Best Heat Pump Clothes Dryers

I’ve had this unit for about 18 months now. It’s relatively quiet (but it’s at the end of the house) and CHEAP to run. The lint filter should be… Read more

cleaned out after each cycle of clothes to keep it clean and running optimally.

The heat pump dryer operates at a lower temperature than original dryers so it will take longer to dry items.

I’ve only ONCE had sheets tangle up when drying. An annoyance but it’s not a deal breaker.

Would I buy another if / when this ceases to work? YES, in a heartbeat.

Overall, within the 6 years , this machine has been problematic. Constantly tripping and yesterday it finally died and knocked out the power in our house. This machine was looked after and constantly cleaned. We unfortunately, got a bad machine. Show details

Quiet and extremely energy saving and efficient dryer. Pros Dial control (unfortunately not backlit) Clothes and towels come out soft and uncreased… Read more

if you fold straight away Without filling the laundry with condensation and excess heat Cons Have to crouch down to make sure you've selected the exact control Control interface not backlit Power plug difficult to remove for us older people Med-high maintenance: removing lint (and condensation collector if you save it for your iron)

Would never go back to front loader – The machine has great finsctions and is user friendly. Ample room for big sheets and compact in my small laundry. Show details

I have had this heat pump dryer Beko 7kg BDP710W for 2 years. Rubbish it stopped working. I have a 5-year warranty, and I asked Beko to contact my… Read more

adult grandson who is at home because I work full-time. Dodgy service no one has contacted my grandson. Still waiting for a technician to come onsite. High recommend do not buy a Beko heat pump dryer.

Just a great dryer to use – The dryer was so easy to use and the cleaning process just as easy. I drys the cloths very and I hardly ever need ironing. The dry is very quite in operation and does not disturb us

It dries clothes gently and efficiently without overheating them, and I love how quiet it runs. The energy efficiency is a big plus too perfect for daily use. Overall, a solid and reliable dryer that does exactly what it promises! Very nice

this product is very useful for us and quilty is too good Show details

Terrible. Takes a LONG time. I'm talking 5 to 6 hours for a small load. If you are trying towels or sheets expect maybe 12 hours. As for if you… Read more

actually load it right up to its max expect to only get one load out of it. Not good at all if you have to do 3 or 4 loads in a day and want to actually dry some.

I just picked one up today as it was getting scrapped by our local electronics store it's ready to work as mum does the dogs bed in as well I also have a heat pump dryer as back up

Not strong enough it also consumes electricity power but easy to operate Show details

I purchased this Fisher & Paykel heat pump dryer in July 2023 for approximately $1,550. We are a household of only two people, so the dryer has had… Read more

very light use. For an appliance at this price point, I expected it to last considerably longer than three years. When the dryer stopped working properly, I paid $239 for a Fisher & Paykel technician to inspect it. After a relatively quick inspection of around 30 minutes, I was told the machine was not repairable because the refrigerant had leaked out. The technician even commented that he had a good idea what the problem was before inspecting it. I was told Fisher & Paykel would contact me and that I would likely be offered a discounted replacement. After waiting several days without hearing anything, I contacted Fisher & Paykel myself and spent almost an hour dealing with them through their online chat. I requested a like-for-like replacement at no cost, given the age, purchase price and very limited use of the dryer. This was declined. Instead, I was offered replacement options requiring me to contribute approximately $550–$700, on top of the $239 I had already paid just to be told the dryer could not be repaired. I find this extremely disappointing. A premium $1,550 appliance should, in my view, have a reasonable service life well beyond three years under normal household use. What concerns me even more is that the technician appeared familiar with the fault before inspecting the machine. Yet I am now being asked to spend hundreds of dollars more to replace a relatively young appliance that cannot be repaired. Unfortunately, my experience with the matching Fisher & Paykel washing machine hasn’t been particularly positive either. Despite regularly cleaning it and leaving the door and detergent compartment open to dry and air out, there is an ongoing unpleasant smell. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend Fisher & Paykel heat pump dryers. If you’re considering purchasing one, I would seriously suggest researching other brands and their reliability and after-sales support first. If I could give this dryer zero stars, I would.

This is exactly the same dryer I bought in March, but it failed in June. Sadly Bosch refused to send a "technician" to fix it. It wouldn't have… Read more

been so bad if they had said I would have to pay if they didn't find a problem, but they didn't so Harvey Norman gave me a new one. So how have I found my new dryer? It doesn't have an airing cycle and I find the settings plate extremely difficult to read, otherwise I am very happy with it. I have the dryer that also goes anti clockwise so no knotted sheets. You can decide how dry you want things and it has a half load to save power. Some cycles make a noise when it has finished but otherwise it doesn't have an alarm when finished. I find when the cycle has finished the washing is dry and I don't need to repeat the cycle. I hope it keeps running for a very long time because I really don't want to have to call Bosch for service because very sadly there isn't any.

Worse dryer I have ever owned. Nithjng is ever dry even on Extra Dry setting. Useless.

I’ve had this LG heat pump dryer since 2022 and honestly, it has been the worst dryer I’ve ever owned. It simply does not dry clothes properly. One… Read more

load can take all day, and even after running for hours the clothes are still damp. The water collector is often completely empty, which makes me question whether it is even extracting moisture properly. Ive tried different dryer settings and still the same.

I’ve already had the dryer looked at by LG maintenance, but unfortunately the issues have continued. For how expensive this dryer was, I’m incredibly disappointed. If it hadn’t cost so much, I would have gotten rid of it a long time ago.

The matching washing machine is not quite as bad, but I still have issues with clothes coming out with an unpleasant smell, despite doing tub cleans and thoroughly cleaning the machine myself.

Overall, I expected much better quality and performance from LG, especially considering the price. I definitely would not purchase this dryer & washing machine again. If I could get my money back and have the items taken id take that option straight away. They belong at the dump.

Purchased around 2 years ago from Domayne. As others have mentioned, clothes are never fully dry. The top lint filter is OK, but the one on the… Read more

bottom is a nightmare. It lets lint through to the condenser fins? which are near impossible to clean. It also gets condensation in there and can leak a small amount of water on to the floor. It is prone to mould from being damp. I have had to soak the filter in bleach a few times to kill off some mould spores. I contacted their customer support and was told to follow the instructions, where i then pointed out to them that their video instruction (see screenshot) indicates that there is an additional foam filter to protect the condenser, which I never received. Ariston replied back with a parts catalogue, and no surprises that the filter doesn't exist in the catalogue. I replied and they never answered back.

Really amazing machine can handle my sheets and doonas perfectly, had this one replacing my old 19 year old asko and love it Show details

My experience with the Asko heat pump dryer has not been good. I’ve had it for a couple of years now and the entire time the pump has been an issue.… Read more

Asko have fixed it but never replaced the pump and it continues to be an issue now that the dryer is out of warranty. The machine stops multiple times through a drying cycle requiring the water container to be emptied but there’s actually no water in the container. This makes using the dryer very difficult as you consistently have to check that it’s still running during what should be a normal cycle I would not recommend buying one of these dryers.

Quiet and works. Pro tip: If you keep on getting water full error, then cut the end of the water draining hose! The original water draining hose's… Read more

opening has a st^pid white cone that is too small (size of a rice). Cut that off and the water will drain normally. Fluff and lint gets caught in it.

Good to dry clothes but sheets are an absolute nightmare. Constantly having to stop and untangle them because they have balled up and takes forever… Read more

to dry. Lint filter warning also constantly beeps and there’s not even any lint in the filter. Do not recommend!!!

This is a total buyer beware job. Had a 2 year warranty and at just under two years the heat pump and rotor started to fail. Using the thing was… Read more

louder than a plane taking off. Using the manufacturers warranty, it took them 2 months to repair the thing. It’s not a later and the exact same issue has cropped up again. Do not buy this dryer if you want something that lasts.

DO NOT BUY!!!!! STOLE MY MONEY! Purchased a Hisense 8kg Heat Pump Dryer 4.5months ago from Harvey Norman. At 3.5months of age the dryer started… Read more

making an extremely loud noise when I turned it on. The drum inside the machine no longer moves. There is also a gap in between the drum and the door of the machine. It’s although the drum has broken or whatever holds it in place and makes it turn is broken. If I had of known this dryer was going to have a fault this early in its life I would NOT have purchased it. I went straight to HN and they sent all the details to Hisense. After a month of back and forth communication with Hisense my patience is running out. I have requested a refund multiple times & been refused. They keep promising that a technician will come to repair the dryer but this has not happened. There is no way I would ever purchase anything from this brand again. RUBBISH! DO NOT BUY!!

Please allow me to vent: this is the last time I'm buying a Westinghouse product. We have been restricted by what we can buy due to laundry space… Read more

and/or product dimensions (width). But we will now need to renovate our laundry just so we don't have to buy another 'smaller' Westinghouse product.

Our previous purchase (a washing machine) made the clothes dirty due to a faulty lint filtering system. Our most recent purchase (a heat pump dryer purchased ten days ago) appears to have a mind of its own.

Most alarmingly, it actively resists owner agency: we are forced to use an entirely digitized (and possibly AI regulated) system that misreads its own cycle and wont allow the owner to reset (or restart) the cycle to ensure that it works as intended and completes the *programmed* cycle.

Despite the constant malfunctions, there have been *no error* or warning messages: it simply turns itself off during the course of a given cycle and prematurely announces 'End' cycle via its digital display and constant beeping .

This premature ending can occur half an hour or 90 minutes into (say) a three hour cycle. The items remain wet and we are required to *repeatedly* restart the cycle to little avail.

The only way I could get around this nonsense was by putting different (say) wet towels into the dryer and try and trick it into *repeatedly* starting a different cycle. This *has* worked on occasion but it requires you to do two separate half cycles twice (!), and to stand closeby so as to intervene when necessary... which is clearly a ridiculous and unacceptable situation.

The only way I can make head or tail of its erratic behavior is that it has a 'sensor' to monitor and/or regulate the drying progress, and the sensor is misaligned somehow and overrides any attempt to course correct its own cycle.

The most annoying thing, then, is that the dryer won't let you restart or complete the faulty cycle. It has somehow 'decided' that the cycle is done and will 'end' the restarted cycle of its own accord again (and again).

There is no manual override or option to chose your own timed setting - everything is preprogrammed and locks you into what it is programmed to do. The poor owner is therefore left at the mercy of a temperamental and erratic machine that it has no control over.

And if you make the mistake of calling customer service for help or clarification, they'll just read from the manual you already own.

End venting: I cannot recommend a machine that denies or resists owner autonomy. I want my money back, and will return to (ironically) a more conventional vented system.

I wish I liked it more – We bought this heat pump dryer to prevent moisture running down our laundry walls, after our old dryer seized. Living in Brisbane means often towels… Read more

don’t dry, due to humidity. So far it works, but often the clothes are still damp to the touch, or else the dryer works for hours and I have to manually stop it because things are very dry. Maybe I need to understand the settings better, but I prefer an older style spin of the knob and walk away type machine. Also I don’t like the black outer ring and would have preferred silver, but all options had black instead of silver.

This dryer does not dry your washing. Honestly, it’s the most frustrating appliance I’ve ever owned. Sheets just wrap themselves in a ball with the… Read more

middle still soaking wet after hours, so you have to stop it every 15 minutes or so to detangle. There are lots of different settings (which are totally inflexible and not intuitive to use at all) for various types of items but basically you just use the cotton setting with extra dry selected and run it for hours and hours (no joke) - it’s the only thing that gets your washing remotely ‘dry’. Save yourself and don’t bother with this machine. Unfortunately, it comes with my apartment, so I’m stuck with it.

Do not buy this dryer. Worse purchase ever. I feel like I work for the dryer as it beeps every 10 minutes to clean out lint filter. It takes hours… Read more

to dry sheets which end up in a ball. I have to constantly be monitoring the dryer and spend so much time been frustrated with an expensive machine that does not do the job. Stick to the older style models where you clothes come out hot and dry.

Worst dryer I have ever owned. The matching washing machine died after 6 months and the dryer has had a tech out once before and now is not drying… Read more

again. Time to change to a new dryer as I cannot be bothered wasting any more time in this piece of junk. Advise to avoid beko at all cost.

Terrible – Very rarely does it dry anything. Goes on for hours and clothing is still damp. Extremely disappointed in this near useless drier. Both filters are… Read more

cleaned and water tank empty, still very little heat. Beko should name it a cloths tumbler and must not include drier in their description.

An appalling product for the money – This is a truely disappointing product for the money. As many others have said Tangles sheets in a way that seems almost impossible. If on a rare… Read more

occasion they don’t tangle they end up in a complete ball inside the fitted sheets completely wet and the dryer has finished.

Dries clothes somewhat well but takes 3.5 hours to do so

It can dry towels!

I got rid of an old but working Simpson drier and I regret the decision every time I use it. It was noisy and used a lot of power but it got the job done fast and well. Even now a replacement is only $375 not $1200 and I’m seriously thinking of changing it over.

Shame on you Bosch, your customer service when I called to complain was also rubbish. “Just fold the sheets 3 times before you put them in then they won’t tangle”. Didn’t work and there is. O resolution no matter how many times I called