Product review (4 stars): Great when used on highest setting, takes twice as long as full size dryer, but quicker than line drying.
Easy to set up. I put a knee high panty hose over the exhaust to catch lint for the first use. Afterward I didn't see any lint in the sock but that could be a fire hazard so I bought the indoor vent attachment from Lowe's for $15 -it was easy to attach. It doesn't make the apartment hot and the vent kit does put a little bit of humidity in the air because you must put water in the bottom of the lint catcher. It's not bothersome for heat output, humidity or noise. This first load was some undies, socks and a couple of shirts that I rang out by hand after taking out of the Panda mini washer. I used a dryer sheet. Set it to 80 min on the orange dial side. At cycle end it was very damp and hot. Put the dial to 200 on the orange side and checked when it got to 120 and it was dry. Second load started out on highest setting and set a timer. It takes an hour and half to two hours to dry. Overall very pleased. I may buy the compact spin dryer to speed up the drying time. It takes longer than full size dryer, BUT if you don't have w/d hookups it's better than line drying which takes a whole day or more depending on fabric. Prefer this to the nasty, filthy laundromat anytime! The third time I tried to put two loads in it from the mini washer and that just takes too long to dry so I would say smaller loads are better. Hint: to clean the filter use your vacuum cleaner.