[andylparish]

We have the splendide 7100xc and we love it. It is non vented (didn't want a hole in side of unit) and it takes about 2 to 2 1/2 hours to do a full load. We wash every day or every couple days because you can only do small loads (3 pair jeans or 5 to 6 shirts etc) it really works well even though I have read where people don't like them, maybe we just got a good one, but maybe we don't overload ours. You have to make sure you use fabric softener per the instructions, it has to do with the clothes releasing from the drum when it goes into dry mode. Got it on sale and best $1000.00 we have spent. Sorry for the long post.