Anyone using these two models, can share your feedback please?
1)
Electrolux Venting Dryer
2)
Fisher & Paykel Tumble Dryer - Dryers - Cleaning & Laundry - Home Appliances
can advise how does the air vent work please? Does the exhaust hose link from the front or the back?
Do clothes crease alot, difficult for ironing?
Lastly, how is the electricity consumption per load of full kg on sensor dry? How long would it takes?
Many Thanks!
I am currently using EDV-600. It was the cheapest or second cheapest "random" model then. It's working fairly well... gets the job done.
Looking at the picture of EDV-6051, the two seem to look almost exactly the same lolz.
No idea on the power consumption as I don't install those special monitoring gadgets. I don't remember particularly noticing any jump due to this dryer.
The exhaust can lead both ways. The back "hose" is provided in the box too. For me, I didn't go through the trouble of installing it since the front venting works better for me anyway. If you want the air to blow out through the front, you can just use the dryer right after hanging it up (we just put it on the washing machine with a block of wood as foundation/support/partition). Once you use it, you can feel the air blowing out through the front slits (whose angle is adjustable). The front venting is not really a bother UNLESS you are standing as close as say, 20cm to it. The EDV-600 is also less noisy than the old dryer I had (can't remember which).
If you wash, hang and dry successively (well, you can skip the hanging if you want - just make sure the clothes are not dripping wet), the clothes wouldn't crease abnormally. Personally I think any creasing would come more from the washing and whatever you did after the washing - e.g. if you leave the clothes squashed in a lump for many hours after washing, then it would likely become creased - through no fault of the dryer.
To get rid of creases for already dried clothes, some say you can throw them back into the dryer together with an ice cube then spin it for 10 min or so. I only tried it once and it seemed to work! Of course, you can also spray water on the clothes then iron away the creases manually.
Regardless, you should hang the clothes up after washing or drying as quickly as reasonably possible. This will avoid possible creases from forming.
Depending on what you are spinning and the material of the clothes... it shouldn't take beyond 1~1.5 h max even if you put it in wet - even for bulky blankets. Of course, if this is the first load, it may take longer - or rather, if this is not the first load and the dryer compartment is already hot, you can cut down the spinning time.
Some dryers use the last few minutes to cool off the clothes (my model does) so it is just spinning without heat. What we do it to stop the dryer manually at this point, then switch in the second load - why waste energy cooling the compartment then waste more energy reheating it? We think this saves energy and time.
