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Clothes dryers display fewer performance and energy differences than washers. All 18 full-sized models we tested dried a variety of fabrics well. And all have a moisture sensor, which saves energy and your clothes by stopping the dryer more quickly than a thermostat when laundry is dry.
Two CR Best Buys--the Kenmore 6283 and Whirlpool LEQ8858J--cost less than $400. But you will pay a premium if you want to trade the usual dial controls for the computerlike touch screen on one model. As we also found, a labor-saving feature on another model can cost you more in energy.
THE TESTS, THE RESULTS
We rated only electrically heated dryers, which ...