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Dryers - ratings.(Buyers Guide)(Evaluation)

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| August 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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 ...

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