Product review (2 stars): Serious problem with the lint-catching design
I would give this at least 4 stars if not for the daunting, potentially unsafe, darn near impossible-to-use filter. Filters should be VERY easy to remove, clean and replace. Not this one. I've decided that a mad engineer had his/her day of revenge when s(he) designed this madning part. I had to use a screw driver to get it popped off the back of the drum. Supposedly, you are supposed to be able to pop it off by putting four fingers in the four spaces you'll see in the filter ring. Then I have to use a screw driver to pry the parts apart to get at the lint. Lint catchers are a very important safety feature. They are intended to prevent fires. They should be user friendly. This one is none of that. Putting it back together, you have to careful line up the four little hooks and holes, and use a fair amount of pressure to snap them securely. Doesn't this sound wrong to you? It does to me.

Now for the amount of lint. I've been washing/drying clothes for 6+ decades and know very well what amount of lint is usual. This machine does not do a good job of catching lint. I don't know if this is a dangerous problem or not, but there is very little lint. Then there's the felt-like material sandwiched in the two-part filter holder that holds the lint. All other dryer filters in my life had lots of lint that was easy to pick off and toss in the trash. Not this one. The little amount of lint that's on this horrible little filter sticks like a flycatcher strip. You have to pick pick pick. Then you think that maybe it'll come off easier if you rinse it under running water. Nope, that makes it worse. So you go back to pick pick pick.

OK, I thought maybe it's me and my arthritic hands. I had 3-4 friends visit; men and women. One of them is a fire/safety consultant who travels all over the world as an expert. They ALL had difficulty removing the thing from the back of the drum. They ALL had difficulty in prying the parts apart to get at the lint. They ALL had a hard time lining up the hooks to snap it back together. They ALL were surprised at the small amount of lint. So it is not just me and my aging hands. Bad engineering design and shame on the quality testers for letting this flaw get through to production.

Now the good features. It fits my small space. It looks nice. It drys clothes in a reasonable amount of time.