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Did we know Kenmore put their name on a combo?
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Post# 1003949   8/17/2018 at 13:42 (2,049 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)        

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Post# 1003957 , Reply# 1   8/17/2018 at 14:43 (2,049 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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An LG Combo.  Appears to have been around a while given it was added to Sears' web site February 24, 2017




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Post# 1003971 , Reply# 2   8/17/2018 at 18:14 (2,049 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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But then when you go to look at it, every place you go after on line has a Sears ad directed at you. Next door neighbors just bought a condenser dryer and 2 1/2 hours to dry a load of towels and a big jug of water to empty out, I dont think so. Give me a simple 45 minutes max and just a screen to clean.

Post# 1004099 , Reply# 3   8/19/2018 at 07:08 (2,047 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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A friend's 24-year old son and his new husband moved to a rental house with an awful basement, accessed by a steep, narrow set of stairs. Guess where the washer and dryer were! At the boys' request, the landlord installed new laundry equipment in a little cove by the kitchen. That appliance? A new LG combo (condenser dryer).

 

They are happy with it so far, but are adjusting to having to wash and dry a load before continuing on to the next.


Post# 1004187 , Reply# 4   8/20/2018 at 04:40 (2,047 days old) by wft2800 (Leatherhead, Surrey)        

wayupnorth, the payoff with a condenser dryer is that it's more efficient and that slow, steamy drying gives you lovely fluffy towels. I went from a vented dryer to a condenser and would never go back to vented...

Post# 1004190 , Reply# 5   8/20/2018 at 05:56 (2,047 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Well, a condenser dryer is not more efficient, a vented dryer always uses less energy to dry a certain load than a condenser dryer would use for the same load. Somehow European manufacturers were able to get a B rating for efficiency for their condenser dryers and a C for most vented ones. Probably due to fooling around with the capacity and so making it look more efficient.

Post# 1004200 , Reply# 6   8/20/2018 at 07:20 (2,046 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))        

Normal condenser dryers are less efficent then vented ones kg by kg.

The reason vented dryers got a C rating a condensers got a B rating was that while a condenser actually heats up the room it is in, a vented dryer not only blows all the used energy in form of heat outside, it actually pulls in cooler air from outside, significantly increasing heating costs if a vented dryer is located in a heated room.

But that gap is pretty close by now anyway...


Post# 1004205 , Reply# 7   8/20/2018 at 08:21 (2,046 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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That's why I used a vented (AEG) dryer in the summer and a condenser one (Miele) in the winter season in my previous apartment. Due to less space I needed to downsize and decided it was best to get a heat pump dryer. But here I am line drying more things than in the old apartment because I have a good sized covered balcony, so even more saving on the drying front.

Post# 1004238 , Reply# 8   8/20/2018 at 15:41 (2,046 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)        

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adjusting to having to wash and dry a load before continuing on to the next.

 

This may or may not be a problem depending on the person...

 

Historically, I've tended to spread laundry out through the week. Why should the fun of laundry be restricted to one day? I can easily get by doing a maximum of one load a day. So having a machine tied up from start of wash to the conclusion of drying wouldn't be a huge problem.

 

But, of course, a person who does multiple loads a day would find it a pain (at best) or impossible (at worst) to adjust to having one machine tied up for the entire process.



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