Brillaint, brilliant dryer.
5/5
This is the most amazing tumble dryer.
No - I'm not a bot. I don't work for the company. I'm a parent in a house with two young kids and I live in West London. With sports clubs and two working parents, we do one load of drying a day (at least).
I did a lot of research on different tumble dryers. I wanted to change from my old condenser type to a heat pump version due to the (2022) energy crisis.
The things to note are as follows:
1. I was really worried that it wouldn't dry as well as my old tumble dryer because it's heat pump. There was no need to be concerned - it is incredible - literally everything is bone dry and fluffy when it comes out.
2. I was worried about how long it would take. So the cottons programme says when you press "start" it will take 2-3 or so hours. Don't believe it ! A fullish load that's been spun in the washing machine (to 1200 rpm) is done in just over 60 minutes - which is pretty comprable to my old condeser.
3. It is the most energy efficient version I could find on the system. The cottons programme (which takes 9kg - not all of the programmes take the full weight) - uses about 1.24kwh (from what I could tell from the tech specs) - that's about a quarter as much energy as my old condeser machine (which was 4.75kwh) - with the current energy crisis - that is a BIG saving. By current energy crisis - I mean the charge for electricity after the Goverments (Liz Truss) latest price cap/support (i.e. from Oct 2022).
4. I've seen gripes here about the app / online controls. I have linked it online but I don't use the app - can't see the point tbh.
5. Only thing to note - the door comes pre-loaded to open to the right (the door catch is on the left). You can reverse it if you're good at DiY (it took all my technical abilities - I'm an accountant not a handyman and I just about managed to do it but it took me all morning) - so beware.
Other than that - I can only say as a family we think this is a brilliant machine. Yes it's pricey but it will pay for itslelf in just over a year (given we use it at least once a day and current prices).
Dan A