Dehumidifiers.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

A couple of years ago I read on Money Saving Expert or somewhere that using a dehumidifier to dry clothes was much cheaper than a tumble dryer. I went out and bought a DeLonghi Tasciugo AriaDry DEX216RF and it was brilliant shut in a room with laundry on clothes horses, I couldn’t fault it.

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Four weeks before the 12-month warranty was due to expire the dehumidifier stopped collecting water. I took the case off but couldn’t see how to fix it. I thought either the compressor had failed or the refrigerant had leaked out. Delonghi asked me to send it to a place in Stafford for repair but it couldn’t be fixed so they sent me their latest version of the same model. All good then, until this one failed again after almost exactly the same period.

This time the humidity indicator looked like it was giving a false reading so I replaced it but still no water collection. I reckon on both occasions the refrigerant has leaked out of the crimped copper piping and there’s no way to refill it. I’m aware that these devices won’t work in a very cold room but that’s not the problem here.

I still want a dehumidifier to dry clothes and I’m not too fussed about cost as long as it does the job well, isn’t too noisy and won’t break down after 11 months. Any recommendations?

[blurredman]

I've had a Sealey SDH102 for 3 years now on almost all day and night in the winter.
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[panrider_uk]

Ebac
British company, long warranty

Have one of their smart dehumidifiers and a washing machine

Can't fault them
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[jeremyr62]

Panasonic. Had it about 25 years. Still works fine. It looks a bit worse for wear now as the plastics have yellowed and it was expensive at the time but it’s been problem free.

[Polarbear]

Is it much cheaper than a tumble dryer? I've just bought a heat pump version which is way better electric wise than my old vented thing. (not surprising really) but wasn't cheap even during the black Friday sales ahite.
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[rpsmith79]

[Easy-X]

Heat pump dryers cost half as much so dehumidifier is still cheaper, depends on space really. No everyone has a spare room for drying.
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Thanks everyone, all suggestions look good but Ebac’s 5-year warranty swung it.