"Grunff" wrote in message
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I know this has come up many, many times before; I've spent the last
hour or so reading about it, nut I'm still no closer to an answer.

We will soon be purchasing a tumble-dryer. It will be installed in our
utility/leanto. This is a poorly insulated, unheated room. I have easy
access to an outside wall for venting, and to a drain for condensor
runoff.

I'm trying to decide which to go for. Main argument for venting is that
it seems to make more sense. Evaporate water, blow steam outside, end of
story. It feels right and sensible.

But, a condensing dryer would chuck out lots of heat into the room. This
is very desireable in this situation, since it would warm up the utility
room. My only concern is performance, they seem to get rather mixed
reviews.

So, has anyone experienced both types, of a similar quality? Which one
performed better? By how much?


TIA

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Grunff

I bought a condenser a while back and put it in a small 1m x 1m pantry with
no heating and a crap metal window. It generated loads of condensation.

Knocked pantry down so the dryer is now part of the much larger kitchen and
no condensation problems at all.

The one I have is a Hotpoint ultima. I have to say that the performance is
good. It dries probably faster than the old vented dryer and has a sensor
that stops the process once the clothes are dry enough. Can't say much
about the longevity as it's still only 2 years old.