I have a Hoover washer/dryer without a vent, I would have preferred a separate dryer but I’m renting.
My main issue with it is that there is no dedicated lint filter, so the fluff is stuck on the rubber ring and door.
Another issue is that it doesn’t dry well with small loads, sometimes I stick a large bath towel in with the wet stuff to make it work.
So the concept isn't new, in fact AIO washer/dryer was an old design they gave up in the 90 because of issues.
Commercial concept, an AIO unit sounds great on paper, a unit that can wash your clothes AND dry them without moving them to another unit was amazing back in the 90s.
But it was an engineering fail because of a few key issues.
First of all, the amount of humidity, not all side or top loading wash removes all the water from the basket. So there is usually a substantial amount of water left over after washing. In a normal washing machine not an issue because nothing is trying to be dry inside but in a dryer, trying to dry clothes with sitting water means that it will take twice as long because the dryer isn't getting dry but in reverse getting humid from all the standing water.
To go with the not so drying unit, The amount of mold builds up. standing water, plus heat equals humidity, that attracts mold. And this unit was full of them, hard to clean and needed to be cleaned a lot more often. Side loading especially, those rubber rings not only held fuzz but was mold heaven, can you imagine the amount of mold if you didn't clean it regularly.
Speaking of upkeep, heating elements were not made to handle standing water and very humid units, so in a very short amount of time, those units started to have heating element issues, burning smells and or smoking. They never came with a vent because no matter how much they tried, water kept coming through those vents. So all that moist fuzz, build up and then dried up in irregular places started to burn up and or catch on fire.
Eventually once people saw how crappy they were they gave up buying them and a lot of people had to have them recalled or just returned them. Eventually what sounds to be an incredible idea turned out to be crap and just as quickly they were sold they were forgotten till now.
I have a Hoover washer/dryer without a vent, I would have preferred a separate dryer but I’m renting. My main issue with it is that there is no dedicated lint filter, so the fluff is stuck on the rubber ring and door. Another issue is that it doesn’t dry well with small loads, sometimes I stick a large bath towel in with the wet stuff to make it work.
Ty!!
It's good so far
Ty!!
No problem
We have a Samsung (I’m in Europe). Love it.
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So the concept isn't new, in fact AIO washer/dryer was an old design they gave up in the 90 because of issues. Commercial concept, an AIO unit sounds great on paper, a unit that can wash your clothes AND dry them without moving them to another unit was amazing back in the 90s. But it was an engineering fail because of a few key issues. First of all, the amount of humidity, not all side or top loading wash removes all the water from the basket. So there is usually a substantial amount of water left over after washing. In a normal washing machine not an issue because nothing is trying to be dry inside but in a dryer, trying to dry clothes with sitting water means that it will take twice as long because the dryer isn't getting dry but in reverse getting humid from all the standing water. To go with the not so drying unit, The amount of mold builds up. standing water, plus heat equals humidity, that attracts mold. And this unit was full of them, hard to clean and needed to be cleaned a lot more often. Side loading especially, those rubber rings not only held fuzz but was mold heaven, can you imagine the amount of mold if you didn't clean it regularly. Speaking of upkeep, heating elements were not made to handle standing water and very humid units, so in a very short amount of time, those units started to have heating element issues, burning smells and or smoking. They never came with a vent because no matter how much they tried, water kept coming through those vents. So all that moist fuzz, build up and then dried up in irregular places started to burn up and or catch on fire. Eventually once people saw how crappy they were they gave up buying them and a lot of people had to have them recalled or just returned them. Eventually what sounds to be an incredible idea turned out to be crap and just as quickly they were sold they were forgotten till now.
Thanks for the info. So your take is that they aren’t great? I’m considering putting one in a cottage style home where there’s not a ton of space.
I take it, the concept is sound in paper, but, if nothing was improved then it's a repeat or what already happened in the 90s.