Heat Pump Tumble Dryers - anyone using one?

[JOEPRO]

Just jumped on this thread from the other one. We’ve got a heat pump one too and pretty unimpressed with it to be honest - no idea on the running costs but it’s the time it takes to dry that gets us. Sometimes up to 4 hours for a load. With family of 5 and often GPs staying too it’s a bit slow. We have heated drying rack too that actually seems really effective - again, no idea on the running costs though.

Isn’t your maths out above - wasn’t it nearer 2kW total use ? Or is it 1.09 rather than 1.09/hr maybe. But looks like a handy device plugged in there should start investigating some of our appliances.

The cost is worked out by the device so 30 pence was accurate.

I am used to conventional tumble dryers and for me this new heat pump one is no different really just alot cheaper to run. Its been totally faultless and performs exceptionally well. We use it at least once daily.

 

[not done it yet]

The real savings for the low wattage heat pump variants is that of using all power from solar panels. When only ~400W is required, summer usage can be close to zero and not too much in Spring and Autumn, either.

Same with a low powered kettle. A single mug of hot water may mean a slightly longer wait, but a greater percentage of the power can be derived from sloar generation.