My old dryer would take HOURS to dry the clothes, finally got rid of it! I was fortunate to have a well informed sales lady at Sears, because she informed me I would need a FLAT BACK dryer for my laundry closet-since I did not have a large amount of space BEHIND the dryer!! There went my grandiose plans of supersized dryers. My options were limited to 3 gas dryers that had a flat back. One of which was the GE I was getting rid of-so that was out of the question. The 2nd dryer door opened like an oven door does--and it never would have opened in my closet-because the bifold doors would have blocked it, which left me with the Kenmore Elite. I read a few reviews about the Kenmore Elite and they were all good. This dryer is incredible. I was able to fit it into my limited space (afer removing the floor molding-but who cares-it's inside a closet!) (I cannot open the dryer door fully because of my blocking bifold door-but that doesn't stop me from loving it!) My clothes are dry within 1 hour!! The settings are all great-so you can set according to fabric. I wouldn't trade this for anything!
I've only had it for 2 months, but I now can do my laundry more efficiently because I'm not waiting 2 hours for my dryer to be done. I can actually have it like an assembly, wash, then into dryer, start next wash, remove dryer clothes and transfer etc....it's shaved hours off my very busy day!!
Oh, I used the Sears installer, he did a great job. (although for you bifold door people-if your space is limited the bi-fold would have to come off to get the dryer in--I was fortunate that my doors were off since I was replacing them---I don't know if the Sears installer would have done that) Enjoy!
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