Super efficient, will dry a 6kg load in about 20 minutes flat, whilst maintaining soft crease-free moisture levels in the items to be dried. We opted for a gas connection in our laundry on advice from our architect on our new-build dwelling. Kilojoule for kilojoule gas is way more efficient at drying than electricity is, and unless you are using your own solar power at the time of drying (unlikely) gas is certainly much cheaper too.
I have never yet had an electric dryer that had this sort of capacity either. Japanese manufactured, with ver...Read more

I wrote a review after 2 years of purchasing this and now I'm following up as its been 6 years now since using it and we have only had two problems with it since which is not bad going. Firstly the lint holder cover inner had a rip in its delicate black fabric, the parts are fairly cheap to replace and have to be done via a retailer as Rinnai don't send it to the consumer directly. Secondly the internal belt snapped ( we had the Rinnai authorised repairer come out to diagnose this) and he came out twice as has to order the parts, both trips at ...Read more

Yes, it dries fast and it's cheap to run, but it comes with a stack of down-sides no-one mentions:

- It requires side access on both sides (electrics on the left and gas on the right), which mightn't be such an issue if it's on the ground, but when you're wall-mounting it you'll need to take this into account and not build it into the corner.

- It doesn't reverse, so your sheets will always roll into a ball and take lots of extra runs to finally dry. (I've had a reversing dryer for 10+ years and had even forgotten about the problem until ...Read more