First World WTF

[tiggymalvern]

Our elderly tumble dryer died yesterday. The motor makes a horrible noise and the drum doesn't turn. We don't know exactly how old it is because it came with the house, but that makes it at least nine years old, and one look at it says rather older. So I begin to google tumble dryers.

OMG people, why the hell would I want my tumble dryer to be 'smart' and programmable by phone? Unless it's smart enough to empty the washer, sort the laundry into tumble dry and dry flat and then load itself up, I'm going to be standing right next to it. Why then would I want to program it via my phone instead of using buttons and dials on the dryer?

I know that some people now come surgically attached to their phones and find it impossible to put the damn things away for even the length of a meal or a movie. But how is this anything other than a stupid gimmick to get people to pay more for a dryer?

Comments

[teaforme.livejournal.com]

I'll be interested in what you get, and how it turns out. Our W/D is ageing, and could go at any time.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I ended up ordering this:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/LG-Electronics-7-3-cu-ft-Electric-Dryer-with-Steam-in-White-DLEY1701W/204377890

We'll see how it works out!

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Nice!

I have a fairly simple one but the sensor died about a year ago so now it's even simpler: temperature, time, that's it.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I need/will use the steam functionality, but I wanted flexibility in temperature and program settings which didn't seem to come without it.

[teaforme.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that looks amazing! For a dryer. :-)