Thank you sir. I know it took quite an effort to perform the test. Calculate the average co sumption and total KWh. You rock man . Thank you. This video surely would be helpful to a lot of people.
5 years on and still a very useful video! Thank you for such an informative explanation. I live in Australia but was originally from London, so had a great laugh when you said your laptop might get stolen! Thanks again.
Thanks for the test. I just discovered these heat pump dryers, and am seriously thinking of getting one. One big consideration for me as a Canadian is the hole in the side of my house to let the dryer vent outside. The laundry room is the coldest room in the house, and no matter what kind of outside vent cover you try, in the end you can't get past the fact that you have a 6 inch hole in the exterior wall letting in some -20C air. Even if this dryer is a little slower, the electricity savings and being able to seal that vent hole will help reduce my carbon footprint.
Important to note that heat pump dryers specify a minimum and maximum ambient temperature. Some state 10C as the lowest temperature a room can be, which can be a problem in winter if the dryer is not in a heated room. Make sure you check the specifications.
@@rikmoran3963 LOL, if any room in our house reached 10C, my wife would probably kill me. I should be fine with that requirement. The biggest problems from her point of view would be the apparently smaller load sizes and longer drying times.
The most bizarre videos are actually the most educational! Thank you, I've just swamped my old vented unit for a heat pump, more expensive to purchase, but a huge amount more economical to run.
I was honestly looking at doing this test for myself as I was having trouble believing the hype too. We need to upgrade our washer and dryer and now I will definitely go with heat pump dryer. Thanks heaps for a great vid.
We got the Blomberg pair 3 years ago. They are the 24” size, and the washer with its high speed 1600 rpm spin complements the heat pump dryer very well. The ventless dryer is also nice in our building, which has issues with its dryer vent system.
What a great video! This video is the reason I finally chose to buy a heat pump dryer. At first I thought the consumption difference is not that significant. I hope you can mage more videos comparing different appliances.
I know this is an old post but this has become price relevant now where I live in Canada as ventless dryers are very close in price to vented ones now. Thanks for your hard work.
Bought a heat pump dryer 18 months ago, just scrapped it because they are impossible to service. The condensers are totally inaccessible , you have to strip the entire machine to get to them, which includes removing the drum. As they become clogged with dust they take longer and longer to run, to a point where just leave everything smelling damp. They are an ok concept but they way they have been designed seems to be the same between all manufacturers. Ive gone back to a traditional condenser. It uses 3 times the power but dries clothes three times quicker, and they come out nice and warm, so if they are folded when warm saves a fortune on ironing.
Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome. Boy genius. Very well explained. I couldn't find this explanation--simply put anywhere else. Great teachers are hard to find. Grade: A++💥
This is uncanny, I've been looking this morning at if I can save money by switching from a vented dryer to a heat pump dryer (and how I ended up on this video). Not only was I looking at the 8KG version of the heat pump dryer you tested, my vented dryer is the exact model of the vented dryer you tested!
What is worth a mention is this; Conventional dryer blows hot air damp air out of the house so most of the heat is wasted. This type of dryer uses a lot less energy and the heat that is generated is within the house, hence it warms your house in the winter. So you not only drying your clothes you supplementing the central heating :-) A++ for general efficiency , A++++++++ as it is warming your home and not just the outside.
gonna buy one soon.. has been using 2x dehumidifier to dry clothes sadly my room got converted into a dryer room lol 😂 because it takes 2 days to hang/drying clothes:)
great video mate. Im tempted to get a heat pump dryer but my vented is still going strong so hardly worth getting one as i wouldnt be saving money with the initial price of one.
Excellent test with some nice logging of data. Accuracy could have been improved even further by weighing the dried towels to make sure that they finished at exactly the same dryness (weight), but a 3:1 difference in total energy consumption is impressive.
@@MAXAREUOS why, its been well over a year and we use it everyday, even through the summer months, one because I'm lazy and 2 because it's so cheap to run
Other advantages: 1. Here in New Hampshire blocking the vent pipe with insulation and sealing it has made the laundry room significantly warmer in winter even when not using the dryer. 2. Residual heat the dryer does generate warms the house instead of the outside (the idiocy of venting hot moist air from a heated dry home!) 3. In summer, the outside line is almost as quick as the dryer anyway, so we can avoid AC battles with the heat pump. 4. Save the collected water to wash your windows! I discovered the distilled water doesn't spot the windows if you use it to rinse.
@Mark Stewger The water in the clothes is vaporized, and then condensed, so it is mineral free. It is not medically pure, but that is the method of distilling water, Mark.
Thank you, we're off grid solar and wind, power forklift batteries and have been looking for a way to power a dryer offgrid and not wipe out my batteries or worry about doing when sun shine or good wind.
I just bought a heat pump dryer. Put 12 towels in and they were dry in 1.5hrs. My old dryer took just under an hour but only fit 7 towels in it. I’m also impressed how warm the clothes come out of the heat pump dryer.
Thank you so much fot that test what no-one do. Very helpful wideo. I use a the same model indesit for 13 years and about twice a day use every day, but now is broken down. And thing with one to buying.
Great vid. What's the current measurement and meter setup? (Clamp meter? Direct 10amp live measurement? Etc) And what meter is it?... looks like a UNIT?
I got my beko heat pump dryer last week and im so impressed already with it. Quiet, efficient and actually seems to dry well despite hardly any heat being expelled from the machine , like my old one would do.
Just picked up a 9kg beko heat pump from currys for £330. Just used it and took just over an hour to dry 2 duvets and 2 bed sheets. Pretty impressed with that.
You forgot to calculate the amount of conditioned air being sucked out of the room with the vented dryer. When you run a vented dryer all the air being sucked out of the dryer is replaced by outside unconditioned air. How much extra does it cost to heat or cool the outside air replacing the air being vented out of the dryer?
@@beetleything1864 Yes, I understood that and saw that in the video. You may be missing the point. I'm sure he doesn't normally dry his laundry outside in the UK where he's worried about someone steeling his tumble dryer and laptop. Apples to apples comparison would calculate the effect of one machine replacing the other in the same space.
@@paulholstein9448 It's a good point but in my imagination I would guess it would not make much difference because the vented unit would use less energy in the heated house, which would then be compensated for by having to heat the stolen energy from the house heat, but on top of that he did state that the temps were the same inside and outside of the house.
@@mikester1290 It's super benefitcial in the winter when you want to heat your home and maybe even better in the summer because the vented clothes dryer sucks in warm air in the summer.
@@icenbryse5190 not really but whatever - i bought a Heat Pump - so i get it - it's more expensive but better on energy used and doesn't suck air from your home and blow it outside with the added plus that it's easier / less harsh on your clothes..... que sera
I need to say this video have helped me to decide what to buy, you can see a big difference in the consumption, thank you very much for this precious video, some times is better to spend a little bit more money but in long term you will see results
The question you have to ask yourself is how long it will take you to save the amount of cash that the newer heat pump t/d will cost you over and above the cost of the condenser/vented t/d - I'm facing the same dilemma, but looking at it financially - a decent condenser dryer will cost me £299 whereas a heat pump dryer will cost me £550 or more. Yes I am going to save electricity, but am I going to save enough on my electricity bill to cover the extra outlay for the more expensive machine - some websites I've looked at suggest it will take up to 9 years to make the savings real and to notice real savings in your electricity bill - by which time the more expensive machine (both of them more than likely) will probably be on the scrap heap.
I brought a heat pump dryer but it was totally unsuitable for my needs. I never really use a dryer to dry clothes straight from the washing machine. And never a full load.I use it to finish off the drying or to quickly dry a single item. The time this takes would be around 10-15 mins in a vented traditional dryer. The heat pump takes far too long. I’ve tried drying 1 king size fitted sheet .. still not dry after 40 mins may as well stick it over a radiator. It’s like watching paint dry. Waste of money.
@@bluechang08 You got to figure out the R134a gas leakage(bound to happen over a decade in a polluted environment) fixing cost to the additional upfront cost paid for the heat pump compressor dryer
A real world test just in time for my purchase of a new dryer ! It probibly not significant but what was the humidity for the Bosh test and will high humidity effect its run times . Im not see much information on heat pump dryers so thanks you for your helpfull video .
Another advantage is that it doesn't blow conditioned air outside, which then pulls unconditioned air into the house, which then has to be heated or cooled. Best to install vented dryers in unconditioned spaces or open a laundry room window.
Great video....did the math .... it would take me 3.5 years just to break even seeing as these type of dryers are very expensive compared to a regular dryer
The other thing to consider is its ventless. You are no longer pumping out your conditions house air out the vent. Its like you no longer have to crack a window every time you do laundry.
Heat pump dryers (aka "ventless") are limited to smaller capacity compared to their 'lektric and gas brethren. One hopes they standardize on the 27-in width in addition to the 24-in width, which will provide room for a larger drum.
3 march 2024, I have just opened up an AEG lavatherm heat pump dryer ( neighbour's ) found a broken belt, AND everything is covered in fluff, even into the electric motor windings-as it is not covered nor a sealed unit,, ON THIS ALONE- I would only buy a vented dryer, to avoid any house fire, recommend staying with clothes racks
Thank you for this excellent video... I bought an electricity consumption meter to measure my current conventional condenser tumble dryer in order to figure out if it is worth it to replace it with heat pump dryer... So far, in six months, my conventional condenser tumble dryer was on for about 432 hours and has consumed 563kWh. That translates to drying roughly 4285 of your towels in that Samsung heat pump dryer... :-) It also means, that I have average power of 1,3kW. With your Samsung, I could save more like 57% of energy... Thank you again, excelent video!
So I bought the heat pump unit 6 months ago... I have not implemented the electricity meter, but I will do that today and measure for half a year. But there is an observation: the heat pump unit is substantially more demanding on the maintenance and also the drying is not as good as with the conventional unit before. Both are the same brand: AEG. And both are the top of their line...
@@parijatmathur8489 no idea... I would have to disassemble it... I only clean it from the front side opening as per the manual... It doesn't look like it's removable, but hard to say...
thank you for doing this. It's interesting. The heat-pump version is certainly energy saving, but I am not sure if it could be supported on economics alone.
I have the same Samsung dryer and it is excellent. The test may have been fairer if you had used an Indesit condenser dryer rather than vented. Although the "old technology" would still have come out worse I've no doubt
Great video, was the towels dry in the Samsung as you mentioned they were nearly dried I’m worried that I would have to wait an age for clothes to dry, we’re a busy household with washing done on a weekend
Having read a couple of the comments below, i could not help but notice how no one talks about the fact that, this guy mentions that he lives in UK so probably by the end of the recording his laptop and tumble dryer would be stolen.. Instead of trying to outsmart him just leave it as is, he did a good job and proved that the heat pump technology actually uses less energy, that's all there is to it.. Thank you for the video mate, cheers!
This existed three years ago why could I not find this out. You did a really good comparison there. And I will be buying one of these now that they're only about $900, get rid of that draft when you're running the dryer where it usually just pushes the air out of the building
Good video would be good to compare a new condenser compared to heat pump of the same make because the newer condensers are better rating than older ones
Did you happen to measure the power consumption of the vented dryer in amps in low heat mode? I have that dryer and wondered what the difference in current drawn would be.
Given the price of a heat pump dryer is typically thrice of a vented one, I guess it doesn't pay out soon unless you are doing like 8kg washing-drying everyday
This is a great video! Just to complicate someone's decision a bit...aside from energy consumption, the drying time also affects the wear and tear of your clothes/fabrics. The conventional vented dryer does use about 300% more energy, but it also tumbles the clothes for almost 50% less time.
Yes, but then again heat pump dryers use lower temps which is better for your cloths. Also means no shrinking (if you select the correct cycle). In my HP dryer you can even dry silk and wool. American vented dryers are auch a waste of energy. Most stores don’t sell that type here anymore.
great and informative video. what i would like is a breakdown of costs between the different machine types and whether the extra cost of the pump types would ever recover the extra £400 or so in their lifetime . a few factors would have to be considered, cost of kwh and useage per day. But i would doubt whether saving 2/3rd the electric per load would be enough to break even
b3amsvvti I own a heat pump and I have to say it’s worth it’s weight in gold in the fact that it doesn’t shrink anything so our clothes stay in such good condition and has saved our house from certain clothes having no choice but to be air dried resulting in high humidity etc, they’re good for not putting any condensation in the air like condensers do and ours was only £300 because we waited until we could find one on offer, and has made a massive difference to our electric bill saving us at least £3 a week roughly
Nice to see this sort of testing, but it makes me wonder even more why the spec sheets on most HP dryers still call for 30A 240 circuit. Why in the world do they want us to continue using the same CB that we use to feed the more hungry machine?
PLUS its hard to account for the savings resulting from not stealing air from your home and venting it outside. In the Summer you are effectively sucking cold air out of your house and in the winter heated air... Definitely a cost associated with that.
Just think if you can extract the heat from the vented water and reuse that heat for home heat use like hot press heat or preheating the water before it's heated by your home "boiler"
Thank you sir. I know it took quite an effort to perform the test. Calculate the average co sumption and total KWh. You rock man . Thank you. This video surely would be helpful to a lot of people.
m4nzss3 it helped me.
5 years on and still a very useful video! Thank you for such an informative explanation. I live in Australia but was originally from London, so had a great laugh when you said your laptop might get stolen! Thanks again.
It doesn’t likely happen in Australian, you goods are always safe.
Thanks for the test. I just discovered these heat pump dryers, and am seriously thinking of getting one. One big consideration for me as a Canadian is the hole in the side of my house to let the dryer vent outside. The laundry room is the coldest room in the house, and no matter what kind of outside vent cover you try, in the end you can't get past the fact that you have a 6 inch hole in the exterior wall letting in some -20C air. Even if this dryer is a little slower, the electricity savings and being able to seal that vent hole will help reduce my carbon footprint.
Consider a condenser drier then.It drains into a tank in the drier.
Important to note that heat pump dryers specify a minimum and maximum ambient temperature. Some state 10C as the lowest temperature a room can be, which can be a problem in winter if the dryer is not in a heated room. Make sure you check the specifications.
@@rikmoran3963 LOL, if any room in our house reached 10C, my wife would probably kill me. I should be fine with that requirement. The biggest problems from her point of view would be the apparently smaller load sizes and longer drying times.
The most bizarre videos are actually the most educational! Thank you, I've just swamped my old vented unit for a heat pump, more expensive to purchase, but a huge amount more economical to run.
YEAH DID NOTICE LONGER DRY TIMES AND CLEANING THE CONDENSER EVERY 5 CYCLES OR SO?
Nice to see a technical review of the technology for us energy nerds. Thank you.
I was honestly looking at doing this test for myself as I was having trouble believing the hype too. We need to upgrade our washer and dryer and now I will definitely go with heat pump dryer. Thanks heaps for a great vid.
I have the indesit IDV 75 dryer. I’m impressed it uses that much power!
enjoyed the video, great to see someone actually testing the power difference between the two technologies.
We got the Blomberg pair 3 years ago. They are the 24” size, and the washer with its high speed 1600 rpm spin complements the heat pump dryer very well. The ventless dryer is also nice in our building, which has issues with its dryer vent system.
What a great video! This video is the reason I finally chose to buy a heat pump dryer. At first I thought the consumption difference is not that significant.
I hope you can mage more videos comparing different appliances.
Great video. It is nice to see the makers claims tested in the real world. Many thanks
Brilliant, exactly the info I've been trying to find. Thank you 👍
Hi Adam, thank you for your review of your heat pump dryer. It helped me decide on buying one.
Thank you, mate. Exactly what I was searching for. Brilliant!
I know this is an old post but this has become price relevant now where I live in Canada as ventless dryers are very close in price to vented ones now.
Thanks for your hard work.
old post but my think says not having a dryer venting air outside must significantly reduce you energy use.during winter.
Your wife must be sooooo grateful you brought HER a dryer to dry your families cloths!
Excellent review! I am on the lookout of a new dryer and your test has swayed me to investing a heat pump version! Thank you :)
Heat pumps are very slow. Bed sheets take around 10-15 mins in a vented and 45-50 in a condensing dryer.
Bought a heat pump dryer 18 months ago, just scrapped it because they are impossible to service. The condensers are totally inaccessible , you have to strip the entire machine to get to them, which includes removing the drum. As they become clogged with dust they take longer and longer to run, to a point where just leave everything smelling damp. They are an ok concept but they way they have been designed seems to be the same between all manufacturers. Ive gone back to a traditional condenser. It uses 3 times the power but dries clothes three times quicker, and they come out nice and warm, so if they are folded when warm saves a fortune on ironing.
Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome. Boy genius. Very well explained. I couldn't find this explanation--simply put anywhere else. Great teachers are hard to find. Grade: A++💥
This is uncanny, I've been looking this morning at if I can save money by switching from a vented dryer to a heat pump dryer (and how I ended up on this video). Not only was I looking at the 8KG version of the heat pump dryer you tested, my vented dryer is the exact model of the vented dryer you tested!
My mouth went dry reading this.....
Same here ! I was shocked.
Hi Adam, thank you for your review of your heat pump dryer. It helped me decide on buying one.👍🏻
Great demo!
Thank you, just what I wanted to know. Thanks mate!
thanks for your video my old tumber is on it's way so im looking at these heat pump tumble dryers
What is worth a mention is this; Conventional dryer blows hot air damp air out of the house so most of the heat is wasted.
This type of dryer uses a lot less energy and the heat that is generated is within the house, hence it warms your house in the winter.
So you not only drying your clothes you supplementing the central heating :-)
A++ for general efficiency , A++++++++ as it is warming your home and not just the outside.
F- in the summer
Use a washing line in the summer then
@@jamesdewitt84 not if it is raining.
gonna buy one soon.. has been using 2x dehumidifier to dry clothes sadly my room got converted into a dryer room lol 😂 because it takes 2 days to hang/drying clothes:)
Thank you so much for your video, excellent reference.
Love your work!! Very helpful 😊
great video mate. Im tempted to get a heat pump dryer but my vented is still going strong so hardly worth getting one as i wouldnt be saving money with the initial price of one.
Thanks that was a great test...
Excellent test with some nice logging of data. Accuracy could have been improved even further by weighing the dried towels to make sure that they finished at exactly the same dryness (weight), but a 3:1 difference in total energy consumption is impressive.
This is exactly what i was after, awesome bro thank you so much, f&p 8kg heatpump dryer here i come
You're probably feeling very disappointed right now about heat pump dryers. 😆
@@MAXAREUOS why, its been well over a year and we use it everyday, even through the summer months, one because I'm lazy and 2 because it's so cheap to run
Impressive test. Excellent work.
Thank you
Other advantages:
1. Here in New Hampshire blocking the vent pipe with insulation and sealing it has made the laundry room significantly warmer in winter even when not using the dryer.
2. Residual heat the dryer does generate warms the house instead of the outside (the idiocy of venting hot moist air from a heated dry home!)
3. In summer, the outside line is almost as quick as the dryer anyway, so we can avoid AC battles with the heat pump.
4. Save the collected water to wash your windows! I discovered the distilled water doesn't spot the windows if you use it to rinse.
@Mark Stewger The water in the clothes is vaporized, and then condensed, so it is mineral free. It is not medically pure, but that is the method of distilling water, Mark.
Thanks for that! Really appreciate the time and effort!
Cool stuff. I think the video really shows how heat pumps are more energy-efficient, but the comments show how they may not be so cost-effective.
Thank you, we're off grid solar and wind, power forklift batteries and have been looking for a way to power a dryer offgrid and not wipe out my batteries or worry about doing when sun shine or good wind.
Amazing. Thank you for doing the test. Very useful.
I just bought a heat pump dryer. Put 12 towels in and they were dry in 1.5hrs. My old dryer took just under an hour but only fit 7 towels in it. I’m also impressed how warm the clothes come out of the heat pump dryer.
What dryer did you purchase?
Thanks mate, awesome information
Off to order a heat pump dryer after watching this video. Super helpful!
Great video you made. Nice job
I'm sold. Thanks mate
Great review mate thanks
Thanks for doing this - very interesting to see the real world results vs manufacturer published specifications.
Nice video Adam, thanks man :)
Useful VDO nice!!
excellent work. Thank you.
Hands down the best comparison video on youtube. Whats the model # of your Unit-T multi meter ?
Thank you very much, a very good example with true facts. Well done!!
Fantastic video. Im thinking of buying a Bosch heat pump dryer over boxing day sales fingers crossed
Thank you so much fot that test what no-one do.
Very helpful wideo. I use a the same model indesit for 13 years and about twice a day use every day, but now is broken down. And thing with one to buying.
enjoyed this but would love to have seen test with a sensor technology vented dryer
Thank you, great information!
Thank you for this video. Samsung should pay you $$ for this video. Good advertising for them.
Great vid. What's the current measurement and meter setup? (Clamp meter? Direct 10amp live measurement? Etc) And what meter is it?... looks like a UNIT?
I got my beko heat pump dryer last week and im so impressed already with it. Quiet, efficient and actually seems to dry well despite hardly any heat being expelled from the machine , like my old one would do.
Just picked up a 9kg beko heat pump from currys for £330. Just used it and took just over an hour to dry 2 duvets and 2 bed sheets. Pretty impressed with that.
asianskywalker ive noticed that my electric usage is much less with the new dryer. Im very impressed with them!
Hi do you still have the dryer and are you happy with it?
You forgot to calculate the amount of conditioned air being sucked out of the room with the vented dryer. When you run a vented dryer all the air being sucked out of the dryer is replaced by outside unconditioned air. How much extra does it cost to heat or cool the outside air replacing the air being vented out of the dryer?
THE VENTED DRYER was OUTSIDE. The HEAT PUMP dryer was inside
@@beetleything1864 Yes, I understood that and saw that in the video. You may be missing the point. I'm sure he doesn't normally dry his laundry outside in the UK where he's worried about someone steeling his tumble dryer and laptop. Apples to apples comparison would calculate the effect of one machine replacing the other in the same space.
@@paulholstein9448 It's a good point but in my imagination I would guess it would not make much difference because the vented unit would use less energy in the heated house, which would then be compensated for by having to heat the stolen energy from the house heat, but on top of that he did state that the temps were the same inside and outside of the house.
@@mikester1290 It's super benefitcial in the winter when you want to heat your home and maybe even better in the summer because the vented clothes dryer sucks in warm air in the summer.
@@icenbryse5190 not really but whatever - i bought a Heat Pump - so i get it - it's more expensive but better on energy used and doesn't suck air from your home and blow it outside with the added plus that it's easier / less harsh on your clothes..... que sera
Very good video man.. kepp it up with other appliance. Thumb up 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank God, I just bought an air pump dryer for the first time. I wonder if the results would have been different if they were in the same room.
Great stuff!
Excellen, a very well made and useful vid, Thank you so much.
I need to say this video have helped me to decide what to buy, you can see a big difference in the consumption, thank you very much for this precious video, some times is better to spend a little bit more money but in long term you will see results
The question you have to ask yourself is how long it will take you to save the amount of cash that the newer heat pump t/d will cost you over and above the cost of the condenser/vented t/d - I'm facing the same dilemma, but looking at it financially - a decent condenser dryer will cost me £299 whereas a heat pump dryer will cost me £550 or more. Yes I am going to save electricity, but am I going to save enough on my electricity bill to cover the extra outlay for the more expensive machine - some websites I've looked at suggest it will take up to 9 years to make the savings real and to notice real savings in your electricity bill - by which time the more expensive machine (both of them more than likely) will probably be on the scrap heap.
I brought a heat pump dryer but it was totally unsuitable for my needs. I never really use a dryer to dry clothes straight from the washing machine. And never a full load.I use it to finish off the drying or to quickly dry a single item. The time this takes would be around 10-15 mins in a vented traditional dryer. The heat pump takes far too long. I’ve tried drying 1 king size fitted sheet .. still not dry after 40 mins may as well stick it over a radiator. It’s like watching paint dry. Waste of money.
Vented machine will outlast any brand heat pump machine. It so simple that there is just nothing to break down! Heating element and thermostat.
@@bluechang08 You got to figure out the R134a gas leakage(bound to happen over a decade in a polluted environment) fixing cost to the additional upfront cost paid for the heat pump compressor dryer
You're probably feeling very disappointed right now about heat pump dryers. 😆
Good test. I can easily run this off my solar inverter. A real world COP of three! Woo Hoo!
Dont think it's a heat pump in that sense. It recirculates heat it already produces by removing the moisture from the clothes.
A real world test just in time for my purchase of a new dryer ! It probibly not significant but what was the humidity for the Bosh test and will high humidity effect its run times . Im not see much information on heat pump dryers so thanks you for your helpfull video .
Another advantage is that it doesn't blow conditioned air outside, which then pulls unconditioned air into the house, which then has to be heated or cooled. Best to install vented dryers in unconditioned spaces or open a laundry room window.
Precisely what was about to say.
Thanks for the content, now I can buy Samsung heat pump dryer. It is really helpful
Think about what you save in the winter when you pump your hot air outside while it runs.
thank you sir appreciate that its really helpful
Thank you from Australia
Great video....did the math .... it would take me 3.5 years just to break even seeing as these type of dryers are very expensive compared to a regular dryer
It's worth it as long as you keep the filters and coils clean. If it lasts ten years then it's a real bargain.
The other thing to consider is its ventless. You are no longer pumping out your conditions house air out the vent. Its like you no longer have to crack a window every time you do laundry.
For me id save £50 a year if i purchased a heat pump dryer and it would take me 5yrs to break even if i spent £600 on a dryer
@@dwmayday yeah and that number can vary depending on all kinds of things so it is very difficult to calculate.
That isnt too bad. My only other concern would be the complexity could lead to higher repair costs.
Heat pump dryers (aka "ventless") are limited to smaller capacity compared to their 'lektric and gas brethren. One hopes they standardize on the 27-in width in addition to the 24-in width, which will provide room for a larger drum.
Very nice video 👍👍
3 march 2024, I have just opened up an AEG lavatherm heat pump dryer ( neighbour's ) found a broken belt, AND everything is covered in fluff, even into the electric motor windings-as it is not covered nor a sealed unit,, ON THIS ALONE- I would only buy a vented dryer, to avoid any house fire, recommend staying with clothes racks
great video. thx
Thank you for this excellent video... I bought an electricity consumption meter to measure my current conventional condenser tumble dryer in order to figure out if it is worth it to replace it with heat pump dryer... So far, in six months, my conventional condenser tumble dryer was on for about 432 hours and has consumed 563kWh. That translates to drying roughly 4285 of your towels in that Samsung heat pump dryer... :-) It also means, that I have average power of 1,3kW. With your Samsung, I could save more like 57% of energy... Thank you again, excelent video!
Nice and thoughtful reply. Thanks for the info.
Yep the ratio goes like 1:2:3 for electricity units consumed by heat pump/condenser/vented dryers
So I bought the heat pump unit 6 months ago... I have not implemented the electricity meter, but I will do that today and measure for half a year. But there is an observation: the heat pump unit is substantially more demanding on the maintenance and also the drying is not as good as with the conventional unit before. Both are the same brand: AEG. And both are the top of their line...
@@TheCzechmate007 R134a gas is prone to leakage given the spinning unit. Is your heat exchanger(aluminium box like unit) removable?
@@parijatmathur8489 no idea... I would have to disassemble it... I only clean it from the front side opening as per the manual... It doesn't look like it's removable, but hard to say...
thank you for doing this. It's interesting. The heat-pump version is certainly energy saving, but I am not sure if it could be supported on economics alone.
Great video thanks for sharing 👍
I have the same Samsung dryer and it is excellent. The test may have been fairer if you had used an Indesit condenser dryer rather than vented. Although the "old technology" would still have come out worse I've no doubt
You know if it use different temperature in different cycles? Mine seems to do same movment and same temperature
Thank you Sir, great video, that is what I want. Thank you very much.
Thanks a helpful video finally✌
Great video, was the towels dry in the Samsung as you mentioned they were nearly dried I’m worried that I would have to wait an age for clothes to dry, we’re a busy household with washing done on a weekend
great info thanks!
Having read a couple of the comments below, i could not help but notice how no one talks about the fact that, this guy mentions that he lives in UK so probably by the end of the recording his laptop and tumble dryer would be stolen.. Instead of trying to outsmart him just leave it as is, he did a good job and proved that the heat pump technology actually uses less energy, that's all there is to it.. Thank you for the video mate, cheers!
This existed three years ago why could I not find this out.
You did a really good comparison there.
And I will be buying one of these now that they're only about $900, get rid of that draft when you're running the dryer where it usually just pushes the air out of the building
Thank you very much for the video.
Good video would be good to compare a new condenser compared to heat pump of the same make because the newer condensers are better rating than older ones
Did you happen to measure the power consumption of the vented dryer in amps in low heat mode? I have that dryer and wondered what the difference in current drawn would be.
Given the price of a heat pump dryer is typically thrice of a vented one, I guess it doesn't pay out soon unless you are doing like 8kg washing-drying everyday
Great video. Would be better if you could test it against a standard condenser instead of vented.
This is a great video! Just to complicate someone's decision a bit...aside from energy consumption, the drying time also affects the wear and tear of your clothes/fabrics. The conventional vented dryer does use about 300% more energy, but it also tumbles the clothes for almost 50% less time.
Yes, but then again heat pump dryers use lower temps which is better for your cloths. Also means no shrinking (if you select the correct cycle). In my HP dryer you can even dry silk and wool. American vented dryers are auch a waste of energy. Most stores don’t sell that type here anymore.
Yeah having longer cycles is what you want for dryers. If it's quick it'll likely shrink everything inside the drum cos of the higher temperature
Great vid, I have solar PV with battery storage, the tumble dryer is sore on the battery, heat pumps seems a no brainer!
great and informative video. what i would like is a breakdown of costs between the different machine types and whether the extra cost of the pump types would ever recover the extra £400 or so in their lifetime . a few factors would have to be considered, cost of kwh and useage per day. But i would doubt whether saving 2/3rd the electric per load would be enough to break even
b3amsvvti I own a heat pump and I have to say it’s worth it’s weight in gold in the fact that it doesn’t shrink anything so our clothes stay in such good condition and has saved our house from certain clothes having no choice but to be air dried resulting in high humidity etc, they’re good for not putting any condensation in the air like condensers do and ours was only £300 because we waited until we could find one on offer, and has made a massive difference to our electric bill saving us at least £3 a week roughly
Not to mention if you are running on a generator or solar at any point you can still do laundry without effecting the system.
On towels I would use dry level 3 for better drive results on towels
Yep, AS scamsung dryers succ
Nice to see this sort of testing, but it makes me wonder even more why the spec sheets on most HP dryers still call for 30A 240 circuit. Why in the world do they want us to continue using the same CB that we use to feed the more hungry machine?
Great video... Thank you very much :) :)
Thanks!
PLUS its hard to account for the savings resulting from not stealing air from your home and venting it outside. In the Summer you are effectively sucking cold air out of your house and in the winter heated air... Definitely a cost associated with that.
readi343 unless they sit in the garage :)
Just think if you can extract the heat from the vented water and reuse that heat for home heat use like hot press heat or preheating the water before it's heated by your home "boiler"
Die Schoene Muellerin is Samsung's ending music? Great taste, but very weird choice for a dryer.