Is there a setting which doesn't use the sensor, such as 'timed dry' where you set the time yourself?

You need to try all the different settings to see which does not run off a sensor. I have a Electrolux dryer and use the unsensor setting frequently for the things you describe. Sometimes jeans might still feel damp and I'll turn on 'timed dry' and set it for 15 minutes to finish it off.

When I dry down pillows or comforters, I always use the timed drying and let it run for an hour or longer on high.

Read your manual and see which setting does not use the sensor drying.

Jane

Oh, you mean, down pillows and comforter.

Yes, you need to use the timed programs. It takes a long time to dry products made of down.

I thought this it was a typo until it was repeated 16 times. Dawn is when the sun comes over the horizon. Down is the fuzzy undercoat of a waterfowl.

Down needs far more air flow than a small cubic foot dryer can ever provide. This is why people correctly use laundries, with jumbo sized machinery, even when they have regular sized machines at home. Or they have it dry cleaned, as most down products care label suggests. Have you read your care labels? On each product?

Unhappiness is not at all surprising given that the incorrect parameters are being used in order to reach an incorrect process, and an incorrect conclusion. When you base everything on the wrong premise? Everything that follows is wrong. Nutshell.

Could you put a small wet towel in with your down items to give the moisture sensor some moisture to sense?

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jane__ny When I dry down pillows or comforters, I always use the timed drying and let it run for an hour or longer on high.

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jane_nw, graywings123, thank you. I just realized that it is set in my mind that 20 min is enough for pillows, just like it was with my old gas dryer. I have 70 min setting, I will try it. Thank you!

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live_wire_oak

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thought this it was a typo until it was repeated 16 times. Dawn is
when the sun comes over the horizon. Down is the fuzzy undercoat of a
waterfowl.

Down needs far more air flow than a small cubic foot dryer can ever
provide. This is why people correctly use laundries, with jumbo sized
machinery, even when they have regular sized machines at home. Or they
have it dry cleaned, as most down products care label suggests. Have you
read your care labels? On each product?

Unhappiness is not at all surprising given that the incorrect
parameters are being used in order to reach an incorrect process, and an
incorrect conclusion. When you base everything on the wrong premise?
Everything that follows is wrong. Nutshell.

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live_wire_oak, besides the fact that English is my second language I am dyslectic. I know that late in a day when I am tired or early in the morning when I am not wide awake I should stay away from writing but I still write. I apologize)))

I made all my pillows myself, there are no labels. I wash them once a year when there are plenty on sunny days, dry them on the sun and run them trough the dryer twice a day to speed up drying. In general, down filled products can be washed - at least that's what my mom and granny did, and I do too. I don't see any loss of warmth or fluffiness/batting/quilting integrity. I will probably buy a new comforter soon, but my existing one form IKEA is <> 10 years old and still performs fine. I also use sun/dryer combination to dry it.

In general, I don't buy 'dry clean only' products. I have coats that have to be dry cleaned, I can't think of anything else.

I really needed smaller machines, my house is old and my laundry room is actually a tiny hallway between the kitchen and the sun room, regular sized non stackable machines occupied hefty amount of space and the dryer was partially blocking one door way.

I made the right decision getting smaller w/d. I don't entirely rely on the dryer to dry down filled items, but I rely on it fluffing them. There always has to be a way to adjust/bypass unwanted feature and gardenweb community always offers great guidance, that's why I referred to it's collective wisdom.

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socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24

Could you put a small wet towel in with your down items to give the moisture sensor some moisture to sense?

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That a great idea! I will try it right now, I still have plenty of couch pillows to fluff )))

You haven't said what model vented dryer you bought and I've never used a Blomberg....online photos of the control panel though show a time dry selection at two temperatures. Although, I might hesitate to put something as large as a queen down comforter into one (I found only compact models online, not full sized appliances) then set it for a number of minutes and high temp. If if can't tumble freely, I wonder if scorched spots couldn't happen and how much hot air could really move through your bedding...

You could repeatedly pull the pillow out of the dryer and turn it around to expose different parts to the drum surface. I do that with my down coat.