White Knight 847

We have had this model for 9 years and it is still going strong.

We arrange our laundry so that we only ever use it on half heat at night. It is a bit noisy, but we keep it in a cupboard and it dulls the noise. The low heat setting means longer drying time but much cheaper costs.

It is very straight forward to use, no fancy electronic display that might go wrong, and a straight forward filter to empty.

It was rather cheap to buy and is very economical to run.We recommend it highly.

The back of my White Knight 847 tumble dryer exploded and engineer said that this is a fault with dryer and that white knight should replace. They were not interested as machine was 2 years old and not under warranty.

Had the white knight tumble dryer for just over 2 years, it is used a lot (we have 3 young kids) however i have just discovered that where the rear drum support ataches to the pack panel it has all started to split, does this mean it is not fit for purpose??? and i can get a replacement. Watch this space for an update. However up until now we have had no problems with it.

Thought it was the bees knees when I got a White Knight 847. The first one, but heater packed up after 2 years. Thought it was a fluke! Got second one, sure it dried a load in 20 minutes, 6 months down the line it dried a light load in 60 minutes, 13 months down the line (just when outside warranty) the heater has packed up again permanently. Now all I can do is dry my tears with a reliable tissue!

I thought a dryer was for drying cloths, but unfortunately in this case i must be wrong. If you like watching cloths going around in opposite directions for hours on end and then parading round in damp cloths on a fresh spring morning then this is a machine for you. As for recycling cloths you will end up with traffic jam at the dryer equivalent to the M25 on a weekday morning rush hour.

I think they forgot to put a heater in it when they designed it. As for energy efficiency i can't believe that running this dryer for eight hours is cheaper than my old dryer that would dry the same load in 40 minutes????

We've had our White Knight 847 for just over two years with no problems and my wife could wash for England. We mainly use the economy setting which basically uses cold air and takes 8-12 hours to dry - so you leave it all day or all night. It senses the dryness you set on the control knob and a light comes on when it is finished but it carries on tumbling (backwards and forwards) every few minutes until the door is opened. We have left it for a couple of days doing that.

It has very little impact on the electricity bill. Ours is in the garage but does not create condensation even with the garage closed when on the low setting.

My wife was pleased to find that her ironing load had halved because the clothes had not wrinkled. OK, I know that sounds sexist but we have been married for 38 years and it works for us!

Use fabric conditioner sheets for best effect. We find Morrisons own brand good value.

My wife will still hang washing out on a good drying day but finds this tumble dryer is the next best thing.

I will not give it 10 stars on the basis that nothing in the world is perfect but it is very good.