FWIU, there are also now All-in-One Washer + Dryer combos?
There are but I have heard that sometime the dryer takes forever to dry... never had one though
Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient
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#12This article implies that manufacturers are only making machines as efficient as is required by law. Which is cynical - but extremely believable. Are there no companies out there making ultra-efficient household appliances even when they aren't being forced to?
Miele heat pump dryers are quite efficient.
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#13So it'll be as efficient as when I use "Energy Saver" mode and have to run the dryer twice instead of not "saving" energy and running it once.
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#14FWIU, there are also now All-in-One Washer + Dryer combos?
Oh yeah. Have been for a while. I run into them a lot when I’m in Italy and still haven’t used one that worked well. Unless you want a load of laundry to take half a day. Then they work fine.
The new ones utilize heat pumps (GE Ultrafast, LG WashCombo), very different than existing ones in European countries.
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#15FWIU, there are also now All-in-One Washer + Dryer combos?
There have been for some time. There are some issues.
A minor one: the max wash load is larger than the max dryable load.
A major one: the act of unloading and reloading gives you a chance to shake out tangles in shirt sleeves and whatnot. If you don't untangle your clothes you'll find they don't dry as well and can fatigue a lot faster!
Dryers are great if you live in the south where things won't dry on their own, or if you need to run laundry fast. If you can afford it, a drying rack works great, is cheap, and is far, far easier on your clothes.
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#16This looks like fairly breathless, non-critical reporting. (The tagline of Grist is "Climate. Justice. Solutions." which at least implies a motivation for biased reporting.)
The article:
* avoids the question of whether the new washers and dryers will be the same prices as the models they replace.
* does not address whether the new technology will be as reliable as what it replaces or the possibility of additional maintenance costs (extra cleaning, etc.)
* It only quotes what appear to be biased sources (and dismisses opposition as "conservative backlash" and uses the "Fox News" straw man)
My personal experiences with "efficient" appliances have not been positive, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
(minor edits for grammar)
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#17I really wanted a heat-pump dryer but the problem is that they seem like they are all designed to go in tiny European closets.
I am not space constrained and would like a larger dryer, with a big filter and a larger drum. It seems like everyone has problems with the filters, and I imagine that at least some of that has to do with the compact form factor.
Please trade some space for reliability and load size.
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#18This looks like fairly breathless, non-critical reporting. (The tagline of Grist is "Climate. Justice. Solutions." which at least implies a motivation for biased reporting.) The article: * avoids the question of whether the new washers and dryers will be the same prices as the models they replace. * does not address whether the new technology will be as reliable as what it replaces or the possibility of additional ma…
> It only quotes what appear to be biased sources
Why do you regard the US Energy Information Administration as "biased" and what issues do you have with their residential consumption data?
https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2020/c&e/pd...
( as quoted in the article )
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#20I thought this was about some new technological advancement. Nope, it's "guidelines" aka government mandates. Look at what that did to the small car market. Your washer and dryer is about to get a whole lot more expensive, with smart features you didn't want to boot.