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Best dryer to go along with front load washer |
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Post# 481915   12/15/2010 at 19:20 (4,880 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Someone has asked me for advice about a dryer. A few months back, she bought a Samsung front load washer. Now, she wants a new dryer to go along with it.
Apparently, matching the brand isn't important. Just getting something with capacity that matches the new washer. And that will be acceptably reliable. And I'm sure the buyer views this as "the cheaper the better." Finally, I think it would be nice if the dryer were made in the US. So...what are the current dryer preferences? |
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Post# 481922 , Reply# 1   12/15/2010 at 19:52 (4,880 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 481927 , Reply# 2   12/15/2010 at 20:22 (4,880 days old) by mrfixit ()   |   | |
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I just got one of the Maytag version of that dryer a coulpe of weeks ago at the Home Depot sale. For $250 delivered I couldn't be happier. There was no problem drying a queen sized down comforter in it. |
Post# 482007 , Reply# 3   12/16/2010 at 08:01 (4,879 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 482236 , Reply# 5   12/17/2010 at 02:42 (4,878 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 482239 , Reply# 6   12/17/2010 at 03:15 (4,878 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Thanks for the answers so far!
I've forwarded the info on. Right now, the person shopping insists on larger than 7 cubic feet, but we'll see if that changes. I'll be repeating what I heard above, plus pointing out the research I just completed which shows that many dryers on the market--even ones styled to match front load washers--are 7 cubic feet or less. We'll see what happens... |
Post# 482244 , Reply# 7   12/17/2010 at 04:30 (4,878 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 482298 , Reply# 8   12/17/2010 at 10:05 (4,878 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 482356 , Reply# 11   12/17/2010 at 18:23 (4,878 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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No. There are two similar Maytags. both with the 7.0 cu. ft. drum. the less expensive of the two has the older type of auto dry where it measures the temperature of the exhaust heat to help determine how dry a load is (and shuts the timer on & off as the heat source goes off and on, respectively). the bit more expensive model has an electronic sensor inside the drum which actually touches the garments and ehlpds determine the degree of dryness, that's the model I recommend. I believe all the dryers which are mates to the frontload wawhers have 7.3 cu. ft. and larger. all have the lint filter in the door area. And are usually only 27" wide to correspond with washer width, thus the stackability. The larger cu. ft. is achieved by the drum being deeper because the back bulkhead is farther back in the cabinet. With the 29" dryers with the lint screen on top upper right of machine, the drum isn't as deeep but may still have a bit larger diameter because of the cabinet width being greater.
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Post# 482475 , Reply# 14   12/18/2010 at 10:06 (4,877 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 482563 , Reply# 16   12/18/2010 at 19:15 (4,877 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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