Heat Pump Tumble Dryers - Samsung vs Bosch

Posted 30th Oct 2023
Hey guys,

We've decided after having one in a holiday let that we need to bite the bullet and get a tumble dryer.

We've recently got a new Samsung washing machine some graphite bubble thingy, I think a series 6+ but I'd need to check.

In graphite, to match, it seems there's various models from both Bosch and Samsung, I was looking to a 9kg drum.

Both look similar price wise, say £730-50 on John Lewis.

Doing my research now in the hope of a black Friday deal!

So, any views on either manufactures offerings? And what should be a good buy price? - from a quick look it seems I might be able to get a Samsung around 5-600, not sure on a Bosch.

Opinions most welcome, I just learnt sbout heat pump tumble dryers about half hour ago! (The basics!)
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  1. Attic45's avatar
    For an opposing view I offer this, I purchased an indesit best buy 8kg heat pump tumble dryer for £219 and use it 4 times a week now. Each 3.5hr session gets everything bone dry and on current rates costs me about 11p on the smart meter.

    Therefore I can do (based on your purchase options at say £700) an extra 4363 tumble sessions before I reach the cost of a Samsung or Bosch machines purchase price.

    Buying the most expensive machine doesn’t always work out the best economically.
    oldskooladdict's avatar
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    Thanks for the calculations, very interesting. 3.5hrs for 11p sounds ludicrously cheap (which I appreciate nobody has said sbout energy prices for a whole lol). I assume based on kw/h ratings of the machine, kw/h from supplier *3.5 essentially?

    Yeah, I get your point, for a fleeting second I considered Mille, which was sbout double, but it's supposed to be very good. I shook my head and thought hang on 1.4k on a dryer we will only really use in winter!.. Probably not!

    If the Indeset comes in graphite I may consider it. Not sold on either Bosch or Samsung, they just seemed to fit the bill.

    By the way, best by according to where out of interest? We quite often use Independent Best buys for some reason! (probably because we don't subscribe to Which?)
  2. royalkay's avatar
    id check the warranty, i bit the bullet and bought one on friday. i went with a samsung series 6, only because they were offering 5 years part and labour on registration.
    i was also looking at bosch and lg as ive found them to be reliable from past experience but nearly all of them came with only 2 years hence going with samsung

    i also got it via their EPP store to get some better discount...
    oldskooladdict's avatar
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    Thanks, yeah I did see JL offered extra three years warranty on one model, probably the Samsung based on what you have said.

    We has a Bosch washing machine for sbout 6-7 years and never had a single problem so yeah, I share your view there.

    Don't think I'd qualify for EPP now, only did before as my wife was a student for a short while! My sister in law gets some teacher like benefits from being a lab technician though, not sure if that counts!
  3. Willy_Wonka's avatar
    BOSCH

    Samsung are fantastic at being rubbish at after sales. They have nailed it. Only second to Whirlpool Group
    oldskooladdict's avatar
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    Thanks I'll bare that in mind for sure
  4. Van1973's avatar
    My kids have between them Samsung and Bosch heat pump driers - both about 12 months old now. They are both happy with them - not had any issues.

    I'd buy on best price and best warranty.
  5. Mark_Hickman's avatar
    Go samsung with 5 year warranty and buy a beko filter from Amazon for £4 to place in front of the heat exchanger and you'll be very happy, done over 1000 loads in mine and its good as new using 0.7kwh per full load in 2.5 hours (edited)
    oldskooladdict's avatar
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    Oh and thanks for the reply and tips
  6. oldskooladdict's avatar
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    I saw something about this filter business in a other thread but I glossed over it.. What's the deal here then?!
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