Pinky, I love my in door front lint screen. Just remember to clean the screen before every load especially with all your cotton. 7 u ft takes two sets of twin sheets, one set of King or queen sheets and 4 pillowcases. Towels depends on the size and weight of towels. Regular target bath towel, I can do 6 at a time. Bath sheets, no more than two. Queen and king matress pads 1 at a time. I use time dry for these because the things spin out really well in washer. There will be balling and roll up with the big stuff. I have sensor dry that works well with regular laundry. I have to watch that with jeans because they can be thick or thin and the guys' jeans tend to tangle more than mine IMHO. New toy enjoy playing with it. No clothes line required.

Thank you Poppy, and as much as I like the clothsline I don't like having to be completly dependent on it. There are some things I don't like on the line like towels, not because they can be a little rougher but because they end up crooked.. I hate when towels are not perfectly even. And I refuse to hang my daughters bras and underwear, too many pervs in the world. Ya I figured large items like sheets and comforters would ball up, seems to be the norm for all standard dryers.Thanks for your advice.

I have a door mounted lint screen on my Miele...and I love it!!

I don't understand why more companies do not just make Reverse Tumble on dryers standard?! It dries clothes faster, more even, little to no wrinkles or creases and sheets, blankets and big items NEVER ball or tangle up. I just took a CA King sheet set with 4 pillowcases out of my relatively small Miele dryer...and the sheets look almost ironed, untangled and fluffy.

I am SO excited for you MamaP. Weds is a big day in laundryland!!!! :) XO

I am excited for you to get your new dryer tomorrow. Post lots of pics! :)

Blues, thank you, I am really excited. I realized tonight they didn't give me a delivery time lol.

Any sign of your dryer yet??? Getting excited for you!! :)

Yeah, Mama what LetsGoBlues said!! I even have MamaP's new dryer noted on my dayplanner!!! :) Keep us in the loop!!

Dryer came this morning, lets see..the drum is way, way larger than my old dryer,as you know its gas converted to bottled gas, no 220 line. I've been doing laundry all day, a full extra large load of jeans dried in 33 minutes, but that was on Max Dry, I stopped it to check them and they were dry, so I will have to be careful. I dried 2 twin size sheet sets together on just slightly above Less dry, Perm press, much less wrinkles, and other than the pillow cases lost in the corner of the bottom sheet they were not twisted or tangled together. A load of white tee shirts, wife beaters, and white socks all dried in 20 minutes. I will for sure have to watch this dryer, gas tends to get hot anyway.all in all I really like this dryer I also really like the lint screen being in the front, now I will have to get some kind of hand held vac I hate messes, but I like it better than the lint screen on top. Because of the exhaust vent hose in the back the dryer sticks out about 2 inches farther than the washer, crap I could pull the washer out some but its a small room I need the space. Speaking of space I have the washer and dryer pulled apart so there's a 6 1/2 inch space between them, in a small room like this I have to utilize every inch of space, so hubs is making me a 5 inch shelf with 3 holding shelves on small wheels so I can pull it out to clean. It will only be the depth of the machines but testing it with liquid detergent on the floor I can fit 8 jugs so ×'s thay by 2 and that narrow little shelf will hold a lot.

But all is not well in laundry land 3 times when I opened the dryer, as it was running, I could have sworn I seen sparks, hubs says its probably the light I see comming on, but I'm not sure enough to feel 100% safe. Thats another thing it has an interior light my other dryer didn't. Its the small things that make me happy hehe

Mama...we need a pic of the Queens side by side together.

Beautiful. Two Queens for our Laundry Queen!!

Pink: Like the dryer. I told you the clothes would dry faster than in the Roper due to tub size plus I am sure this one has a bigger blower.

I will say, mine and most I have seen say to start off using the * mark for the first few loads. Then if they seem too dry move toward less dry or if too damp of course move toward more dry.

One more tidbit: Yours is gas so may not apply like it did with electric BUT--I worked with a lady(and her husband) that bought a new Maytag dryer(electric) in the mid 70's. Well the way she did was as they were drying she would open it get out what was dry like teen's stuff to hang, start it back to finish rest but maybe open again to get more out etc. Then it wasn't too long--a couple years maybe and it stopped drying. Her husbands brother worked for the appliance store where they bought it and they were telling him and he said he had never seen one go out that new,(Maytag) that anything was possible though. A guy came to fix it and it did need an element so he fixed it. He was asking her if she put a lot in it and she was telling him just a wash load but that she checked and removed them as they dried. He said that was the problem. He told her to stop opening the door after she started it and then restarting because it causes them to over heat and burn out. Must have known what he was talking about cause I see her husband now and then and I ask him one day if they still had that dryer. He said Yep and havent done another thing to it, not even a belt. Thats been a while now so it may be in the dump by now but if it is it lasted close to 40 years. So gas might overheat also resetting by open and closing door?.

I know you will enjoy it and I like the front filter best too. That top kind--I used to have a Sears--makes the biggest mess on top of the dryer.

What did they tell you about the rusty washer tub and rough edge?

Sparky, I had got disgusted with the rough spot so I gently hand sanded the couple areas that were sharp, all is ok with that..as for the rust, I got ..that's not rust as rust would be rough and pitting, they don't know what it is but suggested I buff it off with Barkeepers Friend, than the store owner called and said if I have any problems just call and he will order a new tub. The installers yesterday said it was a tomato sauce stain LMAO, in that case who the heck was eating pasta out of my washer before it was delivered lol. I get stainless doesn't rust, but as someone said a fragment from a tool or machinary could have got embedded into the stainless and that would rust. Ill try the barkeepers Sparky I do have a lifetime warranty on the drum so...

No need to worry that I open and close the dryer while in operation, that's a waste of energy, but after 30 minutes I wanted to see how the drying process was comming along, but no I don't usually open and close during operation. Something else the door on the estate opened and closed very easily, the Queen shuts tight, I'm sure that alone will save some energy....and the light inside is awesome, now if there were lights on the console. Lol

The reason that opening a dryer repeatedly during operation can have an adverse effect on the heating element: Stopping the machine while it's heating leaves the element hot with no airflow across it to disperse the heat.

Thank you Dadoes, that's sure reasonable.I never was one to open the door during operation, but with a new dryer I needed to test each cycle as to drying times. I'm glad I did since the jeans dried in just barely over a half hour on Max Dry, I know to set my timer at 30 minutes. I'm sure I will get the hang of the different options and know what to set each load at, just with any new appliance there's a learning curve at first.

I remember Miele told me years & years ago...DO NOT open the dryer door during operation. As Dadoes said it puts stress on the heating element, and sometimes it can create a "snafu" in the moisture processor, and the dryer thinks it should start "all over again". I know this sounds crazy, and I do not know if I believe it...but I never open the door during operation.

Some people like to see their laundry being dried, so I've noticed many new dryers are using clear doors, like on washers! Miele used clear doors on the T98xx dryers, but has gone back to solid doors for residential units. Little Giant and OctoPlus have clear doors!

Lol, from now on I will shut it off before opening, I did open it 3 times just trying to learn whe cycle and how long it takes to dry a load other than that I never open until its done, but I'm involved in learning the curve of this, but I will for sure turn it off next time .lol

Larsi, 90% of the Miele T1 Series dryers have clear door to match the washer.

YES whirlpool_trainee WE KNOW THIS, LMAO!! Ha ha. You know we do not get the W1 and T1 series. You just love rubbing our nose in this fact ;)

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I'm sure you'll be getting these eventually. Miele has pretty much phased out all the other models save for a few. I doubt Miele will have two assembly lines forever.

My Miele dryer, has a cool down feature when you want to end the cycle before it is done, to check for dryness. Now I understand why, Thanks Dadoes.

Opening the door for a moment then restarting/continuing the cycle isn't a problem ... even doing that several times is OK. The adverse effect over time comes from interrupting the cycle, shutting the machine off and not allowing it to continue through at least a few minutes of cool down to disperse any residual heat off the element.

Dadoes, lets say I shut the dryer off to check it, if the clothes are dry should I advance it to cool down a few minutes? Take into account this dryer has to manually be turned off to check it, there is no pause.

There's no need to turn the timer to Off when checking the load for dryness. Simply open the door, that effectively pauses the cycle in-progress. Close the door, press the start button (timer knob) to continue. If the load is dry, yes, manually advance the timer to the cool down phase toward end of the cycle and let it run to Off.

Mama - Have you seen anymore sparks?