Condenser tumble dryers

Yep there is a drawer where the water collects and so its easy to empty.

Sorry that's as far as my knowledge about them goes as it was a present from our parents!

Yep, we've got one and just empty the water over the green stuff in the garden that doesn't look like weeds ?

They're fab. if you need a tumble dryer, it's well worth the extra to get a condenser one. We've had both types and much prefer our condenser.

We have one and it's really handy. You just empty the water tray every now and again and the fluff filter. We have it in the utility room which isn't a big space and doesn't have a window so it can get pretty warm and condensationy in there if it's on for a long period.

We got one about a year ago, but I haven't heard about a drawer or a fluff filter...

My favourite subject - tumble dryers!!! Life changing gadgets they are!

Yep, condenser dryers have a drawer where the water pools, that you empty periodically, and filters were fluff gathers that you clean regularly, hence you don't need a hose thing emptying into a sink.

They really are time savers. I use my tumble dryer at least twice a day most days.

Things to look for: Big drum and reverse rotation, which cuts ironing down to almost nothing. At least a high and low heat setting.

We have a Hotpoint, it's mid-range and works brilliantly.

I don't know how much exactly they cost to run in energy terms, but my bills are certainly not a great deal higher in terms of usage then pre-tumbler, and even if they were there are a lot of things that would be culled before the tumble dryer went! Hail Tumbler!

Thanks, that's what I was looking for! I don't think I worded my post properly, I know that the ones that don't have a pipe have the water thing but wanted to make sure I'd got the right word. ?

Re the energy - the ones I've been looking for all seem to be a C so that's middle of the road isn't it?

Which one does everyone else have?

I have a fairly cheap (I think) silver beko one which does the job nicely. Has a high or low setting and is very simple to use

Cheap is good!! Although I'm not sure I'm allowed Beko appliances (something to do with a football team and sponsorship). I might be lying though because I think the fridge is Beko?! Yep, I'm completely useless. ?

I don't have a condensor tumble dryer but ours definitely has a reverse tumble setting which as CJB says helps stop creases!

I'm getting v excited now (I really need to get a life) because H's shirts are meant to be non iron but I always have to iron them - if I tumble dry them will this make them non iron?!

If you've got the budget to spend a little more, it will be money worth investing IMO

Look at the energy ratings listed on the machines when you walk round Comets or wherever, and don't be shy to ask the guys on the floor for advice. John Lewis are really good when it comes to staff who know their stuff. Research the machines in the stores, then go home and find the same machine online for less (yeah I know, it stinks when people do that to the stores, so shoot me!)

Our machine has an anti-wrinkle setting so it keeps turning the clothes but cuts the heat off. Also has an alarm so I know when it's done, so I can go and hang everything up straight away.

Also try and get a machine with a warning light for when the drawer is full in case you forget it.

And machines with low, medium and high heat settings are essential IMO as you'll burn some stuff if it just has one setting.

PS. If you want a Which report on any drier, let me know and I'll look it up for you

Not unless they are magic shirts. The girls school shirts from M&S are non iron but I still need to give them a press once they have been tumble dried. I think they get creased in the wash and the tumble dryer helps remove them but not completely.

It works on their school skirts though, so if he has any teflon coated trousers you won't have to iron those anymore ?

That's really kind, thanks.

I've just realised that it's not going to be that easy to find one now because I need to get a slim one because of where it's going. A friend had one years ago but I can't for the life of me see anything that's less than 60 cm depth and I need it to be about 50.

KB3 - it was a nice idea I suppose. I should just be grateful it's not going to take me 3 days to dry sheets and towels.

Aahh, tumble dryers... I can chat for hours about 'em ?!!

I think whether you need to iron things or not actually depends on your level of crease tolerance ?.. I hardly ever iron anything anymore, I find that if I don't overload the tumble dryer and take stuff out more or less immediately it's dry then there's nothing particular that I'd iron - certainly school uniforms get hung up straight away without being ironed (I think KB3's kids might have the neatness edge on mine!).

As for husband's shirts, they are the one thing that we don't tumble.. apparently they, out of everything else we own, might shrink in the dryer, therefore they are hung up on hangers and ironed with the reverence they deserve (not by me, I hasten to add!).

Sounds like your H has the same relationship with his shirts as mine does. However, he has no idea how to use the iron so he'll have to lump it. I'd probably try an old one on it's own first, just in case. ?

In my defence CJB I tend to put the TD on overnight. I don't get in from work until gone 7pm, by the time I've sorted a wash out it's probably gone 9pm, so I bung what I can in the TD and switch it on on my way up to bed. I have to ensure the timing is right otherwise things are damp sometimes which causes even more creases ?

As for the kids, if they carry on the way they have been, they won't even get their clothes washed! The little madams have been scrunching their freshly laundered clothes into the chest of drawers. I've told them time and time again, not to do it. Last chance this weekend otherwsie they can be the ditty smelly kids at school.

Ah yes, I have been exposed to this one.. I've also had my 8 year old take his clean folded clothes and stuff them straight back into the Power Ranger linen basket ?

You have a long day don't you - I get home just after 6 and it's chaos.. thank god for electronic devices!

Clare - let your hubby learn how to iron his own shirts, he'll get a huge sense of satisfaction from gaining a new skill ?