"Lobster" wrote:
Ours has conked out again and we've decided this time it needs replacing
(preferably before the laundry bin is full again!)

Can anyone point me at a decent, unbiased "Which?"-type site where I can
read reviews to help me decide which model to go for? All those I've
found through google so far seem very much dealer-led.

Right now we haven't even decided between condensing and vented - from
reading around this it's not clear to me which, if any, is the more
economical to run? Given that I already have a ventilation hole through
the wall, is there any justification for a condensing model?

Then maybe I should be thinking about a gas one - how much cheaper are the
running costs (given that presumably they need CORGI'ing every year for
safety?

Thanks
David

(who probably has about 48 hours to hum and ha over this before he's told
to get his arse out to Comet and not to come back without a new drier...)

As you can have a vented I drier I would go for that because condensing
driers cost more to make and I get the impression that they cost more to
run. Also, with a vented all you have to do is clean the filter, but with a
condenser you have to clean the filter, empty the water tank and clean the
condenser. Cleaning the condenser is a bugger and unless the condenser is
kept clean then the washing takes longer and longer to dry as the condenser
blocks up with dried on fluff. So, my advice is to get a basic White Knight
vented or similar. I don't know about gas models.