Reviewing: LG FDV309W Heat Pump Tumble Dryer 

We have this set but in stainelss had them for around 2-3 years now. Despite the dryer having self cleaning we do find outselves manually activiating condensor cleaning every 6 months triggered by loads not coming out dry. We also have the dryer drainage plugged into the washer, it doesnt need its own plumbing when stacked, it will use the washers pump if both machines are on, and help heat the washer too, further reducing energy bills. Great combo. Super quiet when correctly levelled. I e you can have a low volume conversation in the same room without it interuppting you or causing you to speak up.

Hi Rita, thankyou for well explaining about condensed dryer

Thank you for your thorough review!

Thank you! Perfect!

Lovely set

Hello, I have just bought my dual pump dryer and cannot for the life of me find any installation instructions. I think I have a somewhat similar model as yours, FDV309GN. You mentioned if not plumbing into the drains I can just plug it into the mains and its ready to go? I saw outlets, one at back near the middle with a black rubber cap and another one near the back on the left hand side of the machine, again with a black cap. Do I just leave those alone? Some water dripped from the outlet on the side. Wondering if that’s also normal😢

Just to point out one thing: The model is FDV909W👍 The FDV309 you've mentioned has a different door design and it has white trim around the dial

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Hi Rita, I am in search of a heat pump dryer. Now that you’ve had the dryer for some months, would you recommend it?

are there any cons with the performance of the dryer, ie are the clothes completely dry at the end of the cycle?

Hi Rita, any update on the heat pump dryer? Any issues? Thanks

Does that heat pump dryer has a drainage at the back? I mean drainage for the excess water from the condenser?

Hi where does the filter lint go. With a Samsung you have to clean the heat exchange. How does this get cleaned? Would be nice 8f you can show us.

Under the bottom of it theres a small hose thing with a cap thing do u open to drain?

Once the programme ends, can you manually set the machine to run for a bit longer, ie, 5, 10, 15, 23, etc. minutes?

Be great if I could bring my washing round to use and see how they come out and I could leave a great review?

Thanks for review. Does the machine Reverse Tumble? And How do you stop it rolling sheets into balls?

Have you done a review showing the WiFi function or app use if it has one?

Hi Rita, who´s John Lewis? He seems to be a very nice guy :). Jokes apart, although I live in a sunny country I´m considering the addition of an LG heat pump (same here: I like LG and have a similar washing machine) for our apartment. One question about noise: how do you compare it to the spinning cycle in the sister machine, for example? My OCD suggests you to remove the red "steam" sticker on the washing machine :). Thanks from Lisbon, PT.

hello, thank you for your review, awesome! I have a question - how is it going on after 1 year? and also what is the model of the washing machine - and how is the washing machine performing, really like the set, looking to get a set as well, and maybe stack them

We like this dryer because it matches our washer... 🙈😂😂

The dislikes for color & size are moot since both units were not purchased at the same time. And they could have made them even in front if they tried. If they don't like the sticking out in front, make it even in front & the slight overhang will be in the back, a non issue. Remember folks, it's a washer & dryer, 2 different pieces of equipment that for some engineering reason cannot be exact to each other. Oh, and at time 4:26 fix senor to read sensor

How much energy consumption (Kwh) for one drying cycle with full capacity?

Regarding the warranty, you only get 10 years from lg on the motor. if you had opted for the 5 years from LG, parts and labour, you would pay for it and get 5 years from them. John Lewis therefore only do 2 years parts and labour when you buy from them, unless you fully register the machine for 5 years from LG parts and labour, then it will be 5 years from LG and LG alone. 10 years is only for the motor.

The difference in colour between the two is most likely due to one being older (off white) i.e. yellowing and the new one (pure white).

There is 2 lint filter just as you know😉 on below the one you tok out

What type of LG washer do you use? That energy A+++ -40% caught on my sight.

Hi Rita - does it creases your clothes? Tyvm in advance

Does it release moist air into the room?

How long does it take to dry a full load?

Ventilation in that model is on the back and you need to leave 10cm space on the back and 2cm on both sides. It's a deal breaker for me. 😢

It is very energy efficient,but it must be terd down evry year,for cleaning,or it will stop working. Beastly mony you save on electricity,you spand on servesing.

JL is also cheaper then Curry's..

You get the 2 year and 10 year warranty where ever you buy it.

I don't understand, you make a review and you don't show the dryer operation?

Sadly don’t recommend this particular product because the new heat pump system tumble dryer doesn’t work in low temperatures in homes where it’s used for not having central heating or heating in the location it is housed on rooms below 50 degrees Fahrenheit takes over 4 hours to dry a single load of a spinning cycle of 1400 speed. I would never recommend it for people living in the UK when people are placing them in cold laundry rooms and outside buildings they don’t work at all when colder weather arrives in late autumn and winter and spring when temperatures are lower and the higher energy bills are cost of electricity and length of running the new heat pump system is not practical for families who have a low income. Compared to other makers vented dryer for a 8 kilogram load of taking 70 minutes to totally dry the clothes and a heat pump to take over 3 to 4 hours to still be damp in prices of a new heat pump is a lot more expensive to purchase than a vented dryer for 6 months ago I was talked into buying a new heat pump dryer for cost £449 six months of poor results from lengthy cycles and the sensor keeps extending the running time of early December 2022 I couldn’t use the dryer and thought it was broken down to a engineer for the manufacturer to take a look at it and told me it was because of the recent freezing cold weather and that they don’t work in cold temperatures in rooms that have not heating and air pump was scrapped because it’s not fit for purpose and I was not going to let someone else have high electricity bills for the hours running. I bought a C rated vented dryer for £229 and expecting it to take longer than my old dryer that failed in the summer of being 13 years old but amazing results 70 minutes to dry towel’s and 60 minutes for a mixed load of jeans and cotton pants and tea shirts etc. I have wasted £449 on a apparently energy saving new technology that takes 3 to 4 hours to dry a single load of laundry in now really not going to last longer for wearing the bearings and motor quicker than the old dryer is obviously going to be a issue for operating time to running for longer periods of the effects on the workings of components are in fact going to wear out sooner rather than later I don’t want a dryer that takes half a day to dry a single load of laundry when I can do two wash loads and then dry them completely in in half the time taking just over 4 hours instead of over 8 hours with the modem technology and longer cycles of new appliances I am 65 years old I have grown up with a mangle and wash tub, and a twin washer and spinner combo and a automatic washer dryer and separate washing machines and the older appliances were made to last longer and more reliable for hot water and cold water filling but the new ones are cold fill washers and have to heat up every single load to your choice of washing temperatures required for the longer times for the hottest cycles and takes over 3 hours per load this wasn’t the case with the older machines so how can you claim that they are more energy efficient but taking so much longer period of use for energy produced to running the motors and wearing the parts quicker for understanding marketing customers are being deceived and it is dishonest marketing to keep the economy going for the people involved in marketing inferior products not building to last longer and then paying more money to replace them for sales and marketing new products to find that they don’t deliver what they claim to deliver a false value to actually cost more in the long run rather than looking a at the heating system to their claims of using less heat to looking at the length of running for a complete cycle and energy resources for running the motors to disconnect from your electric power supply for the false claims that you only discover after purchasing a new heat pump dryer and comparing with the other older dryer’s that you have owned in the past.

dryer rack is shit, i prefer the dryer rack on hotpoint with two metal legs on the front

It’s annoying listening to this… why do people say the same thing in 4-5sentences 🤷🏻‍♀️ get on with it

“If you don’t like it stacked you can have it side by side” well obviously durrrr!!🤦🏻‍♀️🙄