Dryer: Is it worth the moolah?
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 Jan 15 2018, 05:35 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 15 2018, 05:26 PM) What's wrong with combi ? Drying load is normally less than washing capacity. So, if you want to straight dry after wash, you cannot wash full load   People said don't put all eggs in one washing machine..  |
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Jan 15 2018, 05:37 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 15 2018, 05:34 PM) This over a week rain and cloudy day, dryer is a god machine. P. Ramlee said put under mattress. It is ironing also |
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Jan 15 2018, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 15 2018, 05:50 PM) Yup, correct. Yes. If you wash full load and then want to dry it on same size separate dryer, still you cannot put all in. Back to square one.Combi normally got state like 10kg wash and 6kg dryer. Even standalone dryer don't allow full load. I owned a combo electrolux before. The plan is used when it rain. One day when I wanted to use the dryer, it did not work because the blower stuck. This might happened probably because I rarely used it and the probably the suds/humidity jammed it over time (probably corroded - what I was told) Replacement would cost RM500. So, I just used the washer until motor needed another replacement. So, just bought another machine with just wash. So, far I found out rain or sunny, my clothes will still dry, the next dat the most. So, I find almost no need for dryer. If I were to buy, I would buy separate that could be stacked up. |
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Jan 15 2018, 07:53 PM
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QUOTE(MarioKart @ Jan 15 2018, 07:00 PM) Whats the difference?? Condenser type no need to drill ventilation hole. It will use the same water outlet as vapor outlet |
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Jan 16 2018, 08:16 AM
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QUOTE(KarchKiraly @ Jan 16 2018, 01:26 AM) Most people who says dryer sucks here don't even own one at home. Almost everyone who own a dryer keep praising about the benefits of having it at home. Talk about sour grapes... Dryer use more electricity, clothes shrinking, bla.. bla.. bla.. I don't even recall when was the last time I'm using iron to clear out wrinkles from my clothes... My dryer rating is 2.2 kW, using it only 4 times per week, less than 1 hour usage each time... So, per month I am using only 2.2 kW x 4 hours/week x 4 weeks/month = 35.2 kWh/month. Considering I am paying electricity at higher tariff around 33 cents/ kWh... I am paying only about RM12 maximum per month for electricity usage for the dryer. I don't have to iron my clothes, so I'm saving about 2 hours per week x 1 kW electric for the iron... So that's about RM 2.64 worth of electricity saved (at 33 cents / kWh tariff)... Which means effectively I'm using just RM 10 extra per month as compared to other people with similar amount of laundry load. RM 10 per month is definitely worth it for the last 8 years I'd been using the dryer without any problems with the dryer or the much touted problems of clothes shrinkage. If you worry too much about the extra carbon footprint, just hook up your dryer to a 400 Watt solar panel with batteries to store the solar energy. You cannot presumed that people who said dryers suck do not own a house. People who praised the dryers maybe the people who live in an apartment with limited place to dry clothes. Who said the dryers won't shrink the clothes. Even drying clothes under the sun also will shrink the clothes but the dryers will shrink them more. It is even warned on original Levi's jean. Shrinking is common on cotton clothing (100% especially) and not on synthetic fabrics. Depends on dryer function but many new dryers tend to be on permanent press mode. Therefore, synthetic clothing and even 80% cotton will not wrinkle. So, may need no ironing. It is the same thing drying under the sun, if you know how. |
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Jan 16 2018, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 16 2018, 09:32 AM) Cannot blame the dryer but the idiot using. Some have mode call Permanent Press. What is does is actually cooling off the temperature gradually as the dryer approaches end of cycle. This way your clothes will not wrinkle. Same as if you dry under the sun. If you leave it until too dry, it will be wrinkled and hard to straightened up even with ironing. Remove your clothes as soon as it dry with some humidity (Humid, not still wet) Cloth normally come with the label how you can wash, dry and iron. You ignore it, your problem. Dryer have normal and Low temperature mode. Lower temp but longer time will reduce the shrink. |
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Jan 17 2018, 04:36 PM
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QUOTE(sniffsniff @ Jan 17 2018, 09:28 AM) Read carefully what he said. He said 'do not own one at home', NOT 'do not own a home'. Big difference bro. No where was it mentioned about not owning a home.  |
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