BetterVent Indoor Dryer Vent and Polyester Dryer Filter Replacements

My husband installed ours this morning, and I am already impressed. When our house was built the dryer was vented up a tube in the wall and out a vent on the roof. My husband didn't like cleaning out the tube, so he vented the dryer out into the garage - but lint seemed to be getting everywhere with the lint catcher he was using. This looks like it will solve the problem, and the installation was really easy.UPDATEWe have been using this for a couple weeks now and are very happy with it. The only thing we thing the manufacturer should change is the changeable filter. We experimented with various filters and determined the following after installing the vent and weighting the change your filter door as per the instructions:(1) The changeable filters that comes with the vent are too lightweight and almost impossible to clean. The change your filter door popped up after only 3 loads - with little lint on the filter.(2) I then tried just the metal filter - which never popped up the change your filterdoor - but blew small particles of lint into the garage and all over the car. I had to use a Swiffer duster to clean up the mess.(2) I next tried a 3/4 inch thick washable filter cut from a a/c filter (about the same thickness as the filters that came with the vent) - and while it was easier to clean, the change your filter door popped up after 6 loads - with a moderate amount of lint in the filter.(3) I next tried a 1/4 inch thick washable a/c filter - which was the easiest to clean, and the change your filter door didn't pop up until 10 loads - or a week of laundry. I will be purchasing the 1/4 inch a/c filter and cutting multiple filters for the vent at quite a bit if savings over the filters that can be purchased from the manufacturer. They also work much better than the ones provided by the manufacturer.The pictures below are of the installation in the garage with the change your filter door popped up, and the metal filter and 1/4 inch a/c filter after 10 loads (1 week) of laundry. This appears to be the right combination for maximum efficiency and longest filter use between changes.Update 2 - 10/20/16I have added a picture of the filters I experimented with. The green and black ones on the top work best. The blue one (I tried 1/2 in. & 1/4 in. were as bad as the filter provided by the manufacturer. The denser the filter the less loads. The two less dense/light weight filters did as good as of a job at blocking the lint as the denser filters.Filters in picture:1) The green filter is from the cheapest whole house a/c filter my husband could find. It's about 1/8 inch thick. My husband had to remove it from the cardboard frame it came in. This worked as well as the black filter - about 10 loads. These are not washable at all - must be tosed after using.2) The black filter is a foam window unit a/c filter, about 1/8 inch thick - it was the cheapest and worked as well as the green filter - about 10 loads. This was the most washable - but since they are cheap - I have been throwing them away after one use.3) The blue filter is made out of dense fiberglass or natural hog hair (not sure which) - I tried 1/2 inch thick and 1/4 inch. The 1/2 inch thick one worked as poorly as the one provided by the manufacturer of the dryer vent. The 1/4 one worked slightly better. These are supposed to be washable - maybe with a power washer?4) The white/blue filter is the one provided by the manufacturer - I got the least amount of loads with it (it and the 1/2 inch blue filter) - and it really isn't very washable.Update 3 03/26/2017 - Magnet WeightsI have found that over time the glue on the magnet weights degrades and the magnets fall down into the vent. I would recommend putting the magnets on the top of the pop-up flap and not the underside. It's still a very good solution to my dryer venting needs - perhaps just needs a few design changes.Update 4 07/22/2017I've added more pictures of my filter solution. The cheap ($2.94 packet of 4 20x25x1 fiberglass air filters) Flanders Easy Flow green filters from Walmart are the best. (I couldn't find them on Amazon). Just pull off the cardboard and you can cut out 6 filters from one big filter. Use care as fiberglass can poke you - using gloves while doing the cutting can eliminate that problem.As I said in another update - double up the filters in the unit. I replace the one closest to the air flow once every week to week and a half. The other about once a month. In the pictures I've added you can see how well this traps the lint - keeping it from escaping into my garage.I still highly endorse the vent - just not their filters and magnet weights - but by trail and error found good solutions.

OMG where has this thing been my whole life??? Our old dryer (only 5 years old) was NEVER drying clothes. We checked everything including the heating element and decided that oh well we must need a new dryer. So we bought a brand new one and experienced the same problems right off the bat!!! After 4-5 runs at super hot heat and long run times we would still pull out damp clothes!! We were told (by professionals mind you) that we must have build up of lint in our ducts. So EVERY week we would then have to disconnect the ENTIRE ducting behind the dryer and use a leaf blower to blow out the lint that would get trapped in order to get a MINIMAL improvement in dry times. You see, our laundry room is located on the main level near the garage. The throw/ducting runs UNDER THE FLOOR and has a throw of about 100 ft plus with the turns it has to make. Boom! There was our problem! But our solution?? We were given two options (again by the so called professionals):1: relocate our washer and dryer to another room in the house that would vent directly to the outside (this is not possible because the only room that that would work for our family is the bathroom in the basement and that means giving up a full bathroom in a 5200 square-foot three level house AND having to wire for the right electrical $$$$$ so that’s out) ORTwo: redoing our entire venting system to accommodate a larger ducting system and a duct fan (this would involve ripping out a floor and a wall and cost us about $5000 so yeah no that’s out too). We decided to maybe try a duct fan with no remodel first to at least help with the drying times and pushing the lint out of the ducts. But then as I was ordering a fan from Amazon I came across this Bettervent system. I watched the video and the inventor said The system was designed for people who had a long throw from the dryer to the outside! That was us!! I bought it thinking it couldn’t hurt and worse case we’d be out a few bucks and back to square one with the leaf blower. OMG am I glad I bought this thing!!! Our dryer dries clothes in ONE RUN!! They are hot, fresh and wrinkle free!!! No more damp smelly clothes!!I don’t have problems with humidity/mildew as other people have mentioned as I have a small table top dehumidifier running in the room and I also turn on the venting fan in the laundry room. I also clean out the trap after every use so that we don’t get a build up which helps the dryer and the venting system work more effectively together!This thing has changed our laundry game!! Will buy again and again and again if need be while in this house! Super impressed!My wife is the one who installed it and it literally took her only 15 minutes! The calibration was the hardest part as you have to cover the vent and then add weights to the emergency venting system at the top...that can get a little tricky.... The sticky parts on the weights aren’t so sticky so we may have to rig something up in the future if they fall off from the dry air but who cares?? That’s a minor inconvenience compared to what we were dealing with before!I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this product if you have a long throw for your duct system!! It is well worth the money!!!

I purchased a newly remodeled home and the contractor evidently forgot to install a dryer vent. I looked up a few ideas for dryer venting and this is one of the options. I tried other venting options and they all worked well. But with the other options it was messy because I had to keep dumping the water out. I like this dryer vent because it’s not as messy and all I have to do is just clean the filter. Still have a little bit of a mess but it’s tolerable. I only have been using it for a week now and the only issue I have is the little door at the top. I’m thinking I might just tape it closed because it pops up to easy or I might attempt to put a small screen in place to catch lint. I have it in my garage so I’m not concerned about just a little lint just don’t want a bunch of lint dust. Anyway it’s good for the garage but I don’t think I want it inside the house. Lint from the top lid popping up would not be good.