This tumble dryer is good and the best feature is the sensor dry, rather than choose a time you can choose a dryness, This means you dont waste any electricity and wear you fabrics out ( tumble driers really do wear away things! in my view - just look at the fluff they collect) The down side is, like most machines the reverse action does not really work very well on large items such as sheet and quilt covers and you still have to stop the machine and "unwrap" them as they form a ball with the centre not dry and it does seem to work that bit better if not fully loaded. I paid only £159 for mine ( on offer ) which was a gift. Overall I think this is a good machine with a large capacity and works very hard for us, as we have a B&B with lots of towels to dry.