New Electric Clothes Dryer, which one?

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Due to the location of our dryer, the vent went out onto the deck right by the back door, resulting in an ice slick in the winter. We ended up getting a heat pump dryer to eliminate the vent which works well enough and is gentler on clothes as it runs cooler. On the down sides it takes a long time to dry and every year or so I have to disassemble it completely to clean it, since despite multiple lint traps, lint still gets through and collects on the face of the cold side heat exchanger (which condenses liquid out of the airflow), resulting in a slow choking off of flow, making it take ever longer to dry. It's supposed to be more efficient than a traditional dryer, but without constant cleaning, I'm not too sure.

I'd only really recommend a heat pump dryer on 2 conditions, if you really wanted to eliminate the dryer vent and if you're comfortable disassembling it to clean it out on a yearly basis.

My only other data point was some 10 years ago we bought a cheap GE high efficiency washer/dryer combo and the washer was utter crap, dying in 2-3 years, the dryer was better, but I'll never buy a GE appliance again.

ddavidv said:

The reason I chose it was it still has a rotary knob; no circuit board to fail.

Everybody says this, but I clearly recall my father cussing up a streak while repairing / rebuilding the contact panels behind the rotary knobs on my parents' '70s-tastic harvest gold washer and dryer. And he did electronic repair as a side gig.

John Welsh said:

logdog (Forum Supporter) said:

Sure this thread was bumped by a canoe, but the real question is how is the tape holding up 3+ years later?

All is good and still running on the first application of tape!

Thread revived by canoe but still working fine, 4.5 years later on the original application of tape! 

20 years into my Bosch ownership and the dryer has been faultless. The washer also but that wasn't part of the question. I did replace the dampers on the washer drum just to tame some of the shake.

But, nothing compares to a tape based fix!