Fast Quiet Heat Pump Dryer

CalmLemons on 22/07/2024 - 23:30

Been using ventilated dryers for 10 years and they've done the job but are quite noisy and new reno means we might not opt to have ventilation fan in the laundry due to access.

The only reason why we have gone so long with one is because it is fast vs what I've seen with condenser driers.

Most cycles only take about an hour.

How is everyones experience with their heat pump dryer and how long do the cycles take for a full load?

I'm looking at haier, fisher and paykal or bosch, maybe samsung also

Any tips or recommendations to avoid?

Home & Garden Clothes Dryer Heat Pump Dryer

Comments

  • freefall101 on 22/07/2024 - 23:41
    +2

    My esatto one takes about an hour and a half max, and it's as cheap as dirt.

    Personally I haven't understood how people have theirs take hours, unless they cram their washer then dryer as full as possible.

    • Kaz0551 on 23/07/2024 - 07:18

      Two sets of sheets in my dryer takes 8 hours or so :(

      • iDroid on 23/07/2024 - 09:55
        +3

        Whoa - You'd think just tumbling them in room air for that long would dry them.

        This sounds terrible.

      • soan papdi on 23/07/2024 - 10:52

        What heat pump is this?

  • mboy on 23/07/2024 - 00:09
    +2

    LG Heat Pump Dryer takes about 2 hours on average for a full load.

  • jackary on 23/07/2024 - 02:47

    Our Bosch heat pump is really variable. Now it’s colder, I’m finding our dryer takes 1/2hr-45min longer than it does in the warmer months. Around 3.5 hours for an 8kg load at the moment.

    Even in the warmer months, it’s going to take longer to dry your clothes with a heat pump than a regular vented dryer. I think you need to be realistic and accept this :)

  • iamjase on 23/07/2024 - 06:30

    Happy with my Aldi purchase last week - the stirling 8kg heat pump dryer for only $599

  • Bignudge on 23/07/2024 - 09:19

    I got a Hisense heat pump (idk how many KG rated) takes around a 2.5 hours with a full load.

    Of course lighter fabrics dry faster, thick jackets take longer. It's real efficient though, I love it.

  • barge-in hunter on 23/07/2024 - 09:24

    Bosch series 6 owner here - takes longer than vented. A full 9/10kg load straight from the machine can take 3-4 hours at worst, but smaller loads take a lot less. Seems exponential if that makes sense

    But, we rarely used our old vented one because it used so much energy. We don’t feel guilty putting this on from wet, where the old one we would half dry the clothes on airers first

    • Deebo Baggins on 23/07/2024 - 14:38
      +1

      If it is exponential you could save time by drying in batches.

  • teacherer on 23/07/2024 - 09:49

    Bosch takes 3.5 hours :/

  • Ynk on 23/07/2024 - 10:29

    If you really need speed you can get a condenser dryer which will give you the benefits of not increasing the humidity levels at the cost of no power consumption reduction. Unfortunately heat pump dryers while awesome for power savings do take significantly longer. My Miele takes about 2.5hrs on a full load, 2hrs for a light load (about double what I replaced it with)

  • CalmLemons on 23/07/2024 - 11:59

    Yeah that all seems really hard as we can go through two loads a day and something always needs to be rush dried. I might make room for 2 dryers and a washing then.

    • jackary on 23/07/2024 - 12:13

      Hybrid heat pump dryers exist. So you can have an energy efficient heat pump when you can wait, and a regular old dryer when you need something ASAP. Do a bit of googling, a friend of mine has a Beko which he loves but haven’t used one personally myself.

      Edit: Here you go

      • CalmLemons on 23/07/2024 - 21:25

        Thanks saw that before, never really heard of beko but their after support and warranty seems ultra lack lustre.

        • jackary on 24/07/2024 - 17:17

          I’d gently suggest you are misguided in your opinions on Beko, they’re EU made machines, have 5 year warranties (longer than the competition) and seem to be very competitively priced (a European machine for Chinese money) - I haven’t heard any horror stories. What am I missing?

          In any case I’m sure other companies make them, buy a Samsung, do your thing 🤷‍♂️

  • mrmc on 23/07/2024 - 12:16

    3hrs regardless of full load or half load idk whats going on

  • Wiadro on 24/07/2024 - 06:41
    +2

    3 clothes horses and some sun take 2 hours and cost ZERO

    • CalmLemons on 24/07/2024 - 09:34
      +1

      I agree, I would love this too. But when you go to work during the day and it rains….

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