"The risk of a dryer fire is minimized, air flow is maximized!"
Kevin Kelley
BEFORE
AFTER
We just finished remodeling our laundry room. We had to disconnect our appliances to remove old wallpaper. I never liked the flexible foil dryer duct hose that was installed with our appliance, for all the safety and efficiency reasons you list on your website. I've always used rigid ducts when I installed myself, but when we last bought a new dryer I let the vendor do the hookup. Remodeling provided an opportunity to improve the installation. When I removed the foil duct hose, its nooks and crannies were full of lint, even though we regularly cleaned the duct path from the outside wall with a duct cleaning brush. The properties and design of the foil duct are such that you can never really get it fully clean unless you remove it and stretch it to its maximum length. Not convenient, to say the least.
I don't have a true 'before' picture with the dryer attached because I didn't discover your product until after I had everything disconnected. So I just reattached the old foil hose to the wall for the photo to give you an idea. My dryer's exhaust vent has a 1.5" inch ground clearance, not the standard 6". The flexible hose turned and crunched in ways I didn't like as it made its 90 degree turn from the dryer, and then wiggled up to the wall vent, which does have a 6" ground clearance. You can imagine how that hookup would have looked when the dryer was in place. My photo of the MagVent connection to my dryer shows that there isn't much room back there.
I actually discovered your product serendipitously, while searching the web for a dryer wall vent escutcheon.I was intrigued and searched YouTube for review and installation videos. The videos convinced me that the extra cost of a MagVent would be well worth the safety and performance advantages it provides, so I found the company website https://www.magvent-dryervent.com/ and ordered an MV-90 same day.
I had to modify your installation instructions because of the relative positioning of my wall vent and my appliance vent. You can see that I installed it at a roughly 40 degree rotation. The end result is that I have a mostly rigid and straight exhaust path from dryer to wall vent, with a very slim profile that allows the dryer to be set closer to the wall. I would never have been able to fabricate such a configuration myself. This is a major improvement over what was implemented by the professional installer. The risk of a dryer fire is minimized, air flow is maximized, and I expect little lint accumulation within the duct work. I am very pleased with the product and feel it is well worth the price.
Best,
Joe C.
A MagVent product, a properly designed duct system, and routine cleaning are the solutions to decrease fire hazards, boost dryer efficiency, and save energy and space!