Product review (1 stars): Dangerous OVERHEATING FIRE HAZARD and clothes smell awful like a skunk
If I could I would give this dryer no stars. After paying a handyman to come and install a cabinet and countertop to put this dryer on and having duct work installed to vent it, it overheated on the first load of clothes. Got so hot that I could not even touch the metal housing of the dryer!!! On top of that it put out the worst smell I have ever smelled. My first and only load of clothes came out smelling awful, like a dead skunk, and it stunk up my entire utility room. wish I had looked at reviews before buying as I now see Many Many other people have this very same issue. And several people have been told by magic chef (company that makes this dryer) that there was a large bad batch of these dryers that caused the smell. So not only does the maker know about this defect but so does amazon and yet they continue to sell them instead of doing a recall and replacing them with nondefective unites. Now I am stuck with a dryer that I cant use, out $205.00, and will need to spend more somewhere else to purchase yet another dryer. AMAZON HAS BEEN NO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. All they say is to pack it up and ship it back. How does a everyday person pack up a large bulky heavy clothes dryer. The box it was shipped in cant be reused and even if it could, its not going to be held together with a little tape. The box comes with 4 heavy duty straps around it and they cant be reused once cut to open the box. Amazon saying that this item can be returned is just a SCAM since they know most people would not be able to pack it back up for return. They told me I would have to go buy a box, packing materials and tape myself. Even sent me a link to buy boxes, yet non of the boxes in the link were even close to being large enough. DONT BY THIS DRYER UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR CLOTHES SMELLING LIKE A SKUNK AND YOU WANT TO BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE.
UPDATE - I emailed Magic Chef customer service and its been 4 business days and no reply from them. I tried to register this dryer with magic chef so that I could call and file a claim and their web site will not allow me to complete the registration after I have filled out everything. Of course no registration card came with the dryer that I could mail in. Hard to register a product when the company's website will not allow me to finish and complete the registration. CHEAP PRODUCT, BEING MADE BY A CHEAP COMPANY AND BEING SOLD BY ANOTHER CHEAP COMPANY(AMAZON).