About Hoover: Hoover Limited was registered in the UK during 1919 although its start was in 1908. They were soon come to be known as the undisputed leader in the floor cleaning segment. With the acquisition of many domestic appliance segment their innovation continued positively. In the current position, the brand has employed more than 1350 people just in its UK Company alone.

Model Overview: Hoover Vision HD VHV381-80 White Colour Tumble Dryer comes with the vented technology and the design of the Vision HD is impressive. This vented technology works by letting out the steam produced through a hose whereas in case of the condenser models the steam emitted is been condensed into water and is been stored in a container for the future emptying. The construction of this Tumble Dryer is freestanding and it is been designed as the front opening appliance with the vision technology.

The Physical Characteristics: With the standard dimension of 850 mm height, 600 mm width and 600 mm depth this appliance weighs just 31 kgs. The housing of white colour gives a neat look to suit all types of homes. Hoover VHV381-80 Vented Tumble Dryer is been capable of handling the load size of 8 kg that suits the medium sized families. The door of this model is front opening that has a big glass window letting you follow the drying process. More so the control panel is been neatly embedded on the front top stretch that makes the operations easy. The various buttons and the indicators that are been involved are the on/off switch, the start/restart button, delay start. Heat settings and the programme selection with the mechanical rotary control. It offers indicators for the filter care and the buzzer for the programme end. However, the LED display is not available here.

Impressive Features: This product cannot be a just another one in the market and unlike the usual ones it is been embedded with many interesting features that are been discussed.

• Sensor dry system – There are about 4 sensor dry programmes in which the user is been required to just select the level of dryness from the various dry levels. Once the appliance is been put to function it automatically choices the temperature and the time and functions until the desired dryness is been achieved. The various dryness to choose from are bone dry, extra dry, cupboard dry, iron dry and the medium dry.
• Delay start – Of course this is one of the must-have feature that most of the users look for. This Tumble Dryer offers a delay start for about 9 hours. In which the user can conveniently programme the appliance before 9 hours of the actual function time.
• Count down display – This intimates you just at a glance the time remaining on every dry cycle that is been selected.
• Reverse action drying – The technology of drying with the reverse action helps prevent tangling of clothes and also eliminates the formation of creases in the clothes. This makes ironing easy.
• Automatic door safety – Making all the necessary safety functions, Hoover VHV381-80 Freestanding Tumble Dryer is been designed with the automatic safety door that stops the movement of the drum when the door is been opened.

Programmes: Enriched with all the necessary programmes this VHV381-80 8kg Capacity Tumble Dryer comes with four level sensor drying. The various other specialised programmes to suit different types of fabrics are the delicate wool finish, fast iron, refresh cycle, timed drying up to 120 minutes along with the temperature selection. There are 2 different level of heat settings to be chosen based on the demand of the nature of the load.

Consumption and Efficiency: The energy consumption is 4.50 KWh per cycle and the annual energy consumption is about 272 KW. It works with the electric supply of 230 Volts and the rated loads are 2300 Watts. The noise emission is quite competitive with just 66 dBa. The energy efficiency is been rated grade ‘C’.

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