Product review (5 stars): Low cost dryer, does a great job, got to love it!
I almost cried when my old dryer died, I hate buying new appliances. But I did search reviews for days and decided on the Amana Ned4500 and I've been happy ever since.

It's a nice looking dryer, bright white, blue knobs look cool. A nice change from black knobs.

There is a setting for 'energy preferred' which I have tried but it's not for me, yet I can see how someone else might love it. My experience with EP has been that no matter what I have in there, tees, towels, just sheets, whatever, they come out a little damp. Now, if you were trying to not shrink something, that would be a great setting! Or if you like to finish with a line dry for that summer scent on your laundry, then the EP (energy preferred) would be an awesome setting! So, I didn't take off for that on my review.

I tend to pick one setting and run with it, so for me it's under Automatic Dry: VERY DRY. I love that setting. It does get everything, no matter what's in there, super dry. I have not seen any unusual wear and tear on my clothing from this setting so I'll keep using it.

You can choose from Timed Dry HIGH HEAT or Timed Dry LOW HEAT. I use high. When the buzzer sounds to let me know the dryer is done, my clothes are good and dry, not wrinkled and are ready to fold.  It also spins the clothes to avoid wrinkles if you miss the buzzer, which brings me to.......

The buzzer. OHMYGOSH It's the LOUDEST, LONGEST dryer buzzer on the planet, imo!  Wow, everyone hears it when it goes off, and it goes off for a while. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTT! It's like it's saying "GET IN HERE, I'M DONE!!!! HURRY!"

The buzzer, thankfully, can be turned off per load, which I do use.

The only issue I really have with this machine is the lint screen. No matter how I tried at first, the lint always fell back down before I could get the screen all the way out. You know how a dryer sometimes has that issue? Well, until I 'learned' how to really yank that screen out, the dryer lint ended up in my back yard. haha!  Not a big issue for anyone but my daffodils.  This may not be an issue with all makes and models, but for my specific dryer, I really had to fine-tune taking the lint screen out.

I've done loads of all jeans, no problems. I've stuffed my huge comforter in there, no problem. I've dried (many) loads of just towels as we  have a pool, no problem!

Overall, this is a great buy. Lots of room in there, a very quiet dryer by the way. Simple to use, no light but I've never had one in the dryer.  If you want to save some money and get a dryer that will work for a family, I recommend this one.