What's the difference between a washer dryer combination and a set?

A washer dryer combination is a washing machine and dryer in one, so the appliance takes up relatively little space. That's useful when you have a small house and you don't have room to place 2 separate appliances.

A washer dryer combination mostly has advantages, but also one important downside. A separate washing machine and dryer take up more space. Thankfully, you can easily solve this if you use a stacking kit to place the dryer on top of the washing machine. Of course, the space where you place the set needs to be high enough.

A washer dryer combination dries your clothes with a heating element. Heating this heating element requires a lot of power, so the consumption is already quite high. In addition, a washer dryer combination takes longer to dry your laundry because it has no condenser. Heating the element and the long drying time together mean that the appliance uses a lot of energy while drying. Do you only use the machine for washing? In that case, most appliances are energy-efficient.

A separate washing machine and heat pump dryer washes and dries energy-efficiently. You can save as much as possible on your energy bill with a washing machine with an A energy label and a dryer with an A+++ energy label. This'll save you a total of up to € 714 on energy costs over the lifespan of the appliances.

A washer dryer combination has less drying capacity than laundry capacity. This is because your laundry needs more space in the drum to dry. If there's not enough space, the hot air doesn't reach all your wet laundry properly. This makes it necessary to wash and dry less laundry at a time. Another option is to hang some of your wet laundry on a drying rack after a full wash cycle.

With a separate washer and dryer, you can choose the load capacity for washing and the load capacity for drying. If you buy a washer and dryer with the same load capacity, you can dry all your wet laundry at once after washing.

A washer dryer combination takes longer to dry your laundry than a dryer. This is because the machine doesn't have a condenser that quickly condenses the moisture. The metal tub around the drum is a few degrees cooler than the inside of the drum. During drying, the moist air condenses on this wall, which is slower than with a condenser. This makes the drying process take longer. In this article, you'll read how this works exactly.

At the bottom of a dryer is a condenser. This has a hot and cold side to heat up and cool down the air. The cold side of the condenser cools down to the point where it draws all the moisture from the hot air and converts it into water. Because the temperature difference between the air and the condenser is as high as possible, the moisture draws from the hot air faster and your laundry dries faster.