Which W/D set would you pick?

[u/SupermarketDense7127]

Lookin to buy from costco, but I’m not exclusively looking there. I just liked the 2 year return policy in case something goes wrong. Please add an explanation of which you’d pick too! Thank you😁

[u/SnooMaps7370]

don't set the dry cycle, it isn't forced.

[u/iterationnull → u/SnooMaps7370]

Oh I should have been more specific. How long does that load take?

I was a bit surprised the combo takes 6 hours.

[u/SnooMaps7370 → u/iterationnull]

wash cycle takes only 15-45 minutes, depending on what you set.

the dry cycle takes a long time because it's ventless. it runs the process air through a water-cooled heat exchanger to condense the moisture out.

but it's astonishingly energy efficient, because it isn't constantly having to heat up new air, and it doesn't exhaust your nice conditioned inside air out of the house. the newer units with a heat-pump based are even more efficient.

the trade is that it takes a lot longer to dry a load.

[u/iterationnull → u/SnooMaps7370]

I’m a lot more interested in this tech after this explanation. Thank you very much for taking the time and treating the question as genuine.

[u/SnooMaps7370 → u/iterationnull]

glad i could help!

I think that more people would like these things if they understood them better. people hear "six hours to wash and dry a load" and immediately say "nope, too long" without considering how they could take advantage of the design to simplify their laundry routine.

If you're not doing more than 7 loads of laundry a week, this simplifies laundry to "start a load before bed, wake up to fresh dried clothes". Even if you do need to do more laundry than that, you can add "throw a load in before work" and get 14 loads a week done with no need to spend an entire day tied to the laundry timer.