Really useful appliance reviews on this channel. However, can't help but think for a £1200 outlay, the tumble drier cake is being over iced. I'm happy with my Bosch Series 6 one-appliance washer drier, which deals with Primark clothes and M+S bed linen just fine, and is also supremely quiet for use in a flat.
This is a replacement for the previous series 8 model the WTX88EH9GB that I have. That doesn’t have the touch screen like this and I prefer the rotary dial on mine, it feels so much better.
A rotary dial is very inefficient. It's beyond me why it hasn't been replaced by a touchscreen a decade ago. I'm guessing they've just waited until enough of their older analogue customers have died (who would have never bought such futuristic tech) to take that step. Their Siemens counterpart is targeted at a slightly different (older) audience and that still has a semi-analogue rotary selector.
@@markblow1966 A function selector that requires you to navigate through programs you don't even want to select, is called inefficient. The rotary engine was actually very efficient.
The only downside to this dryer I've discovered so far, is that it produces A LOT of noise when te compressor is active. I still don't know if I just got a faulty unit or that it functions as designed, but it dries like a champ. I'm curious to other users their experiences though.
Is the touch interface a benefit? It sometimes feels like a flashy feature for the higher end models, but something that results in a worse user experience.
Not worth. I have a brand new S8 washing machine. The UI is laggy and slow, sometimes takes multiple touch to register. Would prefer my older S8 with the physical knob dial
@@Antoni-Music Have you installed the software update? I was afraid that it would be very laggy (I've seen that on many other appliances), but it's actually quite responsive and I've never had to press a "key" twice (yet).
Love my euronics supplied Blomberg 9kg vented tumble dryer, you’d be hard pressed to get me to give up vented. They are so quick.. time is what really matters to me.
I don't know but I can believe that they don't use as much electricity and water. Nevertheless I run my appliances at night so I don't have to wait around
Because cotton cycles are made for full 9 kg load and it shows the time for a 100% load. It takes a lot of time to dry such a ball of clothes. Other programs have 50% load or less. However it shows time for full load, so if you throw for example 6,5kg , then it will dry sooner and the machine will reduce the time at the end when it senses that there is little moisture left. Washing machine cotton programs also show time for a full load. Washing machine cotton cycles increase the time, because those cycles use less water. They substitute water for increase in time to get similar washing results.
There are energy efficient dryers that dry really quickly, but thats just how those BSH dryers are made plus this is the A+++ -10% version which takes even longer then the A+++ BSH dryers. Anyways the A+++ -10% models come with the SpeedPerfect/VarioSpeed function
Looks like this model just released as the Bosch new version in 500 series here in the USA..... BUT.... how do you now access the condenser to clean the fins??? Bosch says it is has the 'self cleaning condenser' but not sure how good it is at cleaning the lint (+ what does it do with it???) - Can you highlight how it is done?? Thanks
Quite a few of the higher end dryers have a self cleaning condenser. What it will do is to pump the water from the water container through the condenser unit at the end of the program and send any of the fluff or lint into the water container drawer. As it cleans it after every program, then it maintains a clean condenser unit which helps to maintain the energy efficiency of the appliance
It's hard to decide between BOSCH Series 8 WQB246C9GB and BOSCH Series 6 WQG245A0GB. Any suggestions? I saw than Serie 6 has a slightly higher energy consumption (193 kwh vs 174) but the full load drying time is much faster 195min vs 260min. Why this huge difference? I though Serie 8 must be much better/faster
In the Flesh the control panel looks cheap and plasticky and there is a delay between touching a button and it operating. I am not convinced by the auto clean condenser either especially when sealed so you can’t clean it, my previous Bosch got full of fluff inside and the pump blocked up. It’s all expensive marketing over good function and not worth the inflated price.
That touch dial is the worst, but all manufacturers still try to sell these as a "premium" feature. The reality is they are cheaper to make than a real mechanical dial and therefore represent higher profit margins, and they are awful to use.
