These electric, gas, and compact models from Consumer Reports' tests will dry your laundry quickly and efficientlyWhen ...

But gas dryers do require a gas supply line as well as a vent to exhaust combustion gases outside the home. Major brands like GE, LG, Maytag, Samsung, and Whirlpool offer both gas and electric dryers.

Those occasional wet days in Australia put a dampener on drying your clothes, and for some of us a clothes dryer is a necessity ... Fisher & Paykel, LG, Miele, Samsung and Simpson, to find out which ...