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Dryers: a few new wrinkles.
The fundamental way clothes dryers work--tumbling laundry in a heated chamber--hasn't changed much in decades, although some models have gotten more stylish and high-tech. Among developments worth noting:
* Maytag recently introduced a $1,200 drying center combining a dryer with a heated cabinet designed to speed drying of clothes you'd normally air-dry reduce wrinkling, and remove odors (see CloseUp, below). It lived up to most claims in our tests.
* Most states now require a fire-safety measure that Consumers Union (publisher of CONSUMER REPORTS) and dryer manufacturers have advocated for years: metal ductwork for funneling moist, hot air and lint ...
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