Heat Pump

Heat pump clothes dryers use electricity to remove moisture from your clothes. Instead of generating heat via a gas burner or with electric coils, the heat pump technology moves heat from one area to another. Like other heat pump technology, it moves heat from the surrounding area into the dryer.

Unlike gas and electric resistance clothes dryers, heat pump dryers do not need an exhaust vent. Instead, heat pump dryers circulate warm air within the dryer itself. Since a heat pump dryer does not need an exhaust vent nor a gas hookup, there is greater flexibility in its placement in your home. However, the water they extract from clothes must be drained, either via a hose connected to your home’s plumbing or by manually emptying a water tank every cycle or two. 

Heat pump dryers tend to utilize longer drying cycles, though longer cycles will ultimately be gentler on your clothes.