Best stack dryer to buy

[harry]

I plan to buy some stack dryers for my store. Energy efficiency, quality and cost is what I have in mind. I got gas consumption of different brands (30lb stack)as shown below:

ADC-330: 69,000 BTU/hr
DEXTER DL2X30Q: 80,000 BTU/hr
SPEEDQUEEN 0300D: 73,000BTU/hr
WASCOMAT TD30-30:71,600BTU/hr

Except Dexter, the other brands are quite the same about gas consumption. Can I have you guys idea about their cost and quality.
Thanks.

[Anonymous]

BTU per hour do not tell the entire story. That number is only the rating on the maximum the dryers can use, not an indication of what they really use. So, the one with the highest number may actually use the least amount of gas in the real world.

The things you want to look at is how well do they really perform. What is the air flow and how much make-up air do they need. If you starve the most efficient unit for make-up air it will cost you the most to operate. What is the maintenance history, how much do parts cost, how good is your distributor.

With that said, I would avoid the new Wascomat- It is probably a very good dryer, but it is too new to know - Do you want to be a lab experiment?

I have ADC-236 dryers and love them. I have had them for about 30 months and have yet to do a single thing on them except clean them. They are fairly efficient and are of a slim line design. I was able to fit 14 of them in the space that was previously occupied by 13 old SQ singles.

[buddy]

You may also want to consider the dimensions of these dryers specially if you are replacing existing ones. I replaced four dryers last week from old Heubsch to Wascomat. I was leaning towards ADC but found out that they are about 7-8 inches deeper and I could not accomodate them so I bought Wascomat.

Wasomat may have some typical first gen problems but Wascomat's support is second to none. I had problems with my new Wasco Dryers, so over the weekend I left voice mail on their Tech Support Line. Monday morning at 8:30 I received two phone calls from their techies one of them being their senior most technical guy. They express shipped the replacement part.