Washer/Dryer Need recommendations

I just found a number of videos on Youtube that you might find helpful - try searching Google on this string - youtube install dryer vent in RV

UGHH!! No one provides service, I swear. PFfttt...How hard is it to install a vent yourself? I mean, I personally won't be doing it. My bf will. He has a metabo. I'm sure he can get like the little circle thinggy to cut the hole. This is very frustrating. Now I'm thinking I just wasting money buying the washer/dryer.

So, I just called this one place in Houston to come down to San Leon about putting a vent in for me. They said $540 minimum because they charge by the hour and it'll take 4 hours.

I got a vented one. Just have to figure out where I am going to put a damn vent

I started my full timing about 3 months ago. Prior to that I read just about everything I could find on rv.net about washers and dryers. Most people that owned a w/d said the same thing - stay away from the ventless dryer models. 50/50 opinions are one thing but when you get the scale tipped that far, then I tend to go with the opinion of the majority.

So I ordered my rig with the separate Splendide units (vented dryer) and couldn't be happier. Yes, they take smaller loads but so what ? Put a load in and go do something else. Come back, do another load - or not, go do something else. No big deal. It's not like you'll need to stand in front of it and watch it to make sure it does it's job. This is not like cooking dinner. And the w/d is about 1 foot away from where everything gets put away so it's not like you have to carry clothes up and down stairs.

You do have to adjust. Instead of doing laundry every Sunday, you may do a load every other day.

Real world - my dryer takes 50-60 minutes to dry a load. As someone stated, these do run on 120 volts instead of 240 like your elec dryer at home so they will all take longer. But who cares ?

My manufacturer (BigHorn) did the install so apparently they did not think there would be any structural integrity issues. I would check your manufacturers website to see if they offer a washer/dryer as an option. If they do, then I would pursue the question with them as to why you can't have that vent hole drilled in yours.

One last thing that's real important to me - as BB_TX said "But I know whose clothes have been in our machine and what was in/on those clothes."


Good Luck.

Tim

As far as delivery goes. You could order the unit(s) online or through CW catalog and find a mobile RV tech to install if you can't do it yourself. If CW installs, they do guarantee the install for as long as you own the rig. Not sure if anyone else will do that. Ask around to other RVers for anyone they may have had a good experience with.

We purchased a Splendide 2100cx vented combo from CW when it was on sale and CW installed during their $29 install anything sale. It adds 140 lbs to the weight of the trailer but is worth every lb. The trade off is the closet space we lost for the convenience of our own machine. No more digging for quarters in the furniture.

LetsRV wrote:
No, I do not actually have one. It was just info for consideration. I do not have one for the reasons I stated. When I was looking this info came from salesmen and factory reps.
I didn't say they won't do a load of wash but they will not do a load of wash that most uninformed people think of doing as they do at home. Just wanted the OP to be aware of that fact.
You mention that you do a SMALL load and let it run ALL day while you do other things. Yes, that will do some laundry and it is a great way to keep up with things. I just don't think it is doing laundry as many of the uninformed think of it.
I don't doubt that they have their place but just keep in mind that you will most likely not be doing your entire weeks worth of wash on a Saturday.
Just info and I'm in no way suggesting someone shouldn't own one.

BB_TX wrote:

LetsRV wrote:
Just something to keep in mind. You're trailer does not have 240v power like your home does for the dryer.
It will take a very very (!) long time to dry most anything using only the 110v in the trailer.

Just something to keep in mind. A small load of unmentionables shouldn't be a problem (wash and dry) but an actual load of clothes (similar to what you are used to at home) could be an all day adventure.

I am curious if you actually have one.
The DW washes our towels and washcloths, king size sheets and pillow cases, my shirts and jeans, and her clothes in our combo. Yes each load size is fairly small. But the wash and dry time is not that excessive. And with the combo unit, she just puts a load in, sets it to wash AND dry, and we go do whatever we want and come back later to a clean and dry load of laundry.

And again you are misinformed. I did not say we let it run ALL day (your caps). From start to finish it runs something in the range of 2 hours or so depending on load size. If need be, we can do several loads in a day and still not have to sit around waiting for it to finish.
True you cannot do several days of laundry at one time as you would sitting in a laundramat with multiple machines. But I know whose clothes have been in our machine and what was in/on those clothes.

My son and I just put in a stack set of Whirpool. I had already drilled the hole and installed the vent. Getting them in there was a royal PIA-hard to maneuver them. I would think hard about the combo next time. But I like a vent. Good luck!

No, I do not actually have one. It was just info for consideration. I do not have one for the reasons I stated. When I was looking this info came from salesmen and factory reps.
I didn't say they won't do a load of wash but they will not do a load of wash that most uninformed people think of doing as they do at home. Just wanted the OP to be aware of that fact.
You mention that you do a SMALL load and let it run ALL day while you do other things. Yes, that will do some laundry and it is a great way to keep up with things. I just don't think it is doing laundry as many of the uninformed think of it.
I don't doubt that they have their place but just keep in mind that you will most likely not be doing your entire weeks worth of wash on a Saturday.
Just info and I'm in no way suggesting someone shouldn't own one.

BB_TX wrote:

LetsRV wrote:
Just something to keep in mind. You're trailer does not have 240v power like your home does for the dryer.
It will take a very very (!) long time to dry most anything using only the 110v in the trailer.

Just something to keep in mind. A small load of unmentionables shouldn't be a problem (wash and dry) but an actual load of clothes (similar to what you are used to at home) could be an all day adventure.

I am curious if you actually have one.
The DW washes our towels and washcloths, king size sheets and pillow cases, my shirts and jeans, and her clothes in our combo. Yes each load size is fairly small. But the wash and dry time is not that excessive. And with the combo unit, she just puts a load in, sets it to wash AND dry, and we go do whatever we want and come back later to a clean and dry load of laundry.