Do they take alot longer to dry your clothes ?

What are others opinions on them?

Condensers are fab especially if you cant put a tumble dryer near to a window or any sort of outlet. I have had one for the past 5 years :) Don;t take any longer than a normal tumble dryer either ...just have to remember to empty out the water and fluff

Love mine and to be honest couldn't tell you if it takes longer or not - never really timed it!

so much better than worrying about the hose thingy!

I've got one too - don't use it a lot as I prefer to dry outside or on an airer indoors - but I use it for towels in winter and any emergencies (like daughter forgetting to wash her waitressing uniform until 1 hour before due at work :( :D ) Works fine and doesn't take too long :) Mine's a Bosch

Daisy

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Vented ones are more eco friendly :) although not anywhere near as eco friendly as a washing line ;)

Or as economical! ;) :D

Or as seasonal ;)

I've had the condenser/dryer for about 5 years, its brilliant and you don't get steamed up windows :)

JG ...I prefer a washing line but we dont all have the luxury of a garden that receives any sunlight or wind during the Winter months. My tumble dryer gets used from about October until May or thereabouts :)

You should do what my sister did - she lives in Kent, so she bought a pair of hop poles and had her washing line extremely high up (although it did mean all her neighbours could see her extra large undies :D :D :D

Daisy

I do have very long washing poles :) ..we have a train track next to us with a long line of trees alongside ...we get NO sun and no wind in the back garden in the Winter :(

My sister has a railway line too .......... but no trees :D :D

Daisy

I have a whirly on a very sheltered patio but things do still dry in the winter they just take all day :)  Of course if there is some other reason why you don't want to display your winter draws............:)

I daren't say this but the condenser has to take longer.   The process of sealed condensing has to do just that before it can release the water.  A vented dryer vents the hot moist air which scientifically is a quicker method of water removal.

I do know a lot of people have the condensers for convenience though as you have to sometimes buy what suits.  Condensing drying is also a little more harsh on the clothes because it has to heat the clothes that bit hotter than a normal vented one.

Exactly, more power required therefore more cost to you and the environment, if it is at all possible to vent the dryer it is much better for everyone.

I don't really see a problem with which type one has :) The main thing is to use them as little as possible :D

Daisy

Even better :) but if you must have one have the more environmentally friendly option.

Unless (she says again ) you have nowhere to put a tumble dryer where it has any hope of reaching a window or door to vent it!!

Please people be aware that we don't all live in houses that:

1. Have sunshine and or wind all year around

2. Have large enough kitchens or rooms to allow outside access

3. Have enough radiators to allow drying on them

4. Have enough ceiling space or floor space to allow for an airing rack

:)

Or husbands that don't cover a tumble dryer in sawdust when you position it in the garage, in order to be able to vent it out of the window :D :D :D

Daisy

Garage?? Whassat then? :D :D

> Garage?? Whassat then?

Well, as far as I understand it's sometimes used by some people for putting a car in :D :D Our garage has only, ever, been used as a workshop for OH :( If I'm lucky, I can just squeeze in it, trip over something and lift goodness knows what tools, bits of chairs, bucket loads of sawdust off the freezer to get something out for dinner :D :D :D

Daisy

I have just bought a condenser drier after having a vented one for years - in our new house the drier lives under the stairs with nowhere to vent it. I find that clothes do take longer to dry as they seem to steam dry if that makes sense. I have now gained a nice open south facing garden with sun and wind all day long so thankfully the drier is only used when it rains for days on end or in emergencies, I love pegging out.

Hayley

Yip Mel that is it sometimes we have to buy what suits our needs , and that is why the manufacturer makes these varieties. My parents have one now because of restrictions.  Remember the gas ones where big for a while but they seem to have died a death. Wonder if anyone has one on here.  I can never get my head round people pulling them in and out of cupboards , that would be too much hastle for me. I think nearly every new kitchen has been designed around my dryer. Sad I know but a major requirement. :-)

I use mine all the time , far more than I should but I find it hard to get it in and out dry also. I tend to do a few washes in the evening when I have the time so they dryer has to go to work.

>Remember the gas ones where big for a while but they seem to have died a death.

I have a gas one :) When I went to buy it, there was only one type available but it is very economical and dries a load in half the time of an electric.  It broke down at Christmas (my fault as I had overloaded it :rolleyes:) and I had a hell of a job finding an engineer to fix it but even so, I wouldn't choose to go back to an electric one now.

They do take longer to dry, or, as Hayley said
they 'steam dry' if you empty the water halfway
through the load tries just as quick as the old ones.
and remembering to empty the water and picking
all that fluff out. what a pain :rolleyes::-)

Donna :-)

As for the eco angle, I find that I iron a lot less when using the tumble, that must save energy too! ;-)
Karen

I have a condensor too and love it.  Its a white knight itelidry and turns itself off once the clothes are dry....its brill stops over drying and creases..ive had it for about 6 years and would deffo get another one.

Karen

I have a vented drier and love it - switches off when clothes are dry, less ironing, only use it in the winter, etc. 

My sister has a condenser (she previously had a vented one), but she doesn't like it.  She said that not only do you have to remember to empty the water, but if you forget then the drier can switch off halfway through - so when you go back expecting dry washing, it still needs to be run again.

...and some of us have dogs that steal washing off radiators! :)
Had a miniature poodle that did it all her life, and darned if this SP doesn't do the same!

>Unless (she says again ) you have nowhere to put a tumble dryer where it has any hope of reaching a window or door to vent it!!

Agreed, sometimes venting is impossible although I would mention that a window or door is the lesser option to having a nice neat vent directly through the wall which can also be successfully trunked through from an adjacent wall too :)