We are going to get a condenser dryer of some sort.
Very, very unlikely to get Hotpoint, but looking at others, I am utterly perplexed by the efficiency ratings/electricity consumption.
The figures below, other than cycles per year, are as listed on John Lewis site. Oddities:
The kWh per cycle for the Bosch is lower than the Miele - but it only gets A+ rather than A++. (The Miele is also only 7kg load.)
The Panasonic uses 176 kWh/year despite using only about half the kWh per cycle of the Miele.
Eventually I tabulated it and back-calculated the number of cycles implied by the kWh/cycle and kWh/year figures for each. They vary from
116 to 204. What sort of comparison is actually going on?(Well aware there are numerous other models. I just took the first listed model for a number of manufacturers within my selection criteria.)
John Lewis JLTDH20 Load (kg) 8 Rating A+ kWh/cycle 2.65 kWh/year 318 cycles per year 120 Bosch WTH83000GB Load (kg) 8 Rating A+ kWh/cycle 1.65 kWh/year 270 cycles per year 163.6 Zanussi ZDH8333PZ Load (kg) 8 Rating A+ kWh/cycle 2.65 kWh/year 308 cycles per year 116.2 Panasonic NR-P8ER1WGB Load (kg) 8 Rating A+++ kWh/cycle 0.86 kWh/year 176 cycles per year 204.6 Miele TKB140WP Load (kg) 7 Rating A++ kWh/cycle 1.73 kWh/year 211 cycles per year 121.9
Finally, which one would you buy? Virtually all get quite a number of pretty critical reviews as you look around the web. Perhaps the best rated is Miele, overall, but at some cost (even allowing for a £100 cashback and an extra 3 years of warranty thrown in).
I will be installing it! When I work out how the unit we eventually get attaches to a drain...