What's the best outdoor clothes dryer?
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Comments (18)I live in Peterborough Ontario. This year we ended up getting a kitten we were not exactly expecting. Long story short he has eaten all my plants and I would like to begin again with clippings or seeds etc. is an inexpensive greenhouse setup for outside doable on a budget? I’m looking to germinate houseplants and a few hibiscus bushes etc. wondering what a minimum setup would be for winter outdoors or even garage outdoors. Please please give me a hand pointing out the bare essentials to start and be successful if possible in our winters. I mean bare bones cheap but works type setup. Was going to do an indoor one in last house as we had two exhaust vents from potential second laundry room. Don’t have that or the space anymore. Pm/twitter me @djetvay Thanks in advance....See MoreBest washer = Miele, best dryer = ??
Comments (31)On dryers, it seems the bigger the better. As it has been noted, it is possible with the larger washers like Miele W48xx, Duets, HE5t, etc, to actually overload the dryer. I had the Miele T9800 for about 5 months. Some observations. Overall a good dryer. List price is actually reasonable (I paid $1200). A little smaller at 6.4CF than other competitive dryers (7-7.3CF). And limited temp controls and very limited manual timer/temp options. Almost too limited, YMMV. Loud, but bearable (mostly air flow sounds). Nice SS drum, filter, all glass door, and reverse tumble. Normal setting sometimes slightly under dried clothes, but not a big problem. I now have the HE5t matching Kenmore (Whirlpool) dryer. As posted, I returned my Miele W48xx machines. I did considered for a while just keeping (or getting another Miele T9800 dryer) to go with the HE5t. Eventually matching considerations and the ridiculously low price I ended up getting both the HE5t and dryer. The Kenmore high-end dryer as compared to the Miele is bigger (7 vs 6.4 CF), shocking quite (like real quite), seems to dry about the same- time/dry level. Very flexible temp control and timer/temp options. Almost overkill. but nice to have. Digital readouts (including time remaining) instead of Miele status LED indicators. No SS drum nor option to get one. Overall pleased but lack of SS drum is concern. If the Miele dryer was a little larger, a little quieter and had more manual temp/controls, it would be strong contender. The Miele looks like a high quality dryer, the Kenmore looks so-so. Looked at LG, and Samsung dryers. Both had SS drum options, but overall quality level seem to be more in the Kenmore/Whirlpool range and price about the same as Kenmore. Where LG and Samsung lead if a very big 7.3 CF capacity. So far I have not missed reverse tumble. I had it both on the Miele and older Bosch dryers. I don't think you need it on these larger dryer (or need is very reduced). On the Miele T9800, the reverse tumble was actually used very little of the time. It was also interesting on the reverse tumble phase because the dryer suddenly would get very quite- apparently just reduced air flow noise. This indicated the noise was not the mechanics of drum but just motor noise and air flow issues. My gut feel is the Miele could (or should) cut the air flow back for home use. For a commercial dryer, it is probably ok, but most home users would make the trade-off easily. Also, it is sucking your conditioned air out your home at a high rate. So no free lunch on reduced drying time (if any) over other more standard dryers. In a basement- yes. Upstairs- no....See MoreLooking for NO wrinkles and CLEAN clothes Washer/Dryer pair
Comments (26)Like I've posted a few times before, clothes washers are saving far more energy and water than necessary to earn the Energy Star rating. They're doing it to earn a $250/unit tax credit, paid directly to the manufacturer. In theory, this gives the industry an incentive to build efficient washers that consumers are willing to buy. But just about everyone thinks that today's overly-efficient washers are required by law, so they think they're powerless to reject them. Therefore, the industry gets their tax credit ($250/unit is a lot of money) while letting us think we have no choice. Even the Home Editor of Consumer Reports didn't believe it at first, when I told him how the system works. Now CR knows about it, but won't educate the public by including the facts in their reports....See MoreDryer ? - or - hanging clothes outside to dry ?
Comments (37)I've had an increasing pile of sheets, shirts, underwear (summer and winter), and some pants waiting for mild weather to be washed. I was beginning to think that I might need to buy some more underwear ... and how much of that does one need, as one crowds age 80? It was mild two or three times but rain promised at about the same time: not so great, as washes take longer to dry in winter. We had a mild day the other day and I did two loads, even hung them without feeling the need even once to bury my hands in the unhung stuff (fairly "warm", though it had been rinsed in cold water) in the basket to thaw the fingers out. Took them down just before dark, which is a faster, but colder, job and accomplished the task all in one go. Spread most of the stuff out in the living and computer rooms and bedroom, to add some humidity to this house, for the air in houses in northern climes in winter gets as dry as the desert air. Doing too much of that might cause danger of moulding, but I don't have any such worries. No kids in (cloth) diapers, the kind that everyone used, a generation and a half ago and, though I'm nearing second childhood, haven't started using them again ... so far, at least. As that was about last Friday, I guess that it's time now on Monday that I do some folding and storing. Have a great winter, everyone. ole joyful...See Morehousekeeping
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