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Whirlpool - 7.3 cu ft. HybridCare™ Ventless Duet® Dryer with Heat Pump Technology

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7.3 cu ft. HybridCare™ Ventless Duet® Dryer with Heat Pump Technology

Name: 7.3 cu ft. HybridCare™ Ventless Duet® Dryer with Heat Pump Technology
Brand: Whirlpool
Price: 1559.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.0 (115 reviews)

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Model: WED99HEDW

Features

Our Most Efficient Dryer Technology
Installs in More Places
Gentle Care
Advanced Moisture Sensing

Quick Specs

Type: Dryer
Fuel: Electric
Style: Front Loading
Width: 27"
Height: 39"
Depth: 31.75"
Energy Star Rated: Yes
Laundry Capacity: 7.3 cu. ft.
High Efficiency: Yes
Steam Cycle: No

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Our Most Efficient Dryer Technology Our most efficient dryer technology allows you to enjoy exceptional care for clothes while using less energy than ever.

Installs in More Places Dryer easily installs in more places thanks to the HybridCare™ true ventless heat pump technology.

Gentle Care Low drying temperatures and high air volume provide a gentle drying environment. HybridCare™ true ventless technology offers the capacity to use significantly less heat than a Duet® vented air dryer.

Advanced Moisture Sensing Advanced Moisture Sensing helps to prevent damage caused by overdrying by using three sensors to track moisture and temperature, adapting drying times to end the cycle at just the right time.

Quad Baffles Get better, more balanced tumbling and increased effectiveness on small loads with the unique design of four shorter, staggered baffles. Now, larger items dry more evenly while smaller items keep tumbling without getting stuck riding the baffles.

HybridCare™ Energy Options Dry each load your way with HybridCare™ energy options. The Eco option increases energy efficiency and utility savings 1 , while the Speed option helps you get out the door faster by quickly drying clothes. And the Balanced option offers the best of both time and energy savings for everyday loads.

ENERGY STAR® Qualified ENERGY STAR® qualified models exceed government standards to help conserve natural resources and save money on your utility bills.

Tap Touch Controls with Memory Start your next load quickly using the sleek control interface of the Tap Touch controls with Memory. This technology allows direct access to dryer functions and even remembers your last cycle and settings to save you time.

SingleSwipe™ Lint Screen SingleSwipe™ lint screen makes removing lint from your dryer easy, improving air flow in every load and keeping lint off your clothes.

7.3 Cu. Ft. Capacity Dry bulky items like comforters and sleeping bags in this 7.3 cu. ft. capacity dryer that provides enough space to care for loads from the matching washer with ease.

Stainless Steel Dryer Drum Clothes are gently cradled as they tumble around the smooth surface of this drum's stainless steel construction.

Quick Dry Cycle Finish drying a small load quickly.

Heavy Duty Cycle The Heavy Duty cycle sets the dryer to a high temperature to thoroughly dry heavyweight items.

Features

Our Most Efficient Dryer Technology
Installs in More Places
Gentle Care
Advanced Moisture Sensing
Quad Baffles
HybridCare™ Energy Options
ENERGY STAR® Qualified
Tap Touch Controls with Memory
SingleSwipe™ Lint Screen
7.3 Cu. Ft. Capacity
Stainless Steel Dryer Drum
Wrinkle Shield™ Option
Quick Dry Cycle
Bulky Cycle
Heavy Duty Cycle
Designed, Engineered and Assembled in the U.S.A.

Configuration and Overview
ADA Compliant	ADA Compliant when using a 10" Pedestal
Energy Star® Qualified	ENERGY STAR® Qualified
Venting Direction	Ventless - Heat Pump
Fuel Type	Electric
Capacity	7.30
Cycle and Options
Number of Cycles	8
Cycle Selections	Bulky Items, Casual, Delicates, Heavy Duty, Normal, Quick Dry, Timed Dry, Towels
Moisture Sensor	Yes
Temperature Selections	Extra Low, High, Low, Medium
Options	Control Lock, Damp Dry Signal, Drum Light, End of Cycle Signal, Heat Pump, Wrinkle Shield™
Cycle Time Remaining	Yes
Eco Monitor/Efficiency Monitor	Heat Pump Plus Eco Monitor
EcoBoost™/Energy Saver	No
Lint Filter Indicator	Yes
Controls
Stackable	Yes
Pedestal Options	Yes
Drum Light	Yes
Display Type	Cycle Indicator Lights with Digital Time Remaining
Drum Material	Stainless Steel
Drying Rack	Yes Not Included
Steam Hose Y Connector	No
Feedback-Status Indicators	Check Lint Screen, Control Lock, Cool Down, Damp, Done, Eco Monitor, Estimated Time Remaining, Sensing, Wet, Wrinkle Shield™
Dryness Levels Selections	Less, More, Normal
Number of Dryness Levels	3
Dimensions
Width	27
Depth	31 3/4
Height	39
Depth With Door Open 90 Degree	51 3/4
Minimum Height	38 3/4
Maximum Height	39

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Appearance
Type: Dryer
Fuel: Electric
Style: Front Loading
Dimensions
Width: 27"
Height: 39"
Depth: 31.75"
Features
Energy Star Rated: Yes
Laundry Capacity: 7.3 cu. ft.
High Efficiency: Yes
Steam Cycle: No

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4.0 out of 5

76% of reviewers recommend this product.

Wish I could give a lower rating

Spotts 2/11/2019

6 hours to dry towels. Enough said. There is no way that this product can be energy efficient.
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No, I do not recommend this product

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Poor lint filter design

bosox1 1/31/2019

I am having the same problem that many reviewers on this site are having too. Namely, that behind the secondary filter on the bottom right corner of the machine there is another filter that is unreachable without taking the machine apart. If the machine is not professionally taken apart and cleaned every year( @ $100.00 dollars in my area ) then the machine needs to be run several times to dry the same load of clothes. This of course mitigates any savings you would achieve by its higher efficiency rating. The door to the second filter also has a cheap clasp to keep the door closed during operation. If the door isnt closed the drying times increase. Unfortunately, you cannot purchase just the clasp part from Whirlpool you have to replace the whole door, filter and casing which is expensive. Great idea for a dryer but extremely poor design execution. I would avoid this unit until they work out all of the issues
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Awesome energy saver, biggest time waster

MrMitch 12/6/2018

I would give 5 stars for the innovation and energy savings, but I would give it 1 star for the time that is needed to clean the lint from the system due to poor design. That's why I averaged it to 3 stars. Explanations: + Very low energy consumption thanks to the heat pump, and since it does not push any air outside, the cool indoor air does not leave the house in summer, the warm indoor air does not leave the house in winter, plus using this dryer reduces the demand on my baseboard heaters because of the heat that it produces. - Lint is quickly accumulating being the screen and is not reachable in any way. So after the first year of use, I paid roughly 100$ for a technician to come, unmount the entire dryer in piece to be able to access the evaporator to clean them. Now, every year I would need to pay a technician to do that again, or learn to do it myself. Without doing this yearly of the evaporator, drying time can almost double. So costly yearly deep cleanings and weekly cleanings of the hybrid care filter sums up to many hours of time every year.
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Aweful

Kenny Guj 11/28/2018

The dryer takes 5 to 6 cycles to get clothes dry. Very long run times.
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Cumulonimbus 11/25/2018

I've owned one of these units since 2015. I love the dryer overall--like that it's gentle on my clothes and that it saves on energy costs. I don't mind the somewhat longer drying times and the extra filter to clean out. However, over the last year, the unit started taking longer drying times and getting the clothes less dry. The first thing to check is a little fan vent on the back of the unit--vacuuming it off can solve this problem. However, my problem was lint accumulated in the cabinet itself. Like any other dryer, this one should be serviced annually to remove the accumulated lint. If you don't, you'll probably see big increases in drying times, because the heat pump condenser operation is slowed by all the lint around it insulating it. The back fan is intended to allow the condenser to cool, but if the condenser itself is covered with lint, the fan does little good. So, either get it serviced, or if you are handy, find the youtube instruction videos and clean it out yourself. Sometimes lint can also build up behind the screen behind the extra filter on the unit's lower right. That's really difficult to get to, but I cleaned it out by shooting water from a kid's water gun through the screen. My filter cartridge plastic warped over time (allowing some lint to get by), and it's difficult to find a replacement part specifically for it (whilrpool parts provides it with the whole casing unit in which the filter fits, but that's more than $80). If they are reading this, they, I'm asking that they provide this replacement option.
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Yes, I recommend this product

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Creates Humidity Problem / Lint Trap Design Flaw

jsflewel 11/7/2018

I loved the idea of this dryer, but frankly, I am now regretting purchasing it. The efficiency was a major plus, but in the summer, with high humidity levels, this dryer leaves our work out clothes smelling musty. It also now looks like the higher humidity problems created a mold situation in our laundry room. In addition, the cleanout trap (bottom right front panel see photo) has a design flaw in my opinion. While we routinely pull out the unit as directed to remove lint, and clean off the back screen, we have noticed lint on a second screen which is located about one inch behind the initial screen. There is no way to access this second screen unless a technician takes the machine apart. This second screen appears to be covered in lint and I am sure is creating a problem. See photo. Seems like a design flaw to me.
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No, I do not recommend this product

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Review Follow up

gettayl 11/4/2018

My previous review stated how dissatisfied I am with this dryer. I never had a problem with dry time, I understood that a ventless dryer would take longer. My concern is the constant error messages and inability of Sears to fix it. We've been without the dryer for almost two months. Sears canceled one service call and now states that the parts are back-ordered. Whirlpool asked me for my phone number last week as a result of my poor review but I haven't heard from them. Whirlpool, stand by your product and provide a resolution to this issue!
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Constant Error Messages - 15 repair calls, 3 years

stetay 10/27/2018

We built a high performance home and needed a ventless dryer to reduce heat loss. This dryer fails approximately every 6 weeks or so with F9, E1 error codes. The washer and dryer were purchased from Sears and luckily we purchased a protection plan. The service people come out, replace the pump and hose and comment on the poor design that allows lint to accumlate inside the machine and in the pump that becomes easily clogged. We clean the lint collector after every load and vacuum the additional lint collector on the bottom right of the machine to no avail. We have been unsuccessful in getting anyone to address these issues besides the constant service calls. Each breakdown results in loss of dryer capability for days or weeks at a time as we wait for Sears to reorder parts. Each service call requires the loss of a day of work. I cannot recommend this machine and wonder why the technology exists in Europe with manufactures such as AEG but American manufacturers can't get this technology right. In the meantime, as the machine is broken yet again, I'm hanging my clothes to dry and will be taking yet another day off from work on Thursday for the service people to come out. I'd love to hear directly from someone at Whirlpool with a resolution to this problem.
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Not Acceptable

P!B! 10/14/2018

I purchased this dryer a two weeks ago and it's performance is unacceptable. It took 4 hours to dry 4 towels and almost 3 hours to dry a set of queen sheets. In discussion w supplier to replace
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Dryer -takes too long

Vermont Mom 10/11/2018

I have had this dryer for 2 years. We built a passive house, no vents. But now after struggling for 2 years I am venting an electric dryer ! The reality is it takes 3 hours for normal loads. Towels ? 3+ hours, Jeans and Cotton tees ? 2.5 hours. For this family of 5 I am done trying to make it work. I love whirlpool but HATE this dryer !
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Great buy !

Grannah H 7/14/2018

Always bought Whirlpool appliances, recently went to ventless dryer. I live in a mobile home and since you didn't have to have flex hose for the ventless dryer it takes less room. I am totally pleased with this dryer it might take a few minutes more but I noticed that my clothes dry softer and less wrinkled. Only thing I miss is a light in the dryer.
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Yes, I recommend this product

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Well designed but for specific uses

Marty-- 4/9/2018

We cannot vent our dryer so took a chance on exploring ventless machines that apparently have been extremely widespread in Europe for years. Chose the Whirlpool and am basically happy but it does seem to take extra time to get clothes super dry - depending on how stuffed you make the drum. I accept the humidity and heat as the machine is designed as a heat pump which concept should be understood by the buyer before purchasing. If so, comments of heat and humidity in the laundry room become baseless. Noise level seems to be equal to regular vented machines and yes, cleaning the three filter areas are mildly cumbersome but they support the efficiency of concept of being ventless so accept it as part of the equation or buy something else!
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poor design, does not perform after 2 years of use

carmic74 2/20/2018

We bought this dryer when it first came on the market two years ago. It dried pretty well the first year. Drying times were longer, but clothes were dry. Two years later, a rarely get a load dry on one cycle, it often takes two sometimes three runs to get clothes dry. So much for energy efficiency!! All the lint filters are impossible to keep clean. Very poorly designed. There is a lint screen over the coils behind the pull out box filter at the bottom. This gets filled with lint and is nearly impossible to keep clean. I stand on my head and use compressed air every 4th run to keep it clean. The insert filter has to been washed every two loads for it to work properly. The thing is about to fall apart. I'm going to see if I can order a replacement. It is also EXTREMELY loud. I hope the design has improved over the last two years, but overall I'm very, very disappointed with this dryer.
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Love the waste heat and humidity

high and dry 1/21/2018

I bought this dryer precisely because all waste heat and some waste humidity stay indoors. In this cool desert climate the indoor extra heat and humidity are welcome year round. Almost all moisture extracted from the wet laundry does go down the drain, not into the indoor air. The drain can feed into a greywater recycling system, another plus for desert dwellers. The previous dryer, conventionally vented outside, also vented all the indoor heat and humidity to the outside. This dryer will pay for itself in a few years just by lowering the heating bill. I have had this dryer 14 months, 300 loads of laundry dried, and no complaints until today. Today the drum stopped turning (why 4 not 5 stars) in the middle of a load; I used the Whirlpool website to schedule a service call with a local repair business. It was very easy, no account creation required. The business has 5 star reviews on local social media.
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Yes, I recommend this product

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Excellent clothes dryer

Equinox House 11/16/2017

I purchased the Whirlpool heat pump clothes dryer two years ago when it was first available, and am very pleased with its performance. Clothes drying quality is excellent. Clothes are perfectly dried and fluffly. They are not over dried, nor under dried. Drying cycle time is reasonable and matches wash cycle time nicely (we have matching Whirlpool front loading washer.....high spin speed reduces retained moisture). We have no moisture difficulties in the laundry room. Moisture buildup in a laundry room (or any room) is due to poor house ventilation and most likely indicates poor air quality, too (carbon dioxide and VOCs).
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Creates major humidity in utility room

b-lilja 11/9/2017

I like this dryer except that it creates major humidity in the area around it - I measured it and it increased the humidity from 50% to 70%. That is unacceptable and potentially creates long term issues of mold within the house. I have read a couple of other reviews expressing similar problems. We had a Whirlpool technician out to address the problem, and they said it was normal. Calling Whirlpool customer service, the only resolution they offered was another service call. When that requires time off work, this starts to be a major inconvenience.
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As advertised

ajmille 10/31/2017

I've been using my new dryer for about a month now and everything is as advertised. Very nice not to have to vent.
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Yes, I recommend this product

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11/2/2016

We have our new ventless dryer for almost a month now and LOVE it! It solves a venting issue for our home, and has been the perfect solution. Standard vent dryers were taking 2+ hour for a load of clothes to dry, but with the ventless dryer we are averaging 30-45 minutes. We could not be happier, and hope the technology stays around forever!
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Nice Features

Iowa Farmwife 9/7/2016

Have been using our dryer for two months now and love it. It has a little more noise than most but we just close the door! Like the towel, casual and bulky features. Towels seem softer. Ours is a laundry/bath combo so bath is always warm when we run the dryer, another plus!!
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4/19/2016

the dryer so far is just what I wanted. A dust free environment. Very efficient.I have my concerns though as to how it will hold up over time. Hope the engineering was done right
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Very glad I made this choice

4/16/2016

Doubted my old propane drier for this one to take advantage of my solar credits built up.So far excellent results.Took advantage of Efficiency Vt's outstanding rebate program, combined with a heavy discount made this an obvious choice.Product has performed very well so far.
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Yes, I recommend this product

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Coloradoan 3/12/2016

We've had the dryer for two months now. It worked as advertised until a couple of weeks ago. Drying started taking even longer, and water started leaking out of the dryer onto the floor and the drain pipe has been dry since. The repairman came out, but had never seen this type of dryer before, so he just changed the leveling so the water would flow to the back of the dryer, toward the pump. No difference. He also performed a diagnostic, which came back with no errors. He came back a second time, took everything apart and put it back together again. Now it makes less noise when running, but water still leaks out of it and the drain pipe is dry. He said he will call Whirlpool for advice, and that is where we are now. My concern is that all that moisture that is supposed to drain out the drain pipe is basically just being vented inside the dryer, leaking out where it can. I think it's even screwed up the electronics because the control panel beeps, makes random noises, even when a load isn't running. We suspect it's probably a bad condenser/evaporator that is causing the water to leak and steam into the unit, but since the repairman is unfamiliar with the unit, he can't tell what the problem is. Our concern now is that even if it's repaired, the electronics are screwed up and will eventually fail - probably after the warranty is over. All because the unit could not be repaired in a timely manner. Only time will tell, but we still have a dryer that is not fully functional after a week of repairs, with no solution in sight.
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