White Knight BG44AW High Speed Gas Tumble Dryer

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White Knight BG44AW High Speed Gas Tumble Dryer

The White Knight BG44AW gas tumble dryer is manufactured in the UK by Crosslee. It's White Knight's high speed model, featuring a 5Kg capacity drum, a 60 minute timer, two heat setings and a final cool-down tumble. The BG44AW is available in white only. It's the fastest domestic tumble dryer in the UK!

If you're addicted to tumble drying and need high speed drying capability, the BG44AW gas tumble dryer can dry a full 5Kg load in less than an hour and still slash your drying bills by as much as 70%. You'll need to have it installed to a suitable natural gas supply by a registered Gas Safe engineer and vented to an external wall. Most White Knight tumble dryers sold in the UK are delivered direct from the manufacturer in around 10-14 days, although you may find this one in stock for immediate delivery from some suppliers.

Whilst the BG44AW is able to dry a full load in less than 60 minutes, there are some trade-offs. Firstly, this high speed dryer is relatively noisy compared to the other two models. This may not be an issue if you intend to have the dryer installed in a utility room. Secondly, this model does not have an auto-reverse tumble function, so might sometimes get large sheets tangled, possibly leading to uneven drying. You can get aroung this by keeping an eye on your load and re-arranging it occasionally. The last drawback is the drum size. Many modern washing machines have pretty big drums these days (as large as 10Kg), but the B44AW has only a 5Kg capacity, so you may find that you need to split your washing into two loads for drying.

Features:

5kg capacity (cotton)
4.7kW / 16,000 Btu
60 minute timer
2 heat settings
Gas lit indicator neon
Load dry neon (flashes when anti crease is on)
Rear venting, flexible hose supplied
Safety interlock
Final cool tumble
Reversible door
C.E. marked
Dimensions: 57cm deep x 59.6cm wide x 85cm high

60% Lower Annual Running Cost

We all know that guilty feeling when we shove another load of washing into the tumble dryer. It’s such a waste of energy when it could often be line-dried instead with just a bit more organisation, but with the busy lives we lead today it’s so much easier to just pop it in the dryer. Did you know that at today’s electricity prices, it costs about 40p to dry a load of washing in a standard electric tumble dryer? In a gas tumble dryer, the same load would only cost about 12p to dry.

It’s estimated that 60% of households now have a tumble dryer, but only 0.5% of those are gas heated. Why is this? If you snoop around and read a few online user reviews of gas tumble dryers, you’ll find that most of those buyers are on their second or third appliance, so they must be really pleased with them. Unfortunately, there are a few obvious logistical reasons why after more than 30 years, gas tumble dryers are still so unusual to find amongst households in the UK.

You’ll need a suitable gas supply
Gas tumble dryers need to be professionally installed
Gas tumble dryers must be externally vented
Gas tumble dryers cost more to buy than ‘C’ rated electric ones

So, if your old tumble dryer gives up the ghost it’s far easier to just go out and pick up another electric one and fit it yourself, but if you’ve never heard of gas tumble dryers you don’t even have the option of having one fitted anyway.

Well now you do know, so plan ahead and think about how you might be able to accommodate a gas tumble dryer in your kitchen or utility room next time around. If you’re in a die-hard tumble drying household, you might even want to consider making plans to switch to gas sooner rather than later and take advantage of those great savings. The savings will always be there because the cost of gas is and always has been so much cheaper than electricity.