LG Dual Inverter WiFi-Enabled 9kg A++ Heat Pump Tumble Dryer (White) - £499 Delivered @ Reliant

I just bought this model on the LG site for £465.48 - I signed up as a member which took a tenner off, then a further 5% off with a new customer voucher.

From the website:
"FREE Manufacturer Warranty for 5 years"
This is an essential for me. The short warranty on (slightly) cheaper brands I've never heard of puts me off.

I know when hear pump dryers first came out they were advised not to use them somewhere cold like a shed, is that still the case? Our washer and dryer are in a brick side shed, it does get cold in winter. Currently we have a hoover condenser dryer (maybe 4 years old) and it takes forever to do a cycle and even then it never seems to fully dry large loads.

I really wish they would stop advertising white goods as Letter ratings followed by a number of +++. It means nothing to me and does not help me in the slightest. Just tell me how many KW of energy it will use per hour/per load/per cycle. I can then define if I think it's economical.

I know I can find this in the description (on most sites at least) but you do have to dig it out to compare.

On this site - it's listed under manufacturers spec (got to scroll a bit). Uses 1.91 KWH on a full load and 1.03 on partial load (doesn't specify which setting, but I'm going to guess the cotton setting as most are based on that)

I've seen the energy use lower - down at 1.5 on more economical ones, but I've also seen it a lot higher on heat pumps (edited)

I don't understand why this has wifi unless it emails you to say items are dry or maybe it has a Facebook page could someone please enlighten me as to its purpose 🤪

Good deal.

This one potentially has what I think is a useful feature a generally lacking from most heat pump dryers: reverse tumble. Most (such as my old dryer) only go one way, causing items such as duvet covers to roll into a ball and stay damp on the inside.

The blurb above from Reliant's site mentions the reversing. A few other retailers mention it. Though it is not an obviously called out feature on the product page on LG's site. The user manual, shared with all FD*309* and FDV709W, says nothing. The only place is towards the bottom of the general tumble dryer page that includes:
Efficient Tumbling Control: Unlike normal tumble dryers, LG dryers tumble in both directions to untangle the load and dry more efficiently

However, reviews for existing models such as the FDV309W or higher end FDV909W do complain that duvets end up in a ball and seem to imply there is no reversing. Therefore, I am not fully confident as to whether this does reverse or not.

Otherwise, on paper this does seem good. Reviews for LG dryers in general seem quite positive. Bosch has now launched a single model that reverses. Miele seem to reverse but cost a lot. I'm tempted to change but will be taking my old dryer apart this weekend to change a part and if that works then I'll hold off buying anything.

Does this need an external drain pipe ?

Are Miele worth hundreds more than something like this?

I need a condenser dryer because we don't have an extra drain for it. I think this is one based on the "Heat Pump Condenser" in the technical spec listing.

I am only wondering what's the difference between heat pump condenser dryer and a condenser dryer? Any cons? Our dryer is planned to be in our unheated garage

I really would think twice about buying Lg again, their customer service and aftercare is one of the worst. Check out the usual places for reviews and Twitter for customer stories of which I have one, they really don’t care.

When will heat pump washer dryers become mainstream?

Seeing as these heat pump dryers draw move energy from outside the dryer to inside to provide the heat - is there a little cold draft when they're running?

And what's the actual kW draw (not kWh!)?

price upped to 559 now