly noticeable. Not long after we got it I did 7 loads in 30 hours (gastro bug hit the whole family). I barely noticed an increase in power usage on that day - maybe $1.50 more than the average for the week.

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#3011967 19-Dec-2022 13:30

timbosan:

I have a Samsung Heatpump dryer, 2 months old, model DV90T8440SB, (and just got the matching 12kg washer, to be installed tomorrow).

I have found the dryer to be fantastic, it dries towels from wet (either from the machine, or from the washing line with all the rain we are having!), in around 2 hours (on the AI setting). I have also tried dying other items (t-shirts, etc.) and even used the Hygiene feature all work well (except the Hygiene feature gets things HOT, but in hindsight that's probably to be expected). Biggest load I have done is 6 towels as that's what my old washing machine always took.

I can easily fill the water tank in 2 loads (the machine isn't plumbed in).

FYI I also use Smartthings, and the machine and dryer can be linked in the app, so the washing machine tells the dryer the correct cycle based on what was washed. I can also set a timer in the app so start the dryer at 9pm, which is my Hour Of Free Power. Even cooler is that when a load has finished I get a message pop up on my TV :-)

+1 for the newer Samsung ones. I have a DV80T5420AW and it got a major workout this last winter and we didn't see any spike in power usage. I wouldn't say it's perfect as if it's packed too full it sometimes does need some additional time to get the cloths bone dry. Best features IMO are the push notifications and the wrinkle protection

Tip, there's a special menu where you can disable the annoying Samsung jingle that plays when the washing comes to an end.

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#3012055 19-Dec-2022 15:45

insane:

Tip, there's a special menu where you can disable the annoying Samsung jingle that plays when the washing comes to an end.

☹️ that's the best part 😀

Even the neighbours know when our washing is finished.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3012643 21-Dec-2022 09:11

insane:

+1 for the newer Samsung ones. I have a DV80T5420AW and it got a major workout this last winter and we didn't see any spike in power usage. I wouldn't say it's perfect as if it's packed too full it sometimes does need some additional time to get the cloths bone dry. Best features IMO are the push notifications and the wrinkle protection

Tip, there's a special menu where you can disable the annoying Samsung jingle that plays when the washing comes to an end.

As I mentioned earlier I have a Midea heat pump drier which is advertised as using 800W. A load of towels/bed linen 8kg takes about 2 hours. So using my offpeak EV rate of about 15c/unit a load will cost about 15x2 hours x 0.8kW so 48 cents so it's unlikely to be noticeable on my bill.

And here is a slighly unscientific video on a comparison between condensor and heat pump driers

https://youtu.be/61kmLsq51VU

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