Product review (5 stars): Best dryer ever
Best dryer ever! If this little gem runs for the next year or two as well as it has the last couple of days I'll be thrilled. I'm amazed by a couple of things - primarily how much it holds and how fast it dries heavy items like towels, sweatshirts and jeans. It's not tiny outside, about half the size of a standard dryer. And it is quiet! I have a 200 square foot apartment, so it's more like a big bedroom. There's no other room to put it in. It's literally at the head of my bed and I slept through it operating. It's about the same noise level as a box fan, or quieter really.

I've dried several loads of heavy stuff and it dries as fast as my last standard sized home dryer. The only thing I'm NOT crazy about is how hard or annoying it is to get to the filter. You MUST clean it after every load, although I've run a couple of loads without cleaning it and have not had an issue.

The only other "con" is that it is so low to the floor you have to almost get on your hands and knees to reach the dials to turn it on. I'm an old fart, bad knees and fat...so it hurts my back to bend over to do that. Once I have it up on a table I think it will be fine. It's light enough that I can pick it up to put it on a table, so that's good. Now to find a table! Or build one.

The exhaust is simply warm air. I haven't vented it or felt a need to so far. There was a "burn off" smell for about 20 minutes the first time I ran it - kind of like when you turn your home heater on after not running it all summer. It's clean, doesn't heat up the room that much when running, although it may be different in the summer.

Other reviewers said this took 2-3 hours to dry items. Half full of towels and jeans and t-shirts I found it dried items in about 45 minutes to an hour...and that's DRY, not damp. I'm loving not having to lug laundry all the way to a laundromat 30 minutes away. Be sure and get the LARGER dryer. It's like $20 or $30 more, but I think you'll be glad you opted for the bigger unit. I can dry a full-sized quilt in it....although I'm not yet sure my washer will handle a full sized quilt! If you're single, or a couple or even have a small child I think this unit can handle GENTLE use....It's not built like a heavy duty $900 unity. But treat it gently and I think you'll be pleased. I sure am! The photo is of how much lint I pulled off of the filter after three loads. You REALLY DO want to clean it after EACH load. THIS is why you don't wait!