Samsung DV56H9100EG

Recommended clothes dryers, by Consumer Reports

“A reliable clothes dryer that gets the job done and lasts for years is what you need,” says Consumer Reports. “Electric dryers are the big sellers. Decades of testing revealed that electric and gas dryers perform similarly. […] An electric dryer requires a 240-volt outlet. For a gas dryer you’ll need a 120-volt outlet and a gas hookup. Gas dryers cost about $50 to $150 more, but you’ll probably spend less on energy and more than make up the difference over time.”

Here is the Consumer Reports’ selection of recommended clothes dryers. The maximum overall score is 100, and “Best Buy” models offer more value.


Electric dryers

Samsung DV56H9100EG

Overall score: 86

Samsung DV56H9000EP

Overall score: 84

LG DLEX8500V

Overall score: 84

Whirlpool WED92HEFW

Overall score: 80

LG DLEX7700VE

Overall score: 80

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Gas dryers

Samsung DV56H9100GG

Overall score: 86

Samsung DV56H9000GP

Overall score: 84

LG DLGX8501V

Overall score: 84

Whirlpool WGD90HEFW

Overall score: 80

Whirlpool WGD92HEFW

Overall score: 80

LG DLGX7701VE

Overall score: 80

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Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly since 1936. It features reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research centre. The magazine accepts no advertising, pays for all the products it tests, and, as a not-for-profit organisation, has no shareholders. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides. (Wikipedia.)

Source: Consumer Reports
Last checked on: 12 September 2016
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