Consider a heat pump dryer. They use way less energy and make the house much less humid by condensing the water for drainage. It is a much more efficient system and saves money over the fairly short term.
I am shocked at how good my heat pump dryer is. It gets surprisingly hot, but not so hot that it’s harmful to the clothes. It dries like a charm. It also means I’m not pumping my expensive heated indoor air out of the vent all winter long, either, saving even MORE energy. Downside, it also uses a lot more technology, and the way they design technology nowadays, it’s probably got a counter inside it designed to intentionally self-destruct the moment they stop selling repair parts for it.
Who am I kidding though, they probably don’t sell repair parts for it at all, it’s just a countdown timer for when their financial projections require me to buy my next heat pump dryer.
Lol, true, the planned obsolescence is real. That said, I use Choice, a consumer advocacy group in Australia. They do reviews of products independent of the organisations they are reviewing. They get their funding from member subscriptions, not deals with manufacturers, so their financial interests are well aligned. They reviewed my washer and dryer and said they were the quietest and close to the most energy efficient available. If they die in a few years I will have made the difference up in electricity usage savings and not going mad from the noise, so it seems like a good deal.
Consider a heat pump dryer. They use way less energy and make the house much less humid by condensing the water for drainage. It is a much more efficient system and saves money over the fairly short term.
I am shocked at how good my heat pump dryer is. It gets surprisingly hot, but not so hot that it’s harmful to the clothes. It dries like a charm. It also means I’m not pumping my expensive heated indoor air out of the vent all winter long, either, saving even MORE energy. Downside, it also uses a lot more technology, and the way they design technology nowadays, it’s probably got a counter inside it designed to intentionally self-destruct the moment they stop selling repair parts for it.
Who am I kidding though, they probably don’t sell repair parts for it at all, it’s just a countdown timer for when their financial projections require me to buy my next heat pump dryer.
Lol, true, the planned obsolescence is real. That said, I use Choice, a consumer advocacy group in Australia. They do reviews of products independent of the organisations they are reviewing. They get their funding from member subscriptions, not deals with manufacturers, so their financial interests are well aligned. They reviewed my washer and dryer and said they were the quietest and close to the most energy efficient available. If they die in a few years I will have made the difference up in electricity usage savings and not going mad from the noise, so it seems like a good deal.